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! LEGISLATURE
JIA’S LAW-MAKERS MEET
and begin work.
V.
of Both House and
Senate—Bills of Interest.
OX or THE HOUSE.
85th Dat— The entire morning ses¬
sion of the house Thursday was taken
up fu discussing the exposition bill
•ad tike registration bill, which went
through all right, and ia now in the
0 f the senate. The resolution
to increase the appropriation for the
agricultural department $25,000, so
.that a state exhibit oould be made at
the Cotton States and International
Exposition, was taken up as soon as
the registration bill had been disposed
of. The house went into a committee
of the whole with Mr. Hodges, of Bibb,
fa the chair. Mr. HoweU, of Fulton,
his first speech since the session
opened in support of the resolution to
Bake the state exhibit at the exposi
tion. FoUowin Mr. Howell, Mr.
Willingham, of Monroe, spoke against
the resolution on the ground that it
Was oaoonstitntiopal. As a substitute,
Mr. Fouche, of Floyd, moved that
the bill be recommended unfavorably,
The substitute was'adopted by a vote bill
of 69 to 66. The registration read
which had been printed, waa for
this third time and put upon its pas
•aga. A oall for the previona question
was made Mid Mr. West, of Lowndes,
Bode a motion to lay the bill on the
table. The motion was overwhelm¬
ingly defeated. The committee’s bill
then eame up for final action. The
yeas and nays were called and the bill
was passed by a vote of 116 to 35. Mr.
Middlebrooks, of Newton, moved to
■upend the' rules and transmit the
Mil to tiie senate. The motion to
transmit was carried by a vote of 110
to 87. This shut off a motion Mr.
West, of Lowndes, wanted to make to
reconsider and the registration bill is
gate so far as the house is concerned.
night’s session of the honse
wb a busy and important one. The
■tax bill was first taken np and passed.
After that bilk for a second / reading
were taken np, and the desk was entire¬
ly cleared. A resolution was adopted
tost hereafter the daily sessions of the
body shall be from 9 a. m. until 1 p.
«., from 8 p. m. until 5:80 p. m., and
from 7 p.m. until 10 p. m.
86th D 4 T—The stato of Georgia will
be handsomely represented at the com¬
ing exposition to be held within At¬
lanta’s gates. She will without doubt
net the necessary appropriation of
|28,000, for the house Friday morn¬
ing appropriated $17,500 of that
amount and the balance will come
from other sources, as there is an un
expended belanoe of $4,000 to the
aredit of the agricultural department,
whioh will probably be turned into
the exposition appropriation fund. A
conference waa first held on the reso¬
lution. It was decided that an ap¬
propriation should be made, bnt the
chief objection was on the ground
that the resolution waa unconstitution¬
al' Speaker Fleming submitted apian
to the lake the money and unexpended it mak¬ from
direct tax fund use in
ing the appropriation. This was set
to a majority ef the oppon
e reeolation and it waa agraed
\ it to the house in the shape
of a compromise measure. Speaker di¬
Homing me! explained levied about the by the
tax that was
government whioh daring considerable the war and
andor money
Ind been oolleoted Under from the people of
■MifUft Georgia. had been an net refunded of oongrees
to
G m r*ia to be paid beck to the people
fir 1 whom the tax had been oolleoted.
.O hbsll but $19,000 had bean paid
OOl, and as that had not been tonohed
in mmdftba two yearn, it was not likely that law it
called for. Under the
lids money would belong to the state
after the expiration of six years. It.
was barely possible that any of this
money would ever be ealled for, bnt to
peovids amendment against to any the each resolution emergency of
an
of prepared thia direct appro
tax
-*CA dleeasaion
T roll palled and bill
a vote of 106 to & 1 .
order of the day waa
Polhilj, of Bibb, pre
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explain
ef railroad
iea in tho state, and tho
l Against thstoU,
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m majority.
was the
by the
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of the superior court of Richmond
county to <2,000, to be paid on* the
recommendation of the grand jury,
A reeolution by Mr. Boifeuillet, of
Bibb, to allow the governor, if be saw
fit to do so, to appoint a female to the
position of state librarian, was pre
sented. It was generally understood
that the friends of Miss Dortdh, if the
resolution passed, would urge the gov
emor to appoint her as assistant libra
rian. After considerable diecnssion,
the yeas and nays were ordered and
the resolution was lost, receiving 78
votes, less than a constitutional ma
jority.
87th Dat —The greater part of Sat
urday’s session of the house was spent
by the populist members in filibuster
ing and preventing the accomplish- all
ment of any business. It was
bronght about by the action of some
of the democratic members on a Tay
lor county registration bill. Mr.
Gray, of Houston, had introduced the
original bill and Mr. Montfort, the
member from that county, had a sub
stitnte. One bill provided that the
registration should be in the hands of
one of the county officers, while the
other provided for another officer to
be registrar—a clear-cut division as
between a democrat and a populist,
Early in the day Mr. Mont
fort had made an effort to secure
the passage of his bill, but
after considerable discussion, it
was decided that the whole matter
should be sent back to the committee
on special judiciary. At the afternoon
session Mr. Montfort made an effort to
secure reconsideration, but this "was
defeated by a vote of 42 to 47. Mr.
Montfort was mad and his populist
brethren, taking the ground that he
had been discriminated against on ac
count of his being a populist, joined
with him. Only one bill got through,
That was Mr. Rockwell’s and provided
for the punishment of persons setting
fire to ships. Peace and happiness
rnled the roost at the night session,
On motion of Mr. Rockwell, Mt.
Montford’s bill was made spec ial order
for Monday. Then the house went
ahead with the passage of the bills fa
vorably reported. Later in the even
ing, when the house went into com
mittee of the whole on a pension bill,
the speaker called Mr. Branch to the
chair. He presided very gracefully,
and on retiring was given a hearty
round of applause. will reform-
38th Day—T here be no
atory in Georgia for juvenile offenders
for the present at least. The bill of
Mr. Harrison, of Quitman, to create Mon
one was taken up in the house
day. On account of the lateness of
the session it was thought to be im
possible to get the bill through before
adjournment. At the request of the
author of the bill, it was made the spe
mal order for the first day of the next
session. One of the most spirited
scenes enacted in the house at this ses
sion then took place. It was ov r a
bill to abolish the city 6ourt of Jack
son °ounty. The The bill finally went
through .. safely. of
.
gan, of Henry to prevent convicts
from working at nigh or o un ay
was-takenup for final consideration
It was lost a few days ago, but
was reconsidered. The ^yeaa an
75 votes less than a constitutional ma¬
jority. An important resolution from
Mr. Gray, of Catoosa, waa introduced
and adopted. It provides committee for the ap¬
pointment of a joint from
the house and senate to represent
Georgia at the opening of the Ohick
amaoga National Park on the 19th,
20th and 21st of September, 1895.
Under the resolutions a oommittee of
twenty-two from the bouse and eleven
from the senate is to be appointed.
The committee is to pay all expenses
incurred in making the visit and on its
return will report as to the advisability
of erecting a monument in the Georgia’s park to
commemorate the valor of
soldiers in that memorable battle. The
bill of Mr. Johnson from Hall to re¬
quire building and loan as¬
sociation! no license tax
exeept from the oonnty and
oily in which its hoi&e offloe is lo¬
cated. was passed. A resolution from
Mr. Rockwell, of Chatham, to pay A.
E. Bird, of Effingham, and A. 1). Bla¬
lock, o! Fayette, their per diem lor
the entire session, was adopted.
These are the two democrats who were
seated when the session was half over
in th* plaoe of the populists, Spier and
Cook, unseated. Among the senate
bills taken up and passed ware the fol¬
lowing: Bill to create the offloe of
oonnty treasurer for Twiggs coast bill j; in
To correct a clerical error la a
reference to Savannah's elections; To
of tho senate, too dork of
nt the capitol
five days after the adjournment of tho
general • bly end to receive their
per diem
ill bills wer* tmd the seeo
the home adjourned until 8
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bill wee finally lost, receiving only
twenty votes. Senator Wilsons bill
to ohange the manner of changing the
venue in criminal easee was passed.
It allows the judge to hear testimony
orally or otherwise on the subject,ana,
if be sees proper, order the case
changed to another county. The house
bill to change Dawson county from the
Blue Ridge circuit to the Northeastern
circuit and a bill regulating the taking
of oysters and the location of oyster
beds were also passed,
36 th Day— The first thing done in
j the senate Friday of the morning bill introduced was the
reconsideration muni
by Senator Monro, to prohibit
cipal corporations from taxing drnm
mers. A resolution was adopted lim¬
iting speeches hereafter to five minutes,
The report of the penitentiary The com- de
mittee was submitted. report
clared the convicts were well fed and
well treated, and that the state re
ceived $14,000 per annum rental for
them. The following bills were pass
e d: Bill to prescribe the duties of
boards of visitors to the University;
Bill to amend the charter of Macon;
Bill to require an inspector of boilers
for Fulton county; Bill to consolidate
the election for all county offices. (The
bill provides for all elections for these
officers to be held on the first Wednes
da y jn October). Senator Cumming
introduced a bill allowing state banks
to issue bank notes under such condi
tions as congress shall make. The
senate again took up the bill to elect
jndges and solicitors by a popular
vo t e . The yeas and nays were called,
resulting in the defeat of the bill by a
vote of 27 to 9.
37 th Dat.—T he senate disposed of
the daily calendar in quick order Sat
nr j a y ( passed the medical examination
b ^ read the exposition resolution for
the first time, the general registration
act for t he second time, the general
tax ftct f or the first time, the special
] evy a ct to raise money to pay off
bonds for the first time and then held
an eT ening session for the purpose of
disposing of all business sent over by
the house during its morning session,
Thfl bm to g i ve landlords the title to
tbe orops of tbeir tenants, pending the
annuftl Bet tlement between them, re¬
p or tod favorably by Chairman Brongh
th e committee on agriculture,
moused the only debate of the morn
ing B0Bflion The j aw as it now stand?
gives the landlord the title in case
where wo rk is done on shares, but
whefe - t a tenaDt on standing rent
tho tit le is in the tenant. While the
landlord in t bi 9 case has the superior
lien for rent and supplies, Meantime, yet other
oreditorB Cftn le J in the
haraM the ten ant and t the
landlord to the loBB o{ ti expense
of lo in « a la and other
COfltB h Cftn eBtabliBh his B .
rior , M to the 0 levied An
the8€ tHiugs,, « together « with the court
whi h ma t alwayB be met from
Bome source, destroys the value of a
j and ] ord . B interest in a crop, where he
haB either a litiRioU8 tenant or the ten
an t is unfortunate enough to be the
viotim of other oreditor8 . The bill
p rQ p 0Bed keeps iJLid the other creditors out
-th* is sOUfied. On a
^ for tho yeafj and nayB the yefl8
21, short a oon8 titutional
ber of bills of more or less importance
were passed. The reading of the reso¬
lutions of Mr. Hall, passed by the
honse, providing for an exhibit of the
resources of Georgia at the Ootton
States and International exposition,
was listened to with interest. It was
referred to the oommittee on finance.
88 th Dat.— After reading the jour¬
nal in the senate, Monday, Senator
Roberts moved to reooneider the ac¬
tion in refusing to pass the bill mak¬
ing oral defamation a misdemeanor.
Senator Harris opposed the motion,
and the motion was lost. The appro¬
priation bill waa taken up and consid¬
ered by sections. Some immaterial
amendments were offered and con¬
curred in. The senate finance oom¬
mittee agreed to reoommend an ap¬
propriation of $21,000 for equipping
the military, and daring the morning
when the appropriation bill was con¬
sidered, the amendment was adopted
after a breezy discussion, and, the
bill will go back to the house with that
amendment upon it.
gulf transit company. ‘
A Now Organisation With Headquar¬
ters la Florida.
Notice has boon given that on or
about January 10th, next, Mitchell, application
will bo made to GvPttnar of
Florida, for letter* patent, granting a
charter to the Golf Transit Company,
with Pensacola as its place of bnatotos The
and a capital stock of $900,000,
amanl—tin* of tab company is part
of the plan of the Louisville and Nash
mem ess of toe Pen
snoots port. Railroad
Nashville
president ef the
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THE CONGRESS.
THE NATIONS’ LAW-MAKERS RE¬
SUME OPERATIONS.
The Proceeding* of Both Houses
Briefly Epitomize^. #
THE SENATE.
In the senate, Wednesday, a resolu¬
tion was offered by McPherson, demo¬
crat, of New Jersey, by request, in¬
structing the committee on education
and labor to inquire and report as to
the availability and advisability of es
tablishing a national unit of value of
labor wherewith to regulate wages the an
tomatically. It waa referred to
committee on education and labor,
The resolution offered at the first
day’s session, by Mr. Lodge, request
ing the president to furnish in forma
tion as to the delivery to the
Chinese authorities at Shanghai of two
Japanese citizens who were after.wards
tortured and, put to death, was hid
before the senate, and after disensv n,
lasting an hour, was referred o tba
committee on foreign relations. The
senate then proceeded regarding to consider Air. le
Peffer’s resolution tho
gality of the act of the secretary of
the treasury in the recent issuing of
bonds. The resolution was agreed to.
It simply instructs the judiciary com¬
mittee to inquire into the matter.
The first action of the senate, after
the reading of the journal Thursday,
was an order, on motion of Mr. Gor¬
man, that the adjournment for the day
should be till Monday next. The reso¬
lution offered by Mr. Tnrpie several
days ago, declaring for a change in the
system of electing United States sena¬
tors, was taken up, and Mr. Tnrpie
addressed the senate in support of the
resolution.
Senator Harris presided over the
senate Monday in the absence of Florida, of the
vice-president. Mr. Call,
offered a resolution > reciting that the
independence of Cnba waB an object
of great importance to the United
States, and requesting the president
to open negotiations with Spain
the recognition of the independence
of the island and for the guarantee by
the United States of the payment of
such a sum of money as shall be agreed
on. On objection it went over. The
president pro tem. announced his sig¬
nature to the bill for the dedication of
the Chickamauga and Chattanooga
National park. Mr. Morgan called up
the Nicaraugua canal bill and spoke in
its support. In conclusion he de¬
clared that the United States must act
now or forever abandon -the canal,
and he did not think the American
people were willing to abandon it.
Mr. Morgan held the attention of the
senate and galleries until 4 o’clock,
when be was 1 olio wed by Mr. Mitch¬
ell, republican, of Oregon, i> who
briefly endorsed the remarks of Mr.
Morgan and favored the canal as be¬
ing in thb interest of tho Pacifio
states. Mr. Dolph, republican, of
Oregon, seonred the floor, but yielded
to a motion to go into executive
session. After a short executive ses¬
sion, the senate, at 4:30 o’clock, ad¬
journed.
THE HOUSE.
In the house, Wednesday, Mr. Blair,
of New Hampshire, presented a reso¬
lution asking the immediate conside¬
ration thereof, calling upon the presi¬
dent, if not incompatible with public
interests, to transmit to congress all
the correspondence by telegraph or
otherwise with the governments of
China and Japan, relating to the pend¬
ing war between those oonntries. Ob
joction was made to the present con¬
sideration and the resolution went to
the oommittee on foreign affairs. The
house bill to prevent the free use of
timber on publio lands and to revoke
all permits heretofore issued in certain
states, and the senate bill asking laud
warrants applicable to the payment for
all olaaaes of publio lauds, was passed.
The oenferenoe report on the bill to
regulate the printing and the distribu¬
tion of publio documents was oalled up
at 1:15, and oocupied the attention of
the honse for the rest of the after¬
noon.
The fortifications and pension ap¬
propriation. bills for the year ending
June 80th,* 1996, were, reported to the
house at Thursday’s session. The
will be called np immediately after
railroad The pooling proceeded bill is disposed the of.
home then in morn¬
ing hoax to consider the bill to
the publio forest reservations. After
few minutes discussion the bill
till Friday. At request of Mr.
bb, (dam. of Texas), the
marine hill waa laid over till Saturday.
Consideration of the bill to amend
law? so as to per¬
mit tbs railroads to pool their business,
\ Tho discussion of
balance of the
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was one from the secretary of the treas¬
ury, snUaftting an estimate for an ad
priation to meet
J le tivil service corn
ear ending June 30,
for
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tional banking act by which a greater
elasticity could be given to their cir¬
culating notes. At the conclusion of
Mr. Grow's remarks, the committee
rose and the resolution to distribute
the president’s message being ^favora¬
bly reported to the house, was agreed
to. The bill reported from the com¬
mittee on public lands and to protect
public forest reservations, which came
over from Thursday,was called up and
the house went into committee of the
whole for its consideration. \
Less than twenty-five members were
present when the house was called to
order at noon Saturday. In the morn
j ng hour, Mr. Mallory, democrat, of
Florida from the committee on inter
state commerce, called up the bill to
promote the efficiency of the revenue
cutter service. The bill waa considered
several times at the last session. It
provides for the retirement of officers
0 f the service incapacitated by reason
the infirmities of age or physical or
m3 ntal disability. Opposition devel
0 p ed against the measure. The morn
j ng hour expired without action, and
]yf r> Brown, democrat, of Indiana,
gave notice that on Thursday he would
callup the contested election, case of
Williams vs. Settle. The house then
resumed the consideration of the rail
road pooling bill. A report from the
United States engineers on the plan of
deepening and improving the harbor
G f Sandusky, O., was presented. It
involves' a cost’of $225,000.
Under the. rules, the house devoted
itself Monday to the consideration of
District of Columbia business. On
motion of Mr. Heard, democrat, of
Missouri, chairman of the District of
Columbia committee, the house went
into committee of the whole.
THE LATEST BY WIRE
GIVING THE NEWS UP TO THE
HOUR OF GOING TO PRESS.
Brief Mention of Daily Happenings
Throughout the World.
Fires have been started in the fur¬
naces of the Watts Steel Plant at Mid
dlesboro, Ky., the largest basic steel
plant in the United States. They will
work five hundred men when in full
operation.
Francis B. Kendrick, defaulting as¬
sistant cashier of the Commercial
bank, at Syracuse, N. Y., has plead
guilty to the theft of $30,000, and has
been sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary.
A New York dispatch states that
George R. Sheldo, Robert Maelay,
Charles T. Barney and Simon Worm
ser, have agTeed to act as a oommittee,
under an agreement filed with the
Knickerbocker Trust Company, to
protect the interests of the Northern
Pacific and Montana bondholders.
The total loss resulting from the
burning of the Red Bank cotton fac¬
tory, in Lexington county, S. C., on
Saturday night last, is about $50,000
above all insurance. About 500 people
for the present i^re left destitute by the
fire. About three hundred of these
will have to remain so through the
winter, as all other mills are crowded
with employes.
The Southern Hotel building at
Chattanooga, Tenn., the handsomest
business block in the city, was destroy¬
ed by fire Monday. The firs was
caused by the explosion of a gas meter
iu the cellar just underneath the office.
The entire building of five stories went
up in smoke. The following firms on
the ground floor saved all their stock:
Peeples, Pitner Bros., tobacconniste,
Palace Drug Store, and Payne * Co.,
liquors.
Short’s steam saw mill at Washing¬
ton, N. C., was wrecked at an of early
hour Monday by the explosion one
of the four big boilers that furnished
steam to the big saw mill and its six
big dry kilns. Parts of the iron work
were thrown blocks away, demolishing
everything iu their path. Mr. Short,
the owner; the engineer, two firemen
and a drayman were killed, and two
other operatives were injured. The
bodies of the two dead men were ter¬
ribly broken up and mutilated.
Monday waa an eventful day in the
South Carolina legislature. Follow¬
ing New York’s lead, the honse passed
a bill forbidding the selling of pools
on horse raoes iu the state and provid¬
ing a heavy penalty for the violation
of the law. A bill waa introduced add¬
ing seduction to the list of crimes,
making it a felony and sending a man
to the penitentiary for six mouths
upon oonviction. Another bill waa in¬
troduced, and will become a law, pro¬
viding for ti>e establishment immedi¬
ately of a state reformatory, with
school attached, for the criminals un¬
der twenty-one years of age. It will
be known aa the state juvenile reform¬
atory. _
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FROM WASHINGTON
NEWSY ITEMS PICKED UP at
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Sayings and Doings of the Official
Heads of the Government.
John Secretary Carlisle has appointed
C. Lehman shipping commis¬
sioner at Brunswick, Ga.
The Hurst multi-charge gun, ns an
ticipated by naval ordnance officers,
ha a proven a failure, and no further
experiments with divided charges i a
big guns will be made.
The house appropriations commit
tions tee Thursday agreed on the fortifica¬
bill for the next fiscal year. R
carries an appropriation of $1,879
-
057, being $5,478,646 below the esti¬
mates on which it is based, and $547,.
946 less than the appropriations for
the current fiscal year. The bill an
thorizes no contracts to be made in
excess of the sums appropriated.
The republican congressional com
mittee has sent out a significant letter
in regard to the contested seats in the
next congress. There are upwards of
thirty districts wherein the defeated
republicans have indicated their in
tention of filing contests. The com¬
mittee has addressed to each of these
contestants a statement notifying him
that he must not place any reliance on
the large republican majority in the
next congress, but must rest his pros¬
pects for success on the merits of the
claims he advances.
Care is being taken to have all sec¬
tions of the country heard before the
honse banking and currency commit¬
tee concerning the proposed currency
system. Chairman Springer is not
confining has invitations to eastern
financiers near at band. He has sent
to Chicago and St. Louis and Cincin¬
nati as representative western cities,
and to Nashville, Atlanta and other
southern cities. He would go as far
as Denver and San Francisco if people
from these sections could get to Wash¬
ington in time for the hearing. Care
is also being taken to secure only
those recognized as authorities in
practical financiering.
Notwithstanding the secrecy with
which the interior department guards
its action with reference to the Ute
Indian troubles iu southern Utah, it
developed Monday morning that Sec¬
retary Smith has ordered Agent Day
by telegraph to follow the Utes into
southeastern Utah and bring them
back to the reservation. The secre¬
tary, \it is understood, took this step
in compliance GovernorJWest with urgent requests
from and other citizen^
of Utah, who state that during the
past week the Indians have committed
numerous depredations, such as kill¬
ing the cattle of the settlers, and
otherwise terrifying the whites of that
part of the country.
For New Federal Prisons.
Representative Livingston the is authori¬ general
ty for the statement that
deficiency bjll, whioh is soon to be
considered by the appropriations provision oom¬ the
mittee, will contain a for
building of two new federal prisons at
points to be determined by the secre¬
tary of the interior and the attorney
general. The coat will be limited to
$500,000 each.- He anticipates no
trouble in the house. The erection of
these prisons is very much needed.
The attorney-general has several times
called for an appropriation for these
buildings and the president also nrged
an appropriation in his last message.
Currency Committee Getting Ready
The bouse oommittee on banking
and currency, Friday morning, the on
motion of Mr. Warner, adopted
following resolutions: “Resolved, That
beginning with Monday next at 10 a.
m., this oommittee take up the recom¬
mendation of the president and the
secretary of the treasury with refer¬
ence to the currency, and that there
be invited to appear before us the sec¬
retary of the treasury and the comp¬
troller of the currency. Resolved,
That tho chairman of this committee
be authorized to invite such persons
as he may think proper to appear be¬
fore us in the same matter, and to ar¬
range for hearing them witii a view of
completing all hearings on or before
the 15ti/ instant, at which date all
hearings shall be closed. Resolved,
That the meetings of this oommittee
for the purpose of these hearings may
be called by the chairman at any time
daring the caning week, and that five
members present shall be a quorum
for the purpose of each hearings.”
Reduction in P
The appropriation bill re¬
ported to the honse Thursday by Mr.
O’Neill, of Massachusetts, carries
appropriation of $141,581,570, ra
$ 200,000 less than the estimates
$ 10 , 200,000 below the appropriation
for the current fiscal year. A reduc¬
tion ia made in two items—in payment
of pensions sad in the fees of exam¬
ining surgeons Fox pennons the hffl
•Bows $140,000,000, a reduction o f
$ 10 , 000,000 from this year’s appropri¬
ation, and tor surgeon fees $800,000,
being a redaction of $ 200,000 under
the amount for the current year. In
the report accompanying the bill is a
table shewing that in^l87^tr
annual value of
In 1894 toe
of toe
177,284 i; 1 ■ AST
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mm
a. of