HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
The Committee reported on the bill [H. R. 291, see page 69 of these Reports] defining the rank, powers and duties of the Adjutant General, fixing his salary, recommending its passage.
The report was concurred; the bill passed--yeas, 56; nays, 26.
Mr. Cotton's bill [H. R. 345] to transfer the Center Township Library to Marion County was read the third time and passed--yeas, 66; nays, 5.
Mr. SHEILDS' bill [H. R. 383] to provide for the removal of drifts from streams other than those running between States was read the third time. He said the bill is one in which my people are very much interesteo. It can be demonstrated by the removal of drifts that we can reclaim at least 100 miles of overflowed land, thereby lessening the amount of disease vastly. I hope the bill will pass.
The bill passed--yeas, 68; nays, 1.
