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 lN SENATE Dec, 9, 1915.

 ADMISSION OF TEXAS INTO THE trx1ov

 MT ASHLEY, from the Committee on tht Judiciary, reported back the joint resoIntior from the House for the admission of Teva, llto 'ae onion' recommending its immediate adoption, without amendment.

 The Senate proceeded, in Committee oil 'he Whole, 10 consider the resolutions. No amendment having been proposed, the com mittee rose. Y'.'

 And the question being stated on the third reading of the resolutions.

 A discussion arose, in which Messrs Web- ster, Huntington, Niles, Berien, and Bagby.

 ''OSs NCi!a IjiS u1uS dCIOfS, &c..

 Oh the motion for the third reading of the Joint resolution, the yeas and nays were call ed for by Mir SEVER, which were ordered; and the question being taken, resulled-yeas 3l, nays l3, as follows:

 EAS-MesSrs. Allen, Archer. Ashley. Atchlnson, Aihertou, Bagby, Barrow, Ben ton' Berien, Breese, Calhoun, Cass, Chal- mers, Colquitt, Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield. Hannegan, Haywood, Jenness. Johnson. of La, Levy, Lewis, MeRgum, Niles, Penny packer, seyer, speight, Surgeon, Turney, and Westcott-31.

 NAY s-Messrs, Thomas Clayton, John M. Clayton, Corwin, Davis, Dayton, Evans. Greene Huntington, Miller, Phelps. Sim mons, 6pham, Webster, and Woodbridoe-I

 The joint resolution having passed q third reading, the question was taken finally on their adoption, and was decided in@lhe afr native without division and the secretary was directed to inform the House of Repres- entatives.

 MI. ASHLEY reported, from the Commt- tee on the Judiciary, the bill relating to the admission of Texas into the Union. with an amendment, which was read and ordered 10 be printed, for the use of the Senate.

 IN THE SENATE.

 Dec, g.

 Mr. SEVER moved that so much of the Presidents message as refers to our Indian relations be referred to the Committee on h. dian Affairs which was agreed to.

 The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate report upon the contingent expenses of the Senate; which, on motion of

 Mir. SEVER, was ordered to be printed.

 REPORTS FRoI co9I8TTaEs.

 Mir. BENTON, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported bill to organize a company disappears and miners, and ponton- iers, Ill pursuance of resolution referred to said committee on yesterday. Also bill to repeal the act of l842, abolishing the office of second inspector-gene of the army

 EXTENSION or LAWS oYER TEXAS.

 Mr. ASHLEY moved that the Senate now proceed to the consideration of the bill, re- ported from the Committee on the Judiciary, for the extension of the laws of the United States over the State of Texas and the mo- jon was agreed to.

 The following, offered by the committee IS substitute for the bill, was read AN ACT to extend the laws of the United States over the State of Texas, and for other purposes.

 Be a eaac'ed 5y he Senate and House of of ASa Uaaed States of America ia Congress assembled, That all the laws of tlre United States are hereby declared to extend 10 and over, and to have full force and effect within, the State of1'exas admitted Il the present session of Congress into the and union of the United States

 Sec. ?. find Dc H further enacted, Rhat the said State of Texas shall constitute one judi cal district, to be called the district of Texas, for which one judge shall be eaPpoinled, who shall reside therein, and who shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars per annum, and who shall hold the first term of said court at Galveston on the first Monday of February next, and at such other times and places in said district as may be provided by aw, or as said judge may-order; and that said court shall have and exercise the same pow PTS and jurisdiction as have been conferred by law on the district courts of the United States; and, also, shall have and exercise the powers md jurisdiction of circuit court of the Uni- ted States; and appeals and writs of error shall lie from the decisions ofsaid disrictand cir cult courts for the district of Texas to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same cases as from a circuit court of the Uni ted States to said Supreme Court and under he same regulations.

 Sec. 3. ,4ad De t further enacted, That there shall be appointed i'll and for said dis Irict a person learned in the law, to act as attorney of the United States for said dis trict, and alsosa person 10 act as marshal off the United States for said district each. off whom shall receive an annual salary ol two hundred dollars, and also such compensation and fees for o1icia! services as have been or may be provided by law for the United States district attorneys and marshaEs; and the judge of said court shall appoint a clerk there- for, wllo shall receive like compensation and fees as have been or may be allowed by law 10 clerks of the district and circuit courts off the United States.

 The Senate proceeded to consider the bill IS in committee of the whole: when Sc Sc The question was taken on the amendment of the Judiciary Committee, and was agreed