The Secretary read the bill. It provides that hereafter it shall not be lawful to transport, carry, or convey the substance or article known or designated as nitro glycerine or gl noin oil, upon or in any ship, steamship, steam oat, vessel, car. wagon, or other vehicle used or employed in transporting passengers by land or water, between a place or places in any foreign country, and a place or places within the limits ofany State, Territory, or district of the U.S., or between a place in one State, Territory, or district of the U.S and a place in any other State, Territory, or district thereof; and any person, company, or corpo ration who shall knowingly violate thess provisions is to be liable to a fine of not less than $5,000 at the discretion of the court, to be recovered by an action of debt, 1/2 to the use of the informer. In case the death of any person shall be caused, directly or indirectly, y the explosion of a quantity of this substance or article while it is being placed upon or in any ship, steamship, steamboat, vessel, car, wagon, or other vehicle, to be transported, carried, or conveyed therein or thereon in violation of this act, or while it is being so transported. carried, or conveyed, or while it is being removed from such ship, steamship, steamboat, vessel, car, wagon, or other vehicle, every person who knowingly placed, or aided, or permitted the placing of the substance upon or in such ship, steamshi, steamboat, vessel, car, wagon, or other vehic c to be so transported, carried, or conveyed, is to be deemed guilty of murder in the 1st degree, and on conviction is to suffer death by hanging. It is not. to be lawful to ship, send, or for ward any quantity of this substance or article, or to transport, carry, or convey it by ship, steamship, steamboat, vessel, car, we on, or other vehicle of any description upon ador water between a place in a foreign country and a place within the U.S., or between a place in one State, Territory, or district of the U.S., and a place in any other State, Territory, or district thereof, unless it shall be securely inclosed, deposited, or acked in a metallic vessel, separated from al other substances, and the outside of the acka containing it to be marked, painted, or abele, in a conspicuous manner with the words, “Nitro glycerine, dangerous.” Any person, company, or corporation who shall violate the provisions of this section knowingly liable to a me of $3,000 at the discretion of the court, to be recovered by an action of debt, 1/2 to the use of the informer. The district court of the U.S. within the district in which any ofibnse against the act shall be committed, or if committed in or upon any ship, boat, vessel, or vehicle beyond the territorial limits of an district, then within the district from which it departed, or in which it shall 1st arrive, is to have jurisdiction to try and punish the offenders by fine or death, as the case may be, under the provisions of this act. T heact is not to be so construed as to pre vent an State, Territory, district, city, or town within e U.S. regulating or prohib iting the tra the in or transportation of this substance between persons or places lying or being within their respective limits or from prohib iting its introduction into such limits for sale, use, or consumption therein. The 1st amendment of the ComCommerce was in section one, line 5, after the word “ convey” to insert the words “ship, deliver on board, or cause to be delivered on board, ” so that it will read: That.hereafter it shall not be lawful to transport. ry, orconvey.ship, deliver on board. pr cause to he delivered on board thosubstanre ornrticle known or designatedasnitro glycerine, kc. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment was in section one, line 23, to strike out the words “to be recovered by an action of debt.;" so that the clause will read: and an3 person. company. pr corporation who shall kbneojrinzlyviolnte the provrsionsof this section shallliable to a fine of not less than 5.000.at the distrction of the court, 1/2 to the useof the in ormer. The amendment was agreed to. The next. amendment was in section 2, line 20, to strike out the words “murder in the 1st degree” and to insert “ man slaughter.” The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment was in section 2, line 22, after the word “ safer” to strike out the words “death by hanging” and to insert “ imprisonment for a period not less than ten years." The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment was in lines 25 and 26 of section 3, to strike out the words “to be recovered by an action of debt." The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment was in lines 11 and 12 of section 4 to strike out the words “by fine or death as the case may be." The amendment was agreed to. t