So the said special order was postponed. Mr. Bannon G. Thibodeaux Mr. Wheaton, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee have examined an enrolled bill (No. 492) entitled "An act to authorize the issue of treasury notes and a loan," and found the same truly enrolled: when The Speaker signed the said bill. A message was received from the President of the United States, by J. Knox Walker, his private secretary, notifying that he did this day approve and sign a bill (No. 15) entitled "An act to exempt canal boats from the payment of fees and hospital money. On motion of Mr. McKay, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Joseph J. McDowell reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the bill (No. 515) making appropriations for certain objects of expenditure therein specified, had come to no resolution thereon. Mr. McKay offered the following resolution: Resolved, That all debate in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union on the said bill (No. 515) shall cease at half-past twelve o'clock this day, (if the committee shall not sooner come to a conclusion upon the same;) and the committee shall then proceed to vote on such amendments as may be pending or offered to the same, and shall then report it to the House, with such amendments as may have been agreed to by the committee. The said resolution was read: when Mr. McKay moved the previous question, which was seconded; and the main question was ordered and put, and the said resolution was agreed to. On motion of Mr. McKay, the House again resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Joseph J. McDowell reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the said bill, (No. 515,) had directed him to report the same to the House, with amend ments. The House proceeded to the consideration of the said bill, (No. 515;) and the question was stated, Will the House agree to the said amendments? when Mr. George S. Houston moved the previous question, which was seconded; and the main question was ordered and put, and the said amendments were agreed to: and The said bill was ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-day. And the bill being engrossed, was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. Jacob Thompson moved that the vote upon the passage of the said bill be reconsidered: and the question being stated, Mr. Jacob Thompson moved the previous question, which was seconded; and the main question was ordered and put, and the House refused to reconsider the said vote. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. The following petitions, memorials, and other papers, were laid on the Clerk's table, under the 24th rule of the House, to wit: By Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll: A memorial of the select and common councils of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying an appropriation for the construction of a dry dock, and to provide for the appointment of a competent commission to decide upon the plan best adapted to the particular naval station, and for the raising of the largest ships of war with their full armament; Also, a memorial of the board of wardens of the port of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying an appropriation for the building of a dry dock on such a plan as may be selected by a board of officers as the most economical and efficient, and best adapted to the particular naval station at that place. Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Seddon: The petition of the heirs and legal representatives of Philip Courtney, deceased, who was an ensign in the Virginia line in the war of the Revolution-heretofore presented December 20, 1842: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. By Mr. Wright: A petition of Rosannah Manning, of Essex county, and State of New Jersey, widow of Isaac Manning, deceased, who was a soldier of the American army in the war of the Revolution, and at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States, praying for a pension: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Graham: A memorial of John Welch and others, native Cherokee Indians, of Cherokee county, and State of North Carolina, praying that they may again be put in possession of their lands taken from them by the agents of the United States government, and have back rent paid to them for the same from the time they were dispossessed, in 1836: which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. Harmanson: A memorial of John L. Daniel, late receiver of public moneys at Opelousas, in the State of Louisiana, praying that he be indemnified for losses sustained on the depreciation of bank paper which he had received in payment for the public land while receiver at Opelousas: which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Hamlin: A petition of H. Hamlin and R. P. Dunlap, citizens of the State of Maine, praying the establishment of a mail route from Brownsville to Katahdin iron works, in the county of Piscataquis, in said State: which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. On motion of Mr. McKay, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Preston King reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the amendments of the Senate to the bill (No. 49) entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the 30th June, 1847," and the bill (No. 66) making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions for the year ending 30th June, 1847, had directed him to report that the committee had agreed to the first of the said Senate's amendments to the said bill (No. 49) with an amendment, and that they had agreed to some, and disagreed to others, of the remaining amendments; and had directed him to report the said bill (No. 66) without amendment. The House proceeded to the consideration of the said amendments of the Senate to the said bill (No. 49:) when The first of the said amendments was agreed to, with the following amendment, viz: add to the amendment of the Senate, "Provided, That no officer, unless in actual service in the field, shall be allowed forage or money in lieu thereof for a greater number of horses than is fixed in the proviso of the act entitled An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the 30th June, 1846,' approved 3d March, 1845." The 2d, 4th, 5th, and 6th of the remaining amendments of the Senate to the said bill (No. 49) were then agreed to, and the 3d and 7th of the same were disagreed to by the House. Ordered, That the Clerk notify the Senate of the proceedings of the House thereon. The House proceeded to the consideration of the said bill (No. 66) making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions for the year ending 30th June, 1847; the question being on ordering the said bill to be engrossed. Mr. McKay moved to amend the said bill by striking out the 11th, 12th, and 13th lines of the same, (as printed:) and the question being stated, Mr. McKay moved the previous question, which was seconded; and the main question was ordered and stated: when Mr. Pettit asked to be excused from voting upon the said amendment: and having stated his reasons therefor, The question was put, and the House refused to excuse him. The main question was then put, viz: Will the House agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Kay J And decided in the affirmative, Yeas, Nays, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Daniel P. King moved that the vote upon agreeing to the said amendment be reconsidered: which motion was disagreed to. The said bill was then ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-day. And being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time: and Mr. Boyd moved the previous question, which was seconded; and the main question was ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill pass? And decided in the affirmative. Mr. George W. Jones moved that the vote upon the passage of the said bill be reconsidered: and the question being stated, Mr. Jones moved the previous question, which was seconded; and the main question was ordered and put, and the House refused to reconsider the said vote. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. Mr. Alexander D. Sims moved to reconsider the vote by which the House on Saturday last laid upon the table the bill (No. 143) to provide a free bridge across the eastern branch of the river Potomac, in the city of Washington: which motion was postponed until Friday next. The Speaker announced as the business in order the consideration of the special order, viz: the reports and resolutions upon the subject of the printing of Congress. Mr. Giles moved a further postponement of the said special order: which motion was disagreed to. On motion of Mr. McKay, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, for the purpose of considering the said special order; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Boyd reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the resolution from the Senate (No. 3) regulating the printing of Congress, and establishing the compensation of the same, had come to no resolution thereon. Mr. Thurman moved that the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union be discharged from the consideration of the bill (No. 459) in relation to the payment of claims. And pending the question upon the said motion of Mr. Thurman, On motion of Mr. Barclay Martin, the House, at nineteen minutes past 3 o'clock, p. m., adjourned until to-morrow, at 10 o'clock, a. m. TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1846. Mr. Wheaton, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did yesterday present to the President of the United States bills and a resolution of the following titles, viz: H. R. No. 491. An act making appropriations for the support of volunteers and other troops authorized to be employed in the prosecution of the war with Mexico, during the year ending the 30th June, 1847; S. No. 129. An act for the relief of Robert Barclay, of Missouri; S. No. 24. A resolution for the relief of Lewis G. De Russey, late a paymaster of the army of the United States. The House (by general consent) resumed the consideration of the mo tion made yesterday by Mr. Thurman (and pending when the House adjourned) to discharge the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union from the consideration of the bill (No. 459) in relation to the payment of claims. And the question being put, Shall the committee be discharged from the consideration of the said bill? It was decided in the affirmative. The question recurred, Shall the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time? And the said bill being engrossed, was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. The Speaker announced as next in order the special order, being the subject of the printing of Congress. On motion of Mr. McKay, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Boyd reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the resolution from the Senate (No. 3) regulating the printing of Congress, and establishing the compensation of the same, had come to no resolution thereon. |