Mr. William W. Wick Hezekiah Williams Mr. Robert C. Winthrop Mr. Bryan R. Young Jacob S. Yost. So the House refused to adjourn. Mr. Roberts moved that there be a call of the House: which motion was disagreed to. A quorum having appeared, the question was again put, Shall the said bill (S. No. 147) pass? Upon which question a quorum did not vote. Mr. Dromgoole moved that there be a call of the House: which motion was not agreed to. Mr. George W. Jones moved, at forty-six minutes past 2 o'clock, that the House adjourn. And the question being put, negative,Yeas, It was decided in the negative, Nays, 40 103 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Those who voted in the negative are Mr. John Quincy Adams George Ashmun Daniel M. Barringer Joshua F. Bell Charles S. Benton James Black James A. Black William H. Brockenbrough Joseph Buffington Mr. Charles Goodyear Mr. Robert W. Roberts Bannon G. Thibodeaux William W. Woodworth Mr. Joseph J. McDowell David A. Starkweather Henry St. John And a quorum having appeared, the question was again put, Shall the said bill pass? And decided in the affirmative. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. By unanimous consent, the House proceeded to the consideration of business from the Senate upon the Speaker's table: when The bill from the Senate (No. 127) entitled "An act to surrender to the State of Tennessee all title the United States have to lands in Tennessee south and west of the line commonly called the Congressional reservation line, and to release to said State the proceeds of such of said lands as may have been sold by the State of Tennessee as the agent of the United * States," was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. 鷹 1 The House proceeded to consider the message from the Senate announcing the disagreement of the conference appointed upon the disagreeing votes of the two houses upon the bill (No. 49) entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the 30th of June, 1847;" and the resolution of the Senate adhering to their amendments to the said bill disagreed to by the House, and to their disagreement to the amendment of the House of Representatives to the first amendment of the Senate" to the said bill: when Mr. McKay, (by the unanimous consent of the House,) from the said conference on the part of the House upon the said bill, (No. 49,) made the following report, viz: "The conferees on the part of the House on the disagreeing votes between the two houses on the bill making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending on the 30th June, 1847, report that they have met the conferees on the part of the Senate; and, after free and full discussion on the subject of said disagreeing votes, have been unable to come to an agreement on the same. They therefore recommend that the House further insist upon its amendment to the said first amendment of the Senate, and also insist upon its disagreement to the remaining amendment of the Senate, and ask a further conference on the subject of the former conference." The said report having been read, a motion was made by Mr. McKay that the House further insist upon its amendment to the first amendment of the Senate to the said bill, (No. 49,) and also upon its disagreement to the remaining amendments of the Senate; and ask a further conference thereon. Mr. Ashmun moved that the House recede from its said amendment to the first amendment of the Senate to the said bill, and from its disagreement to the remaining amendments of the Senate disagreed to by the House. Mr. Dromgoole demanded a division of the question. The Speaker decided that in this stage of the proceedings the question could not be divided, but must be either on receding, insisting, or adhering. From this decision Mr. Dromgoole appealed. And the question being put, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House? It was decided in the affirmative. So the decision of the Chair was sustained. Mr. Dromgoole asked to be excused from voting upon the said motion: and having stated his reasons therefor, The question was put, Shall Mr. Dromgoole be excused? And decided in the affirmative. The question recurred on agreeing to the motion made by Mr. Ashmun. And being put, It was decided in the negative: and it was then Resolved, That the House do further insist on its amendment to the first amendment of the Senate to the said bill, (No. 49,) and on its disagree ment to the third and seventh amendments of the Senate thereto; and ask a further conference of the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses. Mr. Norris, Mr. Boyd, and Mr. Winthrop were appointed the managers to conduct the conference on the part of the House of Representatives. Ordered, That the Clerk notify the Senate of these proceedings on the part of the House. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Dickins, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have postponed indefinitely the bill of the House (No. 388) entitled "An act for the relief of Joseph Curwen, surviving partner of Willing and Curwen." They have passed the bill (No. 1) entitled "An act to provide for the better organization of the treasury, and for the collection, safekeeping. transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue," with amendments. And then he withdrew. The House (by unanimous consent) proceeded to the consideration of the said bill, (No. 1,) and the amendments of the Senate thereto: when it was Ordered, That the said bill and amendments be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; and that the said amendments be printed. And then, on motion of Mr. Graham, the House, at twenty minutes past 3 o'clock, p. m., adjourned until Monday next, at 10 o'clock, a. m. MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1846. On motion of Mr. Dodge, Ordered, That the letter from the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, on the 14th of May last, reports from the Commissioner of the General Land Office and from the late register (Wm. Ross) of the land office at Fairfield, in Iowa, relative to the manner and circumstances under which certain sums of money were deposited with said register, be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. This being a day set apart by the rules of the House for calling the States for resolutions, commencing at the Territory of Iowa, Mr. Dodge offered the following: Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be authorized and directed to pay out of the contingent fund, to the officers, clerks, messengers, pages. and laborers of this House, the same compensation that has heretofore been paid to the same persons in the Senate. The said resolution was read: when Mr. Dodge moved the previous question. Mr. Brodhead moved that it be laid upon the table. It was decided in the negative, S Yeas, Nays, 57 91 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. George Ashmun Jacob Brinkerhoff William W. Campbell John H. Campbell Robert P. Dunlap Joseph E. Edsall James J. Faran John W. Houston Mr. Washington Hunt Mr. James J. McKay Robert Dale Owen David A. Starkweather Bannon G. Thibodeaux Mr. Joseph M. Root Frederick P. Stanton William P. Thomasson Hezekiah Williams The previous question, moved by Mr. Dodge, was then seconded, and the main question was ordered and put, viz: Will the House agree to the said resolution? Yeas, Nays, .72 And decided in the affirmative, 76 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are— Mr. Meredith P. Gentry Samuel Gordon James Graham So the said resolution was agreed to. Mr. Alexander Ramsey Albert Smith Frederick P. Stanton Andrew Stewart John Strohm Stephen Strong George Sykes William P. Thomasson Allen G. Thurman John W. Tibbatts Hezekiah Williams Mr. Abraham R. McIlvaine Robert W. Roberts Thomas Smith Caleb B. Smith David A. Starkweather Henry St. John Bannon G. Thibodeaux Jacob Thompson William M. Tredway Horace Wheaton William W. Wick Joseph A. Woodward. Mr. Wheaton, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee have examined enrolled bills and a resolution of the following titles, viz: H. R. No. 14. An act to define the boundaries of the State of Iowa, *See Journal of August 4th, post. |