So the said bill was laid upon the table. Mr. Stephen Strong Mr. William A. Moseley Alexander H. Stephens William P. Thomasson Benjamin Thompson Mr. Tibbatts moved that the vote by which said bill was laid upon the table be reconsidered: which motion was disagreed to. A message was received from the President of the United States, by J. Knox Walker, his private secretary, which was delivered in at the Speaker's table. Mr. Hopkins, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported a bill (No. 531) to establish certain post routes: which was read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. The hour allotted to reports from committees having expired, Mr. Jacob Thompson moved that the rules be suspended for one hour, for the purpose of receiving such reports from committees as give rise to no debate. And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, (two-thirds voting in favor thereof:) and Mr. McKay, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 532) regulating the appointment of clerks in the Executive departments, and for other purposes: which bill was read a first and second time.. And the question was stated, Shall the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to-day? when Mr. Constable moved that it be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union: which motion was agreed to. And the bill was committed accordingly. Mr. McKay, from the Committee of Ways and Means, moved that certain tabular statements relating to the tariff be printed: which motion was agreed to. Mr. McKay, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following resolution: Resolved, That the Clerk of this House be, and he is hereby directed, on or before the first day of December next, to cause to be made a full and correct inventory of all the books and other property in his office, in the House library, in each of the committee rooms, and elsewhere, belonging to the House, and file a copy of the same in the library of Congress. Resolved further, That the Clerk cause to be prepared and submitted to the House at the commencement of the next session a full and correct list of all books to which present or former members are entitled under law or resolution, and which have not been delivered, and the names of such members. The said resolution was read: when Mr. Ashmun moved that it be laid upon the table: which motion was disagreed to. And debate arising thereon, it was laid over. Mr. McKay, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following resolution: Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be, and he is hereby, instructed to suspend the execution of the resolution directing him to furnish members with the books therein named, and not to purchase or deliver any of them until an appropriation is made by Congress to pay for the same, agreeably to an estimate furnished by the Clerk to the Committee of Ways and Means. The said resolution was read: when Mr. McKay moved the previous question. Mr. Sawtelle moved, at thirty-five minutes past 1 o'clock, p. m., that the House adjourn: which motion was disagreed to. The question recurred on seconding the previous question: when Mr. Ashmun raised the question of order, that this subject not having been referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, the committee had no right to report upon it. The Speaker (Mr. Hopkins in the chair) overruled the question of order thus raised, and decided that the report was in order. From this decision Mr. Ashmun 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, SYeas, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are 81 67 The question again recurred on seconding the previous question: when Mr. John H. Ewing raised the question of order, that the rules having been suspended to receive such reports as gave rise to no debate, and that several members having intimated their intention to debate this resolution, it must go over, notwithstanding that the previous question was moved at the moment the same was reported from the committee. The Chair decided that the previous question having been moved before any member was entitled to the floor to debate the said resolution, it must now be put to the House. From this decision Mr. Ewing appealed. And the qustion 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. The question again recurred on seconding the previous question: when Mr. Woodworth moved that the said resolution be laid upon the table. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas, Nays, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Amos Abbott John Quincy Adams John Blanchard Henry Grider Joseph Grinnell Alexander Harper Mr. Henry W. Hilliard Those who voted in the negative are― Mr. Stephen Adams Joseph H. Anderson James Black James C. Dobbin George C. Dromgoole Jacob Erdman James J. Faran Mr. Orlando B. Ficklin Mr. John A. Rockwell Frederick P.-Stanton Stephen Strong William P. Thomasson Benjamin Thompson Hezekiah Williams Robert C. Winthrop Bryan R. Young. Mr. James J. McKay Barclay Martin Robert W. Roberts Bradford R. Wood Joseph A. Woodward. So the House refused to lay the said resolution upon the table. 77 Mr. Sawtelle moved, at twenty-five minutes past 2 o'clock, p. m., that the House adjourn: which motion was disagreed to. The hour for which the rules were suspended for the purpose of receiv ing reports from committees having expired, On motion of Mr. Roberts, 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. McClernand 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. 51) entitled "An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the 30th of June, 1847," and finding itself without a quorum, had risen. Mr. George S. Houston moved that there be a call of the House. Mr. Pettit moved, at half-past 3 o'clock, p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, Yeas, Nays, 74 63 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Amos Abbott John Quincy Adams Samuel Gordon Henry Grider Mr. Charles Hudson Those who voted in the negative are Mr. John Runk Bannon G. Thibodeaux Robert C. Winthrop Mr. Joseph Morris Mace Moulton And the House accordingly adjourned until 10 o'clock, to-morrow. |