Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll Orlando Kellogg Abraham R. McIlvaine William A. Newell John G. Palfrey Mr. John S. Pendleton Mr. Truman Smith Frederick A. Tallmadge Joseph A. Woodward. The question recurred on the passage of the bill; when Mr. Edwards moved the previous question; which was seconded, and the main question ordered, viz: Shall the bill pass? And being put, It was decided in the affirmative. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. The joint resolution (No. 47) for the purchase of copies of the General Navy Register, (which was, on the 16th of January last, ordered to be read a third time,) was read the third time. The question was stated on the passage of the said resolution, when Mr. Thomas Butler King moved the previous question; which was seconded, and the main question ordered. Mr. Atkinson moved that the joint resolution be laid upon the table; And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, S Yeas Nays..... 69 100 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. Amos Abbott Daniel M. Barringer John P. Gaines Mr. John Gayle William L. Goggin Richard K. Meade Mr. Henry C. Murphy Alexander H. Stephens Frederick A. Tallmadge Richard W. Thompson The question recurred, Shall the resolution pass? It was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Schenck moved that the vote be reconsidered by which the said resolution was passed; and also moved that the said motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said resolution. The bill (No. 412) to provide for the settlement of claims against the United States, (ordered on the 9th instant to be read a third time,) was read the third time. The question being upon the passage of the said bill, Mr. John A. Rockwell moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, viz: Shall the bill pass? And being put, It was decided in the negative, S Yeas ... 84 99 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Mr. Amos Abbott Green Adams Mr. Daniel M. Barringer Hiram Belcher Ausburn Birdsall Mr. Esbon Blackmar John Blanchard Mr. Charles Brown Armistead Burt Andrew S. Fulton Mr. Dudley S. Gregory Artemas Hale Those who voted in the negative are, Mr. Archibald Atkinson Washington Barrow Jasper E. Brady Beverly L. Clark Williamson R. W. Cobb William M. Cocke William Collins John H. Crozier Winfield S. Featherston William L. Goggin Mr. David Hammons James G. Hampton John S. Pendleton Mr. Henry Nicoll Bannon G. Thibodeaux Mr. John Pettit Samuel O. Peyton George A. Starkweather Andrew Stewart James S. Wiley Mr. Willard P. Hall moved that the vote be reconsidered by which said bill was rejected, and also moved that the motion to reConsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The bill (No. 764) to establish the "Department of the Interior" and for other purposes, (ordered on the 12th instant to be read a third time,) was read the third time. And the question being upon the passage of the bill, Mr. Vinton moved the previous question; which was seconded, and the main question ordered, viz: Shall the bill pass? And being put, It was decided in the affirmative, (Yeas 112 Nays. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Mr. Amos Abbott Green Adams John W. Farrelly Andrew S. Fulton John Gayle Mr. Joshua R. Giddings Daniel Gott Charles S. Morehead Mr. David Outlaw Frederick P. Stanton Frederick A. Tallmadge Mr. Thomas J. Henley Hugh L. W. Hill' Sidney Lawrence Mr. Robert McClelland John K. Miller Mr. Timothy Pillsbury R. Barnwell Rhett Mr. James Thompson Joseph A. Woodward. Mr. Vinton moved to reconsider the vote by which the said bill was passed, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Palfrey moved to amend the title of the bill, by striking out the words" Department of the Interior," and inserting in lieu thereof "Home Department." Mr. Vinton moved to amend the title by striking out the words, "and for other purposes," and inserting "to provide for the Treasury Department an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and a Commissioner of the Customs;" which amendment was agreed to. The question recurred on the amendment moved by Mr. Palfrey; and being put it was agreed to. So the title now reads; H. R. 764. An act to establish the Home Department and to provide for the Treasury Department an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and a Commissioner of the Customs. 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. Crozier: The memorial of Sterling Cocke, in behalf of himself and other heirs of William C. Ellis, deceased, praying for authority to locate their land claim, under the Spanish treaty, upon any public lands belonging to the United States; which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. By Mr. Kaufman: The petition of citizens of Park and Smith counties, in the State of Texas, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Belleview to Tylor. By Mr. Vinton: The petition of citizens of Meigs county, in the State of Ohio, praying for a reduction of postage and the abolition of the franking privilege. By Mr. Taylor: The petition of citizens of Ross county, in the State of Ohio, of similar import with the foregoing. By Mr. Peyton: The petition of citizens of Ohio city, in the State of Kentucky, of similar import with the foregoing. By Mr. Warren: The petition of citizens of Glenham, in the State of New York, of similar import with the foregoing. By Mr. Lynde: The petition of citizens of the State of Wisconsin, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Geneva to Beloit. By Mr. Rockhill: The petition of citizens of the counties of Whitley and Huntington, in the State of Indiana, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Huntington to Columbia. |