American provinces adjoining the United States, approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-five. "SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint an additional inspector who shall reside at Fort Brown, or such other place as may be designated by him as aforesaid, and who shall inspect all merchandise entitled to drawback under the provisions of this act, and otherwise protect the revenue. "SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That any merchandise which shall have been duly entered at the port of Corpus Christi, and the duties thereon paid or secured according to law, may be transported to Loredo on the Rio Grande, and from thence exported to Mexico with the privilege of drawback: Provided, That such exportation shall be made within one year from the date of importation, and under the conditions and provisions of the act, entitled 'An act allowing drawbacks upon foreign merchandise exported in the original packages to Chihuahua and Sante Fe in New Mexico, and to the British North American provinces adjoining the United States,' approved March the third, eighteen hundred and fortyfive. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to appoint an additional inspector to reside at Loredo, who shall inspect all merchandise entitled to drawback under the provisions of this act, and otherwise protect the revenue. "SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to appoint a deputy collector to reside at Chesapeake city in the State of Maryland, with authority to grant enrolments and licenses to vessels: Provided, That the compensation of the said deputy collector shall be the usual fees of office and nothing more. "SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the owners of vessels residing on New river in Onslow county, in the State of North Carolina, shall have the privilege of taking out registers or enrolments, and licenses at Wilmington, in said State, and the collector of said district is hereby authorized to grant the same on the conditions. now required by law." Amend the title by adding "and for other purposes." The question being put, the said amendment was agreed to. And being engrossed, the said bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. Thibodeaux moved that the vote be reconsidered by which said bill was passed, and also moved that the 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 bill. Mr. Hudson, by leave, presented concurrent resolutions of the legislature of the commonwealth of Massachusetts concerning slavery and the slave trade; which were laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. Hudson, it was Ordered, That leave be granted to withdraw from the files of the House the petition and papers of Ferdinand N. Clark. 1 Thereupon the said papers were delivered to Mr. Hudson. Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled bill entitledS. 398. An act to grant the right of way to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company; when The Speaker signed the bill. On motion of Mr. Vinton, 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. Pollock reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, and particularly the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. No. 699) making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the 30th of June, 1850, had directed him to report that the committee had agreed to some of the amend ments, disagreed to others, and had agreed to the 14th and last with an amendment. The House proceeded to the consideration of the said amend. ments; when sundry of the amendments were agreed to and others disagreed to. The 9th amendment was read, as follows: Page 4, (engrossed bill,) after line 6, insert "For the purchase of the right to use A. D. Bishop's patent portable boom. derrick for all government purposes, ten thousand dollars: Provided, The said Bishop shall, within fifteen days from the passage of this act, notify the Secretary of the Navy, in wri ting, of his acceptance of said sum in full compensation for said patent right, and all improvements which he may hereafter make upon the same; and shall furnish full working plans and explanations for the construction of said boom derrick." And the question being put, Will the House agree to the said amendment? It was decided in the negative, S Yeas ... 74 101 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Mr. George Ashmun Esbon Blackmar Mr. John W. Farrelly Winfield S. Featherston Mr. William T. Lawrence Robert M. McLane Mr. George Fries Andrew S. Fulton Mr. Samuel F. Vinton Mr. Abraham R. McIlvaine Jonathan D. Morris George A. Starkweather Andrew Stewart Abraham W. Venable Mr. Willard P. Hall moved that the vote be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The 10th amendment of the Senate was read, as follows: "And that the officers of the marine corps affected by the 4th section of the act of Congress, approved March 2, 1847, entitled 'An act for the increase of the marine corps of the United States,' shall be provided for in the same manner that the officers of the old army who received appointments in the additional regiments raised for the war with Mexico, were under the fourth section of the act of Congress, approved July 19, 1848, entitled 'An act supplemental to an act entitled 'An act providing for the, prosecution of the existing war between the United States and the republic of Mexico, and for other purposes.'" And the question being put, Will the House agree to the said amendment? It was decided in the negative. Mr. James Thompson moved that the vote be reconsidered by which the said 10th amendment of the Senate was disagreed to. Mr. James Thompson moved the previous question. Mr. George W. Jones moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which motion was agreed to. The 14th and last amendment was read as follows: line 12, insert Page 2, after "For the survey of the reefs, shoals, keys, and coasts of south Florida by the coast survey, and for which the Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to provide the requisite officers, vessels, and crews to said coast survey, the sum of thirty thousand dollars." To this amendment the Committee of the Whole House reported the following amendment, viz: Between the words "the" and "coast," in the second line, insert "superintendent of the"; which was agreed to. The 14th amendment of the Senate, as amended, was then concurred in. And so it was Resolved, That the House concur in the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 11th amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. No. 699;) That they concur with the Senate in their 14th amendment, with an amendment; And that they disagree to the 1st, 2d, 3d, 9th, 10th, 12th, and 13th of the said amendments of the Senate. Ordered, That the Clerk notify the Senate of the proceedings of the House on their said amendments to the said bill (No. 699, H. R.) Mr. Morehead moved that the motion made by him on the 4th day of January last, to reconsider the vote by which the bill from the Senate (No. 185) entitled "An act for the relief of James G. Carson," was passed, be laid on the table; which motion was agreed to. Mr. Botts, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the joint resolution from the Senate (No. 52) entitled "A resolution respecting the bounty land and extra pay allowed to the substitutes of men enlisted for the Mexican war," reported the same back to the House without amendment; when On motion of Mr. Botts, Ordered, That the said resolution be laid upon the table. A message was received from the President of the United States by J. Knox Walker, his private secretary, notifying the House that he did yesterday, the 2d instant, approve and sign bills and joint resolutions of the following titles, viz: H. R. 698. An act making appropriations for the payment navy pensions for the year ending the 30th June, 1850. of H. R. 184. An act to amend the charter of the Provident Asso ciation of Clerks in the city of Washington; H. R. 359. An act for the relief of A. C. Bryan and others; H. R. 725. An act for the relief of B. O. Payne, of Albany, New York; H. R. 802. An act for the relief of the citizens of Cedar Bluff, in the State of Alabama, and for other purposes; H. R. 799. An act for the benefit of Peter M. Grant; H. R. 282. An act for the relief of Lizur B. Canfield; H. R. 401. An act for the relief of Joshua Barney, United States agent; H. R. 635. An act to aid the State of Louisiana in draining the swamp lands therein; H. R. 15. An act for the settlement of the claims of New Hampshire against the United States; H. R. 574. An act granting a half section of land for the use of schools within fractional township nineteen south of range eighteen west, county of Lowndes, State of Mississippi; H. R. 497. An act for the relief of E. B. Cogswell; H. R. 797. An act in relation to the Fox and Wisconsin river reservation in the State of Wisconsin; H. R. 43. Joint resolution for the distribution of the Official Register, or Blue Book, among the several States; H. R. 54. Joint resolution directing that the government of Russia be supplied with certain volumes of the Narrative of the Exploring Expedition, in lieu of those lost at sea, and for other pur poses. Mr. James G. Hampton, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined enrolled bills and joint resolutions of the following titles, viz: S. 70. A resolution to fix the meaning of the second section of an act for changing the location of the land office in the Chippewa land district, in the State of Wisconsin; H. R. 773. An act for the relief of Major Charles Larrabee; H. R. 76. An act for the relief of David Thomas, of Philadelphia; H. R. 621. An act for the relief of Captain Alexander McEwen. H. R. 181. An act for the relief of John P. Skinner and the legal representatives of Isaac Green; H. R. 347. An act for the relief of the legal representatives of George W. Milam; H. R. 354. An act for the relief of Doctor Adolphus Wizlizenus; H. R. 464. An act for the relief of William Lott; H. R. 531. An act for the relief of James Moorhead; H. R. 659. An act further to continue in force the acts for the payment of horses and other property lost in the military service of the United States; H. R. 51. Joint resolution for the relief of pursers in the navy, as to expenditures made in pursuance of orders during the war with Mexico, and for other purposes; and found the same truly enrolled; when The Speaker signed the said bills and resolution. On motion of Mr. Grinnell, The House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole House |