H. R. 609. An act for the relief of Eve Boggs.

H. R. 7. A joint resolution for the relief of George R. Smith. H. R. 759. An act for the relief of Charles McClane, of Missouri.

H. R. 47. A joint resolution for the purchase of copies of the General Navy Register and Laws.

H. R. 447. An act for the relief of Polly Aldrich.

H. R. 215. An act for the relief of Peter Shaffer.

H. R. 272. An act for the relief of H. Carrington, executor of Paulina Le Grand, deceased.

H. R. 53. An act for the relief of John W. Hockett.

H. R. 678. An act for the relief of Amelia Couvillion, of Louisiana.

H. R. 548. An act for the relief of Mary Buck.

H. R. 510. A bill for the relief of Lowry Williams.
H. R. 481. An act for the relief of William P. Yonge.
H. R. 463. An act for the relief of Andrew Flanegan.

H. R. 451. An act for the relief of William H. Wilson.
H. R. 385. An act for the relief of John Savage.

H. R. 313. An act for the relief of John J. Young, a commander in the navy of the United States.

H. R. 285. An act for the relief of John Campbell.

H. R. 280. An act for the relief of James Fugate.

H. R. 487. An act to settle the title to certain tracts of land in the State of Arkansas.

H. R. 214. An act for the relief of Noah Phelps.

H. R. 691. An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June 30, 1850.

H. R. 686. An act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year ending the 30th June, 1850. H. R. 699. An act making appropriations for the naval service, for the year ending the 30th June, 1850.

H. R. 13 An act for the relief of Daniel Robinson.

H. R. 622. An act for the relief of Elizabeth S. Cobbs.

H. R. 161. An aet for the relief of the legal representatives of Captain George R. Shoemaker, deceased.

·H. R. 461, An act for the relief of Robert Ramsey.

H. R. 279. An act for the relief of Jesse Washington Jackson. H. R. 179. An act for the relief of James Norris, and for other purposes.

H. R. 813. An act to make arrangements for taking the seventh

census.

H. R. 52. An act for the relief of Charles Benns.

S. 282. An act for the better organization of the district court of the United States within the State of Louisiana.

S. 476. An act for the relief of Alexander Montgomery, captain and assistant quartermaster of the army.

H. R. 291. An act requiring all moneys receivable from customs

and from all other sources, to be paid immediately into the treasury without abatement or reduction, and for other purposes.

S. 198. An act for the relief of Henry D. Garrison.

S. 299. An act to establish a port of entry at the Brazos de Santiago, in the State of Texas, and for other purposes.

S. 211. An act for the relief of the owners of the schooner Ticonic.

S. 212. An act for the relief P. Chouteau, jr., and company.
S. 107. An act for the relief of George Center.

S. 22. An act for the relief of Mary MacRea, widow of Lieutenant Colonel William MacRea, late of the United States army, deceased.

S. 71. A resolution relative to the public printing.

On motion of Mr. Cabell, it was

Resolved, That the attorney in the following private claims have leave to withdraw all the papers connected therewith from the files of the House, viz:

Captain William Black's volunteer company papers, Captain John Lott Phillip's volunteer company papers, John G. Smith's, John G. Gamble, Lieutenant Colonel Holt Richeson's heirs, J. Garrason, F. Morino, Micah Whitmash's heirs, John Gregg's heirs, Samuel Richard's heirs, George Gresham's heirs, Ebenezer Jackson's heirs, John Winan's heirs, John Slaughter's heirs, Henry Pauling's heirs, Andrew Dover's heirs.

On motion of Mr. Mullin, it was

Ordered, That leave be granted to withdraw the petition and papers of George J. Knight, from the files of the House.

Mr. Schenck offered the following resolution; which was read and agreed to:

Resolved, That a message be sent to the Senate, informing them that this House having no business before it, if they have no communication to make, is now ready to adjourn.

Ordered, That the Clerk do go with said message.

Mr. Bingham, at 3 o'clock and ten minutes, a. m., (on Sunday morning, March 4th,) moved that the House adjourn; which motion was not agreed to.

Mr. Morse moved that the rules be suspended for the purpose of enabling him to offer the folowing resolution:

Resolved, That the Commissioner of Public Buildings be directed to submit to the next Congress some approved plan, either by changing the form of the present hall of the House of Representatives, or by the erection of some other hall, in this capitol, which shall be better adapted to the purposes of legislation.

And the question being put, Shall the rules be suspended?

It was decided in the negative-two-thirds not voting therefor. Mr. Henley moved that the rules be suspended for the purpose of enabling him to offer the following resolution:

Resolved, That a committee be appointed on the part of the House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the United States and no

tify him that, unless he may have other communications to make to the House of Representatives, they are ready to adjourn.

And the question being put, Shall the rules be suspended?

It was decided in the negative-two-thirds not voting therefor. Mr. Albert G. Brown moved that the rules be suspended for the purpose of enabling him to offer the following resolution:

Resolved, That ten thousand extra copies of the majority and minority reports upon the subject of military contributions enforced in Mexico, be printed.

And the question being put, Shall the rules be suspended?
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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll moved that the rules be suspended for the purpose of enabling him to offer the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Clerk be directed to purchase for the use of the members of this House, two hundred and fifty copies of the work on the United States Fiscal Department, prepared by Robert Mayo, in two quarto volumes, provided the price does not exceed five dollars a copy.

And the question being put, Shall the rules be suspended?

It was decided in the negative-two-thirds not voting therefor. A message was received from the President of the United States, by J. Knox Walker, his private secretary, notifying that he did, on this day, approve and sign bills and resolutions of the following titles:

H. R. 754. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30th, 1850;

S. 47. An act for the relief of Mary G. Leverett;

H. R. 791. An act declaring Fort Covington, in the State of New York, to be a port of delivery, and for other purposes;

H. R. 677. An act for the relief of Sidney Flowers, of Louisiana, and for other purposes;

H. R. 458. An act for the relief of Maurice R. Simons;

H. R. 805. An act to authorize the judge of the courts of the United States of the fifth circuit, to hold the circuit court for the district of Kentucky;

H. R. 804. An act concerning the selection of jurors in certain courts of the United States;

H. R. 52. Joint resolution relative to evidence in applications for pensions by widows of deceased soldiers, under the act of July 21, 1848;

H. R. 58. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives to subscribe for a thousand copies of a further publication of the debates and proceedings of Congress, and for other purposes;

H. R. Joint resolution granting to the Secretary of the Treasury further time to make the report concerning the sale and entry of certain lands in Cincinnati;

H. R. 341. An act for the relief of Joel Thacker;

H. R. 344. An act to transfer the towns of Vinal Haven, North Haven, and Islesboro' from the collection district of Penobscot to that of Belfast, in the State of Maine.

H. R. 742. An act to incorporate the Oak Hill Cemetery, in the District of Columbia;

H. R. 747. An act to provide for the settlement of the accounts of public officers, and others who may have received moneys arising from military contributions or otherwise in Mexico;

H. R. 531. An act for the relief of James Moorehead;

H. R. 464. An act for the relief of William Gott;

H. R. 354. An act for the relief of Doctor Adolphus Wizlizenus;

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;

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. 700. An act to amend the act entitled "An act supplemental to the act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union;"

H. R. 569. An act for the relief of the president and directors of the Union Bank of Florida;

H. R. 181. An act for the relief of John P. Skinner and the legal representatives of Isaac Green;

H. R. 621. An act for the relief of Captain Alexander McEwen;

H. R. 566. An act for the relief of John F. Ohl;

H. R. 553. An act for the relief of Catharine Clark;

H. R. 545. An act for the relief of Polly Dameron, widow of Charles Dameron, deceased;

H. R. 76. An act for the relief of David Thomas, of Philadelphia;

H. R. 403. An act for the relief of Samuel A. Grier;

H. R. 773. An act for the relief of Major Charles Larrabee;

H. R. 746. An act to authorize the coinage of gold dollars and double eagles;

H. R. 406. An act to authorize the citizens of Ozark county, Missouri, to enter 40 acres of land for a county site in said county;

H. R. 291. An act requiring all moneys receivable from customs, and from all other sources, to be placed immediately into the treasury, without abatement or reduction, and for other purposes;

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 Customs;

H. R. 695. An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the 30th June, 1850;

H. R. 686. An act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1850;

H. R. 699. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending 30th June, 1850;

H. R. 691. An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June 30, 1850;

H. R. 779. An act for the relief of James Norris, and for other purposes;

H. R. 813. An act to make arrangement for taking the seventh

census;

H. R. 52. An act for the relief of Charles Benns;

H. R. 47. Joint resolution for the purchase of copies of the General Navy Regulations and Laws;

H. R. 161. An act for the relief of the legal representatives of Captain George R. Shoemaker, deceased;

H. R. 279. An act for the relief of Jesse Washington Jackson;
H. R. 461. An act for the relief of Robert Ramsey;