So the House refused to lay the resolution on the table. The question recurring, on the demand for the previous question, the House refused to second the same; When Mr. Maynard moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. Pending which motion, Mr. Maynard demanded the previous question; which was seconded. And decided in the affirmative, Yeas 107 63 52 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Samuel Hooper Asahel W. Hubbard William Loughridge Mr. Samuel S. Marshall Mr. Frederick A. Pike Charles Sitgreaves Mr. J. H. Sypher Stephen Taber The question then recurring on the motion of Mr. Maynard to refer the resolution to the Committee on Reconstruction, it was put and decided in the affirmative. So the resolution was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. The morning hour having expired, The Speaker announced as the business in order the motion of Mr. Boutwell to reconsider the vote whereby the bill of the House (H. R. 1667) to secure equal privileges and immunities to citizens of the United States, and to enforce the provisions of the fourteenth of the amend ments to the Constitution, was recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary; which was pending at the hour of adjournment on Saturday 23d instant. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Boutwell, Ordered, That the further consideration of the said motion be postponed to Wednesday, 27th instant, immediately after the reading of the journal. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the governor of the State of Indiana, transmitting report of the sales made by that State of the land scrip received from the United States under the act of July 2, 1862, relative to agricultural colleges, and of the appropriation of the proceeds of such sales; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Also, a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 23d instant, in relation to buildings or premises in the city of Washington, held and accepted by the Department of the Interior, "under lease or rent;" which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hamlin, one of their clerks: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill (S. 667) to enable the Holly, Wayne and Monroe Railway Company, in the State of Michigan, to have the subscription to its capital stock duly stamped; also, A joint resolution (S. R. 203) donating cannon for a monument to the memory of the late President Lincoln; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives. The Senate have agreed to the amendments of the House of Representatives to the joint resolution of the Senate (S. R. 173) respecting the provisional governments of Virginia and Texas; with amendments, in which I am also directed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives. Mr. McCullough, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolutions; which were read, considered, and agreed to: Resolved, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue inform this house at an early day at what rate he has fixed the fees of gaugers for gauging and inspecting liquors under the act of Congress approved July 20, 1864, section fifty-three; and whether he has authorized the gaugers to charge by the package or gallon; and whether the rate so fixed has been made uniform throughout the United States. Resolved, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue further inform this house, at as early a day as practicable, how much revenue has been raised from inspecting and gauging liquors under said act up to the 1st of January, 1869. The Speaker announced, as the next business in order, the consideration of the bill of the Senate (S. 570) for a grant of land, granting the right of way over the public lands to the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, and for other purposes, which was under consideration as unfinished business at the hour of adjournment on Friday, 22d instant, the pending question being the motion of Mr. Price to amend the bill. After debate, Mr. Covode moved the previous question on the bill and amendments. Pending which, Mr. E. B. Washburne moved that the bill and amendments be laid on the table. Pending which motion, Mr. E. B. Washburne moved that there be a call of the House; which motion was disagreed to. The question recurring on the motion of Mr. E. B. Washburne, that the bill be laid on the table, It was put, And decided in the negative, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Those not voting are Mr. George M. Adams Oakes Ames Mr. Charles Haight John Hill 語詞 J. Proctor Knott Mr. John A. Logan So the House refused to lay the bill on the table. Mr. Caleb N. Taylor The question then recurring on the demand of Mr. Covode for the previous question, the House refused to second the same; When Mr. Logan moved that the bill, amendments, and substitute be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands; which motion was, under the operation of the previous question, agreed to. Mr. Logan moved that the vote by which the said bill, amendments, and substitute were referred to the Committee on the Public Lands be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to Mr. L. S. Trimble for ten days. Mr. E. B. Washburne moved that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union for the consideration of the special order therein. Pending which, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Ebon C. Ingersoll Alexander H. Jones Those who voted in the negative are Mr. William B. Allison Mr. Charles E. Phelps Daniel M. Van Auken Mr. Thomas A. Jenckes And the House accordingly, at 4 o'clock and 15 minutes p. m., adjourned. TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1869. The following memorials, petitions, and other papers, were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the rules: By Mr. Churchill: The petition of Alvin Osborn and others, citizens of the State of New York, praying for an increase of duty upon foreignmade shingles. By Mr. Samuel Hooper: The petition of J. D. and M. Williams and others, citizens of the State of Massachusetts, praying for a modification of the internal revenue law. Ordered, That the said petition, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By the Speaker: The petition of Mrs. A. Lincoln, praying for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Higby: The petition of White and Bauer, praying for relief; Also, the petition of John Stratman, praying for relief. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. By Mr. Bashford: The petition of Mark Aldrich, a citizen of Arizona praying for relief; which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Ames: The petition of Albert French and others, citizens of the State of Massachusetts, praying for protection from illegal exactions. By Mr. Taber: The petition of Captain Joseph Bayles and others, citizens of the State of New York, of a similar import. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Com merce. By Mr. Van Horn: The petition of John C. Lemon, praying for relief; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Judd: The petition of Charlotte Webster, praying for a pension. By Mr. Maynard: The petition of James M. McKamey, praying for a pension; |