auction, having given twenty days' notice in a newspaper printed in Washington city and New York city, an amount of bonds deposited by said bank, as security for its circulation, equal to the circulation to be withdrawn from such bank, and with the proceeds to redeem so many of the notes of such bank as they come into the treasury as will equal the amount required from it: Provided, That the circulation herein authorized shall be issued only as circulation is withdrawn, so that the aggregate of circulation shall not at any time exceed $300,000,000." The question was put, Will the House agree thereto ? And it was decided in the affirmative Yeas... Nays. Not voting. 93 86 43 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Burr moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. And the question being put on the latter motion, Yeas.... 90 84 48 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are So the motion to reconsider was laid on the table. Mr. Miller moved that the bill be laid on 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, So the House refused to lay the bill on the table. Mr. Samuel J. Randall Mr. Daniel Polsley C. H. Prince Mr. J. H. Sypher Ellihu B. Washburne William Windom Fernando Wood. The amendment submitted by Mr. Griswold was then agreed to. The amendment submitted by Mr. Benjamin F. Butler having been read as follows, viz: Amend the second section of the bill by substituting as follows, after the enacting clause: "That section forty-two of said act be so far amended as to provide that thirty days after notice shall be served upon the Comptroller of the Currency by any banking association organized under the laws of the United States that it has gone into liquidation by a vote of its shareholders, as provided in said section, or whenever proceedings have been taken under the provi sions of said act against any such banking association for any violation of the provisions thereof, all payments of interest upon the bonds pledged by such banking association to redeem its circulation or to secure its deposits due to the United States shall cease, except as hereinafter provided; but such association may produce and deliver up to the Comptroller of the Currency, to be cancelled, any of its bills theretofore furnished it for circulation in sums of $100, or any multiple thereof, and receive an assignment, as provided in said section forty-two, of a pro rata proportion of the bonds pledged for their redemption; and the accrued interest on such bonds so assigned shall be paid to such association, and the same may be done from time to time until all said bills shall have been returned to the Comptroller and cancelled, when such association shall be discharged from all liability on account of its circulation; and when its deposits due the United States are paid with interest thereon in coin from the time the association shall be proceeded against or have gone into liquidation, then the bonds deposited as security for deposits shall be assigned as provided in said act, and the interest thereon shall be paid to the association: Provided, That nothing herein shall hinder the sale or forfeiture of the bonds by the Comptroller of the Currency in the manner provided by law for any violation of the provisions of said act, or, when necessary, for the redemption of the bills when presented to the treasury of the United States; but no balance or surplus of either principal or interest shall be aid over to such banking association who makes default in redeeming its circulation: And provided further, That an amount of circulation equal to that so cancelled shall be forthwith issued to the banks in those States not having their full proportion of circulation according to law." The question was put, Will the House agree thereto ? The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. George W. Anderson Mr. W. P. Edwards Delos R. Ashley Those who voted Mr. William B. Allison Jehu Baker John D. Baldwin John F. Benjamin Henry L. Dawes Thomas W. Ferry John R. French Mr. Francis W. Kellogg in the negative are Mr. Thomas D. Eliot John F. Farnsworth Julius Hotchkiss Mr. William H. Koontz Mr. Glenni W. Scofield Robert T. Van Horn Mr. Samuel J. Randall Row'd E. Trowbridge Henry Van Aernam Cadwal'r C. Washburn Martin Welker James F. Wilson Stephen F. Wilson Those not voting are Mr. George M. Adams Oakes Ames John C. Churchill Mr. Sidney Clarke J. W. Clift Adam J. Glossbrenner Mr. George V. Lawrence So the said amendment was disagreed to. Mr. Green B. Raum William H. Robertson Lawrence S. Trimble Pending the question on the remaining amendments to the said bill, Mr. Holman, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a joint resolution and bills of the following titles, viz: H. Res. 452. Joint resolution for the relief of Leonard Pierce, jr., late United States consul at Matamoras, Mexico. H. R. 264. An act to locate and establish an assay office in the Territory of Idaho. H. R. 1453. An act for the relief of William Grant Powers; When The Speaker signed the same. Mr. Stephen F. Wilson, from the same committee, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz: H. R. 1974. An act to prevent loaning money upon United States notes; When The Speaker signed the same: By unanimous consent, leave of absence until Tuesday next was granted to Mr. Barnes, and to Mr. Griswold, Mr. Stover, Mr. Blair, Mr. McKee, and Mr. Norris, for to-day, and to Mr. Mungen for to-night. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Gorham, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill of the House (H. R. 941) to amend certain acts in relation to the navy and marine corps. The Senate have passed a joint resolution and bills of the following titles, viz: H. Res. 459. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to allow to the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad Company a right of way across a portion of the public ground at Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York, for railroad purposes; H. R. 1745. An act for the relief of the estate of Isaac Phillips, deceased, who was a private in the revolutionary war; H. R. 1749. An act granting a pension to Daniel Hauser, a citizen of North Carolina, and a soldier of the war of 1812; severally, without amendment. The Senate have rejected a bill of the House of the following title, viz: H. R. 603. An act granting pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the war of 1812. |