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The 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th amendments were then severally read and agreed to.

The 13th amendment having been read,

The question was put, Will the House agree thereto?

And it was decided in the affirmative,

Yeas..
Nays..
Not voting.

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

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By unanimous consent, leave was granted to Mr. Perham to withdraw the papers in the case of James P. Earle, and to Mr. Pruyn to withdraw the papers in the case of Solomon Van Rensellaer.

The hour of 44 o'clock p. m. having arrived, the House took a recess until 74 o'clock p. m.

After the recess,

Mr. Julian, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 467) to confirm an entry of land by Moses F. Shinn, reported the same without amend

ment.

Ordered, That it be read a third time.

It was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Mr. Julian moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bill.

Mr. Farnsworth, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported a bill (H. R. 2006) to establish certain post roads; which was read a first and second time.

Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Pile for to-night.

On motion of Mr. Scofield, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the general debate on the bill of the House (H. R. 1911) making appropriations for deficiencies, &c., shall cease as soon as the House proceeds to its consideration.

On motion of Mr. Scofield, 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. Price reported that the committee having had under consideration the bill of the House (H. R. 1911) making appropriations and to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, had come to no resolution thereon.

Mr. Logan, the rules having been suspended for that purpose, introduced a joint resolution (II. Res. 466) donating condemned cannon and muskets for the McPherson monument; which was read a first and second time.

Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Logan moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said resolution.

On motion of Mr. Harding, at 10 o'clock and 10 minutes p. m., House adjourned.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1869.

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The following petitions were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the rules, and referred as follows:

By Mr. Maynard: The petitions of W. C Lewis, Jefferson Bassett, A. H. Rippetoe, C. R. Breedlove, Robert P. Blount, Robert L. Bassett, William H. Thacker, Samuel C. Upham, B. H. Bassett, Z. W. Mathews, P. W. McAnse, J. W. Goode, citizens of Texas, praying for the removal of disabilities;

By the Speaker: The petition of Thomas Allen, a citizen of the State of Georgia, of a similar import;

to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. William Lawrence: The petition of officers of the eighth United States infantry, praying for an increase of compensation, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. John D. Baldwin: The petition of C. F. Flint and others, citizens of the District of Columbia, relative to female suffrage, to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

By Mr. Twichell: Eight petitions from citizens of the State of Massachusetts, of a similar import, to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.

By Mr. Eliot: The petition from Chester Snow and others, citizens of the State of Massachusetts, praying for the removal of obstructions at "Hell Gate," to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Gravely: Six petitions from citizens of the State of Missouri, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Springfield, Missouri, to Fort Scott, Kansas, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Spalding, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported a bill

(H. R. 2007) making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the gov erment for the year ending June 30, 1870, and for other purposes; which was read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for to-morrow and until disposed of.

Mr. Garfield, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted a report in writing on army organization; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed.

By unanimous consent, leave of absence at this evening's session was granted to Mr. Van Trump.

On motion of Mr. Kerr, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the evidence taken by the Committee on Roads and Canals, in reference to bridges over the Ohio river and what will constitute obstructions to navigation on the said river, be printed.

Mr. Holman, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a joint resolution of the following title, viz:

H. Res. 460. Joint resolution in relation to the meeting of the House of Representatives at the first session of the forty-first Congress; When

The Speaker signed the same.

Mr. Holman, from the same committee, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz: S. 467. An act to confirm an entry of land by Moses F. Shinn; When

The Speaker signed the same.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Gorham, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have agreed to the report of the committee on conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill of the House (H. R. 1812) to allow deputy collectors and assistant assessors of internal revenue acting as collectors or assessors, the pay of collectors and assessors.

The Senate have passed bills and a joint resolution of the House of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 1367. An act for the relief of George Kaiser;

H. R. 284. An act for the relief of N. A. Shuttleworth, of Harrison county, West Virginia;

H. R. 1128. An act for the relief of Isaac Watts.

H. Res. 265. Joint resolution for the relief of Edward E Shead, of Eastport, State of Maine;

severally without amendment; and

H. R. 425. An act for the relief of Mary A. Filler;

with an amendment, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House.

The Senate have passed bills and joint resolutions of the following titles, viz:

S. 924. An act for the relief of Ellen Simms;

S. 972. An act for the benefit of Stuart Barnes;

S. 591. An act for the relief of O. N. Cutler;

S. 923. An act for the relief of Captain James Kelly;

S. 957. An act for the relief of S. and H. Sayles;

S. R. 163. Joint resolution for the relief of Benjamin Cooley and James W. Boswell;

S. R. 237. Joint resolution to refer the claim of O. P. Cobb and others to the Court of Claims;

in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House.

The President of the United States has notified the Senate that he did, on the 22d instant, approve and sign a bill of the following title, viz: S. 935. An act to provide for a term of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the district of Vermont.

On motion of Mr. Scofield, 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. Price reported that the committee having had under consideration the special order, viz: H. R. 1911. A bill making appropriations under supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.

Mr. Scofield moved that the rules be suspended so as to close the five minutes' debate on the paragraph of the bill ending on line 171 and to limit the debate to 10 minutes on the paragraph ending on line 178. And the question being put,

It was decided in the affirmative,

Two-thirds voting in favor thereof.

Yeas.
Nays..
Not voting.

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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. William B. Allison

Samuel M. Arnell
Delos R. Ashley
James M. Ashley
Alexander H. Bailey
Jehu Baker
Nathaniel P. Banks
Demas Barnes
Fernando C. Beaman
John Beatty

John F. Benjamin
Jacob Benton

John A. Bingham

W. Jasper Blackburn
Austin Blair

George S. Boutwell
Nathaniel Boyden
Henry P. H. Bromwell
John M. Broomall
Ralph P. Buckland
Charles W. Buckley
Roderick R. Butler
John B. Callis
Samuel F. Cary
John C. Churchill
Reader W. Clarke
Sidney Clarke
Amasa Cobb
John Coburn
Burton C. Cook

Simeon Corley

Thomas Cornell

John Covode

Mr. Shelby M. Cullom

Henry L. Dawes
Columbus Delano
Oliver J. Dickey
Nathan F. Dixon
Oliver H. Dockery
Grenville M. Dodge
John F. Driggs
Ephraim R. Eckley
Thomas D. Eliot
James T. Elliott
Orange Ferriss
William C. Fields
John R. French
James A. Garfield
Samuel F. Gove
Joseph J. Gravely
John A. Griswold
Charles M. Hamilton
Abuer C. Harding
Thomas Haughey
Isaac R. Hawkins
David Heaton
John Hill

Benjamin F. Hopkins
Calvin T. Hulburd
Ebon C. Ingersoll
Alexander H. Jones
Norman B. Judd
George W. Julian
William D. Kelley
William H. Kelsey

Mr. John H. Ketcham
Bethuel M. Kitchen
William H. Koontz
Addison H. Laflin
William Lawrence
William S. Lincoln
William Loughridge
John Lynch

James M. Marvin
Horace Maynard
Dennis McCarthy
Samuel McKee
Ulysses Mercur
George F. Miller
William Moore
James K. Moorhead
James Mullins
Leonard Myers
Carman A. Newcomb
J. P. Newsham
Benjamin W. Norris
David A. Nunn
Charles O'Neill
Godlove S. Orth
Halbert E. Paine

Siduey Perham
John A. Peters
S. Newton Pettis
Tobias A. Plants
Luke P. Poland
Theodore M. Pomeroy
Hiram Price

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Mr. Green B. Raum
William H. Robertson
Logan H. Roots
Philetus Saw ver
Robert C. Schenck
Glenni W. Scofield
John P. C. Shanks
Samuel Shellabarger
Rufus P. Spalding
H. H. Starkweather
Aaron F. Stevens
Thomas E. Stewart
William B. Stokes
John H. Stover
John Taffe
Francis Thomas
John Trimble
Row'd E. Trowbridge
Ginery Twichell
Charles Upson
Henry Van Aernam
Burt Van Horn
Robert T. Van Horn
Hamilton Ward

Cadwal'r C. Washburn
William B. Washburn
Martin Welker
B. F. Whittemore
Thomas Williams
James F. Wilson
John T. Wilson
William Windom.

Mr. Frederick Stone
Stephen Taber
Nelson Tift
Daniel M. Van Anken
Philadelph Van Trump
Fernando Wood
George W. Woodward
P. M. B. Young.

Mr. John F. Farnsworth

Thomas W. Ferry
James H. Goss
Charles Haight

George A. Halsey

William Higby

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