entitle any officer to additional pay or allowances;' and that the Senate agree to the same. "Managers on the part of the House of Representatives “J. A. GARFIELD. "G. M. DODGE. "Managers on the part of the Senate " HENRY WILSON. "JOHN CONNESS. "W. SPRAGUE." The same having been read, Mr. Garfield moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Will the House agree thereto? Yeas.. And it was decided in the affirmative, Nays.. Not voting.. 122 26 74 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Nelson Tift John Trimble Robert T. Van Horn Mr. Charles H. Van Wyck Mr. William Williams Ellihu B. Washburne So the said report was agreed to. John T. Wilson Mr. Fernando Wood Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Stephen F. Wilson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz: H. R. 1808. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870; When The Speaker signed the same. Mr. Logan, by unanimous consent, submitted a resolution, which he subsequently modified, as follows; and which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That all books and documents ordered by the fortieth Congress to be printed for distribution, and that may be ready for delivery prior to the 1st of December next, shall be delivered to members of the fortieth Congress for that purpose. Mr. Arnell, the rules having been suspended for that purpose, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives be hereby authorized to pay to Mrs. James Hinds, widow of the late member from the second district of Arkansas, assassinated on the 22d day of October, 1868, a sum of money out of the contingent fund of the House equal to what his salary would have been, from that date to the close of the present session, if he had lived. Mr. Raum moved that the rules be suspended so as to enable him to report from the Committee on Mileage the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the representatives and delegates the mileage now allowed them by law for the adjourned session of the present Congress, commenced and held in the month of July, A. D. 1867, from the contingent fund of the House, upon the certificates in the usual form of the representatives and delegates. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas Two-thirds not voting in favor thereof. 20 108 94 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Ingersoll moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the concurrent resolution reported from the Committee on Printing, in regard to the publication of the debates, was adopted. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Schenck, the further consideration of the said motion was postponed until 9 o'clock a. m. Subsequently Mr. Maynard moved a reconsideration of the vote on postponement; which motion was passed over for the present. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Gorham, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have agreed to the reports of the committees of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the following bills, viz: H. R. 1881. An act regulating the reports of national banking associ ations; H. R. 1672. An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending the 30th of June, 1870; and H. R. 1911. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, and for other purposes. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House executive communications as follows, viz: I. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of the trustees of the colored schools in the District; which was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. II. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the application of N. K. Trout, of Staunton, Virginia, for removal of political disabilities; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. III. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a letter from the chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering relative to the amount of money expended in experiments on steam expansion; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Scofield, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill of the House No. 1911 (deficiencies) submitted the following report; which was read, considered, and, under the operation of the previous question, agreed to, viz: "The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill of the House (H. R. 1911) making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend, and do recommend, to their respective houses as follows: "They recommend that the House recede from their disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, and 30, and agree to the same. "They recommend that the Senate recede from their amendments numbered 1, 5, 16, 18, 21, 26, and 27. "They recommend that the House recede from their disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 23 and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: After the word 'compensation' insert 'exceeding one-eighth of one per cent. in any case?' "They recommend that the House recede from their disagreement to the fourth amendment of the Senate, so far as it proposes to strike out the second proviso in said amendment; and the Senate agree to the same. "They recommend that the House recede from their disagreement to the 19th amendment of the Senate and agree to the saine with an amendment, as follows: Insert in lieu of said amendment the words for the construction of basin and new dock-barge office at New York, $25,000.' "They recommend that the House recede from their disagreement to the 20th amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Strike out $15,000,' and insert in lieu thereof $7,500," "They recommend that the House recede from their disagreement to the 25th amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Insert in lieu of the words stricken out the words for collecting, preparing, and printing the proceedings at the decoration of the soldiers' graves, under resolution of June 22, 1868, $2,000;" and the Senate agree to the same. "Managers on the part of the House of Representatives "G. W. SCOFIELD. "Managers on the part of the Senate "TIMOTHY O. HOWE. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate with the concurrence of the House in the said report. Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill of the House No. 1672, (legislative, &c., appropriations,) submitted the following report; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: "The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the amendments to the bill (H. R. 1672) making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the gov ernment for the year ending the 30th of June, 1870, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend, and do recommend, to their respective houses, as follows: "That the Senate recede from their amendments numbered 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 29, 34, 35, 36, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 65, 71, 75, 76, 77, 78, 84, and 90. "That the House of Representatives recede from their disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 30, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 73, 79, 85, 86, and 89; and agree to the same. "That the House recede from their disagreement to the fourth amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Strike out of said amendment $1,000,' and insert in lieu the following words: Ten dollars' worth for each member, $740;' and the Senate agree to the same. "That the House recede from their disagreement to the fifth amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Strike out of said amendment the following: '$2,000,' and insert in lieu. thereof the following words: Ten dollars worth for each member and delegate, $2,260;' and the Senate agree to the same. "That the House recede from their disagreement to the sixth amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In line 3 of said amendment strike out the word 'eleven,' and insert in lieu the word 'five;' and the Senate agree to the same. That the Senate recede from their seventh amendment, and on page 10, line 15 of the bill, strike out the word 'five;' and the House agree to the same as so modified. "That the Senate recede from their eleventh amendment, and on page 11, line 25 of the bill, strike out the word 'legislative;' and the House agree to the same as so modified. "That the Senate recede from their amendments numbered 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28; and on page 17 of the bill strike out all after the word 'dollars,' in line 20, down to and including the word classes,' in line 25. "That the House recede from their disagreement to the thirty-first amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: After the word 'dollars,' in line 13 on page 2 of the bill, bill, add the following: Provided, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall make a detailed report to Congress of the expenditure of this appropriation at the next December session, to whom paid, how much to each, and for what purpose, giving the items of each payment and the number of employés; and hereafter the said Commissioner shall estimate in detail by collection districts the expense of assessing and the expense of the collection of internal revenue.' "That the Senate recede from their forty-second amendment, and that the word 'and' contained in said amendment be stricken out and the word 'at' inserted in lieu thereof. "That the House recede from their disagreement to the sixty-ninth amendment and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of said amendment insert sixty-eight thousand fire;' and the Senate agree to the same. 6 |