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charters as national banks, and are doing business under State charters, still retaining their national bank circulation; and what means, if any, have been taken to deprive them of such circulation, together with the amount of such circulation outstanding by each bank; and also whether any banks have been instructed that the twenty-ninth section of the banking act, limiting the amount of liabilities of any one person or association to one-tenth of its capital, does not apply to endorsements on collateral securities, or to checks certified as good, where the money is not taken from the bank; and to furnish a copy of said instructions on either of said questions.

And the question being put, Will the House suspend the rules for that purpose?

It was decided in the affirmative, two-thirds of the members voting in favor thereof.

Mr. B. F. Butler thereupon submitted the resolution, which was read, considered and agreed to.

Mr. B. F. Butler moved that the vote by which the resolution was agreed to be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House, the following executive communications:

I. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information desired by the Committee on Printing in regard to stationery contracts; which was referred to the Committee on Printing.

II. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates of appropriations required for fulfilling treaty stipulations with Seneca, Seneca and Shawnee, and other Indians, under treaty of 23d February, 1867; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

III. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the condition of certain appropriations under the control of the Department; which was referred to the Committee on Military Appropriations.

IV. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Quartermaster General, relative to the manner of reducing the expenses of the War Department at and in the vicinity of New York; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mr. Scofield moved to suspend the rules to permit him to report from the Committee on Appropriations a joint resolution (H. Res. 413) in relation to the lands and other property of W. W. Corcoran in the District of Columbia, used by the United States government during and since the war of the rebellion.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the affirmative, two-thirds voting in favor thereof. Mr. Scofield accordingly, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the said joint resolution; and the same 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 under the operation of the previous question passed.

Mr. Scofield moved that the vote by which the joint resolution was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter was agreed to.

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

On motion of Mr. R. R. Butler, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be discharged from

the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 1579) for the relief of Captain George E. Grisham, and that the same be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Churchill, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting list of payments made and balances certified under the act of March 30, 1868; and that the same be referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.

By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Miller,

Ordered, That leave be granted to withdraw from the files of the House the papers of Charles Maus, and to refer the same to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812.

Mr. Boutwell, from the Committee on Reconstruction, to which was referred the joint resolution of the Senate (S. R. 173) respecting the provisional governments of Virginia and Texas, reported the same with an amendment.

And the question being, Will the House agree to the amendment? It was decided in the affirmative.

So the amendment was agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time.

It was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Mr. Boutwell moved that the vote by which the joint resolution was passed 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 amendment of the House to the said joint resolution.

Mr. Schenck, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Printing:

Resolved, That in addition to the usual number of copies of the annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, together with the accompanying tables, there be printed three thousand copies for the use of the Commissioner and three thousand copies for the use of the House. Mr. W. Lawrence, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and, under a suspension of the rules, agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on Alleged Election Frauds in New York be and is authorized to report at any time.

Mr. W. Lawrence moved that the vote by which the resolution was agreed to be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. E. B. Washburne moved that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union for the consideration of the special order therein, viz: A bill (H. R. 1672) making appropriations or the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending the 30th June, 1870. Pending which,

Mr. E. B. Washburne moved to suspend the rules so as to dispense with the first reading of the bill in the committee; which was agreed to, two-thirds voting in favor thereof.

Pending the motion to go into the committee,

Mr. E. B. Washburne moved that when the committee shall have the said bill under consideration, general debate thereon be closed at 4 o'clock p. m. to-day; which motion was agreed to.

The question recurring on the motion of Mr. E. B. Washburne to go into the committee,

Mr. B. F. Butler, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported a bill (H. R. 1738) 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 30th June, 1870; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. B. F. Butler moved that the said bill be made a special order in the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union for Monday, 25th instant, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of; which motion was disagreed to.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hamlin, one of their clerks:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed without amendment the bill of the House (H. R. 1598) to relieve from disabilities R. W. Best and Samuel F. Phillips, of North Carolina.

Also, with amendments, the bill of the House (H. R. 1558) to amend an act entitled "An act to prescribe the mode of obtaining evidence in cases of contested elections," approved February 19, 1851; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives.

The Senate insist upon its amendments to the bill of the House (H. R. 941) to amend certain acts in relation to the navy and marine corps, disagreed to by the House, and agree to the conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon.

Ordered, That Mr. Drake, Mr. Nye, and Mr. Hendricks be the conferees on the part of the Senate.

The question then recurring on the motion of Mr. E. B. Washburne, to go into the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, It was put and decided in the affirmative.

The House then accordingly resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union; and after some time spent therein the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Schenck reported that the committee having had under consideration, according to order, the special order, being the bill of the House (H. R. 1672) making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending the 30th June, 1870, had come to no resolution thereon.

The House then, on motion of Mr. Kelsey, at 4 o'clock and 55 minutes, adjourned.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1869.

The following memorials, petitions, and other papers, were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the rules:

By Mr. William Lawrence: The petition of Thomas Jenkins-heretofore referred December 20, 1865;

Also, the memorial of Sarah A. Brewer, praying for an increase of pension.

By Mr. Sawyer: The petition of Elijah Durfey, praying for a pension. Ordered, That the said petitions and memorial be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Burleigh: The memorial of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Dakota, praying for the extension of the Sioux City and Pacific railroad; which was referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad.

By Mr. Whittemore: The petition of Nancy Weeks, praying for arrears

of pension; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812.

By Mr. Garfield: The petition of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying for a change in the naturalization laws; which was referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.

By Mr. Clever: The memorial of the legislative assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, praying for grants of land to aid in the construction of the Union Pacific railroad, eastern division; which was referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad.

By Mr. Whittemore: The petition of J. E. Hagood, a citizen of the State of South Carolina, praying for relief.

By Mr. Taffe: The petition of Smith, Sheldon and Forbes, praying indemnity for property seized by the United States military authorities of Arizona.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Garfield: The petition of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying for the extension of the piers at Ashtabula harbor, in said State.

By Mr. Moore: The petition of senators and members of the legislature of the State of New Jersey, praying for the protection of property and light-houses in the said State.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Commerce.

By Mr. Judd: The petition of Leonora Marshall, praying for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812.

By Mr. Brooks: The petition of L. G. Tillotson & Co., against the importation of telegraphic materials free of duty.

By Mr. Phelps: The petition of J. Rudolph and others, citizens of the State of Massachusetts, praying for the reduction of the tax on tobacco; Also, two petitions of C. L. Key and others, citizens of the State of Maryland, of a similar import.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Niblack: The petition of Jane Willis, praying for a pension. By Mr. O'Neill: The memorial of Clarissa Huhn, praying for a pension. By Mr. Van Wyck: The petition of citizens of Schoharie county, State of New York, praying for the amendment of the pension laws.

Ordered, That the said petitions and memorial be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Gravely: The petition of James F. Johnston, of Virginia, praying for the removal of disabilities.

By Mr. Ross: The petition of F. H. Hill, of Virginia, praying for the removal of disabilities.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Cary: The petition of Samuel Crary, praying for relief; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Moore: The petition of masters and owners of vessels, of the State of New Jersey, praying for protection; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Burleigh: The memorial of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Dakota, praying for a grant of lands to the Minnesota and Missouri Railroad Company.

By Mr. James F. Wilson: The petition of Edward Manning and

others, citizens of Van Buren county, State of Iowa, praying for a grant of lands to the Iowa Southern Railway Company.

Ordered, That the said memorial and petition be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. Humphrey: The remonstrance of merchants of Buffalo, State of New York, against any further increase of duty on imported steel. By Mr. Paine: The petition of J. J. Case and others, citizens of the State of Wisconsin, praying for a reduction of the taxes.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. S. F. Wilson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, on the 16th instant, present to the President of the United States the enrolled bill of the House (H. R. 967) to provide for the removal of the remains of Hon. W. T. Coggeshall, late minister of the United States at Ecuador, to the United States.

Mr. Holman, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled the bill of the House (H. R. 1598) to relieve from disabilities R. W. Best and Samuel F. Phillips, of North Carolina;

When

The Speaker signed the same.

On motion of Mr. Paine, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the resolution of the 6th instant, calling on the Secre tary of War for information relative to the number of enlisted men of the army now on duty in Texas, Mississippi, and Virginia, who were citizens or residents of the late rebel States during the rebellion, and the number who were soldiers in the late rebel army, be rescinded.

Mr. Ela, from the Committee on Printing, reported the following resolution, on which he demanded the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered:

Resolved, That twenty thousand copies of the report of the Special Commissioner of the Revenue, with the appendices complete, be printed for the use of the House, and one thousand bound copies of the same for the use of the Treasury Department.

And, the question recurring on the passage of the resolution, it was decided in the affirmative.

So the resolution was agreed to.

Mr. Ela moved that the vote by which the resolution was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Eliot, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury addressed to the chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and enclosing draught of a bill to authorize the construction of four steam revenue cutters, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

The morning hour having commenced, the Speaker announced as the business in order the consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 1624) to preserve the purity of elections in the several organized Territories of the United States, reported on Thursday 14th instant from the Committee on the Territories, with a substitute therefor.

The pending question being, Will the House second the demand for the previous question?

Mr. Ashley withdrew the demand;

When

Mr. Phelps moved to amend the substitute by adding a new section thereto, to be numbered section seventeen.

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