The amendment submitted by Mr. Bingham having been read as follows, viz: Strike out in line three the words "by the United States or," and to insert in line four the words "nativity, property, creed," so that it will read as follows: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by any State on account of race, color, nativity, property, creed, or previous condition of servitude;" 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 So the said amendment was agreed to. Mr. William B. Washburn Mr. John V. L. Pruyn William H. Robertson Samuel Shellabarger Row'd E. Trowbridge Mr. Thomas E. Stewart Lawrence S. Trimble 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. 1345. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to confirm certain private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico;" When The Speaker signed the same. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House executive communications as follows, viz: I. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from General Roberts, United States army, relative to waste lands on the Mississippi river; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. II. A letter from the same, transmitting report on the publication of documents relative to the rebellion; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. III. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in regard to printing extra copies of the report of the special commissioner for the collection of mining statistics; which was referred to the Committee on Printing. IV. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the petition of T. B. Manlove for removal of political disabilities; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. V. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking an appropriation of $10,000 to collect statistics on the mineral resources of the United States; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. The question then recurring on the amendment of Mr. Shellabarger to the joint resolution of the Senate (S. R. 8) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, Mr. Shellabarger withdrew the same. Ordered, That the joint resolution be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time. The question was then put, Shall the joint resolution pass ? The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. William B. Allison George S. Boutwell Henry P. H. Bromwell John C. Churchill Mr. Oliver H. Dockery Thomas D. Eliot Thomas W. Ferry Samuel Hooper Mr. William H. Kelsey John H. Ketcham C. H. Prince Mr. Robert C. Schenck Glenni W. Scofield John P. C. Shanks Row'd E. Trowbridge Robert T. Van Horn Cadwal'r C. Washburn William B. Washburn B. F. Whittemore Mr. John V. L. Pruyn Samuel J. Randall Stephen Taber Mr. William H. Robertson Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said amendment. By unanimous consent, leave of absence for two days was granted to Mr. Covode, and indefinite to Mr. Loan, Mr. Dodge, and Mr. Gove. Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, from the Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred the bill of the House No. 1738, (Indian appropriations,) with the amendments of the Senate thereto, reported the same to the House. Ordered, That the said bill and amendments be printed and recommitted to the said committee. Mr. Schenck called up the motion, heretofore submitted by him, to reconsider the vote by which the bill of the House (H. R. 1744) to strengthen the public credit and relating to contracts for the payment of coin was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Eldridge, at 5 o'clock and 20 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1869. The following memorial, petitions, and other papers, were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the rules, and referred, as follows: By Mr. Thomas: The petition of Mrs. Catherine Barry, praying for a pension, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions; Also, the petition of George M. Janney, praying for relief from political disability, to the Committee on Reconstruction. By Mr. Gravely: A petition of similar import, from John A. Simkins, of Virginia, to the Committee on Reconstruction. By Mr. Corley: The petition of Jesse Lee, of South Carolina, praying for a pension, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Loughridge: The petition of citizens of the District of Columbia, praying for female suffrage, to the Committee for the District of Columbia. By Mr. Burleigh: The remonstrance of citizens of Dakota Territory, against the destruction of their territorial government, to the Committee on the Territories. By Mr. Thomas: The petition of citizens of the State of Maryland, praying for a republican form of government, to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Delano: The petition of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying for a change in the Constitution recognizing the Supreme Being; By Mr. William Lawrence: A similar petition from the same State; By Mr. Pettis: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of Pennsylvania; By Mr. Moorhead: A petition of similar import from citizens of the same State; By the Speaker: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of Indiana; By Mr. Niblack: A similar petition from the same State; By Mr. Hunter: A similar petition from the same State; By Mr. Upson: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of Michigan; By Mr. Cook: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of Illinois; By Mr. Smith: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of Vermont; By Mr. Welker: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of Ohio; By Mr. Covode: A similar petition from the same State; By Mr. Morrell: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of Pennsylvania; By Mr. Woodward: A similar petition from the same State; By Mr. Sitgreaves: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of New Jersey; By Mr. Van Wyck: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of New York; all to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Wood: The memorial of citizens of the State of New York, praying for an appropriation to improve Hurl Gate, New York harbor, to the Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Harding: The remonstrance of citizens of Quincy, Illinois, against any increase of the tariff on sugar; By Mr. Hill: The petition of citizens of the State of New Jersey, praying for an increase of the tariff; By Mr. Nicholson: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of Delaware ; By Mr. Moorhead: The petition of citizens of the State of Pennsyl vania, praying that foreign barley may be admitted free of duty; By Mr. Brooks: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of New Jersey; all to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Moore: The petition of owners of vessels in the State of Massachusetts, praying for protection from illegal State taxes, to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Boutwell: The petition of citizens of Needham, Massachusetts, praying for female suffrage; By Mr. Julian: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of New York: By Mr. Ferry: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of Michigan; By Mr. Jenckes: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of Rhode Island; By Mr. Banks: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of Massachusetts; all to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Scofield: The petition of honorably discharged soldiers, praying for the passage of a homestead act, to the Committee on the Public Lands. The Speaker having proceeded, as the regular order of business, to call the States and Territories for bills on leave, Bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read a first and second time, and referred as follows, viz: By Mr. Robinson: A joint resolution (H. Res. 461) recognizing the independence of Cuba, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. Pruyn: A joint resolution (H. Res. 462) relative to copyright, to the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress. By Mr. Alexander H. Jones: A bill (H. R. 1990) to establish a post |