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And then,

On motion of Mr. Holman, at 10 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1869.7

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

By Mr. Bingham: The petition of H. N. Kennew and others, praying for an amendment to the Constitution, to the Committee on the Judiciary;

Also, the petition of C. J. Rice, praying for a pension, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Clift: The petition of Jesse T. Davis, a citizen of Georgia, praying for the removal of disabilities;

By Mr. Blackburn: The memorial of Robert Emmett, of a similar import;

to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Fox: The memorial of the special committee of the common council of the city of New York, relative to the payment of money due the corporation of said city, to the Committee of Claims.

The Speaker having proceeded, as the regular order of business, to call the States and Territories for bills on leave,

Bills were introduced, read a first and second time, and referred as follows, viz:

By Mr. Callis: A bill (H. R. 2010) granting certain lands in the State of Alabama to the Tennessee and Coosa Railroad Company, to aid in the construction thereof, and for other purposes, to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Haughey: A bill (H. R. 2011) to relieve Joseph H. Sloss, of Franklin county, Alabama, from all legal and political disabilities;

Also, a bill (H. R. 2012) to relieve Robert B. Lindsey, of Franklin county, Alabama, from all legal and political disabilities;

Also, a bill (H. R. 2013) to relieve D. R. Lindsey, of Lauderdale county, Alabama, from all legal and political disabilities;

severally to the Committee on Reconstruction.

All the States and Territories having been called, the Speaker next proceeded to call for resolutions.

Under which latter call,

Mr. Cook, on leave, introduced a bill (H. R. 2014) in relation to bridges across the Ohio river; which was read a first and second time.

Pending the question on its engrossment,

Mr. Cook moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time.

The question then being on its passage,

Mr. Cook moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill pass?

Yeas...

And it was decided in the affirmative, 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. George W. Anderson

Delos R. Ashley
Alexander H. Bailey

Mr. Fernando C. Beaman Mr. Henry P. H. Bromwell Mr. Henry L. Cake

John A. Bingham

Nathaniel Boyden

John M. Broomall
Charles W. Buckley

John B. Callis
Samuel F. Cary

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Mr. Cook moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

Pending the question on the latter motion,

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hamlin, one of their clerks. Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a concurrent resolution providing that the President be requested to transmit forthwith to the executives of the several States of the United States copies of the article of amendment proposed by Congress to the State legislatures to amend the Constitution of the United States, passed February 26, 1869, respecting the exercise of the elective franchise, to the end that the said States may proceed to act upon the said article of amendment; and that he request the executive of each State that may ratify said amendment to transmit to the Secretary of State a certified copy of such ratification; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House.

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

H. Res. 466. Joint resolution donating condemned cannon and muskets for the McPherson monument;

H. Res. 469. Joint resolution granting the use of military equipments for the inauguration ceremonies;

H. R. 1758. An act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia; without amendment; and

H. R. 1744. An act to strengthen the public credit, and relating to contracts for the payment of coin;

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

The question was then put on the motion of Mr. Cook to lay upon the table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill (H. R. 2014) in relation to bridges across the Ohio river was passed,

SYeas..

And it was decided in the affirmative, 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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So the motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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

Mr. Judd, on leave, introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 470) in reference to the proper completion of Pacific railroads and branches; which was read a first and second time.

Pending the question on its engrossment,

Mr. Judd moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the resolution. was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Samuel Hooper 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 joint resolution.

Mr. Raum, on leave, introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 471) declaring valid certain declarations of the constitutional convention of the State of Texas; which was read a first and second time.

Pending the question on its engrossment,

Mr. Raum moved the previous question, and the House refused to second the same.

And then,

On motion of Mr. Boutwell, the joint resolution was laid on the table. Mr. Stephen F. Wilson, 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. 469. Joint resolution granting the use of military equipments for the inauguration ceremonies;

When

The Speaker signed the same.

Mr. Logan submitted the following preamble and resolution, viz: Whereas there appears in the Evening Express, a paper published in this city, under date of February 26, 1869, the following:

"The articles taken from the Arlington House.-General Robert E. Lee made application a few days ago, through a gentleman residing in this city, to the Secretary of the Interior for a number of articles once the property of George Washington, which were taken from the Arlington House, General Lee's estate, before the war, when that place fell into the possession of the federal army. The articles were pieces of household furniture, clothing, dishes, and papers which formerly belonged to General Washington. Secretary Browning has decided to grant the request, and an order has been given to turn the articles over to the person deputed by General Lee to receive them:"

Resolved, That the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds be directed to inquire into the subject and ascertain whether the matter so published is true, and if true, to ascertain by what right the Secretary of the Interior surrenders those articles so cherished as once the property of the Father of his Country to the rebel general-in-chief; and that said committee report fully upon the subject by bill or otherwise; and that they have power in pursuing said investigation to send for persons and papers and leave to report at any time; and that the Secretary of the Interior be requested not to permit said articles to be removed until such investigation shall be had.

Pending which,

Mr. Logan moved the previous question; which was seconded.
The question was then put, Shall the main question be now put?

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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Mr. Oliver J. Dickey
Nathan F. Dixon
Grenville M. Dodge
Ignatius Donnelly
John F. Driggs
Ephraim R. Eckley
Jacob H. Ela
Thomas D. Eliot
James T. Elliott
John F. Farnsworth
Orange Ferriss
Thomas W. Ferry
William C. Fields
John R. French
James A. Garfield
James H. Goss
John A. Griswold
Charles M. Hamilton
David Heaton
William Higby
John Hill

Benjamin F. Hopkins
Chester D. Hubbard
Calvin T. Hulburd
Morton C. Hunter
Thomas A. Jenckes
Alexander H. Jones
Norman B. Judd
George W. Julian
William H. Kelsey
Bethuel M. Kitchen
William H. Koontz
Addison H. Laflin

Mr. Israel G. Lash

George V. Lawrence
William Lawrence
William S. Lincoln
Benjamin F. Loan
John A. Logan
William Loughridge
John Lynch
Rufus Mallory
James M. Marvin

Horace Maynard
Dennis McCarthy
Samuel McKee
Ulysses Mercur
George F. Miller
William Moore
James K. Moorhead
Daniel J. Morrell
James Mullins
Leonard Myers
Carman A. Newcomb
J. P. Newsham
Benjamin W. Norris
Charles O'Neill
Godlove S. Orth
Halbert E. Paine
Sidney Perham
John A. Peters
Charles W. Pierce
William A. Pile
Tobias A. Plants
Theodore M. Pomeroy
Hiram Price

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So the main question was ordered to be now put;

Mr C. H. Prince
Green B. Raum
Logan H. Roots
Philetus Sawyer
Robert C. Schenck
Glenni W. Scofield
Samuel Shellabarger
Rufus P. Spalding
H. H. Starkweather
Aaron F. Stevens
Thomas E. Stewart
William B. Stokes
John H. Stover
John Taffe
Caleb N. Taylor
John Trimble

Row'd E. Trowbridge
Ginery Twichell
Charles Upson
Henry Van Aernam
Burt Van Horn

Robert T. Van Horn
Charles H. Van Wyck
Hamilton Ward

Cadwal'r C. Washburn
William B. Washburn
Martin Welker

B. F. Whittemore
Thomas Williams
William Williams
James F. Wilson
Stephen F. Wilson
William Windom.

Mr. William E. Robinson
Lewis W. Ross
Stephen Taber
Francis Thomas
Nelson Tift

Daniel M. Van Auken
Philadelph Van Trump
Fernando Wood
George W. Woodward..

Mr. Lewis Selye

John P. C. Shanks
Charles Sitgreaves
Worthington C. Smith
Frederick Stone

J. H. Sypher

Lawrence S. Trimble
Michael Vidal

Ellihu B. Washburne
Henry D. Washburn
John T. Wilson
Fred'k E. Woodbridge
P. M. B. Young.

And being put, Will the House agree to the said preamble and resolution?

It was decided in the affirmative,

S Yeas

Nays

Not voting.

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present,

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