Mr. Monroe moved to reconsider the vote last taken, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Durham demanded the reading of the engrossed joint resolution; When, Mr. Monroe, at 3 o'clock and 55 minutes p. m., moved that the House adjourn. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. W. P. Caldwell Mr. D. B. Culberson Mr. John H. Reagan Mr. Charles M. Shelley. Those who voted in the negative are— Mr. William Aldrich J. D. C. Atkins James W. Covert Mr. Nathaniel C. Deering Mr. Charles H. Joyce Dudley C. Denison E. John Ellis Andrew H. Hamilton J. Warren Keifer Mr. Charles B. Roberts E. W. Robertson Jacob Turney Robert B. Vance Nelson H.Van Vorbes Alfred M. Waddell John T. Wait Gilbert C. Walker William Walsh William Ward So the House refused to adjourn. Being engrossed, the joint resolution was read the third time. Mr. Monroe demanded the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered. Mr. Monroe moved to reconsider the last vote taken, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The question was then put, Shall the joint resolution pass? And it was decided in the affirmative, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. William Aldrich William J. Bacon Simeon B. Chittenden Mr. Benjamin T. Eames Mr. William Lathrop J. E. Leonard Those who voted in the negative are Mr. J. D. C. Atkins John H. Baker Mr. Aylett H. Buckner George C. Cabell Mr. Jordan E. Cravens Milton J. Durham Mr. Thomas Ryan Mr William Walsh Greenbury L. Fort William W. Garth D. C. Giddings Thomas M. Gunter Andrew H. Hamilton John Hanna Robert A. Hatcher Mr. Hilary A. Herbert James Taylor Jones John E. Kenna Mr. James A. McKenzie Mr. Harwood Y. Riddle Those not voting Mr. D. Wyatt Aiken Mr. Richd. W. Townshend Mr. Charles C. Ellsworth Mr Goldsmith W. Hewitt Mr. Llewellyn Powers Russell Errett 1. Newton Evans Geo. C. Hazelton So the joint resolution was passed. Mr. Monroe moved to reconsider the vote last taken, 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. A message in writing was received from the President, by Mr. Pruden, one of his secretaries. Subsequently, The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid the said message before the House; which was ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, as follows, viz: To the House of Representatives: In answer to a joint resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, requesting the opinions of the heads of the departments respecting the obligatory use of the metrical system of weights and measures, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State. R. B. HAYES. WASHINGTON, November 20, 1877. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Sympson, one of their clerks: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a resolution providing for the printing of twenty-two hundred and fifty additional copies of the narrative of the north polar expedition; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of Ordnance on the joint resolution (H. Res. 37) to authorize the issue of arms to the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston, South Carolina; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By unanimous consent, leave was granted to withdraw from the files of the House papers in the following cases, viz: To Mr. Benjamin A. Willis, in the case of Thomas Williams; and To Mr. Luttrell, in the case of William H. Davis. A message in writing from the President, which was handed in at the Clerk's desk, notified the House that he did this day approve and sign a joint resolution of the following title, viz: H. Res. 38. Joint resolution authorizing the payment of Rev. John Poisal, D. D., late chaplain of the House of Representatives, for time of his service as such, without taking the oaths prescribed by law. Mr. Rainey, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did this day present to the President bills of the House of the following numbers, viz: H. R. 902, H. R. 1220, H. R. 1265. And then, On motion of Mr. Hale, at 4 o'clock and 50 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1877. The following memorials, petitions, and other papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, under the rule, and referred as follows, viz: By Mr. Bayne: Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the amendment of the bankrupt laws; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Bland: A paper relating to the establishment of a post-route from Cherryville, by way of Rogers's Mill, to Cotewa, Missouri; to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. Claflin: Remonstrance of J. F. Dane & Company, and one hundred and eighty-four other firms, in the shoe and leather trade, of Boston, and of Faulkner, Kimball & Company, and other firms of the Merchants' Association of Boston, against the repeal of the bankrupt law: to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Cravens; Memorial of James M. Pomeroy, adjutant and inspector general of Arkansas, and others, for an appropriation for the encouragement of rifle-practice in the Army and Navy and the uniformed militia of the States; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Culberson: The petition of the mayor and board of aldermen of Jefferson, Texas, for the improvement of navigation between Jeffer son, Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana; to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Giddings: The petition of Bassett & Bassett, for the payment of a voucher for $12,000, purchased by them from J. W. Sunderland, lieutenant Eleventh United States Infantry, and acting assistant quartermaster; to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Harmer: The petition of Angeline C. Pusey, for an extension of letters patent for scales, granted to the late Lea Pusey; to the Committee on Patents. By Mr. Maish: Papers relating to the claim of William P. Wood, for services rendered in the recovery of certain moneys belonging to the United States; to the Committee on War-Claims. By Mr. McMahon : The petition of Michael Mack, for a pension; By Mr. Overton: The petition of George H. Wells and sixty-seven other citizens of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, for the amendment of the pension-laws; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Americus V. Rice: The petition of owners of stalls in Northern Liberty Market for compensation for damages sustained by reason of its demolition; to the Committee for the District of Columbia. By Mr. Thornburgh: The petition of John L. Hawkins and others, for relief; By Mr. Warner: The petition of Captain George Conway, for compensation for personal property lost while in the employ of the United States; to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Alpheus S. Williams: The petition of William J. Elgie, for a pension ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Wright: The petition of Augustus Watson and William Coppinger, for an appropriation of $50,000 to pay the cost of a preliminary survey of a transcontinental railroad from the Republic of Liberia eastward one or two thousand miles into the Niger Valley, Africa; to the Committee on Manufactures. Mr. Luttrell, by unanimous consent, presented resolutions of the board of supervisors of Kern County, relative to desert lands; which were referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed in the Record. By unanimous consent, bil's and joint resolutions were introduced, read a first and second time, ordered to be printed, and severally referred as follows, viz: By Mr. Wood: A bill (H. R. 1527) providing for a general law authorizing any person or persons to establish gas-works in the District of Columbia, under restrictions; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. Abram S. Hewitt: a joint resolution (H. Res. 49) in regard to remission of duties; to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Gibson: A joint resolution (H. Res. 50) authorizing and directing the President to appoint a commission to provide for the improvement of the Mississippi River; to the Committee on Levees and Improvement of the Mississippi River. By Mr. Cummings: A bill (H. R. 1528) for the relief of Robert Coles; to the Committee on the Public Lands. By Mr. Abram S. Hewitt: A bill (H. R. 1529) to amend Title LXI of the Revised Statutes, in relation to bankruptcy; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Gibson: A bill (H. R. 1530) appropriating $7,500 to reimburse certain citizens of Louisiana who advanced this amount to the government work at Jones Bayou; to the Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Ryan: A bill (H. R. 1531) for the relief of Sylvanus Sandford; to the Committee on War-Claims. By Mr. Butler: A bill (H. R. 1532) to provide a method for the settlement and adjustment of the accounts of the attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Bridges: A bill (H. R. 1533) for the relief of Robert Teysert; to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Hendee: A bill (H. R. 1534) to amend the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Washington Market Company;" to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Also, a bill (H. R. 1535) granting a pension to Thomas T. Stewart, late private Company D, Sixth Vermont Volunteers; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1536) in relation to the affairs of the Washington Market Company; |