various pursuits, which have been and are being purchased in open market and used by them in good faith and in ignorance of such alleged infringement: Therefore, Resolved, That the Committee on Patents be, and it is hereby, instructed, as soon as practicable, to report to the House a bill which shall prohibit the bringing or maintenance of suits for damages for any infringement of a patent against any person who purchases for his own use, and not for sale or barter to another, any article or implement in market, unless at the time he purchased the same he knew that it infringed some existing patent. And the question being put, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Frank Hiscock Charles E. Hooker Mr. Stephen L. Mayham Mr. Americus V. Rice Anson G. McCook William W. Rice Mr. Amos Townsend So the rules were suspended and the preamble and resolution were agreed to. Mr. Wood submitted the following resolution; which was read, and, under the operation of the previous question, was agreed to, viz: Resolved, (the Senate concurring,) That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, directed to adjourn their respective houses, without day, at 3 o'clock p m. this day. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said resolution.. Mr. Wood moved to reconsider the vote last taken, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motionwas agreed to. Mr. Knott moved that the rules be suspended so as to enable him to introduce and the House to consider and pass a bill of the following title, viz: A bill for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the United States steamer Huron. And the question being put, the motion was agreed to, (two thirds roting in favor thereof.) Whereupon, Mr. Knott introduced the said bill, viz: A bill (H. R. 1746) for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the United States steamer Huron. The House having proceeded to its consideration, Amendments were severally submitted by Mr. Hale, Mr. Garfield, and Mr. Tucker; which said amendments were agreed to. Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, the bill was accordingly read the third time. The question was then put, Shall the bill pass ? And it was unanimously decided in the affirmative. So the bill was passed. On motion of Mr. Knott, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the title of the said bill be amended so as to read as follows: "A bill for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the United States steamer Huron, and for other purposes." Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. Mr. Chalmers, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 1747) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase certain properties of the Freedman's Bank, situated in Washington, District of Columbia, and in Jacksonville, Florida, for the use of the United States; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pound moved that the rules be suspended so as to enable him to submit and the House to agree to the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That the Architect of the Capitol be, and he is hereby, di rected to procure suitable electrical instruments and cause the same to be placed in this Hall as early as practicable, with such arrangements and connections as to enable members and officers of the House to sum. mon pages; the number and arrangements to be approved by the Speaker: Provided, That such instruments so duly placed shall be fully guaranteed, and together with all labor and other expenses shall not cost to exceed the sum of $2,000; the same when duly audited to be paid from the contingent fund of the House. By unanimous consent, Mr. Pound modified his motion to suspend the rules so as to enable the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds to report at this time a bill upon the subject indicated in the said resolution: And the question being put, the motion to suspend the rules was not agreed to, (two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.) Mr. Goode moved that the rules be suspended so as to enable him to introduce and the House to pass a bill of the following title, viz: “A bill to remove the disabilities imposed by the third section of the fourteenth article of the amendments to the Constitution of the United States." Mr. Goode demanded the yeas and nays on the passage of the bill, and one-fifth of the members present voting in favor thereof, the yeas and nays were ordered. Mr. Garfield moved an amendment, which was accepted by Mr. Goode, who proposed to modify his motion in accordance therewith. When Mr. John H. Baker objected to the proposed modification. Mr. Goode withdrew his motion. Mr. Goode thereupon moved that the rules be suspended so as to enable him to introduce and the House to pass the following bill, viz: A BILL to remove the disabilities imposed by the third section of the fourteenth article of the amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each house concur ring therein,) That all disabilities imposed and remaining upon any per son by virtue of the third section of the fourteenth article of amendments of the Constitution of the United States, upon the application in writing to the Attorney-General by any person under such disabilities, shall be removed, and each and every person shall be thereby forever relieved therefrom. SEC. 2. Whenever any person from whom disabilities are removed by this act shall be elected or appointed to any post or office of honor or trust under the Government of the United States, he shall take the oath prescribed by section 1757 of Title XIX of the Revised Statutes of the United States, or such other official oath as may be hereafter prescribed in such cases by any future act of Congress. And the question being put, viz: S Yeas It was decided in the negative, Nays Not voting (two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.) 99 52 140 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Those not voting are― Mr. D. Wyatt Aiken William Aldrich Simeon B. Chittenden William Claflin Francis D. Collins Mr. Lorenzo Danford C. B. Darrall So the rules were not suspended. John S. Jones Charles H. Joyce Mr. John H. Ketcham Mr. E. W. Robertson Alfred M. Scales Mr. James H. Randolj h Nelson H. Van Vorhes Michael D. White Charles G. Williams Mr. George D. Robinson William F. Sapp By unanimous consent, bills and a joint resolution were introduced, read twice, ordered to be printed, and severally referred as follows, viz: By Mr. Hamilton: A bill (H. R. 1748) for the relief of James Clements; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Wilson: A bill (H. R. 1749) to define the meaning of certain legal terms; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R. 1750) to grant a pension to John Folger; Also, a bill (H. R. 1751) granting a pension to William C. Parker; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, By Mr. Calkins: A joint resolution (H. Res. 60) for the survey of the Kankakee River, and making an appropriation therefor; to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Hale: A bill (H. R. 1752) for the relief of Naval Constructor Theodore D. Wilson, of the Navy; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Sayler: A bill (H. R. 1753) for the relief of James H. Hamilton; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. Burdick: A bill (H. R. 1754) for the relief of Selma Seibert ; to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Stewart: A bill (H. R. 1755) to amend the acts approved March 3, 1873, and March 13, 1874, to encourage the growth of timber on western prairies; to the Committee on the Public Lands. By Mr. Tipton: A bill (H. R. 1756) granting a pension to Christopher Schmidt; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Hubbell: A bill (H. R. 1757) relating to vessels not propelled by steam or sail; Also, a bill (H. R. 1758) to appropriate money for the erection of a keeper's dwelling at the light-house at Pere Marquette, Michigan. Also, a bill (H. R. 1759) to appropriate money for the erection of a light-house and steam fog-signal on Stannard's Rock, Lake Superior; Also, a bill (H. R. 1760) to appropriate money for the erection of a keeper's dwelling at the light-house at Pentwater, Michigan; to the Committee on Commerce. Also, a bill (H. R. 1761) for the relief of Samuel W. Abbott, postmas. ter at Menomonee, Michigan; Also, a bill (H. R. 1762) for the relief of Reuben Goodrich; to the Committee of Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1763) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to invest in the bonds of the United States the unexpended balance of the money appropriated to the L'Anse and Vieux de Sert bands of Lake Superior; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1764) to appropriate money for the erection of a station and steam fog-signal at Mackinac, Michigan; to the Committee on Commerce. Also, a bill (H. R. 1765) granting a pension to Thomas Pulling, of Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Michigan; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1766) to appropriate money for continuing the improvement of the Saint Mary's Falls Canal; Also, a bill (H. R. 1767) to appropriate money for continuing the improvement of the harbor at Manistee, Michigau; |