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The Senate have passed bills and a joint resolution of the following titles; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives, viz:

S. 53. An act for the relief of Albert Towle, postmaster at Beatrice, Nebraska.

S. 65. An act to change the name of the schooner Minnie to the Carteret. S. 290. An act for the relief of James D. Holman.

S. Res. 5. Joint resolution authorizing Rear-Admiral William Rey. nolds, of the United States Navy, to accept certain presents tendered him by Kings of Siam.

The President of the United States has notified the Senate that he did, on the 23d of November, 1877, approve and sign a bill and joint resolution of the Senate of the following titles, viz:

S. 291. An act to remove the political disabilities of Charles W. Field, of King George County, Virginia.

S. Res. 6. Joint resolution fixing a site for the equestrian statue of General Greene.

Also, that he did, on the 24th of November, 1877, approve and sign a bill of the Senate of the following title, viz:

S. 289. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a register and change the name of the schooner Captain Charles Robbins to Minnie.

Mr. Luttrell, by unanimous consent, presented a document containing the affidavits of citizens of California, relating to the desert-land bill passed by the last Congress; which was referred to the Committee ou the Public Lands.

Mr. O'Neill, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 1778) granting a pension to William Abendroth; which was read twice, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. And then,

On motion of Mr. Wood, at 10 o'clock and 5 minutes a. m., the House took a further recess until 10 o'clock and 30 minutes a. m.

AFTER THE SECOND RECESS,

(Monday, 10 o'clock and 30 minutes a. m., December 3,)

On motion of Mr. Wood, the House took a further recess until 10 o'clock and 45 minutes a. m.

After the third recess, (Monday, December 3, 1877, 10 o'clock and 45 minutes a. m.,)

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Sympson, one of their clerks: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the following resolution; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives, viz:

Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring.) That it is the judgment of the two Houses that the present session of Congress expires by operation of law at 12 o'clock m. this day.

The Senate have passed the resolution of the House fixing the time for final adjournment of the present session, with an amendment; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the following concurrent resolution of the Senate, viz:

Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) That it is the judgment of the two Houses that the present session of Congress expires by operation of law at 12 o'clock m. this day.

Mr. Wood moved that the House concur in the said resolution; which motion was agreed to.

The Speaker laid before the House the following concurrent resolution of the House fixing the time of final adjourament of the present session, with the amendment of the Senate thereto, as follows, 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.

The amendment of the Senate was read, as follows:

Strike out the words "3 o'clock p. m. this day" and insert 11 o'clock and 50 minutes a. m., Monday, the 3d of December, instant.

Mr. Wood moved that the said amendment be concurred in; which motion was agreed to.

Mr. Wood 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. Dibrell 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 authorize the producers of tobacco to sell one hundred dollars' worth of the same without paying any tax,

And the question being put, viz:
Shall the rules be suspended?

And it was decided in the negative,

(two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.)

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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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On motion of Mr. Singleton, by unanimous consent, the bill of the House (H. R. 1526) to provide for deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, and for prior years, and for other purposes, with the amendments of the Senate thereto, were taken from the Speaker's table, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Throckmorton moved to suspend the rules so as to enable him to submit and the House to agree to the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of mustering into the service of the United States two regiments of Texas Mounted Rangers, to be used for the protection of the Mexican and Indian borders of the State of Texas, to be continued in the service of the United States so long as the President may deem the service of such regiments necessary to the adequate protection of the frontiers of that State; said regiments to equal in strength the strongest cavalry regiments of the United States Army, and to be under the direction and control of the officers of the Army in command of the military district and department of Texas; the committee to report by bill or otherwise.

And the question being put, the motion was not agreed to, (two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.)

So the rules were not suspended.

Mr. Knapp 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 President of the United Staces, by refusing the use of the Army in support of pretended governments in the States of South Carolina and Louisiana, and thereby according to their people the right of local self-government in accordance with the Constitution, has faithfully performed his duty in that behalf, and is thereby justly entitled to the respect and confidence of the American people. The yeas and nays were ordered on the said resolution.

Pending which,

Mr. Conger, at 11 o'clock and 25 minutes a. m., Monday, December 3, 1877, moved that the House adjourn.

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. Benjamin F. Marsh voted in the affirmative.

Those who voted in the negative are

Mr. D. Wyatt Aiken
William J. Bacon
George A. Bagley
John H. Baker
William H. Baker
Henry B. Banning
George M. Beebe
Hiram P. Bell
George A. Bicknell
Horatio Bisbee, jr.
Jos. C. S. Blackburn
James H. Blount
Andrew R. Boone
Thomas A. Boyd
Edward S. Bragg
Mark S. Brewer
James F. Briggs
Curti H. Brogden
Thomas M. Browne
Solomon Bundy
Horatio C. Burchard
Theodore W. Burdick
John W. Caldwell
W. P. Caldwell
William H. Calkins
John H. Camp
Jacob M. Campbell
Simeon B. Chittenden
John B. Clark, jr.
Rush Clark
Hiester Clymer
Thomas R. Cobb
Nathan Cole
Omar D. Conger
Philip Cook
James W. Covert
Jacob D. Cox

Jordan E. Cravens
H. J. B. Cummings
Augustus W. Cutler
Lorenzo Danford
Robt. H. M. Davidson
Horace Davis
Nathaniel C. Deering
Dudley C. Denison
Geo. G. Dibrell
H. L. Dickey

Mark H. Dunnell

Milton J. Durham
Jeremiah W. Dwight

Mr. John R. Eden

Anthony Eickhoff
J. B. Elam
Charles C. Ellsworth
Russell Errett
James L. Evans
John H. Evins
Thomas Ewing
William H. Felton
Walbridge A. Field
William H. Forney
Charles Foster
Benjamin J. Franklin
William P. Frye
Benoni S. Fuller
Mills Gardner
James A. Garfield
William W. Garth
Lucien C. Gause
Randall L. Gibson
D. C. Giddings
John M. Glover
John Goode

Thomas M. Gunter
Andrew H. Hamilton
Aug. A. Hardenbergh
Benjamin W. Harris
Henry R. Harris
Julian Hartridge
William Hartzell
Dudley C. Haskell
Robert A. Hatcher
Geo. C. Hazelton
George W. Hendee
Thomas J. Henderson
Eli J. Henkle
Abram S. Hewitt
Hilary A. Herbert
John F. House
Jay A. Hubbell
Morton C. Hunter
Eppa Hunton
H. L. Humphrey
John N. Hungerford
Anthony Ittner
James Taylor Jones
John S. Jones
Joseph Jorgensen
Charles H. Joyce

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Mr. Edwin W. Keightley Mr. Milton Sayler
John H. Ketcham
Robert M. Knapp
J. Proctor Knott
William Lathrop
Robert F. Ligon
Stephen D. Lindsey
Daniel N. Lockwood
John K. Luttrell
Levi Maish
Van H. Manning
Benjamin F. Martin
Anson G. McCook
J. H. McGowan
James A. McKenzie
William McKinley,jr.
Roger Q. Mills
Hernando D. Money
Charles H. Morgan
William R. Morrison
H. L. Muldrow
Nicholas Muller
Amasa Norcross
Addison Oliver
Charles O'Neill
Edward Overton, jr.
Horace F. Page
George W. Patterson
William A. Phillips
Henry M. Pollard
Clarkson N. Potter
Thad. C. Pound
Hiram Price
Auburn L. Pridemore
John Howard Pugh
Terrence J. Quinn
Joseph H. Rainey
James H. Randolph
David Rea
John H. Reagan
Thomas B. Reed
Haywood Y. Riddle
William M. Robbins
Charles B. Roberts
E. W. Robertson
George D. Robinson
Milton S. Robinson
Miles Ross
Thomas Ryan

Francis D. Collins
Samuel S. Cox
William W. Crapo
Thomas T. Crittenden
D. B. Culberson
C. B. Darrall
Joseph J. Davis
Beverly B. Donglas
Benjamin T. Eames
E. John Ellis
I. Newton Evans
Ebenezer B. Finley
Greenbury L. Fort
Chapman Freeman
Eugene Hale
John Hanna
Alfred C. Harmer
John T. Harris
Carter H. Harrison
E. Kirke Hart
Philip C. Hayes
Daniel M. Henry

Alfred M. Scales
Gustave Schleicher
Leonidas Sexton
Wm. S. Shallenberger
Charles M. Shelley
Otho R. Singleton
C. H. Sinnickson
William F. Slemons
A. Herr Smith
William E. Smith
Milton I. Southard
William A. J. Sparks
William M. Springer
Walter L. Steele
William S. Stenger
Alex. H. Stephens
J. H. Stewart
John W. Stone
Joseph C. Stone
Thomas Swann
John M. Thompson
J. M. Thornburgh
J. W. Throckmorton
Thomas F. Tipton
Amos Townsend
Martin I. Townsend
Richd. W. Townshend
John R. Tucker
Thomas Turner
Robert B. Vance
Nelson H.Van Vorhes
William D. Veeder
Alfred M. Waddell
Gilbert C. Walker
William Ward
Levi Warner
Lewis F. Watson
Frank Welch
Michael D. White
W. C. Whitthorne
Alpheus S. Williams
Charles G. Williams
Jere N. Williams
Albert S. Willis
Edwin Willits
Benjamin Wilson
Fernando Wood
Thomas Wren.

Mr. Goldsmith W. Hewitt Mr. Romualdo Pacheco

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So the House refused to adjourn.

Mr. Elam, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found duly enrolled a bill of the House of the following title, viz:

H. R. 1279. An act authorizing binding of documents for members of Congress;

When

The Speaker signed the same.

A message in writing was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Pruden, one of his secretaries, which was handed in at the Clerk's desk, informing the House that he did, on the 21st of November, 1877, approve and sign bills of the House of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 902. An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, and for other purposes. H. R. 1220. An act to provide for certain deficiencies in the pay of the Navy and the pay of the Marine Corps, and for other purposes. H. R. 1265. An act authorizing the changing of the name of the ship Samuel G. Reed.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Sympson, one of their clerks: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have appointed Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Merrimon a committee on the part of the Senate to join such committee as might be appointed by the House of Representatives to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him that, unless he had some further communication to make, the two Houses of Congress, having concluded their business, are ready to adjourn.

On motion of Mr. Wood,

Ordered, That a committee of three be appointed on the part of the House to join the said committee on the part of the Senate. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

The Speaker appointed Mr. Wood, Mr. Springer, and Mr. Hale the said committee on the part of the House.

Mr. Wood, from the joint committee appointed to wait on the President of the United States, reported that the committee had discharged the duty imposed upon them, and that the President had informed them that he had no further communication to make to the two Houses at this time.

The hour of 11 o'clock and 50 minutes a. m., (Monday, December 3, 1877,) having arrived,

The Speaker said: By concurrent resolution of the two Houses, the time was fixed at 11 o'clock and 50 minutes a. m. upon this day, (Monday, December 3, 1877,) for the final adjournment of this session; and in obedience to that resolution I now declare that the first and extra session of the Forty-fifth Congress stands adjourned without day.

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