mitted be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Bingham, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 64) to disapprove and declare null and void all territorial acts and parts of acts heretofore passed by the Territory of New Mexico which establish, protect, or legalize involuntary servitude, or slavery, except as punishment for crime, upon due conviction, reported the same with an amendment, accompanied by a report in writing thereon. Ordered, That the said report, together with the views of a minority of said committee, hereafter to be presented, be printed. Pending the question on agreeing to the said amendment, Mr. Houston moved that there be a call of the House, And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, {Xeys... 71 96 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are The question then recurring on the amendment reported to the said bill, Mr. Bingham moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered to be put. Mr. Millson moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered; which motion was disagreed to. The said amendment was then agreed to, and the bill ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. Mr. Bingham moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill pass? And it was decided in the affirmative, {Nays Yeas 97 90 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Cyrus Aldrich Mr. John F. Farnsworth Mr. Edward McPherson James K. Moorhead Mr. Israel Washburn, jr. Alfred Wells Mr. William Windom John Woodruff. Those who voted in the negative are John B. Clark Williamson R. W. Cobb John Cochrane James Craig Martin J. Crawford Daniel C. De Jarnette Mr. Thomas B. Florence So the bill was passed. Mr. William E. Niblack James H. Thomas Mr. Bingham 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 bill. On motion of Mr. Bonham, Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 201) providing for the construction of four bridges across the Rio Grande, in the Territory of New Mexico, and that the same be laid on the table. Mr. Bonham, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 200) to provide for the completion of the military road from Fort Union to Santa Fé, New Mexico, reported the same without amendment, accompanied by a report in writing thereon. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and that the bill and report be printed. Mr. Pendleton, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. 702) making appropriations for the construction of certain military roads in the Territory of Washington; which was read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 171) for the relief of Richard Chenery, reported the same without amendment, accompanied by a report in writing thereon. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and that the bill and report be printed. Mr. Gooch, from the Committee on the Territories, reported a bill (H. R. 703) making appropriations for the payment of the expenses of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Minnesota; which was read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. John B. Clark, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. 704) appropriating money for the erection of public buildings in certain Territories therein named, and for other purposes: which was read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Waldron, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. 705) making appropriations for territorial libraries; which was read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Case, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. 706) to authorize the President of the United States, in conjunction with the State of California, to run and mark the boundary lines between the Territories of the United States and the State of California; which was read a first and second time. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Case 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 bill. Mr. Grow, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. 707) to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Idaho; which was read a first and second time. Pending the question on its engrossment, Mr. John B. Clark moved to amend the same by striking out the proviso at the end of the 6th section. Pending which, Mr. William Kellogg, by unanimous consent, submitted an additional amendment, to come in at the end of the bill. Pending which, Mr. Thayer proposed to submit an amendment in the nature of a substitute for the bill. When Mr. Grow made the point of order that, inasmuch as the bill provided for the organization of a territorial government, and the amend ment simply provided for the establishment of land offices, the amendment was out of order. The Speaker sustained the said point of order. From this decision of the Chair Mr. Thayer appealed. Pending which, Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne moved that the appeal be laid on the table. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Charles F. Adams John B. Alley Charles L. Beale Thomas M. Edwards Mr. Thomas D. Eliot John F. Farnsworth Mr. John F.Potter Mr. Shelton F. Leake |