So the House refused to adjourn. Andrew J. Rogers The question then recurring on the motion to reconsider, Mr. Stevens moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas. by one-fifth of the members present, The yeas and nays being desired 44 52 86 Thomas Williams A. Carter Wilder Mr. Thomas B. Shannon Mr. Augustus Brandegee So the House refused to lay the motion to reconsider on the table. Mr. Sweat moved, at 12 o'clock and 55 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the motion to reconsider; and being put, it was decided in the affirmative. The question then recurring on the passage of the joint resolution, On motion of Mr. Pendleton, the vote by which the joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time was reconsidered. The question again recurring on its engrossment, On motion of Mr. Webster, the vote by which the amendment in the nature of a substitute, submitted by Mr. Morrill, was disagreed to was reconsidered. The said amendment was then agreed to, and the joint resolution ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. And it was decided in the affirmative, Yeas. ... The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are 53 49 80 Mr. Ithamar C. Sloan Mr. James C. Robinson FREE Charles Denison Aaron Harding Joseph K. Edgerton DeWitt C. Littlejoba Samuel J. Randall John D. Stiles So the joint resolution was passed. Mr. Morrill 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. Schenck having called up the motion heretofore submitted by him to reconsider the vote by which the bill of the Senate (S. 286) to prohibit the discharge of persons from liability to military duty by reason of the payment of money, and for other purposes, was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, The motion to reconsider was agreed to. The question then recurring on the motion to refer, On motion of Mr. Schenck, Ordered, That the bill be laid on the table. The bill of the House (H. R. 305) to restrict the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, and to provide for the payment of certain demands for quartermasters' stores and subsistence supplies furnished to the army of the United States, with the amendments of the Senate thereto, having been taken up, The said amendments were severally agreed to. Mr. Thomas 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 acquaint the Senate with the concurrence of the House in the said amendments. The bill of the House (H. R. 534) to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to provide for the education of naval constructors and steam engineers, and for other purposes, with the amendments of the Senate thereto, having been taken up, The said amendments were severally agreed to. Mr. Alexander H. Rice 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 acquaint the Senate with the concurrence of the House in the said amendments. The bill of the Senate (S. 348) to provide for the supervision, repair, liabilities, and completion of the Washington aqueduct was taken up and read a first and second time. Ordered, That it be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. On motion of Mr. Stevens, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Schenck reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, and particularly the bill of the Senate (S. 348) to provide for the supervision, repair, liabilities, and completion of the Washington aqueduct, had come to no resolution thereon. On motion of Mr. Stevens, Ordered, That all further debate in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union on the said bill of the Senate (S. 348) shall cease in half a minute after its consideration is resumed. On motion of Mr. Stevens, the House again resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Schenck reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union gener ally under consideration, and particularly the bill of the Senate (S. 348) to provide for the supervision, repair, liabilities, and completion of the Washington aqueduct, had directed him to report the same without amendment. Pending the question on the third reading of the said bill, Mr. Stevens moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered to be put. When Mr. Upson moved that the bill be laid on the table; which motion was disagreed to. The bill was then ordered to be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time. The question then being on its passage, Mr. Stevens moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was passed. Mr. Stevens 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 acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bill. On motion of Mr. Julian, by unanimous consent, indefinite leave of absence was granted to him. Mr. Pendleton submitted the following resolution; which was read, cousidered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, (the Senate concurring,) That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives adjourn their respective houses for the present session on Monday next at 12 o'clock m. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. On motion of Mr. Edward H. Rollins, by unanimous consent, indefinite leave of absence was granted to him. Mr. Perham, from the second committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill of the House No. 406, submitted the following report, viz: "The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill (H. R. No. 406) supplementary to an act entitled "An act to grant pensions," approved July 14, 1862, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend, and do recommend, to their respective houses as follows: "That the House recede from its disagreement, to the first amendment of the Senate. "That the Senate recede from its second amendment, striking out the ninth section of the bill, and agree to the same with the following amendment, to wit: In line ten, of said section, after the word 'disabled,' insert : in con sequence of wounds received in battle;' and the House agree to the same as amended. "That the House recede from its disagreement to the third amendment, and agree to the same with the following amendments, to wit: After the words 'definite period,' in line twelve of said amendment, insert next preceding the soldier's enlistment.' In line thirteen of said amendment, after the words 'credible witnesses,' insert the words 'Provided, however, That such widows and children are free persons.' Same line and section, after the word 'Provided,' insert 'further;' and the Senate agree to the same as amended. "Managers on the part of the House "Managers on the part of the Senate The same having been read, "SIDNEY PERHAM. "SOLOMON FOOT. Mr. Perham moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said report was agreed to. Mr. Perham 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 acquaint the Senate with the concurrence of the House in the said report. Mr. William G. Steele, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz: H. R. 438. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," approved July 1, 1862; When The Speaker signed the same. Mr. Cobb, from the same committee, reported that the committee did this day present to the President of the United States bills and joint resolutions of the following titles, viz: S. 23. An act granting lands to the State of Oregon to aid in the construction of a military road from Eugene City to the eastern boundary of the State; S. 73. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to enable the trustees of Blue Mont College to pre-empt a certain quarter section of land," approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-one; S. 154. An act to provide for the better organization of the Quartermaster's department; S. 176. An act authorizing the erection of buildings for the branch mint at San Francisco; S. 228. An act providing for satisfying claims for bounty lands, and for other purposes; S. 271. An act relating to the law of evidence in the District of Columbia; S. 278. An act prescribing the terms on which exemplifications shall be furnished by the General Land Office; S. 315. An act in relation to the sale of reservations of the public lands; S. 325. An act to repeal the act of the seventeenth June, 1864, "prohibiting sales of gold and foreign exchange;" |