So the House refused to lay the resolution and amendment on the table. The question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, it was seconded and the main question ordered, and, under the operation thereof, the said amendment was agreed to, and the joint resolution ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. The question then being on its passage, Mr. Wilson moved the previous question. Pending which, Mr. Cravens moved that there be a call of the House; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, it was seconded and the main question ordered to be put; When Mr. Pendleton moved that the vote on ordering the main question be reconsidered. Pending which, Mr. Wilson moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. Voorhees moved, at 3 o'clock p. m., that the House adjourn. Yeas It was decided in the negative, Nys The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. James C. Allen William J. Allen Mr. George Bliss James S. Brown Mr. Charles Denison So the House refused to adjourn. Mr. Francis W. Kellogg Theodore M. Pomeroy Mr. Martin Kalbfleisch 16 89 Mr. William H. Randall James F. Wilson William Windom Fred'ck E. Woodbridge. Mr. Cravens moved that when the House adjourns, it adjourn to Monday There appeared, {Nays 4 83 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. Stiles moved, at 3 o'clock and 40 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas.. Nays The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, 4 89 The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Cravens. And being put, It was decided in the negative, Yea... Edward H. Rollins Glenni W. Scofield Thomas B. Shannon Ithamar C. Sloan Green Clay Smith Nathaniel B. Smithers Rufus P. Spalding Thaddeus Stevens M. Russell Thayer Francis Thomas Henry W. Tracy Charles Upson R. B. Van Valkenburgh William B. Washburn Edwin H. Webster Thomas Williams James F Wilson William Windom Fred'ck E. Woodbridge. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, The question then recurring on the passage of the joint resolution, Mr. Holman moved that it be laid on the table Pending which, Mr. Pendleton moved that when the House adjourns, it adjourn until Mon The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, 4 87 And then, Francis Kernan Theodore M. Pomeroy Mr. John H. Rice Edward H. Rollins On motion of Mr. H. Winter Davis, at 4 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m., House adjourned. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1864. the The following memorials and petitions were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the 131st rule of the House: By Mr. Ambrose W. Clark: The petition of John A. Haddeck, praying to be reimbursed certain moneys expended in recruiting; which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Morrison: The petition of citizens of the State of Illinois, praying an increase of duty on imported castor seed; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Boutwell: The memorial of Julia A. Ames, praying a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Kinney: The memorial of the heirs of Almon W. Babbitt-heretofore referred December 11, 1861; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. Boutwell: The petition of Elizabeth P. Means, praying a pension on account of the military service of her late husband; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Pendleton: The petition of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying aid to the Northern and Central Pacific Railroad Companies; which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. By Mr. Eliot: The memorial of merchants of New Bedford, in the State of Massachusetts, praying aid to the South American Steamship Company; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Brandegee, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be, and they are hereby, requested to examine into the existing legislation relative to the subject of signals and signal lights upon sailing vessels in Long Island sound and the waters adjacent, with a view to the adoption of some more effective system for the protection of life and property against collision from steamers and other vessels in the night season; and that said committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise. Mr. James C. Allen moved that when the House adjourns, it adjourn until Monday next. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, JYeas The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are William H. Wadsworth Edwin H. Webster Ezra Wheeler Mr. George W. Julian |