The same having been read, Mr. Dawes moved that it be referred to the Committee of Elections and printed. Pending which, After debate, Mr. Dawes moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the motion to refer and print was agreed to. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hickey, their chief clerk: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of this house of the following title, viz: H. R. 300. An act for the classification of the clerks to paymasters in the navy and graduating their pay, with an amendment; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House. The Senate have also passed a joint resolution and bills of the following titles, viz: S. Res. 44. Joint resolution for the relief of clerks at the Kittery and Philadelphia navy yards. S. 236. An act to provide for granting an honorable discharge to coalheavers and firemen in the naval service; and S. 256. An act to change and define the boundaries of the eastern and western districts of Virginia, and to alter the names of said districts, and for other purposes; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. The House then resumed the consideration of the amendments to the bill of the House (H. R. 405) to provide internal revenue to support the ment and to pay interest on the public debt. govern The following amendment having been read, viz: Insert: "Provided, That every person and bank, association or corporation, issuing notes, bills, or other obligations, calculated or intended to circulate as money, shall pay a duty of one-fourth of one per centum each month on the amount of such notes, bills, or other obligations so issued by said person, bank, association or corporation, or which having been issued shall remain in circulation; and shall, on the first Monday of each and every month, make and deliver to the assessor of the district in which such bank, association, or corporation may be located, or in which such person may reside, a true and accurate return of the amount of notes, bills, or other obligations so issued, whether in circulation or in its vaults, or elsewhere in possession or on deposit, and shall annex to every such return a declaration, with the oath or affirmation of such person, or of the president or cashier of such bank, association, or corporation, in such form or manner as may be directed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, that the same contains a true and faithful statement of the amount of circulation as aforesaid; and shall deliver a copy of said return to the collector of the district in which said person resides, or in which the said bank, association, or corporation is located; and shall, within ten days from the first Monday in each and every month, pay to said collecter the said duty of one-fourth of one per centum on the amount so returned; and for any neglect to render or make such return and payment as aforesaid, every such person, bank, association, or corporation, shall pay a penalty of one per centum on the amount of notes, bills, or other obligations issued as aforesaid, which amount shall, in default of the proper return, be esti mated by the assessor, upon the best informatien he can obtain, and every such penalty may be recovered for the use of the United States in any court of competent jurisdiction: Provided, further, That this tax shall not apply to any bank in the process of liquidation." The question was put, Will the House agree thereto ? Yeas... 78 .. 65 And it was decided in the affirmative, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are So the said amendment was agreed to. Mr. Farnsworth 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. The following amendment having been read, viz: In section 93, line 97, (in regard to sugar,) strike out the words "one cent," and insert in lieu thereof the words "two cents." The question was put, Will the House agree thereto ? And the Speaker announced the vote-yeas, 71; nays, 72; And that it was decided in the negative. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. John B. Alley William B. Allison Mr. Henry L. Dawes Mr. John A. Kasson William D. Kelley Mr. Hiram Price William H. Randall Mr. Upson stated that he had voted in the affirmative, and that his vote was erroneously omitted to be counted. The Speaker then announced the vote on the said amendment—yeas, 72; nays, 72; When Mr. Philip Johnson made the point of order that it was too late to correct the former announcement of the vote. The Speaker overruled the said point of order. From this decision of the Chair Mr. Johnson appealed; And the question being put, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House? It was decided in the affirmative. The Speaker then voted in the negative on the said amendment, and declared that the amendment was disagreed to. Mr. Charles O'Neill moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered. Mr. Samuel J. Randall moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Morrill, it was ordered that the consideration of the pending bill be continued until the adjournment of the House, and that the recess be taken at such time as the House may choose. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Samuel J. Randall; (Yeas.. It was decided in the negative, {Nays.. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. James C. Allen John W. Chanler Mr. Henry W. Harrington William Johnson Jesse Lazear Francis C. Le Blond Mr. Archibald McAllister Mr. John B. Steele 14 70 75 Ellibu B. Washburne Chilton A. White Joseph W. White So the House refused to lay the motion to reconsider on the table. Mr. Ross moved, at 4 o'clock and 37 minutes p. m., that the House take a recess until 7 o'clock p. m.; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the motion to reconsider; So the motion to reconsider was agreed to. The question was then again put on agreeing to the said amendment, Yeas..... The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, 75 66 Mr. Frederick A. Pike Edward H. Rollins Mr. John B. Steele So the said amendment was, on reconsideration, agreed to. Mr. Whaley moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the amendment to insert the word "five," so as to read "twenty-five," on line 62, in section 92, in regard to coal and other oils, was disagreed to. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Scofield, the motion to reconsider was laid on the table. Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the Committee had examined, and found truly enrolled, a bill of the followingtitle, viz: H. R. 62. An act fixing certain rules and regulations for preventing collisions on the water. When The Speaker signed the same. Mr. Fenton moved that the House take a recess until 7 o'clock p. m. Mr. Cox moved, at 4 o'clock and 55 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Fenton; And being put, it was decided in the affirmative. The House accordingly took a recess until 7 o'clock p. m. After the recess, On motion of Mr. Morrill, the House took a further recess for 15 minutes. After the second recess, On motion of Mr. Price, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of the heirs of John Fonda, Lydia Lillie for Elias Robeson, and of Isaiah Tiffany, and that leave be granted for the return of the same to the party presenting them. Mr. Winfield, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 435) concerning certain locations of lands in the State of Missouri; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. The House then resumed the consideration of the bill of the House No. 405, (tax bill.) The amendment in regard to sugar, on line 100, page 119, (printed bill,) having been disagreed to, On motion of Mr. Morrill, the said vote was reconsidered and the said amendment agreed to. The amendment, on line 104, page 119, in regard to sales of sugar refiners having been read as follows, viz: Strike out the words " one and a half of one," and insert in lieu thereof the word two. The question was put, Will the House agree thereto ? Yeas... And it was decided in the affirmative, Nays. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. John B. Alley Isaac N. Arnold Portus Baxter Mr. John F. Driggs Thomas D. Eliot Mr. John R. McBride Theodore M. Pomeroy Mr. John H. Rice Edward H. Rollins 60 47 Elihu B. Washburne |