When The Speaker signed the same. Mr. Webster, from the committee of conference on the bill of the House No. 15, submitted the following report, viz: The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill (H. R. 15) to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Montana, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend, and do recommend, to their respective houses as follows, viz: "That the first amendment of the Senate to the said bill be amended to read as follows, viz: Amend section 5 by striking out in lines 1, 2, 3, and 4, the following words: 'That every free white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been an actual resident of said Territory for thirty days prior to the first election,' and inserting the following in lieu thereof: 'All citizens of the United States, and those who have declared their intentions to become such, and who are otherwise described and qualified under the 5th section of the act of Congress providing for a temporary government for the Territory of Idaho, approved March 3, 1863;' and in line 5 of the said section, after the word 'said,' insert the word 'first.' "That the Senate recede from its second amendment to the said bill. "And that the Senate recede from its third amendment to the said bill. "Managers on the part of the House Managers on the part of the Senate The same having been read, "EDWIN H. WEBSTER. "W. S. HOLMAN. "M. S. WILKINSON. The question was put, Will the House agree thereto ? The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are 102 26 Mr. Thomas B. Shannon Ithamar C. Sloan John D. Stiles Myer Strouse R. B. Van Valkenburgh Mr. Justin S. Morrill So the said report was agreed to. Mr. Webster 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. On motion of Mr. Morrill the House further insisted on its former action on the amendments of the Senate to the bill of the House (H. R. 198) making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the 30th June, 1865, and agreed to the further conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon. Ordered, That Mr. Morrill, Mr. Farnsworth, and Mr. Griswold be the managers at the said conference on the part of the House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. H. R. 346. A bill for the relief of Dr. Charles M. Wetherill; were severally ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, they were accordingly read the third time and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bills. Mr. Hale moved, in the case of each of the said bills, that the vote on the passage thereof be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The bill of the House (H. R. 390) for the relief of Emily A. Lyon having been taken up, Pending the question on its engrossment, Mr. Creswell submitted an amendment thereto; which was agreed to. Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Hale 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. Bills of the House of the following titles, viz: H. R. 391. A bill for the relief of William Burns; H. R. 392. A bill for the relief of Edward Williams; H. R. 394. A bill for the relief of Mary Scales Accardi; H. R. 419. A bill for the relief of Peter Anderson, of the District of Columbia; H. R. 436. A bill granting a pension to Rebecca Scott, widow of Major John B. Scott, late of the United States army; and H. R. 461. A bill for the relief of John C. McConnell; were severally ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, they were accordingly read the third time and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bills. Mr. Hale moved that the votes on the passage of the said bills be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The bill of the House (H. R. 195) for the relief of Margaret L. Stevens, widow of General Isaac I. Stevens, having been taken up, Pending the question on its engrossment, After debate, Mr. Hale moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. The question then being put, Shall the bill pass? Yeas... It was decided in the affirmative, {eys. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are So the bill was passed. Mr. Orlando Kellogg 73 37 Mr. Lewis W. Ross Mr. Ithamar C. Sloan R. B. Van Valkenburgh George H. Yeaman. Mr. Hale 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. The bill of the House (H. R. 108) to authorize the making of treaties with the Navajo, Apache, and Utah Indian tribes in New Mexico, defining their limits, and extinguishing their title to lands outside of limits, having been taken up, Ordered, That it be recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. William H. Miller, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Charles M. Pott, made a report thereon, accompanied by a bill (H. R. 478) for his relief; which bill was read a first and second time. Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. William H. Miller 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. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of this house of the following title, viz: H. R. 432. An act for the relief of the citizens of Denver, in the Territory of Colorado; with amendments, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, on the 19th instant, present to the President of the United States joint resolutions and bills of the following titles, viz: S Res. 21. Joint resolution to provide for the printing of official reports of the operations of the army of the United States; S. Res. 37. Joint resolution for the payment of expenses incurred by the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War; S. 197. An act for the relief of Charles L. Nelson; and S. 139. An act for the relief of Margaret M. Stafford, widow of Reuben Stafford, of Coshocton county, Ohio; And on the 20th instant joint resolutions and a bill of the following titles, viz: H. Res. 72. Joint resolution relative to pay of staff officers of the lieutenant general; H. Res. 77. Joint resolution relating to Green Clay Goodloe; H. Res. 78. Joint resolution providing for the election of a member of Congress for the State of Illinois by the State at large; and H. R. 251. An act to organize a regiment of veteran volunteer engineers; The bill of the House (H. R. 161) for the relief of Josiah 0. Armesheretofore reported from the Committee of the Whole House without amendment-having been taken up, Pending the question on its engrossment, After debate, Mr. Hale moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was 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. Hale moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, Shall the bill pass? (Yeas.... And it was decided in the affirmative, Na... The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Aaron Harding 84 36 John R. Eden Martin Kalbfleisch William D. Kelley Mr. John W. Longyear William H. Wadsworth George H. Yeaman. Mr. Hale 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. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 192) making appropriations for the legis lative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending 30th June, 1865, with the amendments of the Senate thereto, reported the same, recommending concurrence in some, non-concurrence in others, and concurrence with amendments in others, of the said amendments. The House having, by unanimous consent, proceeded to their consideration, Ordered, That the said amendments be printed, and their further consideration postponed until Monday next after the morning hour. Mr. Schenck, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 154) to provide for the better organization of the Quartermaster's department, repcted the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne moved, at 3 o'clock and 40 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, {Xays.... The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. John B. Alley James G. Blaine Mr. John A. Griswold Mr. William H. Miller James K. Moorhead Mr. Asahel W. Hubbard Mr. Thaddeus Stevens John D. Stiles Myer Strouse 68 48 Lorenzo D. M. Sweat Charles Upson William H. Wadsworth Elihu B. Washburne Mr. John W. Longyear Warren P. Noble Charles O'Neill Godlove 8. Orth |