select committee on that subject-the pending question being on its engrossment. Mr. Jenckes submitted sundry amendments thereto; which were severally agreed to. Mr. Frank submitted an additional amendment thereto; which was also agreed to. After debate, Mr. Jenckes moved the previous question. Pending which, Mr. William G. Steele moved that the bill be laid on the table. It was decided in the negative, The yeas (Yeas..... Not voting.... and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Samuel J. Randall James S. Brown John W. Chanler Alexander H. Coffroth Those not voting are Mr. Joseph W. McClurg So the House refused to lay the bill on the table. Mr. Lewis W. Ross Robert C. Schenck Ellihu B. Washburne The question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, it was seconded and the main question ordered to be put. Mr. Wilson moved that the vote on ordering the main question be reconsidered. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Thaver, Ordered, That the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. Under the operation of the previous question the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill not being actually engrossed, was left upon the Speaker's table. Mr. Jenckes moved, at one o'clock and 55 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. Subsequently, Mr. Jenckes moved a reconsideration of the vote on the engrossment of the bill of the House No. 424; which motion was passed over. The morning hour having expired, The Speaker announced, as the special order, reports of the Committee for the District of Columbia. When Mr. James R. Morris, from the said committee, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 129) to amend an act entitled. "An act to authorize the corporation of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, to lay and collect a water tax, and for other purposes," approved May 21, 1862, reported. the same without amendment. Ordered, That the bill be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. James R. Morris 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. Mr. James R. Morris, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 364) authorizing the opening of Sixth street west, reported the same with an amendment in the nature of a substitute therefor. The House having proceeded to its consideration, The said amendment was agreed to, and the bill ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. On motion of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, the title of the bill was amended so as to read, “A bill authorizing and requiring the opening of Sixth street west." Mr. James R. Morris 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. Patterson, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 434) to authorize the bailiff of the orphans' court, in the county of Washington, and District of Columbia, to serve processes issued by said court, and for other purposes, reported the same without amend ment. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Patterson 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 Mr. Patterson, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 26) to provide for the public instruction of youth in the county of Washington, District of Columbia, reported the same with an amendment in the nature of a substitute therefor. Pending the question on agreeing to the said amendment, Mr. Patterson moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said amendment was agreed to and the bill ordered to be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. The title of the bill was then amended by adding thereto the words " and for other purposes." Mr. Patterson moved that the vote on the passage of the said bill 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 amendment. Mr. Thomas T. Davis, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 495) to amend the charter of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, reported the same without amendment. The House having proceeded to its consideration, Mr. Thomas T. Davis submitted sundry amendments thereto; which were severally agreed to. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne submitted an additional amendment thereto; which was also agreed to. Mr. Driggs submitted the following amendment, viz: Add at the end of section 1, "Provided, That on Sundays the said company shall run cars at the same intervals of time as prescribed in the original law for the other days of the week." After debate, Mr. Thomas T. Davis moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, first: Will the House agree to the said amendment? Yeas... And it was decided in the affirmative, Nays... Not voting.. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, 57 41 84 James W. Patterson Thomas B. Shannon Myer Strouse Henry W. Tracy Elihu B. Washburne Mr. William G. Steele Fred'ck E. Woodbridge. Under the further operation of the previous question 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. Ellihu B. Washburne moved the previous question. Pending which, Mr. Price moved that the bill be laid on the table; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, it was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill pass? Yeas.... And it was decided in the affirmative, Nays. Not voting The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are 62 36 84 Myer Strouse Elihu B. Washburne Chilton A. White Mr. William G. Steele William H. Wadsworth Mr. Henry C. Deming Ebenezer Dumont Ephraim R. Eekley James E. English John Ganson James A. Garfield Mr. Daniel W. Gooch Francis Kernan Mr. Benjamin F. Loan So the bill was passed. Mr. Nehemiah Perry Frederick A. Pike Mr. Henry G. Stebbins Lorenzo D. M. Sweat Mr. Thomas T. Davis 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. Cobb, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, on the 7th instant, present to the President of the United States joint resolutions and bills of the following titles, viz: S. Res. 35. Joint resolution to compensate the sailors on the gunboat "Baron De Kalb" for the loss of clothing; S. Res. 51. Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance of a certain testimonial from the government of Great Britain; S. 217. An act for the relief of Warren W. Green; S. 236. An act to provide for granting an honorable discharge to coalheavers and firemen in the naval service; and S. 250. An act to amend an act entitled "An act making a grant of alternate sections of public lands to the State of Michigan, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State, and for other purposes." And this day bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 293. An act to provide for the payment of the 2d regiment, 3d brigade, Ohio volunteer militia, during the time they were mustered into the service of the United States; H. R. 426. An act to create an additional supervising inspector of steamboats and two local inspectors of steamboats for the collection district of Memphis, Tennessee, and two local inspectors for the collection district of Oregon, and for other purposes; H. R. 455. An act to punish and prevent the counterfeiting of coin of the United States; and H. R. 469. An act extending the time for the completion of the Marquette and Ontonagon railroad, of the State of Michigan Mr. Thomas T. Davis, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 77) to amend the act incorporating the Washington Gaslight Company, reported the same with amend ments. to. The House having proceeded to the consideration of the said bill, Mr. Tracy submitted an amendment to the amendment; which was agreed Pending the question on the said amendment, as amended, After debate, Mr. Thomas T. Davis moved the previous question. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, Ordered, That the said bill and pending amendments be laid on the table. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, |