So the second amendment was disagreed to. The thirteenth amendment was then read and disagreed to. All the remaining amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union were then read and severally agreed to. Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. Mr. Hooper moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was passed. Mr. Hooper 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. Wilson moved that the House insist on its amendments, disagreed to by the Senate, to the bill of the Senate (S. 138) to regulate proceedings in cases between landlord and tenant in the District of Columbia, and agree to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Holman, at 5 o'clock and 17 minutes p. m, the House adjourned. FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1864. The following memorial and petition were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the 131st rule of the House: By Mr. Driggs: The memorial of Surgeon Thomas Antisell, United States volunteers, for the passage of a law to organize a board of health for the District of Columbia. By Mr. Spalding: The petition of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying that the tax on manufactured tobacco may be reduced; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. The Speaker having announced, as the business first in order, the motion submitted by Mr. Wilson, and pending when the House adjourned yester day, to insist on the amendments of the House, disagreed to by the Senate, to the bill of the Senate (S. 138) to regulate proceedings in cases between land lordand tenant in the District of Columbia, and agree to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon, The question was put on agreeing to the said motion, And it was decided in the affirmative. Ordered, That Mr. Wilson, Mr. Thomas T. Davis, and Mr. Wheeler be the managers at the said conference on the part of the House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Wilson, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 296) in relation to the fees and emoluments of the marshal, attorney, and clerk of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, reported the same without amendment. Pending the question on its third reading, Amendments to the bill were submitted by Mr. Wilson and Mr. Fenton; which were severally agreed to. Ordered, That the bill be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Wilson 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 amendments. Mr. Orth, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 187) to carry into effect a treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the final settlement of the claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Agricultural Companies, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the bill be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Orth 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. Holman, by unanimous consent, from the Committee of Claims, reported a joint resolution (H. Res. 110) to declare the construction of a joint resolution for the relief of Rev. W. B. Matchett, approved June 20, 1864; which was read a first and second time. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. Mr. Kasson, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, reported a bill (H. R. 553) to facilitate the repayment of depositors at the assay office at New York; which was read a first and second time. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Kasson 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. Wilson, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill of the Senate (S. 55) in relation to the circuit court in and for the district of Wisconsin, aud for other purposes, submitted the following report, viz: "That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: “Provided, That all executions, processes, or orders issued from the district court of any district in this act mentioned, in cases transferred to the circuit court and in part executed, shall be regarded as having been issued from the circuit court to which each particular case is transferred, and shall be returned thereto; and no writ of execution or other final process or power exercised or proceeding had in accordance with law to enforce any judg ment or decree shall be affected by reason of the transfer directed by the act.' "Managers on the part of the House of Representatives The question was put, Will the House agree thereto ? And it was decided in the affirmative. So the report was agreed to. Mr. Wilson 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 therewith. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of the following title, viz: S. 286. An act to prohibit the discharge of persons from liability to military duty by reason of the payment of money, and for other purposes; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. The Senate have also passed bills and a joint resolution of this house of the following titles, viz: H. R. 537. An act to incorporate the Young Men's Christian Association of the City of Washington; H. R. 512. An act to repeal the fugitive slave act of 1850, and all acts and parts of acts for the rendition of fugitive slaves; H. R. 551. An act to incorporate the Colored Catholic Benevolent Society; and H. Res. 109. Joint resolution correcting a clerical error in the award of the emancipation commissioners; severally without amendment. Mr. Patterson, by unanimous consent, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill (H. R. 554) to provide for the improvement of the grounds of the Government Hospital for the Insane by an exchange of land; which was read a first and second time. Ordered, That it 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 bill. The Speaker having proceeded as the regular order of business to call the committees for reports of a private nature, Mr. Thayer, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom were referred bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 435. A bill concerning certain locations of lands in the State of Missouri; and H. R. 133. A bill for the relief of William Sawyer and others, of the State of Ohio; reported the same severally without amendment. The said bills were severally ordered to be engrossed and read a third Being engrossed, they were accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Thayer 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. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bills. Mr. Upson called up the report of the Committee of Elections in the case of James Lindsay, contesting the seat of John G. Scott as a representative from the State of Missouri-the pending question being on the following resolution accompanying the said report, viz: Resolved, That John G. Scott is entitled to retain his seat in this house as a representative from the third congressional district of Missouri. When Mr. Upson moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said resolution was agreed to. Mr. Upson 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. Mr. Dawes, by unanimous consent, from the Committee of Elections, reported the following resolution, viz : Resolved, That there be paid out of the contingent fund of the House to James Lindsay, in full for time spent and expenses incurred while contesting the right of John G. Scott to a seat in this house as a representative from the third congressional district of Missouri, the usual mileage of a member for one session and like monthly compensation from the commencement of the session to the date of the passage of this resolution. Pending which, Mr. Dawes moved the previous question, and the House refused to second the same. When Mr. Mallory moved to amend the same by striking out all after the word Resolved," and inserting in lieu thereof the following, viz: "That there be paid out of the contingent fund of the House to James Lindsay and John S. Sleeper, in full for time spent and expenses incurred while contesting the right of John G. Scott and Alexander H. Rice, respectively, to seats in this house as representatives, respectively, from the third congressional district of Missouri and the third district of Massachusetts, the usual mileage of a member for one session and like monthly compensation from the commencement of the session to the date of the passage of the respective resolutions declaring them not entitled to seals." Pending which, Mr. Mallory moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, first, Will the House agree to the said amendment? The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. William J. Allen James Brooks Mr. William G. Brown John W. Chanler Mr. Charles A. Eldridge Mr. Henry W. Harrington |