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Ordered, That said petitions and map be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. La Sère: The memorial of citizens of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, proposing to sell to the government a lot of ground, with suitable buildings thereon, upon which to establish a naval depot; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. James G. King: The memorial of the manufacturers of silk in the State of New Jersey, praying for a modification of the tariff in relation thereto; which was referred to the Committee on Manufactures.

By Mr. White: The petition of citizens of the State of New York, praying for the passage of a law giving additional security to patentees; which was referred to the Committee on Patents.

By Mr. Disney: The memorial of citizens of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, praying that the United States purchase the Louisville and Portland canal, and make it free from toll; which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

The Speaker announced as first in order the motion submitted by Mr. Frederick P. Stanton on Monday last, and pending when the House adjourned on that day, viz: to suspend the rules, so as to enable him to introduce the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the use of this Hall be granted to the American Colonization Society, for their anniversary, on the 21st instant.

Mr. Stanton thereupon withdrew his said motion.

Mr. Inge (the rules having been suspended for that purpose) introduced the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed totwo-thirds voting in favor thereof-viz:

Resolved, That the business of the District of Columbia, in the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union and in the Committee of the Whole, be made the special order on the second Tuesday of February proximo.

Mr. Bokee (the rules having been suspended for that purpose) submitted the following resolution; which was read, viz:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be requested to inform the House what action, if any, has been had by him under the act of last session making an appropriation for the construction of a dry-dock in California; and whether or not, in his judgment, a dock could not be constructed, sufficient for all the purposes of the navy, at a much less expense to the government than the one contemplated by the act aforesaid; and that, in the mean time, the Secretary be requested to suspend further proceedings in the matter.

The rules having been suspended for that purpose, the House proceeded to the consideration of the same.

And the question being put, under the operation of the previous question, Will the House agree thereto?

It was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Bokee 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. Kaufman (the rules having been suspended for that purpose) submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union

be discharged from the further consideration of bill No. 48, "to establish an additional district court of the United States in the eastern portion of Texas," and that said bill be laid on the Speaker's table, to come up among the orders of the day.

Mr. Duer moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable him to submit the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be directed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the number of cadets in the Military Academy at West Point.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative-two-thirds not voting in favor thereof. On motion of Mr. Bayly, (the rules having been suspended for that purpose,) the Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Postmaster General, submitting an estimate of the sums of money expected to be required for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1851.

Ordered, That the said communication be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and printed..

Mr. Bayly moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable him to move that the following bills, viz:

H. R 434. A bill making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the 30th June, 1852;

H. R. 435. A bill making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensions of the United States for the year ending the 30th June, 1852;

H. R. 436. A bill making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions for the year ending 30th June, 1852;

H. R. 437. A bill making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June 30, 1852; and

H. R. 438. A bill making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1852; be made a special order (and in the foregoing order) for to-morrow, and to continue such, from day to day, until finally disposed of.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative-two-thirds not voting in favor thereof. Mr. Disney moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable him to move that the bill of the House (No. 424) "to grant the right of way through the public lands for a line of railroad through the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois," be made a special order for the 28th instant, and so to continue, from day to day, until finally disposed of.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative-two-thirds not voting in favor thereof. Mr. Grinnell moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable him to submit the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the propriety of authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to continue in commission, for sea service, the frigate Constitution, and to rebuild her whenever it may be found nesessary.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative-two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.

Mr. Andrew Johnson moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable him to submit the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That House bill No. 310, which bill provides for the encouragement of agriculture, and every man who is the head of a family and a citizen of the United States with a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of land out of the public domain, be made the special order for Thursday, the 21st instant, and be continued from day to day, until disposed of by the House.

And the question being put,

Yeas.

It was decided in the negative,Nays..

Two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.

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The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

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Thomas J. D. Fuller
Meredith P. Gentry
Joshua R. Giddings
Edward Gilbert
Willis A. Gorman
Daniel Gott

Herman D. Gould
James S. Green
Willard P. Hall
Moses Hampton
Andrew J. Ha‍lan
Isham G. Harris,
Andrew K. Hay
Henry W. Hilliard
Volney E. Howard
John W. Howe
William F. Hunter
Samuel W. Inge
Andrew Johnson
Robert W. Johnson
George W. Jones
George W. Julian
Shepherd Leffler
Lewis C. Levin
Horace Mann
Job Mann
John C. Mason
Orsamus B. Matteson
John A. McClernand

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Edward W. McGaughey
James X. McLanahan
Robert M. McLane
Fayette McMullen
Daniel F. Miller
Henry D. Moore
Jonathan D. Morris

Edson B. Olds
Charles H. Peaslee
William A. Richardson
Elijah Risley
John Robbins, jr.
John L Robinson
Julius Rockwell
Joseph M. Root
William A. Sackett
John H. Savage
Robert C. Schenck
Elbridge G. Spaulding
William Sprague
Frederick P. Stanton
Thaddeus Stevens
James H. Thomas
Amos Tuck

Albert G. Watkins
John Wentworth
William A. Whittlesey
Christopher H. Williams
Timothy R. Young.

Mr. Orin Fowler
John Freedley
Joseph Grinnell
Ransom Halloway
William T. Hamilton
Edward Hammond
Hugh A. Haralson
Sampson W. Harris
Thomas S. Haymond
William Hebard
William Henry
Harry Hibbard

Alexander R. Holladay
Joseph W. Jackson
William T. Jackson

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So the House refused to suspend the rules.

Mr Peter H. Silvester
Edward Stanly

Richard H. Santon
Charles Stetson
William Strong
John L. Taylor
Jacob Thompson
James Thompson
John B. Thompson
John R. Thurman
John Van Dyke
Samuel F. Vinton
Hiram Walden
Loren P. Wa'dɔ
Daniel Wallace
Marshall J. Wellborn
Hugh White

Isaac Wildr ck.

On motion of Mr. Reed, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That leave be granted for the withdrawal from the files of the House of the petition and papers in the case of Joseph Wright, for the purpose of reference to one of the departments.

The said papers were thereupon handed to Mr. Reed.

Mr. Robinson moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable him to move that the House proceed to the consideration of the bill of the House (No. 432) "to insure the prompt execution of the act approved September 28, 1850, granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States." And the question being put,

Yeas.

It was decided in the affirmative, Nays.....

Two-thirds voting in favor thereof.

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

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Lewis D. Campbell

Joseph Casey

Joseph R. Chandler
Charles E. Clarke
Chauncey F. Cleveland
Williamson R. W. Cobb
Orsamus Cole
Moses B. Corwin
John Crowell
Joel B. Danner
Edmund Deberry
Jesse C. Dickey
Milo M. Dimmick
David T. Disney
James Duane Doty
James H. Duncan
Cyrus L. Dunham
Charles Durkee
Henry A. Edmundson
Samuel A. Elliot
Andrew Ewing
Graham N. Fitch
Orin Fowler

Mr. Thomas J. D. Fuller
Joshua R. Giddings
Rufus K.Goodenow
Willis A Gorman
Daniel Gott
James S. Green
Willard P. Hall
Ransom Halloway
William T. Hamilton
Edward Hammond
Hugh A. Haralson
Andrew J Harlan
Isham G. Harris
Sampson W. Harris
Thomas L. Harris
Andrew K Hay
Thomas S. Haymond
Alexander R. Holladay
John W. Howe
William F. Hunter
Samuel W. Inge
Joseph W Jackson
William T. Jackson
Andrew Johnson
James L. Johnson
Robert W. Johnson

Mr. George W. Jones
George W Julian
George G. King
James G. King
John A. King
Emile La Sère
Shepherd Lefler
Job Mann

Humphrey Marshall
John C. Mason
John A. McClernand
Joseph E. McDonald

Edward W. McGaughey
Tomas McKissock
Robert M. McLane
Finis E. McLean
Favette McMullen
John McQueen
Wiliam McWillie
Jmes Meacham
John K. Miller
Daniel F. Miller

John S. Millson

Henry D. Moore

Jonathan D Morris

Isaac E. Morse

Mr. Jeremiah Morton

William Nelson
Edson B. Olds
James L. Orr
David Outlaw
Richard Parker
Charles H. Peaslee
Alexander G. Penn
John S. Phelps
Charles W. Pitman
Paulus Powell
Harvey Putnam
Robert R Reed
Gideon Reynolds
William A. Richardson
Elijah Risley
John Robbins, jr.
John L Robinson
Julius Rockwell
Robert L. Rose
Thomas Ross
David Rumsey, jr.
William A. Sackett
Robert C. Schenck

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Augustine H. Shepperd
Peter H. Silvester
Elbridge G. Spaulding
William Sprague
Edward Stanly

Frederick P. Stanton
Richard H. Stanton
Thaddeus Stevens
John L. Taylor
James H Thomas
James Thompson
John B. Thompson
Walter Underhill,
John Van Dyke
Hiram Walden
Loren P. Waldo
Daniel Wallace
Albert G. Watkins
John Wentworth
Hugh White

William A. Whittlesey
Isaac Wildrick
Christopher H. Williams
Timothy R. Young.

Mr. Joseph M. Root
John H. Savage
Cullen Sawtelle
Charles Stetson
John R. Thurman
Robert Toombs
Amos Tuck

Samuel F. Vinton

Marshall J. Wellborn
Joseph A. Woodward.

So the rules were suspended, and Mr. Robinson accordingly submitted his said motion; which was put, and decided in the affirmative.

The House accordingly proceeded to the consideration of the said bill; the pending question being on agreeing to the amendment heretofore submitted by Mr. McClernand; which was read, and is as follows, viz: Add thereto the following as an additional section:

"SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That registers and receivers of the several land offices of the United States shall be entitled to demand and receive for their services in locating military bounty-land warrants, from each person applying to locate the same, a fe, at the rate of twenty-five cents for each forty acres so located: Provided, That the fee hereby allowed shall be in lieu and in discharge of any similar fee already allowed by law: Provided further, That the salary and perquisites of said registers and receivers shall in no case exceed the sum of three thousand dollars per· annum cach.'

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After debate,

Mr. Jones moved to amend the said amendment by adding thereto the following, viz:

"Provided, That nothing in the act approved on the 28th day of September, 1850, granting bounty land to soldiers who rendered service in the war of 1812, and in any Indian war since 1790, shall be so construed as

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