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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1835.

A motion was made by Mr. Beardsley,

That the rules prescribing the order of business, be suspended, and that the House do now proceed in the consideration of the letter of Isaac E. Crary, laid before the House on the 16th instant, enclosing "a certificate of of his election as Representative of the State of Michigan in the Congress of the United States."

And on the question that the House do agree to the motion to suspend the rules, and proceed to the consideration of the said letter,

It passed in the affirmative, two-thirds voting therefor. Yeas,

Nays,

133,

47.

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

Mr. John Quincy Adams

William H. Ashley,

Jeremiah Bailey
Samuel Barton
Benning M. Bean
Samuel Beardsley
Abraham Bockee
Ratliff Boon
Nathaniel B. Borden
Matthias J. Bovee
Lynn Boyd

George N. Briggs

John W. Brown

Andrew Buchanan

Churchill C. Cambreleng
Robert B. Campbell
Reuben Chapman
Graham H. Chapin
Timothy Childs
Nath. H. Claiborne
William Clark
Jesse F. Cleveland
Henry W. Connor
Thomas Corwin
Robert Craig
John Cramer
Joseph H. Crane
Caleb Cushing
Samuel Cushman
Edward Darlington
Edmund Deberry
Philemon Dickerson
Ulysses F. Doubleday
George C. Dromgoole
Valentine Efner
Horace Everett
John Fairfield
Dudley Farlin
Philo C. Fuller
John Galbraith
James Garland

Rice Garland

Ransom H. Gillet

Thomas Glascock

Francis Granger

George Grennell, jr.

Elisha Haley

Joseph Hall

Thomas L. Hamer
Gideon Hard
Samuel S. Harrison
Albert G. Harrison
Charles E. Haynes
Abner Hazeltine
Joseph Henderson
William Hiester
Samuel Hoar
Benjamin C. Howard
Elias Howell
Edward B. Hubley
Hiram P. Hunt
Abel Huntington
Samuel Ingham
William Jackson
Jabez Jackson
Henry F. Janes
Joseph Johnson
Richard M. Johnson
Cave Johnson
Henry Johnson
John W. Jones
Andrew T. Judson
William Kennon
Daniel Kilgore
Amos Lane
Gerrit Y. Lansing
John Laporte
Joab Lawler
Abbott Lawrence
George W. Lay
Thomas Lee
Stephen B. Leonard
Levi Lincoln
George Loyall
Francis S. Lyon
Abijah Mann, jr.
Job Mann

Joshua L. Martin
William Mason

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Moses Mason, jr.
Sampson Mason
Abram P. Maury
James J. McKav

Tho. M. T. McKennan
John McKeon
Isaac McKim
Jesse Miller

William Montgomery
Ely Moore
Mathias Morris
Henry A. Muhlenberg
George W. Owens
Sherman Page
James Parker
Gorham Parks

William Patterson
Franklin Pierce
Dutee J. Pearce
Lancelot Phelps
Stephen C. Phillips
David Potts, jr.
John Reed
Joseph Reynolds
John Roane
James Rogers

Ferdinand S. Schenck

William Seymour

William Slade

Jonathan Sloane
Francis O. J. Smith
William Sprague, jr.
Bellamy Storer
John Taliaferro
Francis Thomas
John Thomson
Isaac Toucey
James Turner
Joel Turrill
Aaron Vanderpoel
David D. Wagener
Daniel Wardwell
Joseph Weeks
Elisha Whittlesey

William B. Calhoun

John Carr

William B. Carter
Zadok Casey

John Chambers
Walter Coles

Jehn W. Davis
Harmar Denny
George Evans
John B. Forester
Richard French
James Graham
William J. Graves
William J. Grayson
John K. Griflin
James H. Hammond

Edward A. Hannegan

George W. Hopkins
Adam Huntsman
Leonard Jarvis
George L. Kinnard
Luke Lea

Edward Lucas, jr.
William L. May
Jonathan McCarty
Jeremiah McLene
Charles F. Mercer
William S. Morgan
James A. Pearce
Ebenezer Pettigrew

Francis W. Pickens
Henry L. Pinckney
John Reynolds
David Russell
William B. Shepard
Augustine H. Shepperd
Ebenezer J. Shields
James Standefer
Waddy Thompson, jr.

Joseph R. Underwood
Lewis Williams
Sherrod Williams

The question then recurred on the motion made on the 16th instant, by Mr. Beardsley, that the courtesy of the House be extended to Mr. Crary, and that the Speaker be directed to assign him a seat within the House, but not as a member thereof; when

Mr. Beardsley modified his said motion to read as follows:

Resolved, That Isaac E. Crary, who claims to have been duly elected a member of this House, be admitted as a spectator, within the hall, during the settings of the House.

And on the question that the House do agree to the motion as modified, It passed in the affirmative.

Consent being given, it was,

On motion of Mr. John Quincy Adams,

Ordered, That the memorial of Charles Blight and Julia Blight, on behalf of the heirs of Robert Fulton, deceased, December 17, 1834, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Chambers, of Pennsylvania,

Ordered, That the petition of Robert Allison, presented December 10, 1831, be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

On motion of Mr. Garland, of Louisiana,

Ordered, That the petition of Thomas M. Burland, presented January 14, 1835; the petition of Henry Stoker, presented March 5, 1834; and the petition of Remy Poissot, presented May 6, 1834, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. Garland, of Louisiana,

Ordered, That the petition of Henry Stoker, presented February 10, 1834, and the petition of Frances Durey, presented February 2, 1835, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Garland, of Louisiana,

Ordered, That the petition of George Rowe, presented December 8, 1834; the petition of Jean Baptiste Granger, presented February 17, 1834; the petition of John Armstrong, presented December 12, 1834; the petition of Joseph Neibert, presented February 23, 1835; and the petition of the heirs of William Graham, presented December 16, 1833, be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Garland, of Louisiana, presented a petition of Ursin Hebert, of the State of Louisiana, praying that his title to a certain tract of land therein mentioned, may be confirmed to him, and that a sum of money erroneously paid by him for said land may be refunded.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the several memorials presented yesterday from banks within the District of Columbia.

1st. By Mr. William B. Shepard, that the said memorials be referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

The questions pending were,

2d. By Mr. Thomas, that the said memorials be referred to a select committee, with the instructions set forth on the journal of yesterday.

Mr. Thomas modified his said motion so as to read as follows:

That the said memorials be referred to a select committee, to whom shall be referred all other memorials which may be presented to the present Congress, praying for an extension of the charters of the existing banks in said District of Columbia, or for the establishment of any other bank or banks, in their stead; and that said committee be authorized to act in conjunction with any similar committee that may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to examine into the condition of the currency of said District; to inspect the books, and examine into the proceedings of said banks; to ascertain whether their charters have been violated or not, and whether any abuses or malpractices have existed in their management; to send for persons and papers; to examine witnesses on oath; and to appoint a clerk to record their proceedings.

Mr. Bouldin moved to amend the motion made by Mr. Shepard, to refer the said memorials to the Committee for the District of Columbia, by adding thereto the following, viz:

With instructions to examine into the condition of the currency of said District; to inspect the books; and to examine into the proceedings of said banks; to ascertain whether their charters have been violated or not; and whether any abuses or malpractices have existed in their management; to send for persons and papers; to examine witnesses on oath, and to appoint a clerk to record their proceedings.

Mr. Shepard accepted the amendment moved by Mr. Bouldin, and modified his motion accordingly.

And the question was then put that the said memorials be referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, with the instructions moved by Mr. Bouldin, and accepted by Mr. Shepard.

It was decided in the negative, {

Yeas
Nays

88

113

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

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Mr. Samuel Barton

James M. H. Beale
Benning M. Bean
Samuel Beardsley
Andrew Beaumont
Abraham Bockee
Ratliff Boon

Nathaniel B. Borden
Matthias J. Bovee
Lynn Boyd

John W. Brown

Andrew Buchanan
Jesse A Bynum

Churchill C. Cambreleng

John Carr
Zadok Casey

John Chaney
Reuben Chapman
Graham H. Chapin
Jesse F. Cleveland
Walter Coles
Henry W. Connor
Robert Craig
John Cramer
Samuel Cushman
John W. Davis
Ulysses F. Doubleday
George C. Dromgoole
Valentine Efner
John Fairfield
Dudley Farlin
Samuel Fowler
Richard French
Philo C. Fuller
William K. Fuller

John Galbraith

James Garland

Ransom H. Gillet

Elisha Haley

Joseph Hall

Thomas L. Hamer
Edward A. Hannegan
Samuel S. Harrison
Albert G. Harrison
Charles E. Haynes
Joseph Henderson
Hopkins Holsey
George W. Hopkins
Benjamin C. Howard
Edward B. Hubley
Abel Huntington
Adam Huntsman
Samuel Ingham
Jabez Jackson
Leonard Jarvis
Joseph Johnson
Cave Johnson
John W. Jones
Benjamin Jones
Andrew T. Judson
William Kennon
Daniel Kilgore
George L. Kinnard
John Klingensmith, jr.
Gerrit Y. Lansing
Joshua Lee
Thomas Lee

Stephen B. Leonard
George Loyall
Edward Lucas, jr.
Abijah Mann, jr.
Job Mann

Joshua L. Martin
John Y. Mason
William Mason
William L. May

John Taliaferro
Joseph R. Underwood
Samuel F. Vinton
George C. Washington
Elisha Whittlesey
Lewis Williams
Sherrod Williams

Henry A. Wise

Jonathan McCarty
James J. McKay
John McKeon
Isaac McKim
Jeremiah McLene
Jesse Miller

William Montgomery
William S. Morgan
Henry A. Muhlenberg
George W. Owens
Sherman Page
Gorham Parks
William Patterson
Franklin Pierce
Dutee J. Pearce
Lancelot Phelps
John Reynolds
Joseph Reynolds
Eleazer W. Ripley
John Roane
William Seymour
Ebenezer J. Shields
Francis O. J. Smith
William Sprague, jr.
William Taylor
Francis Thomas
John Thompson
Isaac Toucey

George W. B. Towns
James Turner
Joel Turrill

Aaron Vanderpoel
David D. Wagener
Aaron Ward

Daniel Wardwell

Taylor Webster

Joseph Weeks

The question then recurred on the motion made by Mr. Thomas, that the said memorials be referred to a select committee, with the instructions herein set forth; when

Mr. Adams moved to amend the said motion, by striking out these words, viz:

"And that said committee be authorized to act in conjunction with any similar committee that may be appointed on the part of the Senate."

Mr. Thomas accepted Mr. Adams's amendment, and modified his motion. accordingly.

Mr. Bouldin then moved to amend the motion made by Mr. Thomas, by striking out these words, viz:

"To whom shall be referred all other memorials which may be presented to the present Congress, praying for an extension of the charters of the existing banks in said District of Columbia, or for the establishment of any other bank or banks in their stead."

And, pending the question on this amendment,

The House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1835.

Two other members, viz: from the State of Mississippi, David Dickson and John F. H. Claiborne, appeared, were sworn to support the constitution of the United States, and took their seats.

By unanimous consent,

Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, submitted the following resolution, which was read and agreed to by the House, viz:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury transmit to this House, the "tabular statement exhibiting the sums yearly paid under each material head of expenditure from 1816 to 1834, inclusive," referred to in his report on the finances of the 8th instant.

On motion of Mr. Turrill, it was

Ordered, That when this House shall adjourn to-day, it will adjourn to meet again on Monday, the fourth day of January, 1836.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have agreed to the resolution for the appointment of a joint committee to direct the expenditure of the money appropriated for the library of Congress, and have appointed Mr. Preston of South Carolina, Mr. Porter of Louisiana, and Mr. Robbins of Rhode Island, to be of said committee on their part.

The Senate have also passed a bill (No. 26) entitled "An act to extend two patents of James Barron;" in which bill they ask the concurrence of this House: and then he withdrew.

The House resumed the consideration of the several memorials from banks within the District of Columbia, presented on the 29th instant.

The question recurred on the amendment moved yesterday by Mr. Bouldin to the motion made by Mr. Thomas, to refer said memorials to a select committee with instructions: when

Mr Bouldin withdrew said amendment.

The question then recurred on the motion made by Mr. Thomas: when A motion was made by Mr. McKennan to amend the same, by inserting therein these words, "and that said committee be instructed to report to this House the names of the persons, and the date of all loans made by any District bank to members of Congress or officers of the Government since the 1st October, 1833."

Mr. Thomas further modified his said motion, by inserting therein, after the words, "which may be presented to the present Congress," these words, "at its present session."

A motion was made by Mr. Kinnard to amend the said motion by inserting therein these words: "And to make the same inquiry, as far as practicable, in its application to loans made by the United States Bank and branches, to members of Congress and officers of Government since the veto of the bill to recharter said bank; and, also, the loans made to members of Congress by all the deposite banks."

A motion was made by Mr. Parker, that the further consideration of the subject be postponed until Monday next; and that the motion of Mr. Thomas, with the propositions to amend the same, be printed; which motion was disagreed to by the House.

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