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The previous question was then moved by Mr. McKim, and being demanded by a majority of the members present,

The said previous question was put, viz: Shall the main question be now put?

And passed in the affirmative, Keys,

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

Mr. Joseph B. Anthony

Samuel Barton.
James M. H. Beale
Benning M. Bean
Samuel Beardsley
Matthias J. Bovee
John W. Brown
Jesse A. Bynum
John Calhoon
John Carr
William B. Carter
Zadok Casey
John Chaney
Reuben Chapman
Graham H. Chapin
John Coffee
Walter Coles
Henry W. Connor
Robert Craig
Samuel Cushman
John W. Davis
Philemon Dickerson
Ulysses F. Doubleday
Valentine Efner
Hora: Everett
John Fairfield

Diley Failin

Samuel Fowler
William K. Fuller
John Galbraith
Thomas Glascock
Elisha Haley

Joseph Hall

Hiland Hall

Mr. Thomas L. Hamer
Edward A. Hannegan
Samuel S. Harrison
Charles E. Haynes
Joseph Henderson
Hopkins Holsey
George W. Hopkins
Benjaman C. Howard
Edward B. Hubley
Abel Huntington
Adam Huntsman
Samuel Ingham
William Jackson
Jabez Jackson
Leonard Jarvis
Joseph Johnson
Richard M. Johnson
Cave Johnson
Henry Johnson
Benjamin Jones
Andrew T. Judson
William Kennon
Daniel Kilgore

John Klingensmith, jr.
Joab Lawler
Gideon Lee

Thomas Lee

Stephen B. Leonard
Abijah Mann, jr.
Job Mann
Joshua L. Martin
William Mason
Moses Mason, jr.

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Mr. William L. May

Isaac McKim
Jeremiah McLene
Jesse Miller

William Montgomery
William S. Morgan
Henry A. Muhlenberg
Sherman Page
Gorham Parks

William Patterson

Franklin Pierce
Dutee J. Pearce
Lancelot Phelps
John Reynolds
Joseph Reynolds
John Roane
William Seymour
Ebenezer J. Shields
Francis O. J. Smith
William Taylor
Francis Thomas
John Thomson
Isaac Toucey

George W. B. Towns
James Turner
Joel Turrill

Joseph R. Underwood
Aaron Vanderpoel
David D. Wagener
Aaron Ward
Daniel Wardwell

Taylor Webster
Joseph Weeks

Mr. Abner Hazeltine
William Hiester
Samuel Hoar
Elias Howell
Hiram P. Hunt
Henry F. Janes
John W. Jones
George L. Kinnard
Amos Lane
John Laporte
Abbott Lawrence
George W. Lay
Luke Lea
Levi Lincoln
Henry Logan
Thomas C. Love
Edward Lucas, jr.
Francis S. Lyon
John Y. Mason
Sampson Mason
Abram P. Maury

Mr. Jonathan McCarty

James J. McKay

Thomas M. T. McKennan

John McKeon

Mathias Morris

George W. Owens

James Parker

James A. Pearce

Ebenezer Pettigrew
Stephen C. Phillips

Francis W. Pickens

Henry L. Pinckney
David Potts, jr.
John Reed

Abraham Rencher
James Rogers
David Russell
William B. Shepard
Augustine H. Shepperd
Jonathan Sloane
David Spangler
William Sprague, jr.

James Standefer
John N. Steele
Bellamy Storer
John Taliaferro
Waddy Thompson, jr.
Samuel F. Vinton
George C. Washington
Elisha Whittlesey
Lewis Williams
Sherrod Williams
Henry A. Wise

The main question was then stated, viz: that the House do agree to the motion made by Mr. Thomas, as modified, setting aside the amendments proposed thereto.

Several divisions of this question being desired,

The question was first put on so much of Mr. Thomas's motion as proposes to refer the memorials to a select committee:

And passed in the affirmative.

The question was then put on so much of said motion as instructs the committee "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; and to appoint a clerk to record their proceedings:

And passed in the affirmative.

And the question was then put on the remainder of said motion, being that part contained within these words, viz: "to whom shall be referred all other memorials which may be presented to the present Congress at its present session, praying for an extension of the charters of the existing banks in said District of Columbia:"

And was decided in the negative.

So it was

Resolved, That the several memorials from the presidents and directors of the Bank of Washington, the Bank of Potomac, the Farmers' Bank of Alexandria, the Patriotic Bank of Washington, the Bank of the Metropolis, and the Bank of Alexandria, all within the District of Columbia, and presented on the 29th instant, be referred to a select committee, 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. Thomas, Mr. Pierce of New Hampshire, Mr. Reed, Mr. May, Mr. Beaumont, Mr. Huntsman, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Garland of Virginia, and Mr. Claiborne of Mississippi, were appointed said select committee.

And then the House adjourned until Monday, the 4th of January next, at 12 o'clock meridian.

MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1836.

Another member, viz: from the State of South Carolina, Richard J. Manning, appeared, was sworn to support the Constitution of the United States, and took his seat.

Mr. Smith presented a petition of William Cutter and William W. Woodbury, of Portland, in the State of Maine, praying for a return of forfeiture incurred under a misapprehension of the law, relative to the crew of the brig Harriet, by the officer of customs at the city of Boston.

Mr. Smith presented a petition of N. and Z. Dana & Co. of the city of Portland, in the State of Maine, praying for a return of the forfeiture incurred under a misapprehension of the law by the officer of customs at the city of Boston, relative to the crew of the brig Aurora.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Ways

and Means.

Mr. Cushman presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire, praying for an appropriation for the erection of a new custom-house at Portsmouth, and also a building for the use of the courts of the United States for the district of New Hampshire, which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Smith presented a petition of Thomas B. Parsons, of Portland, in the State of Maine, praying for a pension for services rendered, and disabilities incurred, in the naval service of the United States, which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Adams presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the State of Massachusetts, praying for the passage of an act making an appropriation for the payment of claims for spoliations on the commerce of the United States by French cruizers, prior to 1800, which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Bean presented a petition of Samuel Gile, of the State of New Hampshire, praying for relief on account of injury received while engaged in the service of the United States, in the year 1794, which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Cushman presented a petition of Samuel P. Scott, first lieutenant of the revenue cutter Hamilton, on the Boston station, praying remuneration for losses and damages sustained, and liabilities incurred, in a suit against one John Anderson, for assault and battery committed by said Anderson upon the petitioner, in taking and securing the person of William Davis, a deserter from the revenue cutter Rush, which petition was referred to the Committee of Claims.

The two under mentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, viz: By Mr. Briggs: The petition of Daniel Spencer, presented May 26, 1834. By Mr. Smith: The petition of Joseph Winch, presented January 5, 1835.

On motion of Mr. Bean,

The memorial of inhabitants of Dover, in New Hampshire, for an appropriation to remove obstructions in the Cocheco river, presented heretofore on the 20th January, 1834, was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

Mr. Evans presented a petition of David Smith, in the State of Maine, who was wounded in the last war, praying for arrears of pension from the time he was wounded until his name was enrolled upon the pension list, which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Mr. Smith presented a petition of Larnard Swallow, of the State of Maine, and of sundry inhabitants of said State, in behalf of the said Swallow, setting forth that he was wounded at Fort Preble on the 4th of July,

1834, while in the service of the United States, discharging a cannon in honor of the national independence, and praying relief, which petition was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

On motion of Mr. Evans,

The petition of Samuel Shorey, heretofore presented January 28, 1833, was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

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

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz: No. 3. An act authorising the President of the United States to run and mark the line dividing the Territory of the United States from the State of Missouri.

No. 30. An act for the relief of Henry B. Tyler, executor of Colonel Richard Smith.

No. 32. An act supplementary to an act to regulate and fix the compensation of the clerks in the different offices, passed April 20, 1818;

In which bills, I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. Mr. John Quincy Adams rose and informed the House, that he had received a petition from certain citizens of the State of Massachusetts, praying for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia, which petition he was requested to present; and was proceeding in his remarks in relation thereto, and stated that it was his intention, before he resumed his seat, to move that the petition do lie on the table without reading.

Mr. Patton rose to order, and inquired of the Speaker, whether the petition had been received by the House. The Speaker answered that it had not been received.

A motion was then made by Mr. Glascock, " that the petition be not received." Mr. Glascock was proceeding to debate his motion, when he was called to order by Mr. John Quincy Adams, who stated his question of order to be that, under the 45th rule of the House, which declares, that

"Petitions, memorials, and other papers, addressed to the House, shall be presented by the Speaker, or by a member in his place: a brief statement of the contents thereof shall verbally be made by the introducer, and shall not be debated or decided on the day of their being first read, unless where the House shall direct otherwise, but shall lie on the table, to be taken up in the order they were read,"

the motion, "that the petition be not received," and debate arising thereon, must lie over until to-morrow.

The Speaker decided that Mr. Glascock was in order, in debating the motion that the petition be not received," as, in the opinion of the Chair, that part of the 45th rule, which provides that petitions "shall not be debated or decided on the day of their being first read, unless where the House shall direct otherwise, but shall lie on the table, to be taken up in the order they were read," applies only to petitions after they have been received by the House, and not to the preliminary question on the motion "that the petition be not received."

From this decision of the Chair, Mr. Adams appealed to the House; and the question, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House? was stated,

And after debate thereon,
The House adjourned.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1836.

The unanimous consent of the House being given,

Mr. Dunlap, from the Committee on the Públic Lands, to which the subject was referred on the 11th of December, reported a bill (No. 68) to amend an act, entitled "An act to authorize the State of Tennessee to issue grants and perfect titles to certain lands therein described, and to settle the claims to the vacant and unappropriated lands within the same," passed 18th of April, 1806, accompanied by a report, in writing; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. William B. Shepard,

The rules of proceeding were suspended for the purpose of receiving reports from committees; and then

Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 69) making an appropriation for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 70) making appropriations for the current expenses of the Indian Department, for Indian annuities, and other similar objects, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported an amendment to the bill for the relief of the sufferers by the fire in the city of New York; which amendment was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 71) for the relief of Thomas Dixon and Company, of New York; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Wardwell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made a report on the case of Amy Wilson, accompanied by a bill (No. 72) for her relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Wardwell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made a report on the petitions of Peter Doxtater and Jacob Weaver, accompanied by a bill (No. 73) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Wardwell,

Ordered, that the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Eliza Causin and Ann Turner, heirs of Colonel John H. Stone; and that the said petition do lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Haynes,

Ordered, that the Committee on Indian Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Mary Black; and that the said petition do lie on the table.

Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report, accompanied by a bill (No. 74) for the relief of the legal representatives of Thomas

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