Mr. Henry W. Connor Robert Craig John Cramer Samuel Cushman John W. Davis Edmund Deberry Ulysses F. Doubleday Samuel Fowler John K. Griflin Leonard Jarvis Mr. Joseph Johnson Richard M. Johnson Gorham Parks Mr. William Patterson Ferdinand S. Schenck Aaron Vanderpoel George C. Washington Lewis Williams The question then again recurred on the motion, that the said petition be referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia; when A motion was made by Mr. Owens, that the petition do lie on the tab together with all motions pending in relation thereto. And the question being put, It passed in the affirmative, Yeas, Nays, 144. 67. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Ransom H. Gillet Thomas L. Hamer Samuel S. Harrison Richard M. Johnson Gerrit Y. Lansing Mr. Sampson Mason William Montgomery Ferdinand S. Schenck Augustine H. Shepperd Joseph R. Underwood George C. Washington Mr. James Graham Francis Granger James H. Hammond Mr. Samuel Hoar Francis S. Lyon Mr. Abram P. Maury William McComas Thomas M. T. McKennan And so the said petition was laid on the table. Mr. John Reed William B. Shepard George W. B. Towns Elisha Whittlesey And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1835. On motion of Mr. Thomson, it was Resolved, That this day, at one o'clock, P. M. this House will proceed to the election of a chaplain. On motion of Mr. Mason, of Virginia, The House, by unanimous consent, dispensed with the presentation o petitions during the morning hour, and proceeded to the consideration of the message of the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the constitution and form of State Government adopted by a convention of the inhabitants of the Territory of Michigan. Mr. Hamer withdrew the motion made by him on the 10th instant, that the said message be referred to the select committee appointed on the message of the President, communicating documents in relation to the disputed boundary between the State of Ohio and the Territory of Michigan; and then moved that the said message be referred to the Committee on the, Judiciary. The motions pending are the following: By Mr. Mason, of Virginia,-to refer to a select committee. By Mr. Howard,-to refer to the Committee on the Territories. By Mr. Hamer, to refer to the Committee on the Judiciary. And after debate, the hour of one o'clock, P. M. arrived, And the House proceeded, by ballot, to the execution of the order of this day, in the choice of a chaplain to Congress on their part; and upon an examination of the fifth ballot, it appeared that the Rev. Thomas H. Stockton, of the Methodist Protestant church, had received a majority of the whole number of votes given in, and was duly elected. The message received from the President of the United States, on the 22d instant, was read as follows: WASHINGTON, December 22, 1835. I transmit herewith, for the information of Congress, a report from the War Department on the condition of the Cumberland road, in the States of Illinois and Indiana. ANDREW JACKSON. Ordered, That said message be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. The Speaker laid before the House a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, to which reference is made, in his annual report on the state of the finances, containing suggestions on the collection of the revenue, as connected with a report from the Treasury Department at the last session of Congress, on the number and compensation of custom-house officers; which report was referred to the Committee on Commerce. The Speaker presented sundry documents, in relation to the contested election of James Graham, of North Carolina. On motion of Mr. Vanderpoel, Ordered, That when the House shall adjourn to-day, it will adjourn to meet again on Monday next, the 28th inst. And then the House adjourned. MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1835. By leave of the House, Mr. Jarvis submitted the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That a committee be appointed, whose duty it shall be to consider all matters touching the public buildings and public grounds within the city of Washington, with leave to report by bill or otherwise. The said resolution was read and agreed to by the House; and Mr. Jarvis, Mr. Ward, Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Haynes, Mr. Judson, Mr. Ash, and Mr. Pettigrew, were appointed a committee in pursuance thereof. By leave of the House, Mr. Loyall submitted the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed on the part of this House, who, together with three persons to be appointed on the part of the Senate, shall direct the expenditure of the money appropriated for the Library of Congress. The said resolution was read and agreed to by the House; and Mr. Loyall, Mr. McKeon, and Mr. Waddy Thompson, jr. were appointed of the committee on the part of this House. The House resumed the consideration of the unfinished business of the 24th instant, viz: The message of the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the constitution and form of State Government adopted by a convention of the inhabitants of the Territory of Michigan. The motions pending were the following: By Mr. Mason, of Virginia: To refer to a select committee. By Mr. Howard: To refer to the Committee on the Territories. By Mr. Hamer: To refer to the Committee on the Judiciary. These motions being severally stated to the House, by the Speaker, Mr. Mason and Mr. Howard withdrew those made by them, respectively. And on the question, that the House do agree to the motion made by Mr. Hamer, viz: That the said message, and the papers accompanying the same, be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, It passed in the affirmative, {Nays, 113, 77. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Chilton Allan Heman Allen William H. Ashley Samuel Beardsley William K. Bond Mr. Ratliff Boon Lynn Boyd William B. Calhoun Mr. John Carr William B. Carter Mr. Jesse F. Cleveland Walter Coles Francis Granger Thomas L. Hamer Benjamin Hardin James Harlan James Harper Mr. Abner Hazeltine Thomas M. T. McKennan Charles F. Mercer John J. Milligan Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams Joseph B. Anthony Samuel Barton James M. H. Beale Churchill C. Cambreleng Reuben Chapman John Coffee John Cramer John Galbraith James Garland Ransom H. Gillet Mr. Thomas Glascock Elisha Haley Joshua L. Martin Mr. Mathias Morris Abraham Rencher Mr. Moses Mason, jr. John McKeon William Montgomery Ferdinand S. Schenck A motion was then made by Mr. Howard, that the rules in relation to the presentation of petitions and memorials be suspended, and that the House do now proceed to the consideration of the motion made by him, on the 14th instant, "that the House do reconsider the vote taken on Thursday, the 10th instant, referring to a select committee, the message of the President of the United States, communicating sundry documents in relation to the disputed boundary between the State of Ohio, and the Territory of Michigan." |