Insert the following words at the end of line 419: "For reappropriation of the sum of $16,268 84, being their proportion of the sum of $36,080 10, part of the permanent annuity of $25,000 payable for the years 1854 and 1855, as per fifth article of treaty of June 5, 1854, carried to surplus fund June 30, 1855;" and at the end of line 426, insert: For reappropriation of the sum of $19,811 26, being their proportion of the sum of $36,080 10, part of the permanent annuity of $25,000 payable for the years 1854 and 1855, as per fifth article of treaty of June 5, 1854, carried to the surplus fund June 30, 1855.” And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? (Yeas.... It was decided in the affirmative, {Nas 61 46 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are So the 4th amendment was agreed to. Mr. Aaron A. Sargent John P. C. Shanks Rowland E. Trowbridge Mr. George H. Pendleton John L. N. Stratton William A. Wheeler Chilton A. White Charles A. Wickliffe. All of the said amendments having been disposed of, Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Maynard 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. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of this house of the following titles, viz: H. R. 478. An act for the relief of certain of the crew of the ship "Nightingale;" and H. R. 749. An act for the relief of Ignatius C. Mattingly, postmaster at Bardstown, Kentucky; severally without amendment. The Senate have also passed bills of the following titles, viz: S. 473. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to prevent members of Congress and officers of the government of the United States from taking consideration for procuring contracts, office, or place, from the United States, and for other purposes;" S. 511. An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes; and S. 520. An act to change the name of the brig "Concord" to that of the "Rising Sun," and to authorize the issuing of an American register to the British colonial-built steam-vessel City of Toronto," and to change her name to that of "Frankfort;" in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. Mr. Granger, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, on the 16th instant, present to the President of the United States bills and a joint resolution of the following titles, viz: H. R. 582. An act for the relief of persons for damages sustained by reason of depredations and injuries by certain bands of Sioux Indians; H. R. 737. An act to issue an American register to the steamship "Karnak;" and H. Res. 118. Joint resolution to revive "An act to secure to the officers and men actually employed in the western department, or department of Missouri, their pay, bounty, and pension, and for other purposes. The House then resumed the consideration of the Louisiana election case the pending question being on the following resolutions reported from the Committee of Elections, viz: Resolved, That Benjamin F. Flanders is entitled to a seat in this house as a representative from the first congressional district of Louisiana. Resolved, That Michael Hahn is entitled to a seat in this house as a representative from the second district in Louisiana. . Pending which, After debate, Mr. Yeaman submitted the following amendment, viz: Strike out all after the word "Resolved," where it first occurs, and insert: "That the proclamation issued by George F. Shepley, styling himself military governor of Louisiana, at New Orleans, on the 14th day of November, 1862, appointing an election to be held on Wednesday, the 3d of December, 1862, for representatives in Congress from the first and second congressional districts of Louisiana, was null and void, without the authority of law, and imparts no validity to the election of Benjamin F. Flanders and Michael Hahn. 66 Resolved, That the election of said Flanders and Hahn appearing to have been free and unconstrained, and in accordance with the laws of Louisiana, except that being on a day other than a day of general election, had not been directed to be held by the governor of Louisiana, the action of the electors in the premises is ratified and confirmed, and said Flanders and Hahn are declared entitled to their seats as members of this house." After further debate, Mr. Dawes moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put first, Will the House agree to the said amendment? Yeas.. And it was decided in the negative, ... 11 115 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Henry L. Dawes Charles Delano Reuben E. Fenton Mr. Charles A. Wickliffe Mr. William Kellogg James E. Kerrigan Gilman Marston Henry May William Mitchell Theodore M. Pomeroy Mr. Alexander H. Rice John H Rice Aaron A. Sargent Mr. Edward H. Smith Elbridge G. Spaulding Charles H. Van Wyck So the said amendment was disagreed to. Mr. John P. Verree Daniel W. Voorhees The question was then put, Will the House agree to the resolutions reported from the committee? And it was decided in the affirmative, {es.... 92 44 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Cyrus Aldrich John B. Alley Samuel C. Fessenden Daniel W. Gooch Mr. John N. Goodwin Mr. Thomas L. Price Mr. Thomas D. Eliot Aaron Harding Mr. William E. Lansing Edward McPherson Mr. George H. Pendleton Albert G. Porter So the resolutions were agreed to. And it was Mr. Carey A. Trimble Burt Van Horn Daniel W. Voorhees Chilton A. White George C. Woodruff. Resolved, That Benjamin F. Flanders is entitled to a seat in this house as a representative from the first congressional district of Louisiana. Resolved, That Michael Hahn is entitled to a seat in this house as a representative from the second district in Louisiana. Mr. Dawes 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. Michael Hahn then appeared, was sworn to support the Constitution of the United States, and took his seat in the House. Mr. Granger, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, on the 14th instant, present to the President of the United States bills of the following titles, viz: S. 438. An act for the relief of the owners of the Norwegian bark Admiral P. Tordenskiold; S. 482. An act to establish the office of register of deeds for the District of Columbia; and S. 505. An act to incorporate the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children. Mr. Granger, from the same committee, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 478. An act for the relief of certain of the crew of the ship Nightingale; and H. R. 749. An act for the relief of Ignatius C. Mattingly, postmaster at Bardstown, Kentucky. When The Speaker signed the same. On motion of Mr. Colfax, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the bill of the Senate (S. 492) to amend the laws relating to the Post Office Department be made a special order for Friday next after the recess. The House then proceeded to the consideration of the report of the Committee of Elections upon the credentials of Lewis McKenzie, claiming a seat in the House from the State of Virginia-the pending question being on the following resolution accompanying the said report, viz: Resolved, That Lewis McKenzie is not entitled to a seat in this house as a representative from the seventh congressional district in Virginia. |