tion and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States;

in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house.

A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. Hay, his private secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The President of the United States did this day approve and sign bills and a joint resolution of the following titles, viz: H. R. 663. An act to establish a branch mint of the United States in the Territory of Nevada;

H. R. 779. An act to modify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes; and

H. Res. 151. Joint resolution to confirm the adverse decision of the Court of Claims in the case of brig General Armstrong.

The bill of the Senate (S. 577) further to regulate proceedings in prize cases, and to amend various acts of Congress in relation thereto, was then taken up and read a first and second time.

Pending the question on its third reading,

After debate,

Mr. Sedgwick moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill be read a third time?

Yeas

And it was decided in the affirmative, Nays......

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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. Cyrus Aldrich
John B. Alley
Isaac N. Arnold
James M. Ashley
Elijah Babbitt
Joseph Baily
Stephen Baker
Portus Baxter
Fernando C. Beaman
John A. Bingham
Samuel S. Blair
Harrison G. Blake
James Buffinton
James H. Campbell
Samuel L. Casey

Jacob P. Chamberlain
Ambrose W. Clark
Schuyler Colfax
Frederick A. Conkling
Roscoe Conkling
W. McKee Dunn
Sidney Edgerton
Thomas D. Eliot
James E. English
Reuben E. Fenton
Richard Franchot

Bradley F. Granger

Mr. John A. Gurley

Michael Hahn
James T. Hale
Samuel Hooper
John Hutchins
George W. Julian
William D. Kelley
Francis W. Kellogg
Cornelius L. L. Leary
William E. Lehman
Dwight Loomis
Frederick F. Low
Walter D. McIndoe

James B. McKean
Robert McKnight
Edward McPherson
Horace Maynard
William Mitchell
James K. Moorhead
Anson P. Morrill
Justin S. Morrill
Abraham B. Olin
John Patton
Timothy G. Phelps
Frederick A. Pike
Theodore M. Pomeroy
Albert G. Porter

Mr. Alexander H. Rice
Aaron A. Sargent
Charles B. Sedgwick
John P. C. Shanks
William P. Sheffield
Samuel Shellabarger
Socrates N. Sherman
A. Scott Sloan
Thaddeus Stevens
Benjamin F. Thomas
Francis Thomas
Charles R. Train
Carey A. Trimble
Rowland E. Trowbridge
Rob't B. Van Valkenburgh
Charles H. Van Wyck
John P. Verree
Amasa Walker
John W. Wallace
Ellihu B. Washburne
Edwin H. Webster
Albert S. White
James F. Wilson
William Windom
George C. Woodruff
Samuel T. Worcester
Hendrick B. Wright.

Mr. Charles B. Calvert
Andrew J. Clements

So the bill was ordered to be read a third time.

It was accordingly read the third time.

The question then being on its passage,

Mr. Sedgwick moved the previous question; which was seconded. The question was then put, Shall the main question be now put?

And it was decided in the affirmative, {eas...

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

Mr. John T. Nixon

Warren P. Noble
Elijah H. Norton
Robert H. Nugen
George H. Pendleton
Nehemiah Perry

Mr. John S. Phelps

Thomas L. Price
James S. Rollins
Joseph Segar
George K. Shiel

William G. Steele

Mr. John D. Stiles

Clement L. Vallandigham
William H. Wadsworth
Benjamin Wood
Hendrick B. Wright

George H. Yeaman.

So the main question was ordered to be now put.

And being put, the said bill was passed.

Mr. Sedgwick 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 acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bill.

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

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of this house of the following title, viz:

H. R. 753. An act for the relief of certain persons who have performed the duties of assistant surgeons in regiments of cavalry, without amendment.

Mr. Granger, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a joint resolution and bills of the following titles, viz:

H. Res. 145. Joint resolution fixing the pay of the commandant of the navy yard at Mare island, California;

H. R. 725. An act to grant a pension of eight dollars per month, during her widowhood, to Elizabeth Housener;

H. R. 599. An act relating to the validity of deeds of public squares and lots in the city of Washington;

S. 555. An act to incorporate the National Academy of Sciences; H. R. 615. An act to protect the liens upon vessels in certain cases, and for other purposes; and

H. R. 678. An act to enable the district courts of the United States to issue executions, and other final process, in certain cases. When

The Speaker signed the same.

Mr. Pendleton submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and unanimously agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the thanks of the House are due, and are hereby tendered, to the Hon. Galusha A. Grow, for the able, impartial, and courteous manner in which he has discharged the duties of Speaker during the present Congress.

Mr. Clark, from the Committee on Printing, reported the following resolutions; which were severally read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That there be printed for the use of the present House 15,000 extra copies of the act entitled "An act to provide internal revenue," as amended by the two several acts amendatory thereof, together with the index as revised by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

Resolved, That there be printed for the use of the members of the

present House 20,000 extra copies of the act for enrolling and calling out the national forces of the United States.

Mr. Wadsworth 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.

The bill of the Senate (S. 541) to amend an act entitled "An act to establish and equalize the grades of line officers of the United States navy," approved July 16, 1862, and for other purposes, was taken up, read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

The bill of the Senate (S. 203) to amend an act entitled "An act to create additional collection districts in the State of California, and to exchange the existing districts therein, and to modify the existing collection districts in the United States," approved September 28, 1850, was then taken up and read a first and second time.

Mr. Sargent moved that it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Pending which,

On motion of Mr. Holman,

Ordered, That it be laid on the table.

The bill of the Senate (S. 571) for the relief of Darius S. Cole, was then taken up and read a first and second time.

On motion of Mr. Roscoe Conkling,

Ordered, That it be committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Smith, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and, under the operation of the previous question, agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That there be paid out of the contingent fund to William K. Mehaffey the sum of three hundred dollars, for his services as assistant reading clerk.

Mr. Smith 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.

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

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a joint resolution of this house of the following title, viz:

H. Res. 155. Joint resolution respecting the compensation of the judges, &c., under the treaty with Great Britain, and other persons employed in the suppression of the slave trade,

without amendment.

Mr. Bingham moved that the rules be suspended so as to enable him to report from the Committee on the Judiciary the bill of the Senate (S. 481) relating to juries in the courts of the United States. And the question being put

It was decided in the negative,

J Yeas.

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,

Mr. Granger, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills and a joint resolution of the following titles, viz:

S. 424. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish and equalize the grades of line officers of the United States navy," approved July 16, 1862;

S. 554. An act to carry into effect the convention between the United States and the republic of Peru, signed at Lima on the 12th of January, 1863, for the settlement of claims;

H. R. 551. An act to equalize and establish the compensation of collectors of the customs on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontier, and for other purposes;