The fourth resolution was then read as follows, viz: Resolved, That the President and Secretary of the Navy, by receiving and considering the party relations of bidders for contracts with the United States, and the effect of awarding contracts upon pending elections, have set an example dangerous to the public safety, and deserving the reproof of this House. And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? Yeas. It was decided in the affirmative, Nays... 106 61 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Green Adams Cyrus Aldrich John B. Alley William C. Anderson Mr. James M. Ashley Elijah Babbitt Mr. Samuel S. Blair Harrison G. Blake Mr. James Buffinton John F. Farnsworth Mr. Robert Hatton William Helmick So the fourth resolution was agreed to. Mr. John T. Nixon Cydnor B. Tompkins E. P. Walton Cadwalader C. Washburn Mr. John S. Millson Sydenham Moore Pending the question on the fifth and last resolution in the series, The hour of 4 o'clock p. m. having arrived, the House, in pursuance of the order of the House of Friday last, took a recess until 7 o'clock p. m. AFTER THE RECESS. A message was received from the President of the United States, by J. Buchanan, his private secretary, notifying the House that he did this day approve and sign bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 245. An act for the relief of Maryett Van Buskirk; and H. R. 523. An act extending the charter incorporating the "German Benevolent Society" of Washington city, in the District of Columbia, approved July 27, 1842. Mr. Fenton, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 828. A bill for the relief of Amanda Botts, Laura P. W. Young, and Betsey Murdock, heirs of Barbara Walker; H. R. 829. A bill granting a pension to Asa Hastings; accompanied by reports in writing thereon; which bills were severally read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and the bills and reports ordered to be printed. Mr. Fenton, from the same committee, to whom were referred bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 752. A bill granting an invalid pension to Jacob Yates; S. 222. An act for the relief of Mary Featherston, widow of John Featherston; and S. 232. An act for the relief of Frederick L. Colclaser; reported the same without amendment, accompanied by a report in writing in the first named case. Ordered, That the said bills be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and that the bills and report be printed. Mr. Daily, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 830) to provide for the completion of the public buildings in the Territory of Nebraska, and for other purposes; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Patton, one of their clerks: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a resolution of the following title, viz: S. Res. 43. A resolution to correct a clerical error in the act approved May 4, 1860, for the relief of Stewart McGowan; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. The President of the United States has notified the Senate that he did this day approve and sign bills of the following titles, viz: S. 426. An act to dissolve the "Washington's Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum Society of the District of Columbia," and to authorize the transfer of its effects to the "Columbia Institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb and the blind;" S. 385. An act to incorporate the proprietors of the Prospect Hill Cemetery. And on the 12th instant, bills of the following titles, viz: S. 202. An act to reimburse the corporation of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, a sum of money advanced towards the construction of the Little Falls bridge; S. 228. An act for the relief of Valentine Wehrheim; S. 261. An act to authorize the levy court to issue tavern and other licenses in the District of Columbia; and S. 252. An act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia. On motion of Mr. Simms, by unanimous consent, the resolution of the Senate (S. Res. 43) to correct a clerical error in the act approved May 4, 1860, for the relief of Stewart McGowan, was taken from the Speaker's table, and read a first and second time. Ordered, That the said resolution be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Simms moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said resolution. Mr. Boyce moved that there be a call of the House; which motion was disagreed to. Mr. H. Winter Davis, by unanimous consent, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 305) making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the 30th of June, 1861, with the amendments of the Senate thereto, reported the same, recommending concurrence in some and non-concurrence in others of the said amendments. Ordered, That the said bill and amendments be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. On motion of Mr. Branch, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the Committee on Foreign Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Stephen H. Weems, and that the same be laid upon the table. Mr. Duell, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Revolu tionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Sampson, made a report thereon, accompanied by a bill (H. R. 831) for his relief; which bill was read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and the bill and report ordered to be printed. Mr. Moorhead, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill (H. R. 832) for the relief of Edward Lusher, accompanied by a report in writing thereon; which bili was read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and the bill and report ordered to be printed. Mr. Stanton, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 11) to provide for the payment of expenses incurred by the Territories of Washington and Oregon in the suppression of Indian hostilities therein in the years 1855 and 1856, reported the same without amendments, accompanied by a report in writing thereon. Ordered, That the said bill be recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs, and that the bill and report be printed. Mr. Bingham, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 168) "to amend an act entitled 'An act to ascertain and settle private land claims in the State of California,'" passed March 3, 1851, reported the same with an amendment. The said amendment was then agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. The title of the bill was then amended so as to read "An act to define and regulate the jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States in California in regard to the survey and location of confirmed private land claims." And the title as amended was agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said amendments. Mr. Bingham moved that the vote by which the said bill was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The House then resumed, as the regular order of business, the consideration of the fifth and last in the series of resolutions reported from the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department. The said resolution having been read as follows, viz: Resolved, That the appointment, by the Secretary of the Navy, of Daniel B. Martin, chief engineer, as a member of a board of engineers to report upon proposals for constructing machinery for the United States, the said Martin at the time being pecuniarily interested in some of said proposals, is hereby censured by this House. The question was put, Will the House agree thereto? Yeas .... And it was decided in the affirmative, {Negs. 90 39 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Green Adams Cyrus Aldrich John B. Alley Mr. Thomas D. Eliot John F. Farnsworth Mr. M. Lindley Lee |
