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himself authority and power not conferred by the constitution and laws," but that he has acted in conformity to both.

Resolved, That the Senate of the United States, in a late resolution passed by that body, in the words following, viz. " Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation of both," have, by that resolution, not with a view to legislative action, but as a solemn censure upon the President, infringed upon the rightful and legitimate powers and prerogatives of the House of Representatives.

Resolved, That Congress have the power, by law, to select the places of depositing the public money, and providing for its safe keeping. A motion was then made by Mr. Miller that the said memorial do lie on the table; when,

On motion of Mr. Wise, a call of the House was ordered.

And the roll being twice called over, 188 members answered to their

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George Chambers

John Chaney

Thomas Chilton

Joseph W. Chinn

Rufus Choate

Samuel Clark

William Clark

Clement C. Clay
Augustine S. Clayton
William K. Clowney
Thomas Corwin
Richard Coulter
John Cramer
Edward Darlington
Warren R. Davis

Mr. Thomas Davenport
Rowland Day
Edmund Deberry
Benjamin F. Deming
Harmar Denny
John Dickson
Philemon Dickerson
David W. Dickinson
Joseph Duncan
William C. Dunlap
George Evans
Edward Everett
Horace Everett
John Ewing
John M. Felder
Millard Fillmore
Thomas F. Foster
Philo C. Fuller
William K. Fuller
Roger L. Gamble
Rice Garland

James H. Gholson
Ransom H. Gillet
George R. Gilmer
James Graham
William J. Grayson
George Grennell, jr.
John K. Griffin
Joseph Hall

Hiland Hall
Nicoll Halsey

Thomas L. Hamer
Edward A. Hannegan
Gideon Hard
Benjamin Hardin
Joseph M. Harper
James Harper
Samuel S. Harrison
Samuel G. Hathaway
Micajah T. Hawkins
Abner Hazeltine
Joseph Henderson
William Hiester
Edward Howell

Mr. Jabez W. Huntington
Abel Huntington
William M. Inge
William Jackson
Leonard Jarvis

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William Cost Johnson
Cave Johnson
Benjamin Jones
Edward Kavanagh
Henry King

George L. Kinnard
Amos Lane

Gerrit Y. Lansing
John Laporte

George W. Lay
Luke Lea

Thomas Lee

Humphrey H. Leavitt
Dixon H. Lewis
Levi Lincoln
George Loyall
Chittenden Lyon
Robert T. Lytle
Abijah Mann, jr.
Joel K. Mann

Henry C. Martindale

Thomas A. Marshall
Samuel W. Mardis
John Y. Mason
Moses Mason, jr.
Jonathan McCarty
William McComas
Rufus McIntire

James J. McKay

Thomas M. T. McKennan
Isaac McKim

John McKinley

Jeremiah McLene

Charles McVean

Charles F. Mercer
Jesse Miller
John J. Milligan
Henry Mitchell
Robert Mitchell

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Excuses were offered and received for the absence of Isaac C. Bates, Richard B. Carmichael, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, John Coffee, Henry W. Connor, Joseph H. Crane, Amos Davis, Samuel Fowler, Wm. F. Gordon, Thomas H. Hall, Albert G. Hawes, James P. Heath, Edward Lucas, Wm. N. Shinn, Andrew Stewart, and James M. Wayne.

A motion was then made by Mr. Mann, of Pennsylvania, that further proceedings in the call be dispensed with.

And the question being put,

It 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,

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Thomas Davenport
Rowland Day
Edmund Deberry
Benjamin F. Deming
Harmar Denny
John Dickson
Joseph Duncan
William C. Dunlap
George Evans
Edward Everett
John Ewing
John M. Felder
Millard Fillmore
Philo C. Fuller
William K. Fuller
Roger L. Gamble
James H. Gholson
George R. Gilmer
James Graham
William J. Grayson
George Grennell, jr.
John K. Griffin
Hiland Hall
Thomas L. Hamer
Benjamin Hardin
James Harper
Samuel S. Harrison
Abner Hazeltine

Mr. Joseph Henderson
William Hiester
Jabez W. Huntington
William M. Inge
William Jackson
Cave Johnson
Henry King
Amos Lane
John Laporte
George W. Lay
Humphrey H. Leavitt
Dixon H. Lewis
Levi Lincoln
George Loyall
Chittenden Lyon
Robert T. Lytle
Joel K. Mann

Henry C. Martindale
Thomas A. Marshall
Samuel W. Mardis
John Y. Mason
Jonathan McCarty
William McComas
Rufus McIntire
Charles F. Mercer
John J. Milligan
Henry Mitchell
Henry A. Muhlenberg
John Murphy

Mr. Gayton P. Osgood
Henry L. Pinckney
Patrick H. Pope
David Potts, jr.
John Reed
Abraham Rencher
William Schley

Augustine H. Shepperd
William Slade

Charles Slade

Those who voted in

Mr John Adams

Joseph B. Anthony
Samuel Beardsley
Andrew Beaumont
Charles Bodle
John W. Brown
Samuel Bunch
Jesse A. Bynum
John Carr
John Chaney
Clement C. Clay
Philemon Dickerson
David W. Dickinson
Thomas F. Foster
Rice Garland
Ransom H. Gillet
Joseph Hall
Nicoll Halsey

Edward A. Hannegan
Gideon Hard

Samuel G. Hathaway

Mr. Jonathan Sloane

Francis O. J. Smith
David Spangler
John N. Steele
William P. Taylor
Philemon Thomas
Christopher Tompkins
James Turner
Samuel Tweedy
Samuel F. Vinton

the negative, are,
Mr. Micajah T. Hawkins
Edward Howell
Abel Huntington
Leonard Jarvis
Benjamin Jones
Edward Kavanagh
George L. Kinnard
Gerrit Y. Lansing
Luke Lea
Thomas Lee

Abijah Mann, jr.
Moses Mason, jr.
James J. McKay

Thomas M. T. McKennan
Isaac McKim

John McKinley
Jeremiah McLene

Charles McVean

Jesse Miller

Robert Mitchell

Samuel McDowell Moore

Mr. David D. Wagener
Aaron Ward

John G. Watmough
Edward D. White
Frederick Whittlesey
Elisha Whittlesey
Richard H. Wilde
Lewis Williams
Henry A Wise
Ebenezer Young

Mr. Sherman Page
Gorham Parks
James Parker
William Patterson
Dutee J. Pearce
Balie Peyton
Franklin Pierce
Job Pierson
James K. Polk

Robert Ramsay

Ferdinand S. Schenck

John T. Stoddert
Joel B. Sutherland
Francis Thomas
John Thomson
Joel Turrill
Aaron Vanderpoel
Isaac B. Van Houten
Daniel Wardwell

Reuben Whallon
Campbell P. White

A motion was then made by Mr. Beardsley that the House do adjourn.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative, { 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,

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Joseph M. Harper
Samuel G. Hathaway
Micajah T. Hawkins
Edward Howell
Henry Hubbard
Abel Huntington
William M. Inge
Leonard Jarvis
Cave Johnson
Edward Kavanagh
Gerrit Y. Lansing
John Laporte
Luke Lea
Humphrey H. Leavitt
Robert T. Lytle
Abijah Mann, jr.
Joel K. Mann
Samuel W. Mardis
John Y. Mason
Moses Mason, jr.
William McComas
Rufus McIntire
James J. McKay
Jeremiah McLene
Charles McVean

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Those who voted in the negative, are,

Mr. John Quincy Adams

Heman Allen

John J. Allen

William S. Archer
William H. Ashley
John Banks
Noyes Barber

Charles A. Barnitz
William Baylies
Martin Beaty
Andrew Beaumont

James M. Bell

Horace Binney
George N. Briggs
John Bull
Tristam Burges
Harry Cage

John Carr
Zadok Casey
George Chambers
Thomas Chilton
Rufus Choate
William Clark
Augustine S. Clayton
William K. Clowney
Thomas Corwin
Edward Darlington
Edmund Deberry
Benjamin F. Deming
Harmar Denny
John Dickson
David W. Dickinson
Joseph Duncan
William C. Dunlap
George Evans
Edward Everett

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Mr. Thomas F. Foster

Philo C. Fuller
John H. Fulton
John Galbraith
Roger L. Gamble
Rice Garland
James H. Gholson
George R. Gilmer
James Graham
William J. Grayson
George Grennell, jr.
Hiland Hall

Thomas L. Hamer
Edward A. Hannegan
Gideon Hard
Benjamin Hardin
James Harper
Samuel S. Harrison
Abner Hazeltine
Joseph Henderson
William Hiester
Jabez W. Huntington
William Jackson
William Cost Johnson
Benjamin Jones
Henry King
George L. Kinnard
Amos Lane
George W. Lay
Thomas Lee
Dixon H. Lewis
Levi Lincoln
George Loyall
Chittenden Lyon
Henry C. Martindale
Thomas A. Marshall
Jonathan McCarty

Thomas M. T. McKennan

Mr. Isaac McKim
John McKinley

Charles F. Mercer
Jesse Miller
John J. Milligan

Samuel McDowell Moore
James Parker

Balie Peyton

David Potts, jr.

Robert Ramsay

John Reed

Abraham Rencher
Dudley Selden

Augustine H. Shepperd

William Slade

Charles Slade
Jonathan Sloane
Francis O. J. Smith
David Spangler
John N. Steele
William P. Taylor
Philemon Thomas
John Thomson
Christopher Tompkins
James Turner
Joel Turrill
Samuel Tweedy
Samuel F. Vinton
John G. Watmough
Taylor Webster
Edward D. White
Frederick Whittlesey
Elisha Whittlesey

Richard H. Wilde

Lewis Williams

Edgar C. Wilson

Henry A. Wise

Ebenezer Young

The question then recurred on the motion made by Mr. Miller that the said memorial do lie on the table.

And being put,

It passed in the affirmative, {eas,

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

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Jeremiah McLene

Charles McVean

Mr. Jesse Miller

Henry Mitchell
Robert Mitchell
Henry A. Muhlenberg
John Murphy
Gayton P. Osgood
Sherman Page
Gorham Parks
James Parker
William Patterson
Dutee J. Pearce
Franklin Pierce
Job Pierson
James K. Polk

Patrick H. Pope

Ferdinand S. Schenck
William Schley

Those who voted in the negative, are,

Mr. John Quincy Adams

Heman Allen

John J. Allen

William S. Archer
William H. Ashley
John Banks
Noyes Barber

Charles A. Barnitz
Daniel L. Barringer
William Baylies
Martin Beaty
James M. Bell
Horace Binney
George N. Briggs
John Bull

Tristam Burges
Harry Cage

George Chambers
Thomas Chilton
Rufus Choate
William Clark
Augustine S. Clayton
William K. Clowney
Thomas Corwin

Richard Coulter

Edward Darlington
Warren R. Davis
Thomas Davenport
Edmund Deberry
Benjamin F. Deming

Harmar Denny
John Dickson

Joseph Duncan

Mr. George Evans
Edward Everett

Horace Everett
John Ewing
John M. Felder
Millard Fillmore
Thomas F. Foster
Philo C. Fuller
Roger L. Gamble
Rice Garland
James H. Gholson
George R. Gilmer
William J. Grayson
George Grennell, jr.
John K. Griffin
Hiland Hall
Gideon Hard
Benjamin Hardin
James Harper
Abner Hazeltine
William Hiester
Jabez W. Huntington
William Jackson
William Cost Johnson
Henry King
George W. Lay
Dixon H. Lewis
Levi Lincoln
Henry C. Martindale
Thomas A. Marshall
Jonathan McCarty
William McComas

Mr. Francis O. J. Smith
Jesse Speight
James Standifer
John T. Stoddert
Joel B. Sutherland
William Taylor
Francis Thomas
John Thomson
Joel Turrill
Aaron Vanderpoel
Isaac B. Van Houten
David D. Wagener
Aaron Ward
Daniel Wardwell

Taylor Webster
Reuben Whallon

Campbell P. White

Mr. Thomas M. T. McKennan

Charles F. Mercer

John J. Milligan

Samuel McDowell Moore

Balie Peyton

Henry L. Pinckney
David Potts, jr.
Robert Ramsay
John Reed

Abraham Rencher
Dudley Selden

Augustine H. Shepperd

William Slade

Jonathan Sloane
David Spangler
John N. Steele
William P. Taylor
Philemon Thomas
Christopher Tompkins
James Turner
Samuel Tweedy
Joseph Vance
Samuel F. Vinton
John G. Watmough
Edward D. White
Frederick Whittlesey
Elisha Whittlesey
Richard H. Wilde
Lewis Williams
Edgar C. Wilson
Henry A. Wise
Ebenezer Young

And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, 11 o'clock in the fore

noon.

TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1834.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the resolution fixing a day for the adjournment of Congress, with an amendment, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. The Senate have also passed the bill of this House (No. 44) entitled "An act for the relief of Aaron Bellamy." And, also, two bills of the following titles, viz.

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