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New Jersey, yesterday, to an amendment moved by Mr. Sutherland; when

A motion was made by Mr. Gilmer that the House do reconsider the vote taken yesterday on an amendment moved by Mr. Polk to said bill, to strike out from the third section the words "six hundred and fifty-two thousand one hundred and thirty dollars," and to insert "three hundred thousand dollars."

And, after debate,

The previous question was moved by Mr. Pearce, of Rhode Island; and being demanded by a majority of the members present,

The said previous question was put, viz. Shall the main question be now put?

And passed in the affirmative.

The said main question was then put, viz. Will the House reconsider the vote taken yesterday on an amendment to said bill moved by Mr. Polk?

And passed in the affirmative,

Yeas, Nays,

109,

96.

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

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Mr. Samuel Fowler
William K. Fuller
John H. Fulton
Roger L. Gamble
James H. Gholson
George R. Gilmer
William F. Gordon
Benjamin Gorham
James Graham
William J. Grayson
John K. Griffin
Joseph Hall
Nicoll Halsey
Benjamin Hardin
Joseph M. Harper
James Harper
Samuel S. Harrison
Samuel G. Hathaway
Micajah T. Hawkins
Albert G. Hawes
William Hiester
Henry Hubbard
Abel Huntington
William M. Inge
Leonard Jarvis
Noadiah Johnson
Seaborn Jones

Edward Kavanagh
Gerrit Y. Lansing
George W. Lay
Luke Lea
Thomas Lee
Dixon H. Lewis
Levi Lincoln
George Loyall
Abijah Mann, jr.

Those who voted in the negative, are,

Mr. John Quincy Adams

John Adams

Heman Allen

Mr. William Allen

Joseph B. Anthony
William H. Ashley

Mr. Joel K. Mann
Samuel W. Mardis
Moses Mason, jr.
William McComas
Rufus McIntire
James J. McKay
Jesse Miller
Henry Mitchell

Samuel McDowell Moore
Gayton P. Osgood

Gorham Parks

James Parker

John M. Patton
Balie Peyton
Job Pierson

Henry L. Pinckney
James K. Polk
Robert Ramsay

Abraham Rencher

Ferdinand S. Schenck

William Schley

Augustine H. Shepperd

William N. Shinn
Francis O. J. Smith
James Standifer
William Taylor
William P. Taylor
Joel Turrill

Aaron Vanderpoel
Isaac B. Van Houten
David D. Wagener
Aaron Ward
James M. Wayne

Campbell P. White
Lewis Williams
Henry A. Wise

Mr. John Banks

William Baylies
Samuel Beardsley

Mr. Martin Beaty all
James M. Bell W
Horace Binney
Abraham Bockee
Charles Bodle
Ratliff Boon
George N. Briggs
John Bull

Richard B. Carmichael
John Carr
Zadok Casey dol
John Chaney
Rufus Choate
Samuel Clark
William Clark
Thomas Corwin
Joseph H. Crane
David Crockettade
Joseph Duncan

William W. Ellsworth
George Evans
John Ewing

Millard Fillmore

Philo C. Fuller
John Galbraith

Rice Garland W

Mr. Gideon Hard

James P. Heath
Joseph Henderson
Edward Howell
Jabez W. Huntington
William Jackson ol
William Cost Johnson
Richard M. Johnson
Benjamin Jones
George L. Kinnard
Amos Lane
John Laporte pol
Humphrey H. Leavitt
James Love
Chittenden Lyon
ann Robert T. Lytle
Henry C. Martindale
Thomas A. Marshall
Jonathan McCarty

M Mr. Dutee J. Pearce +
Franklin E. Plummer
Patrick H. Pope
David Potts, jr.oist
John Reed-

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The House having resolved to reconsider the said vote, the question then recurred, Will the House agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Polk?

And being put,

It passed in the affirmative.

A motion was then made by Mr. McKennan further to amend said bill by striking out from the third section these words, viz. " entire completion of," so as to make the section read, "That for the repairs of the Cumberland road," &c.; also, to strike out the whole of the fourth section, which is in the words following, viz.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the sum by this act appropriated, or so much thereof as is necessary, shall be expended in the repair of said road, agreeably to the provisions of this act, the same shall be surrendered to the States, respectively, through which said road passes; and the United States shall not, thereafter, be subject to any expense for repairing said road.

And on the question that the House do agree to so much of the amendment proposed by Mr. McKennan as proposes to strike out the words "entire completion of,"

Yeas,

It was decided in the negative, Nas,

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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. John Quincy Adams

Heman Allen

William Allen

Joseph B. Anthony
William H. Ashley

John Banks

William Baylies

Mr. Martin Beaty
James M. Bell

Horace Binney
Ratliff Boon
George N. Briggs
John W. Brown
John Bull

Mr. George Burd
Tristam Burges
Churchill C. Cambreleng
Richard B. Carmichael
John Carr

Zadok Casey
John Chaney

Mr. Rufus Choate

William Clark
Thomas Corwin
Richard Coulter
Joseph H. Crane
David Crockett
Edward Darlington
Joseph Duncan

William W. Ellsworth

Edward Everett

Horace Everett

John Ewing
John Galbraith
Rice Garland
George Grennell, jr.
Hiland Hall

Edward A. Hannegan
Gideon Hard
James Harper
Samuel S. Harrison
James P. Heath

Joseph Henderson

Edward Howell

Jabez W. Huntington

Mr. William Jackson

William Cost Johnson
Richard M. Johnson
George L. Kinnard
Amos Lane
John Laporte
George W. Lay
Humphrey H. Leavitt
Levi Lincoln
James Love
Chittenden Lyon
Robert T. Lytle
Henry C. Martindale
Thomas A. Marshall
Jonathan McCarty
Thomas M. T. McKennan
Isaac McKim
Jeremiah McLene
Charles F. Mercer
Robert Mitchell
Henry A. Muhlenberg
William Patterson
David Potts, jr.
John Reed

Those who voted in the negative, are,

Mr. John Adams

John J. Allen

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Mr. Samuel Fowler

Philo C. Fuller
William K. Fuller
John H. Fulton
Roger L. Gamble
James H. Gholson
Ransom H. Gillet
George R. Gilmer
William F. Gordon
Benjamin Gorham
James Graham
William J. Grayson
John K. Griffin
Joseph Hall
Nicoll Halsey
Benjamin Hardin
Joseph M. Harper
Samuel G. Hathaway
Micajah T. Hawkins
Albert G. Hawes
William Hiester
Henry Hubbard
Abel Huntington
William M. Inge
Leonard Jarvis
Noadiah Johnson
Seaborn Jones
Benjamin Jones
Edward Kavanagh
Gerrit Y. Lansing
Luke Lea
Thomas Lee
Dixon H. Lewis
George Loyall
Abijah Mann, jr.
Joel K. Mann
Samuel W. Mardis
Moses Mason, jr.

Mr. Dudley Selden
William B. Shepard
William Slade
Charles Slade
Jonathan Sloane
David Spangler
John N. Steele
Andrew Stewart
Francis Thomas
Philemon Thomas
John Thomson
Christopher Tompkins
James Turner
Samuel Tweedy
Joseph Vance
Samuel F. Vinton
Daniel Wardwell
John G. Watmough
Taylor Webster
Frederick Whittlesey
Elisha Whittlesey
Edgar C. Wilson
Ebenezer Young

Mr. William McComas
Rufus McIntire
James J. McKay
Charles McVean
Jesse Miller
Henry Mitchell

Samuel McDowell Moore
John Murphy

Gayton P. Osgood
Sherman Page
Gorham Parks

James Parker
John M. Patton

Dutee J. Pearce
Balie Peyton
Job Pierson

Henry L. Pinckney
James K. Polk
Patrick H. Pope

Robert Ramsay

Abraham Rencher

Ferdinand S. Schenck
William Schley

Augustine H. Shepperd
William N. Shinn
Francis O. J. Smith
James Standifer
William Taylor
William P. Taylor
Joel Turrill
Aaron Vanderpoel
Isaac B. Van Houten
David D. Wagener
James M. Wayne
Campbell P. White
Edward D. White
Lewis Williams
Henry A. Wise

The question then recurred on the second member of the motion made by Mr. McKennan, viz. to strike out the fourth section of the bill; when

A motion was made by Mr. Gholson to amend the said fourth section by striking out all thereof after the words And be it further enacted, and inserting the following:

That, from and after the expenditure of the money herein appropriated, all jurisdiction and authority whatever, heretofore claimed for the Federal Government, over, or in relation to, the said Cumberland road, be, and the same are hereby, forever surrendered and abandoned.

A motion was then made by Mr. Ewing to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Gholson, by adding thereto the following, viz.

Provided, however, That the compacts with the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, restraining them from taxing the public lands, shall be null and void from and after the period of relinquishment, unless said road be perfectly completed to the satisfaction of all the States immediately concerned.

And, after debate,

The previous question was moved by McKim; and being demanded by a majority of the members present,

The said previous question was put, viz. Shall the main question be now put?

And passed in the affirmative.

The said main question was then put, viz. Shall the bill be read a third time?

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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. John Adams

Heman Allen
John J. Allen
William Allen
Joseph B. Anthony
William H. Ashley
John Banks
William Baylies
Benning M. Bean
Samuel Beardsley
Martin Beaty
James M. Bell
Horace Binney
John Blair
Abraham Bockee
Charles Bodle
Ratliff Boon

George N. Briggs
John W. Brown
John Bull

George Burd

John Carr

Zadok Casey George Chambers John Chaney Thomas Chilton Rufus Choate Samuel Clark William Clark Thomas Corwin Richard Coulter John Cramer Joseph H. Crane

Mr. Edward Darlington
Rowland Day

Benjamin F. Deming
Harmar Denny

John Dickson

Philemon Dickerson

Joseph Duncan

William W. Ellsworth
George Evans

Horace Everett

John Ewing
Samuel Fowler
John Galbraith
Rice Garland
Ransom H. Gillet
Benjamin Gorham
George Grennell, jr.
Hiland Hall
Nicoll Halsey

Edward A. Hannegan
Gideon Hard

James Harper
Samuel S. Harrison
James P. Heath
Joseph Henderson
William Hiester
Edward Howell
Jabez W. Huntington
William Jackson
William Cost Johnson
Richard M. Johnson
Noadiah Johnson
Benjamin Jones

Mr. George L. Kinnard

Amos Lane

Gerrit Y. Lansing
John Laporte
Thomas Lee

Humphrey H. Leavitt

Levi Lincoln
James Love
Chittenden Lyon

Robert T. Lytle

Henry C. Martindale

Thomas A. Marshall

Jonathan McCarty

William McComas

Thomas M. T. McKennan

Isaac McKim

Jeremiah McLene

Charles F. Mercer

Jesse Miller

John J. Milligan

Robert Mitchell

Samuel McDowell Moore

John Murphy

Gayton P. Osgood

Sherman Page

James Parker

William Patterson

Dutee J. Pearce
Job Pierson
Patrick H. Pope
David Potts, jr.

John Reed

Ferdinand S. Schenck

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Those who voted in the negative, are,

Mr. John Quincy Adams

William S. Archer
Daniel L. Barringer
Andrew Beaumont
James W. Bouldin
Samuel Bunch
Robert Burns

Jesse A. Bynum
Harry Cage

Churchill C. Cambreleng
Robert B. Campbell
Richard B. Carmichael,
Joseph W. Chinn
Clement C. Clay
Augustine S. Clayton
William K. Clowney I'
John Coffee
Henry W. Connor
Thomas Davenport
Edmund Deberry
David W. Dickinson
William C. Dunlap
Edward Everett

John M. Felder

Mr. Millard Fillmore
Thomas F. Foster
Philo C. Fuller
William K. Fuller
John H. Fulton
Roger L. Gamble
James H. Gholson
George R. Gilmer
William F. Gordon
James Graham
William J. Grayson
John K. Griffin
Joseph Hall
Benjamin Hardin
Joseph M. Harper
Samuel G. Hathaway
Micajah T. Hawkins
Albert G. Hawes
Henry Hubbard

William M. Inge
Leonard Jarvis
Seaborn Jones

Edward Kavanagh
Henry King

Mr. Samuel F. Vinton
David D. Wagener
Daniel Wardwell
John G. Watmough
Taylor Webster
Frederick Whittlesey
Elisha Whittlesey
Edgar C. Wilson
Ebenezer Young

Mr. George W. Lay
Luke Lea
George Loyall
Joel K. Mann
Samuel W. Mardis
Moses Mason, jr.
Rufus McIntire
James J. McKay
John McKinley
Charles McVean
Henry Mitchell
Gorham Parks
John M. Patton
Henry L. Pinckney
James K. Polk
Robert Ramsay
Abraham Rencher
William Schley

Augustine H. Shepperd
Francis O. J. Smith
William P. Taylor

James M. Wayne
Campbell P. White
Henry A Wise

The said bill was then read the third time, and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

A motion was made by Mr. Dickerson, of New Jersey, that the House do reconsider the vote this day taken on the resolution reported by Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to discharge the Committee of the Whole House from the consideration of the bill (No. 92) to reduce and graduate the price of the public lands; and to make the said bill the special order of the day for Friday, the 20th instant.

And, pending the question on this motion,

The House adjourned until to-morrow, 11 o'clock in the forenoon.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1834.

The Speaker laid before the House duplicate copies of all such accounts as have been rendered by persons charged or entrusted with the disbursement or application of money, goods, or effects for the benefit of the Indians, from the 1st of October, 1832, to the 30th of September, 1833, with a statement containing a list of the names of all persons to whom goods, money, or effects have been delivered, within the same period, specifying the amount and objects for which they were intended, the amount accounted for, and the balance under each specific head still remaining in their hands; which letter and accompanying documents were referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report

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