Mr. David D. Wagener Mr. John J. Allen William S. Archer Mr. Elisha Whittlesey Mr. Moses Mason, jr. Abraham Rencher Lewis Williams Henry A. Wise The House having agreed to reconsider the vote to lay the said bill on the table, A motion was thereupon made by Mr. Beardsley that the House do reconsider the vote which rejected the amendment moved by Mr. Mercer yesterday, in the words following, viz. "And for defraying the expense of surveys pursuant to the act of 30th April, 1824, including arrearages for 1833, twenty-nine thousand dol lars." And, after debate, The previous question was moved by Mr. Briggs, and was demanded by a majority of the members present; when The hour of one o'clock P. M. arrived, being the time appointed to proceed to the execution of the special order of the day, viz. the bill (No. 443) regulating the deposite of the money of the United States in certain local banks. A motion was made by Mr. Stewart that the said special order be postponed until three o'clock P. M. And the question being put, It passed 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 Quincy Adams Heman Allen William H. Ashley Mr. William Baylies Mr. George N. Briggs John W. Brown George Burd Tristam Burges Rufus Choate Mr. Samuel Clark William Clark William W. Ellsworth George Evans Edward Everett Edward A. Hannegan James Harper Samuel S. Harrison Abner Hazeltine Mr. James P. Heath Joseph Henderson Thomas Lee Those who voted in the negative, are, Benning M. Bean Zadok Casey John Chaney Thomas Chilton Clement C. Clay Augustine S. Clayton William K. Clowney John Coffee Henry W. Connor John Cramer Rowland Day Edmund Deberry David W. Dickinson William C. Dunlap John M. Felder John B. Forester Mr. Thomas F. Foster John H. Fulton Moses Mason, jr. Mr. William Patterson Job Pierson David Potts, jr. Robert Ramsay John Reed Dudley Selden William N. Shinn Jonathan Sloane David Spangler Andrew Stewart Joel B. Sutherland William Taylor Philemon Thomas John Thomson Joel Turrill Samuel Tweedy Joseph Vance Aaron Vanderpoel Isaac B. Van Houten Samuel F. Vinton Daniel Wardwell John G. Watmough Reuben Whallon Campbell P. White Edward D. White Frederick Whittlesey Elisha Whittlesey Lewis Williams Edgar C. Wilson Ebenezer Young Mr. James J. McKay Abraham Rencher Jesse Speight Henry A. Wise The execution of the special order being thus postponed, The previous question was put, viz. Shall the main question be now put? And passed in the affirmative. The main question was then put, viz. Will the House reconsider the vote which rejected the amendment proposed by Mr. Mercer to the bill (No. 269) making additional appropriations for certain harbors, and removing the obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers; which amendment proposed to make an appropriation of twenty-nine thousand dollars for surveys under the act of 30th April, 1824? The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, beThose who voted in the affirmative, are, bosso not all odT The House then proceeded to the consideration of the motion made by Mr. Mercer that the House do reconsider the vote by which it adopted the resolution moved this day by Mr. Polk. And on the question, Will the House reconsider the said vote? Nays, 49, 133. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. John Adams John J. Allen William Allen Abraham Bockee Charles Bodle Mr. Samuel Clark William Clark John Coffee Thomas Davenport William C. Dunlap Mr. Jonathan McCarty Charles F. Mercer John J. Milligan David Potts, jr. Robert Ramsay John Reed Jonathan Sloane David Spangler Samuel Tweedy Joseph Vance Samuel F. Vinton John G. Watmough Frederick Whittlesey Elisha Whittlesey Lewis Williams Ebenezer Young Mr. William F. Gordon Benjamin Hardin Joseph M. Harper 4 Mr. Thomas Lee Humphrey H. Leavitt Charles McVean Jesse Miller Robert Mitchell Samuel McDowell Moore John Murphy Gayton P. Osgood Bills from the Senate, of the following titles, viz. No. 84. An act concerning the duties on lead; John T. Stoddert Aaron Vanderpoel Isaac B. Van Houten Henry A. Wise No. 206. An act concerning the orphans' courts of the counties of Washington and Alexandria, in the District of Columbia; were severally read the first and second time, and referred No. 84. To the Committee of Ways and Means. No. 206. To the Committee for the District of Columbia. The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 532) to amend an act passed on the 29th of May, 1830, entitled "An act for the relief of sundry owners of vessels sunk for the defence of Baltimore ;" when it was Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to morrow. The bill from the Senate (No. 70) entitled "An act for the relief of Charles Burnham and others, employed as spies on the frontier of Arkansas, in 1830," was read the third time, and passed. An engrossed bill (No. 421) entitled "An act for the relief of Peter Alba and his assigns," was read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. The bill from the Senate (No. 76) entitled " An act to create two additional land districts in the State of Illinois, and two new land districts north of said State, in the territory now attached to Michigan, which lies between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi river," was read the third time, and passed, with amendments. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the amendments to said bill. Ordered, That the consideration of the engrossed bill (No. 409) to relinquish the reversionary interest of the United States in a certain Indian reservation lying between the rivers Mississippi and Des Moines, be further postponed until to-morrow. The House proceeded to the consideration of the joint resolution from the Senate (No. 5) to provide for watering the Pennsylvania avenue ; when it was Ordered, That the said resolution do lie on the table. A motion was made by Mr. Wilde that the House do adjourn. |