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Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, this day, present to the President of the United States enrolled bills of the following titles, viz.

No. 71. An act for the relief of the heirs at law of Richard Livingston, a Canadian refugee, deceased.

No. 81. An act for the relief of the administrators of Michael Gratz, deceased.

No. 89. An act for the relief of Baptiste Jeansonne and Joseph Pierre Petre.

No. 102. An act for the relief of the legal representatives of Christian Ish, deceased.

No. 134. An act authorizing the Secretary of War to establish a pension agency in the town of Decatur, in the State of Alabama, and to provide for the paying of certain pensioners in said town of Decatur.

No. 283. An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year 1834.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 511) to prohibit the corporations of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, from issuing promissory notes or bills of any denomination less than ten dollars, after the period therein mentioned, and for the gradual withdrawal from circulation of all such notes or bills; and, after debate thereon,

The previous question was moved by Mr. Wise; 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 main question was then put, viz. Shall the bill be engrossed, and read a third time?

And passed in the affirmative.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 501) for the benefit of the city of Alexandria; when

A motion was made that the said bill do lie on the table.

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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. William Allen

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Mr. Henry W. Connor

John Cramer

Rowland Day
William C. Dunlap
Thomas F. Foster
Samuel Fowler
Philo C. Fuller
William K. Fuller
Ransom H. Gillet
George R. Gilmer
James Graham
John K. Griffin
Joseph Hall

Nicoll Halsey

Edward A. Hannegan
Benjamin Hardin

James Harper

Mr. Samuel S. Harrison

Samuel G. Hathaway
Micajah T. Hawkins
Albert G. Hawes
Edward Howell

William M. Inge

Leonard Jarvis
Noadiah Johnson
Cave Johnson
Seaborn Jones
Benjamin Jones
Edward Kavanagh
Gerrit Y. Lansing
George W. Lay
Luke Lea

Thomas Lee

Humphrey B. Leavitt

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Those who voted in the negative, are,

Mr. John Quincy Adams

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Mr. George Evans

Edward Everett
Horace Everett
John Ewing
Millard Fillmore
Rice Garland
James H. Gholson
Benjamin Gorham
George Grennell, jr.
Hiland Hall
Abner Hazeltine
James P. Heath
Joseph Henderson
William Hiester
William Jackson
William Cost Johnson
Richard M. Johnson
Henry King
George L. Kinnard
Amos Lane
John Laporte
Levi Lincoln
Robert T. Lytle

Henry C. Martindale
John Y. Mason

Mr. Ferdinand S. Schenck William Schley

Augustine H. Shepperd
William N. Shinn
Francis O. J. Smith
John Thomson
Samuel Tweedy

Isaac B. Van Houten
Lewis Williams

Mr. Samuel McDowell Moore
Henry A. Muhlenberg
John M. Patton
Dutee J. Pearce

David Potts, jr.

John Reed
Dudley Selden
William B. Shepard
Charles Slade
Jonathan Sloane

Andrew Stewart
John T. Stoddert
Joel B. Sutherland.
William Taylor
Francis Thomas
Philemon Thomas
Christopher Tompkins
Aaron Ward

John G. Watmough
Campbell P. White
Edward D. White
Frederick Whittlesey
Elisha Whittlesey

Richard H. Wilde

Edgar C. Wilson

Thomas M. T. McKennan

Henry A. Wise

Ebenezer Young

John McKinley

Charles F. Mercer

And, after debate on the said bill,

The previous question was moved by Mr. Stewart, and was demanded by a majority of the members present.

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

And passed in the affirmative.

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

And passed in the affirmative,

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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

John J. Allen
William S. Archer
William H. Ashley
Charles A. Barnitz
Daniel L. Barringer
William Baylies
James M. H. Beale
Martin Beaty
James M. Bell

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Those who voted in the negative, are,

Mr. William Allen

Joseph B. Anthony

Noyes Barber

Samuel Beardsley Andrew Beaumont Abraham Bockee Charles Bodle John W. Brown Samuel Bunch

Robert Burns

Jesse A. Bynum

Churchill C. Cambreleng

John Carr
Zadok Casey
Samuel Clark
Clement C. Clay
John Coffee
Henry W. Connor
John Cramer
Rowland Day

David W. Dickinson
William C. Dunlap
John M. Felder
Samuel Fowler

Philo C. Fuller

William K. Fuller

John Galbraith

Mr. Ransom H. Gillet
George R. Gilmer
James Graham
William J. Grayson
Joseph Hall
Nicoll Halsey

Edward A. Hannegan
Benjamin Hardin
James Harper

Samuel G. Hathaway
Micajah T. Hawkins
Albert G. Hawes
Joseph Henderson
Edward Howell
William M. Inge
Leonard Jarvis
Noadiah Johnson
Seaborn Jones
Benjamin Jones
Edward Kavanagh
Gerrit Y. Lansing
Luke Lea

Thomas Lee

Humphrey H. Leavitt

Dixon H. Lewis

Chittenden Lyon

Robert T. Lytle

Mr. William Taylor

Francis Thomas

Philemon Thomas
Christopher Tompkins
Samuel Tweedy
Isaac B. Van Houten
Aaron Ward
John G. Watmough
Campbell P. White
Edward D. White
Frederick Whittlesey
Elisha Whittlesey
Richard H. Wilde
Edgar C. Wilson
Henry A. Wise
Ebenezer Young

Mr. Abijah Mann, jr.
Joel K. Mann
John Y. Mason
Moses Mason, jr.
Jonathan McCarty
Rufus McIntire
James J. McKay
Jeremiah McLene
Jesse Miller
Robert Mitchell
John Murphy
Gayton P. Osgood

Sherman Page
Gorham Parks
James Parker
William Patterson
Henry L. Pinckney
James K. Polk
Robert Ramsay
Ferdinand S. Schenck
William Schley
William N. Shinn
Francis O. J. Smith
William P. Taylor
John Thomson
Joel Turrill

David D. Wagener

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 393) to complete the improvements on Pennsylvania avenue; and the amend ments reported from the Committee of the Whole House being read, were concurred in by the House.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to-day. The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 303) authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Potomac, and repealing all acts already passed in relation thereto.

And the said bill, being amended, on motion of Mr. Fillmore, by a provision for the relief of O. H. Dibble, a contractor for the construction of the bridge therein mentioned, was ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-day.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 207) mak ing appropriations for the public buildings and grounds, and for other purposes; and the amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the 7th instant were read, and agreed to by the House.

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Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to-day. The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 526) to carry into effect the convention between the United States and Spain. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to-day. Ordered, That the bill (No. 446) to enable the Secretary of State to purchase the papers of General Washington, be engrossed, and read a third time to-day.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 164) authorizing the purchase of live oak frames for a frigate and sloop of war, and other naval purposes; and the amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole House were read, and concurred in by the House. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to-day. Ordered, That the bill (No. 165) to authorize the President of the United States to direct transfers of appropriations in the naval service, under certain circumstances, be engrossed, and read a third time to-day. Ordered, That the bill (No. 480) to provide for rebuilding the frigaté Congress be engrossed, and read a third time to-day.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 159) making an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Hudson river.

A motion was made by Mr. Huntington, of Connecticut, to amend the same by adding thereto the following, viz.

And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the improvement of the navigation of the river Thames, between Norwich and New London, in the State of Connecticut.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative.

A motion was made by Mr. Ellsworth to amend the same by adding the following, viz.

For improving the harbor at the mouth of the river Connecticut, and removing the bar at its entrance, twenty-five thousand dollars.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative.

The question was then put, Shall the bill be engrossed, and 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 Quincy Adams

John Adams

Heman Allen

William Allen

William H. Ashley
Noyes Barber

William Baylies

Samuel Beardsley

Horace Binney
Charles Bodle

Mr. Zadok Casey
George Chambers
Samuel Clark
Thomas Corwin
John Cramer
Joseph H. Crane
Edward Darlington
Rowland Day
Harmar Denny
Joseph Duncan

William W. Ellsworth

George Evans
Edward Everett

John W. Brown

John Bull

Robert Burns

Churchill C. Cambreleng

Horace Everett

Mr. John Ewing

Millard Fillmore
Philo C. Fuller
William K. Fuller
"Rice Garland

Ransom H. Gillet
Benjamin Gorham
George Grennell, jr.
Hiland Hall
Nicoll Halsey

Edward A. Hannegan
Joseph M. Harper

James Harper

Samuel S. Harrison

Mr. Samuel G. Hathaway

Abner Hazeltine
James P. Heath
Joseph Henderson
William Hiester
Edward Howell
Jabez W. Huntington
William Jackson
William Cost Johnson
Richard M. Johnson
Noadiah Johnson
George L. Kinnard
Amos Lane

Gerrit Y. Lansing
John Laporte

Levi Lincoln

Robert T. Lytle

Abijah Mann, jr.

Mr. Henry C. Martindale
Jonathan McCarty

Thomas M. T. McKennan
Isaac McKim

Charles F. Mercer
John J. Milligan

Samuel McDowell Moore
Henry A. Muhlenberg
Gayton P. Osgood
Sherman Page
William Patterson
Dutee J. Pearce
Job Pierson
David Potts, jr.
John Reed
Dudley Selden

Francis O. J. Smith

Those who voted in the negative, are,

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John H. Fulton

John Galbraith

Mr. James H. Gholson
George R. Gilmer
William F. Gordon
James Grabam
William J. Grayson
Joseph Hall
Benjamin Hardin
Micajah T. Hawkins
Albert G. Hawes
William M. Inge
Leonard Jarvis
Cave Johnson
Benjamin Jones
Edward Kavanagh
Luke Lea
Thomas Lee
Dixon H. Lewis
Chittenden Lyon
Joel K. Mann
John Y. Mason
Moses Mason, jr.
Rufus McIntire
James J. McKay

Mr. David Spangler
Andrew Stewart
Joel B. Sutherland
William Taylor
Philemon Thomas
John Thomson
Joel Turrill

Aaron Vanderpoel
Isaac B. Van Houten
Samuel F. Vinton
Aaron Ward
Daniel Wardwell
Campbell P. White
Edward D. White
Frederick Whittlesey
Elisha Whittlesey
Ebenezer Young

Mr. John McKinley
Jeremiah McLene
Robert Mitchell
John Murphy
Gorham Parks
James Parker
John M. Patton
Franklin Pierce
Henry L. Pinckney
James K. Polk
Robert Ramsay
William Schley
William B. Shepard
Augustine H. Shepperd
William N. Shinn
Jesse Speight
James Standifer
John T. Stoddert
William P. Taylor
David D. Wagener
Taylor Webster
Richard H. Wilde
Henry A. Wise

And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, 10 o'clock in the fore

noon.

SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1834.

Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 179) entitled "An act for the relief of the legal representatives of Francis Nash," reported

the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the

Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 156) entitled "An act for the relief of the widow and heirs of Captain William Royal, de

ceased," reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole

House to-morrow.

Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to

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