The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-09-04


buildings of any kind, whatever, and report ms op'n
ion as 10 the validity of the title in each case TO the
President eff the United States
g. Rssolpsd, That il shall be the duty OF all the
officers of the United States having any OF the u'le
papers TO the property aforesaid in their possession TO
furnish them forthwith TO the Attorney General, 70
aid him in the investigation aforesaid.
8. RssoIpsd, That no public money shall be ex-
pended upon any site or land hereafter 10 be PuIchas,
ed by the United States for the purpose aforesaid until
the written opinion Of the Attorney General shall be
had in favor of the validity of the title, and also the
consent Of the Legislature Of the State in which the
land or site may be shall be given to said purchaser
A. RESOLVED, That It shall be the duty Of the dis
trct attorneys of the United States upon the applca
ton of the Attorney General, TO furnish any assls-
lance or information in their power in relation to the
titles public property aforesaid lying within their
respective districts. .ss,.,
tares of the Executive Departments, upon the appli
cation of the Attorney General to procure any addi-
tional evidence of title which ho may deem necessary
and which may not he in the possession of the officers
of Government; the expense Of procuring which to
be paid out Of the appropriations made for the cons'n
g. Resolped That it shall be the duty ofthe Secre-
tares of the Executive Departments respectively
der whose direction any lands for the purposes afore
said may have been purchased and over which the
United States do not possess jurisdiction 70 apply 70
the Legislatures Of the States ia which the lands are
situated for cession Of jurisdiction and in Of
fasa to report the to Congress az the
ment of the next session thereafter,
The committees were then called in their order for
reports aM III. 8a
Mr. FILLMORE, from the COMMITTEES az Ways
and Means to whom resolutions Of instructions had
heretofore been referred reported bill 70 repeelthe
SIKH section of the act entitled act to provide for
the support Of the Military Academy of the United
States for the year 1885, and for other purposes pass
ed July, 1888 and to prohibit any investment Of the
funds Of the United States in stocks of the several
States !; which was read twice.
Note By The Reporter. The section proposed to be
repealed is as follows:
Sec. 6. And BE- il further enacted, That all the
money arising from the bequest of the late James
Washington, in this District institution 70 be de-
nominated the Smithsonian Institution, which may
be- paid into the Treasury. is hereby appropriated
and shall be invested by the Secretary Of the Trea
sury, with the appreciation of the President of the
United States, in stocks Of States, bearing inte-
rest at the rate OF not less than fve per centum
per annum, which said stock shall Re held by the
Secretary in trust for the specified in the last
will and testament Of the said Smthson until provi
sion is made BY law for carrying the purpose of said
cruing the stock aforesaid shall be in like manner
invested for the benefit Of said institution."]
MI. FILLMORE asked that, as the bill contained
no appropriation, and need not therefore, be commit
ted it be put on its third reading now: ~ ssg5
And the bill was read third time and passed.
Mr.. w. w. IRWIN (referring to bill heretofore
reported on leave BY him, making appropriations for
the payment of the purchase money for sites for
Western marine hospitals desired to be informed by
the chairman ofthe Committee of Ways and Means
to whom the bill had been referred-whether it was
the intention of the Committee to report the bill at
this session.
Mr. FILLMORE said the Committee declined
to reDOrt the bill ID HOuse
Mr.. IRWIN asked leave to offer resolution in re-
lation thereto 5t
Objection was made. .ist
Mr.. KENNEDY, of Maryland, from the Commit
tee on Commerce, reported the following resolution:
Resolped, That a select committee Of eleven mem
bers not more than one Of which shall be from any
State be appointed by the Chair for the purpose
Of taking evidence at the principal ports of entry and
elsewhere to the operation of the existing system
and rates of duties imports upon the manufacture
ing, commercial and agricultural interests Of the
sry and Of procuring generally such information as
enue laws which may be attempted at the next SEES
3 on.
Further resoipsd, That the said COMMITTEES be au-
tnorzed to sit during the recess and employ clerk
After some conversation, involving point Of or
der. f St,if G &t a91 -
Mr.. INGERSOLL moved to amend the resolution,
BY striking out the words sit during the and
Mr.. CAVE JOHNSON asked the yeas and nays
81 Mr.. DAWSON moved to lay the resolution and
amendment on the table.
Mr.. INGERSOLL asked the yeas and nays on
that motion; which were ordered, and being taken,
were as follows:
.YEAS.--Messrs Arlington, Banks, Barton, Bee
son, BOVINE Boyd, Aaron ". Brown, Milton Brown,
Campbell, William B. Campbell Thomas J. Camp
bell Chapman, Clinton, Coles, Cowen, Cravens,
Cross Daniel, Garret Davis Richard d. Davis, VIM.
e. Dawson, Dean, Deberry, Doan, Doig, Eastman,
Floyd, Fornance, Gentry, Gerry, Goggin, Patrick g.
Gocde, VIM. O. Goode, Graham, Habersham, Harris,
John Hastings, Houck, Houston, Hubbard, Jack G.
Johnson, Klein, Andrew Kennedy, Lane, Linn, Lit
teiieid, Robert Mcclellan, Mckay. Marchand, Al
Newhard, Osborne, Payne, Ramsey, Rencher, Rey..
nolds, Riggs Rodney, Sergeant Shaw, Shepperd,
Sellers, Steenrod Summers, Sweeney, John B. homp-
son, Turney, Underwood, Van Buren,, Ward, War
rem, Watterson, Westbrook, Joseph L. White, Lew
is Williams, Wise, Wood-S7.
NAYS.--Messrs. Adams, Landau w. Andrews,
Sherlock ]. Andrews, Arnold, Aycrigg, Baker, Bid
lack, Birdseye, Black, Boardman Brockway, Bron-
son, Jeremiah Brown, j. G. Clark, Cranston, John
Edwards, Everett, Fillmore, A. Lawrence Foster,
GiImer, Green, Greig, Hail. Henry, Hudson, Hunt,
Ingersoll, WIN. w. Irwin, James, John p Kennedy,
Lawrence, Samson Mason, Mattocks, Maxwell, May
nard, Morgan, Morrow Parmenter, Partridge PEN
dleton, Plumer, Profit B. Randall Randolph, Ridg-
way, Russell, saltonstall, Simonton, slade, Smith,
Stanly, Statton, A. FL. H. Stuart, Taliaferro Rich
ard w. Thompson, Tinghast, Toland, Tomlinson,
Wallace Thomas w. Williams, Winthrop, Augustus
Young-62. E
So the resolution and amendment were laid on the
table.
A message was received from the Senate informing
the House that the Senate had agreed to the confer
ence asked by the House the disagreeing votes be-
tween the two Houses on the amendment of the Sc
nate to the Fertilization bill.
And, also that the Senate had passed the bill
Hereinafter referred TOY in relation to Chocta
vations
Mr. RANDOLPH, from the Committee on En-
rolled Bills reported that the committee bad examined
the making appropriations for the Post Office De
partment, and had found the same to be correct
Whereupon the bill received the signature Of the
Speaker.
In answer to inquiries put TO the Chairman of the
Committee on the Rules of the House, Mr. Calhoun)
by Messrs. Wise and McKav--
Mr. CALHOUN was understood to say that when