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

Mi. SEWER explained the objects OF the Dill anu
Mr.. HENDERSON, spoke in opposition, and
Messrs. BENTON and WALKER in it's favor and
after some further remarks the bill ordered to be
engossed for third reading. /. h
The Senate then adjourned ~ s.lt Ie.3
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
SATURDAY. August %, 1S4l.
~ Pennsylvania AVENUE. 49,
The unfinished business Of yesterday was the bill
for repaving and repairing portion Of Pennsylvania
avenue. -s4a}sFS al 7ail'
The pending question being on the passage there
Off, TsIs1 sit Il ~ 81 tIftt ~ a ~
Mr. YoRKE (the House, he said, being very
thin) moved that there be q call Of the House.
Mr. HOPKINS asked the yeas and nays on that
motion, but Withdrew the motion
And the call having been ordered
The Clerk called the roll, and l32 members an
swered to their names. tes
And the names Of the absentees having been called
III members appeared to be present.
And then all further proceedings on the call were
suspended.
The question then recurring on the passage Of tn
bill in the following form, to wit: M
A BILL for repavng and repairing portion Of
N %a Pennsylvania avenue. st ~
Be IL enacted, DC. That fifteen thousand dollars
be, and the hereby appropriated, TO be paid
ont Of any unaPpropr!iated money in the Treasury,
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avenue, in the city Of Washington.
Sec. 2. And beit further enacted, That the mo-
ney hereby appropriated shall be expended under the
direction of the Secretary Of War who shall appoint
acompetent officer of the Engineer Corps to superin-
tend the work. The person appointed shall cause
hrtysix feet in width Of the middle Of the to
he paved with blocks of wood, upon the plan of the
Count de Lsle, and extending from Four-and- a-half
street to Seventh streetths blocks to be minerazed
The curbing for the wood pavement shall be furn-
-hnJs. xl.Sn. l.l AZ
who engages to make the pavement of wood at suita-
bic places along the avenue. The price or cost per
square yard for the wood pavement including materials
Of every description except the curbng, including the
grading and foundation on which the blocks rest and
including thelaying ofthe curbng and mneralzing the
blocks, and completing the work in the best manner,
according TO the requirements of the superintendent
shall not exceed two dollars; and If one shall en-
gage to perform-the work at that rate less
tract shall be made its commencement. The ave-
nue. each side Of the wood pavement, and between
il and the sidewalks shall be paved with stones Of
such size and form the superintendent may select
and unless such stone pavement can be done ut cost
not exceeding one dollar per square yard including
grading, foundation materials, work, and every thing
necessary TO complete the same in the best manner
according the requirements ofthe superintendent
contract for commencing the work shall be made.
Mr.. HOPKINS asked the yeas and nays which
were ordered and, being taken, resulted follows:
YEAS essrs. Adams, Allen, T.. W. Andrews
s. J. Andrews, Arnold, aAycrgg, Babcock, Barnard
Barton, Blair Borden len Briggs Bl9slway Baraell
Gushing, John Edwards, Everett, Ferris, Fessenden
Fillmore, A. L. Foster, Graham, Green, Greg, Hall
Henry, Hunt, Ingersoll, W. w. Irwin, James, |, d
Jones, John F. Kennedy, Lane, Lawrence, Maxwell
Maynard, Morgan, Morris, Morrow, Osborne, Pope
monitor, siade, Smith, Taiafsrro, j b. Thompson
r. w. Thompson, Tillnghast, Toland, Tomlinson
/ Ward, Washington, E. b. White, J. t. White, T
W. Williams, Winthrop, Wise, Yorke, Augustus
Young John Young
Banks, Birdseye Black, Boardman, Bovine, Boyd
1 Bronson, M, Brown, Charles Brown w. o. Butler
| p. G. Caldwell, John Campbell w. b. Campbell, II
| J. Campbell, Chapman, Clifford, Clinton, Coles
Cowen, Crayens, Daniel, g. Davis, R. D. Davis
W. g. Dawson. Dean, Deberry, Doan, Dog, East
man J. q. Edwards, Gamble, Gerry, Goggin, William
o. Goode, Gordon, Cuisine, Habersham, Harris
John Hastings, Hays; Hopkins, Houck, Heustsn
Howard, Hubbard, Hudson, Jack, Gave Johnson
Klein, A. Kennedy, Lewis, Linn, Littlefeld, A. Nc.
Samson Mason, John T. Mason, Mathiot, Mathews
| Mattocks, Medi, Miller, Moore, Owsley, Parmenter
Payne, Pendleton, Pckens, Plumer, Profit, Ramsey
Reding, Rencher, Reynolds, Rheti, Riggs Rogers
Steenrod Stratton, A. HI. al. Stuart, John T. Stuart
| Sweeney, Turney, Van Buren,, Warren, Watterson
Westbrook, Lewis Williams, c. H. Williams, Wood
LOB ms 5..a e%w s1f0.vG }m @.tl' ssi WV
| So the bill ,oas rejected.
The House took up the bill on the Speakers table
providing for the distribution of the printed returns Of
the sixth census and concurred in the amendment oil
the Senate Gin relation to the number Of copes) made
thereto. '. ~.
.' CONVENTION WITH MEXICO. n ...s
On motion of Mr.. CUSHING, the House proceed.
ed TO the consideration of the following bill from the
Senate:
A nj -. ...I- q A.
into effect convention between the United States
and the Mexican Republic" ~.
Be it enacted, &c. That the President Of the United
States be, and he hereby, authorized to the
decisions and awards now made in pursuance of the
convention with the Republic of Mexico concluded
Washington the lth April, 1882 in favor of citizens
Of the United States to be presented to the Mexican
Government for payment according to the stipuatons
Of said convention and all other awards and decisions
in favor of such claimants the may hereafter
be made from time TO time, under the said commission
SEC 2. And be IL further enacted, That the Secre-
tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized
upon the presentation ofcered copies of such awards
to issue certificates to the persons authorized receive
the sums so awarded, their legal representatives and
assigns in the directed by the 7th section OF
the act of Congress entitled act to carry into e
feet convention between the United States and the
Republic Of Mexico" such certificates to be in such
form and for such portions Of the sums awarded as
may be convenient for the claimants and to be sub
ect to the deductions provided for by the tenth section
of said act >
The COMMITTEES on Foreign Affairs of this House,
to whom the said bill had been referred had recon-
mended that the enaeting clause thereof be stricken
out aa4 ~ ,lss 4,a Haa. IF 81 NE-ls....
And the question being on concurring with the
committee in that recommendation 49,. ..-a
Mr.. CUSHING said he wished, in the fewest words
possible to present to the committee the nature and
situation of this bill The bill consisted of two sec
tons by the first provided that upon each sew
eral award delivered under the pending commission
application shall be made by the United States Govern
ment to the Government OF Mexico for payment of the
amount awarded The I'd section provided that the
Secretary Of the Treasury might issue TO the indvd-
ual claimants certificates stating each amount allow
ed by the Commissioners. 81 f,. gr# a
The Committee on Foreign A fairs, on looking into
the terms of the convention with Mexico of opn-
ion now as they had been year since, when the act
for its execution framed, that not the duty
Of the Uued States SO to interpose until the duties Of