The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-09-02
WHOLE NO. sos.

competent officer Of the Engineer Corps supern
tend the work. The person so appointed shall cause
hrtysix feet In width uf the middle of the TO
he paved with blocks of wood upon the plan of the
Count de Lise, and extending from Four and al half
street TO Seventh street.-the blocks TO be mineaized
| ne curbing for the wood pavement shall be fuTn
shed under contract and delivered the contractor
who engages to make the pavement of wood at suita
pie places along the avenue The price cost per
square yard for the wood pavement including materials
OF every description except the curbing including the
grading and foundation which the blocks rest and
including the laying ofthe curbng and mineralizng the
DOCKS and completing the work in the best manner
according TO the requirements of the superintendent
shai not exceed two dollars and if one shall en-
gage 70 perform me work at that rate, less
tract shall be made for its ncenent The ave-
| nue. on each side of thewood pavement and between
II and the side walks shall he paved with stones of
such size and form as the superinte nden may select
anu unless such stone pavement can be done at a
| moi exceeding one dollar per square yard including
grading foundation materials, work and every thing
necessary to complete the same in the best manner
according to the requirements ofthe no
| contract Tor commencing the work shall be made.
| Mr.. HOPKINS asked the yeas and nays; which
Were ordered, and, being taken, resulted follows
| 1EAS-Messrs. Adams, Allen, L. w. Andrews,
3. ;. Andrews, Arnold, Aycrigg, Babcock Barnard,
Chittenden j. c. Clark, S. N. Clarke Cranston,
Gushing, John Edwards, Everett Ferris, Fessenden
Fillmore A. L. Foster Graham, Green, Greip, Hall
Henry, Hunt, lngersoll, w. w. Irwin James, l d.
Jones, John p. Kennedy, Lane Lawrence, Maxwell
Maynard, Morgan Morris, Morrow, Osborne, Pope,
Powell, Rayner, Rdgway, SaonstaIl, Sergeant, ST
monitor, Sladc Smith, Taaferro, J. B. Thompson,
x w. w. Thompson, TilIinghast, Toand Tominson,
w ara w, Washington Z White, l. White T.
Young, John Young Co.
| NAYS-Messrs. Arlington, Anterior, Baker,
Banks, B,rdseye, Black, Boardman, Bovine, Boyd,
bronson p. M. Brown, Charles Brown, w. Q. Butler,
Il u. nhn n IN,
cow campbell, apnnan, Clifford Clinton, Coles,
W e Dawson, Dean, Dctery, Doan, Doig, East.
nan, a. : y Edwards Gamble, Gerry, Goggin, William
John Hastings Hays, Hopkins, Houck, Houston,
Howard, Hubbard, Hudson, Jack, Cave johnson,
kem, A. Kennedy, Lewis, Linn, LittIefeld, A. Nc
Slellan r Mcclellan, Mckay, Mallory, Marchand,
Mattocks, MedilI, Miller, Moore, Owsey Parmenter,
Payne, Pendeton, Pickens, Pumer, Profit, Ramsey,
Reding kencher, Reynolds, Rhett, Riggs, Rogers,
Russell Sanford, Saunders, Shaw, Shepherd, Snyder,
Sleenrod Stratton, A ii; II. Stuart, John I Stuart,
sweeney, Iurney Van Buren,, Warren, Watterson,
Weslbrook, Lewis Williams, c. II. Williams, Wood
lob.
So the bill icas rejected
Ihe 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 of
me Senate I'm relation to the number of copies made
thereto -1-I-4
CONVENTION WITH MEXICO.
On motion of Mr.. CUSHING, the House proceed
ca 70 the consideration of the following bill from the
Senate:
AN AL to amend an act entitled " An ACT to carry
mo eject convention between the United States
and the Mexican Republic"
BE il enacted &c That the President of the United
states be- and he Is hereby, authorized to cause the
oecisohs ana awards now made in pursuance Of the
convention with the Republic Of Mexico, concluded al
Washington the It'll April 1899 in favor Of citizens
Of the United States, to be presented the Mexican
Government for payment according the s,ipuations
OF said convention, and all other awards and decisions
IN favor OF such Claimants the same NAV hereafter
De made, from time to time, under the said commission
DEC. 2. ana DC u further enacted, That the Secre-
tary OF The Treasury be- and he is hereby authorized
upon the presentation ofcerted copies Of such awards
to issue certificates to the persons authorized 10 receive
the sums SO awarded, their legal representatives and
assigns In the manner directed by the 7th section of
the act of Congress entitled "An act to carry into eff
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
ec to the deductions provided for by the tenth section
of said act.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs of this House
TO whom the said bill had been referred had recon-.
mended that the enaeng clause thereof be stricken
out.
ana the question beng concurrlng with the
committee IN that recommendation
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 1t was 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 the indivd-
ua claimants certificates stating each amount so allow
ed by the Commissioners
The Committee on Foreign Affairs on looking into
the terms of the convention with Mexico were of opn
ION now, they had been year since when the act
Tor ITS execution was framed, that it the duty
OF the Uuitcd States to interpose until the duties of
the commission had been completed and their session
brought tol close, and report of all doings made
to the Government. Such interposition would, in
their opinion, be violation of the treaty and might be
productive OF injurious effects Ii would be the adoI-
ton OF new construction Of the treaty, and of a
construction which the committee deemed to be con-
trary to its true intent and meaning As they under
stand the convention directs that general and final
report shall be made, and that the aggregate amou nj of
all the awards, when completed shall be deman ded in
one gross sum of the Mexican Government which 10
TO he at liberty TO make its election between pa wing the
amount in cash in Treasury notes, the whole in
one or In the other or part in cash part in such
notes
The committee had accordingly passed a vote re-
commencing the striking the enaclinl clause of the
bill
Since that vote, however while the bill yet remained
IN possession OF the chairman be reported the
earliest practicable day, according to the committees
order, to the House, with such Recommendation the
parties interested had applied the com
mttee stating that If the committee deemed the first
section of the bill wholly nadnissibe they would be
content with the passage of only the second section.
While the committee about 70 consider this sug-
gesion, they were arrested in Huine by the question
whether would be in order to reconsider their vote
after the bill had been ordered to be reported They
had found recurring to the journals Of the House of