The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-08-28

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engagements and pay It's debts, 10 not X
ceeding three hundred and ioryseyen lhousand dol
lars ofthe money which may be borrowed in execution
OF the act entitled An ac authorizing loan not
ceedng the sum Of twelve millions Of dollars, approved
July 2ist lS4i, 10 be applied 10 the OF such De-
pariment for ho purposes aforesaid and 10 be rein-
bursabe out OF the accruing funds Of the Departments
the said money to be accounted for in the pre-.
scrbed in the second section OF the change the
organization Of the Post Office Department, and to
provide more efectuay for the settlement of the
counts thereof, passed July 2, 1886"
Whchamendment by ayes 60, noes SO, was re-
| jected
On motion of Mr.. BRIGGS, the committee then
rose, and reported the bill with the amendment to the
House ~
| And the question being on concuning with the
committee in its amendment and ordering the hill TO
be engrossed for third reading
Mr. BRIGGS moved the previous question.
And there was a second.
| Mr.. J. Il. MASON asked the yeas and nays on
ordering the main question which was refused. -
| And the main question was ordered TO be taken
| Andion the nam question (being first on concur
| ring with the committee in It's amendment)-
Mr.. CAMPBELL, of 8. C. asked the yeas and
nays which were ordered
Mr. G. remarked that existing laws required that
any surplus in the Post Office Department should be
paid into the Treasury therefore the amendment Of
fered by the gentleman from Virginia Mr.. Gilmer)
The yeas and nays were ordered and, being taken,
were follows
YEAS Messrs Allen, Arnold, Arlington Ather.
ton, Bahcock, Baker, Banks, Barton, Beeson, Bid
lack, BoarlmaD, Borden, Bolts, BOVINE Boyd, Briggs,
Bronson, Aaron v. Brown, Milton Brown Charles
Brown VIM. Butler, W. o. Butler, Thomas J. Camp
bell, Childs, Chtenden, John G.. Clark, Staey N.
Clarke, Clifford, Clinton, Coles, Daniel r. ID. Davis,
Dean, Doan, Dog, Eastman, Egbert, Everett Ferris,
Fillmore, John G. Floyd, Charles A. Floyd, Gamble,
Gentry, Gerry, Gimer, Goggn, P, G; Goode Ora
ham, Green Greig, Cuisine Hall, Harris w. s.
Hastings, John hastings, Hays, Holmes, Houck,
Houston, Howard, Hubbard, Hudson, Hunter, James
renee Li!tle6eld,. Abraham Mcclellan. sob,:: Nc
Clelan, Mallory, Marchand, s. Mason, J. r. Mason,
Mnthiot, Mathews, Mattocks, Moore, Morgan, Nor
ris, Morrow, Ncwhard, Osborne, Owsley, Parmen'er,
Payne, Powell, Ramsey, Reding, Rencher Reynolds,
Ridgway, Roosevelt, Russell, Sanford, Shaw, Shop
perd, Simonton, Slade, Smith, S!eenrod Stokeley,
S,ralton, A. FL. Ii. Stuart, j. Il. Stuart, Summers,
Sumter, sweeney, Tomlinson, Turney, Underwood,
Van Buren,, Wallace, Watterson, Westbrook, Tbos.
w. Williams, Lewis Williams, C. III. Williams
q NAYS-Messrs. Adams, l.. w. Andrews, Sher-
lock- Andrews, Aycrgg, Barnard, Birdseye, Black,
John Campbell Caruthers, Cranston Cravens, Cross,
William G. Dawson Deberty, John Edwards, A. l..
Foster Gordon, Habersham, Hastead, 'Ingersoll,
James, Keim, John p. Kennedy, King, Lane, Linn,
Maxwell, Maynard, Pluner, Benjamin Randall, Sal
tonstali, Snyder, Talalarro, John b, Thompson, r.
w Thompson, Tillinghast Toand, Triplett, Trum-
bull, Washington, E. d. White, Joseph L. White,
Joseph L. Williams, Winthrop, Yorke, Augustus
Young, John Young-47
So the amendment was concurred in
And the bill was ordered third reading n0tc.
And having been read third time, and the question
being Shalthe bin pass Z" in the following FORM to
wit. ~ Eth ~ 6 4N EM
Fsesolred 5y tho Senate and House of Representa-
tires Of the United States Of America in Congress
assembled That the sum of four hundred and ninety
seven thousand, six hundred and fifty seven dollars
be- and the same Is hereby appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to
enable the Post Office Department to meet its engage
ments and pay its debts, to be accounted for in the
manner prescribed in the second section of the act
TO change the organization Of the Post Office Depart
ment and to provide ecctualy for the settlement
Of the accounts thereof" passed July 2, 1886 Propi
dsd, That the money appropriated shall be account
ed for by the Post Office Department hereafter when
the condition Of its funds shall permit; and be refund
ed into the Treasury, deducted from any sums
which the Post Office Department may heretofore
have paid into the Treasury
Mr. SNYDER asked the yeas and nays, which
ordered, and being taken, resulted as follows
: YEAS.-Messrs, Adams, AIlsn, Landau w. An
drews, Sherlock ]. Andrews, Arnold Arlington, Ay-
crigg, Babceck, Banks, Barnard, Barton, Bldlack,
Birdseye, Black, Blair, Boardman, Borden, Bolts,
Briggs, Brockway, Bronson, Aaron " Brown, Mil
ton Brown, William Butler, WIN. o. Butler, John
Campbell, Thomas J. Campbell, Caru,hers Chit,en-
den, John G. Clark Staley N. Clark, Cowen, Grams
ton, Gross, Gushing, VIM. G. Dawson, Deherry, John
Edwards, Everett, Ferris, Fessenden, Fillmore, A.
Lawrence Foster, Gamble Gentry, Gilmer, Goggin,
Patrick G. Goodc, Graham, Green, Greigg, Cuisine,
Habersham, Hall, Halsted VIM. S. Hastings, Hays,
Holmes, Howard Hudson, James irwin, w. w. lr-
win, James, John P. Kennedy, King, Lane, Law
renee, Linn, Litcfeld, Mallory, Samson Mason,
John Thompson Mason, Mathiot Mattocks, Max
Osborne oss owsiey Panen,ep Powell Profit, Ram.
sey, Benjamin Randall Randolph, Rayner, Rencher,
Ridgway, Russell, Saltonstall Saunders, Shepperd,
Simonton, Slade, Smith, Stokey, Stratton, Aiexan
der ii ii Stuart, John Il. Stuart, Somers, Talafer-
70, John B, Thompson, Richard w Thompson, Til
linghast, Toand, Tominson, Trplett, Tru ubul, I'M
derwood, Wallace, Warren, Washington, Watterson,
Edward d. White, Joseph L. White, Thomas W..
Williams, Lewis Williams, Christopher III Williams,
gustus Young, John Young-l27.
NAYS--Messrs. Atheron, Beeson, Bovine, Boyd,
Charles Brown, Clifford, Clinton, Daniel, Richard
p. Davis, Doan, Doig Eastman, Egbert, John G.
Floyd Charles A. Floyd VIM. O. Goode Gordon,
Harris Houck, Houston HUBBARD, Hunter, IngersolI,
Jack John w. Jones, Keim Andrew Kennedy
| Abraham Mcclellan, Robert Mcclellan, Mckay,
Marchand, Miller, Newhard, Payne, Plumer, Redng,
Reynolds, Rhett, Sanford Shaw Snyder Steenrod,
Sumter Sweeney, Turney, Van Buren,, Ward West
| brook--4S
| So the bill was passed.
| FUNERAL EXPENSES OF THE LATE PRESIDENT.
| On motion Of MIR. Bolts, the House resolved
itself into Committee Of the Whole the state Of
| the Union, (Mr. RANDOLPH, of New Jersey in the
chair and, after struggle for priority of bust
ness, the committee took upthe bill making appropra-
tons for the funeral expenses of The late President of
the United States (Gen William II. Harrison.)
And the bill having been read through
| Mr.. Bolts explained the grounds of the bill.
The Marshal of the District had, by order Of the Sc
crcary of State provided all things necessary to the
funeral ceremonies of the late lamented President.
The accounts having been presented, the Secretary
directed them TO be laid before Congress: they had
been referred TO the Committee of Ways and Means,
and the present bill reported by order of thatcom
mittee. The accounts had all been printed MIR. b.