Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-06-17
CONGRESS-.

E}i}ou June 4 The House did no, SIT,
IN the iieanie, On the presentation of n petition
FIR bankrupt law, question was made ns TO the
propriety nf rc-trcling the session to Certain pre-
scrhrd subjects,
Ro'h ,ha Senate md '!ousa stand adjourned I'm III
Monday nest - Eiojt.
Monday yure7
IN Ire Senate. Mr. Eaya.i Of Delaware. from,
the select COMMITTEE appointed 10 take into consid-
GRAFTON the respect due IN The late President Harr-
son. reported !o'nt re-1lutions, providing that the
char Of the President or The enaic and the seat, OF
members he shrouded in black, during tho session,
and that the nlcmhers wear the usual mourning dur
ing thu, 'irs. ! he Resolutions wore ordered TO be
encrnssrd
Mr. Clay then introduced Resolution ealing
upon The - crerarv the Treasury, 10 commun cate
10 the Senate with lrllr deay es possible. 'ho
pnn Of snch Bank, will. in hia opinion, produce
the happes rc-nits and lasting aud mpnrian n, BENG
its TO he ouutry.
The Senate then proceeded 10 elect i's officers.
Sir. AsBURY DIcKENs WIS chosen Secretary, Mr..
- DYER, Sergeant at Arms, and Nj. BEALE,
Assistant Door keeper.
Mr. Clay submitted the foil wing resolutions:
Reso'red, In tn" opinion of the Senate, at the
present sess on of Congress, no business ought 10
be transacted but such as being of an important and
urgent nature. may be supposed 10 have Influenced
the extraordinary invention of Congress, or such
as thot the roslp 1nemcnt of it mig hl be materially
detrimental To The public interests
ResolrcR, Therefore it, the onirion Of the Senate,
that the following subjects ought frat, i not exclu-
sively, TO engage the deliberations of Congress ct
the present session, viz
lst The repeal Of the Sub-Trcnsury
I'd. The incorporation ola bank adapted TO tho
wants of The people and of lhn Government =
3D. I he provis on of an adequate revenue for
ting Government by the imposition Of du,ies, and
GLIDING an authority TO contrac, temporary loan:
IL, ke no IaaN d..
istralon.
4h. The proscrip,ive distribution of the proceeds
Of the public lands.
5h. The passage OF necessary appropriation
BILLS
9Th. Some modification Of the banking system
Of the District Of Columbia for the benefit Of the
people of the District,
Resoipcd, That it is eypedient to distribute the
business proper to be done at this session, between
the Senate and House of Representatives so az To
allow of both Houses acting on the same subject az
same time.
The Senate then went into Committee Of the
whole upon MIR Gays Bill to repeal the Sub-Tfeas-
The bill having been read, Mr. Clay, after some
preliminary remarks, proposed the following as a
third section:
aud be it further enacted, That all of the act
entitled can act to regulate the deposites Of the
public money! which passed The 23d June.
/ 1886, except the 9Th and 18th sections thereof,
and the ACT supplementary thereto which was APP
proved the 4th July, 1885, entitled ian act sup
pmontary 10 act entitled IAN &C. to regulate the
depostes Of the public money passed the 23d June
1885, be, and the snme hereby repealed
Prorided, That this repeal shall not affect or impair
any securities which may have been taken Tor the
safe keeping of public moneys deposited with any
Of the banks in the said act mentioned, nor any
remedies to enforce the said securities which have
hean ar ma he heYpatar prosecuted.