The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-26
CONGRESS-.

In the House, Saturday, Mr.. ARNOLD asked
leave to offer his bill providing reduction OF
the pay of members Of Congress. Objection
was made, and he moved a suspension of the
rules On his motion he asked for the yeas and
nays.
| Mr.. SAUNDERS, of North Carolina, gave no.
tce that he would move, as an amendment, that
the members of Congress should receive no
pay after the first of August.
| The yeas and nays were refused, and the
House, voting by teers, refused to suspend the
rules.
The vote pending from the preceding day
was on the question to print the papers from
one of the investigating commission of the New
| York Custom house. After long, confused
discussion the usual performances of the previ-
Gus question were gone through, and, on the
motion to print, the vote, taken by yeas and
| nays, stood yeas 81, nays Sc.
The SPEAKER communicated the following
! Executive communications
A report from the State Department, contain
| ing an abstract of the regulations relative to du-
ties on tobacco.
report from the Treasury Department, con-
tanning statement of the public debt of the
city Of Washington.
large number of Senate bills was read
| twice and referred.
Mr. BURNELL moved suspension of the rules
to enable him to introduce bill providing for
the promotion of apprentices to the rank of mid
>hipmen. The motion was negatived.
On the question of admitting the report and
resolution from the Judiciary Committee, de-
claring the nexpediency of including corpora
tons in tie provisions Of the Bankrupt law, the
| vote stood So to 49, So the House decided
against the resolution, &c. of the Judiciary
| Committee.
| Mr.. ROOSEVELT said that the House having
decided negatively, that it was not inexpedient
to include corporations in the Bankrupt law,
moved 10 recomnilt with in Instructions. This
motion being ruled out of ORDER he moved to
reconsider the vote Just taken, but withdrew this
motion to give way to an appeal from the decs-
ion by which his former motion had been ruled
out of order. The Chair was sustained, and
the motion to reconsider was renewed. This
gave way to another, to lay the motion to re-
consider on the table The latter motion pre-
vailed.
| Mr.. BLACK, of Georgia. asked leave to offer
resolution to instruct the Committee on the Ju-
dietary to report bill repeating the Bankrupt
law. Objection was made.
| The Chair then proceeded to call for reports
from committees.
| Mr.. BARNARD, from the Committee on the Ju-
dietary, sent report, which he moved should
be printed and on his motion demanded the
previous question.
Mr.. SAUNDERS wished to know whether
bill accompanied the report. If not, the act
was fraud on {he Committee and on the
House.
The reading OF the report was demanded.
Before the reading was concluded, the Speak
er was asked if the morning hour had not eX-
PRED. He replied in the affirmative.
Mr.. SAUNDERS said that majority OF the
Committee had ordered bill to be repo red re-
guatng the collection of the revenue under ex-
listing laws; but instead of obeying that major
ity, the chairman had written report and omit
ted to present the bill. This was said amid
cries of 'ordernl
A motion was made to go into Committee of
the Whole and take up the private calender.
On this motion the yeas and nays were ordered.
The vote stood-yeas 81, nays So. SO the
House refused to go into Committee of the
Whole.
After confused conversation, Mr.. BARNARD
asked leave to report the bill discussed in the
Committee on the Judiciary. He had not I'M
derstood that he was instructed to report the
bill but he wished now to put II In possession
r of the House, so that it, as well as the report,
might be disposed Of as the House pleased.
! MIR. SAUNDERS. Then we understood differ