, 1842-09-03

beyond the Cape of Good Hope, and
coffee, free of duty. The House
then adjourned, the Speaker an
nouncing that Mr.. Twins motion
would be the first business in the or
ders of the day the next morning.
In the Senate on the 10Th, an inet-
%fectual effort was made to take up
the resolution fixing the day OF adj
tournament. The Senate thea went
into Executive session
In the House, after the c%onsldera-
ton of some miscellaneous business,
Mr.. Campbell of S. C. moved that
the Committee of Ways and Means
he instructed to report forthwith a
revenue bill, in accordance with the
Compromise Act. The House reius-
ed to suspend the rules to receive the
resolution. Mr.. Everett offered a
resolution directing the Committee OF
WAYS and Means to report a bill
which he submitted-rPject. ayes 81,
noes lO5. Mr.. G.. J. ingersoll offer
ed Il resolution from the Committee
on the Judiciary, in relation to the
collection of the revenue. OhIec-
ton being made, Mr.. lngersoll NOV
ed that the House 90 into Committee
of the Whole. and gave notice that
he should then propose 10 take up
the bill to supply a temporary de'ect
or failure in the laws relating to the
collection Of duties on imports. Mr..
Irwin claimed the floor, on his mo-
ton of the preceding day. to suspend
the rules to take up the revenue bill
submitted by him. The House re-
fused to suspend the rules.
The question then recurring on the
motion Of NJ. c. J.. lngersoIl. that
the House resolve itself into Commit
tee OF the Whole on the State OF the
Union.
The yeas and nays were taken and
resulted as follows: Yeas 81, nays
81.
So the House resolved itselfinto Com
mittee of the Whole, J. r. lngersoll in
the Chair. The Chairman said the first
business before the Committee was the
further consideration of the Navy Bill.
Mr.. c. J. Ingersoll then moved that the
consideration of that bill be postponed for
the prescnt-carried by 4 vote of 80 TO
50. Mr.. then moved that the Commit
tee should take up "the bill 10 provide
for the temporary defect in the laws for
the collection of revcnuc"-carried,
ayes 81 hoes SO. Mr.. Then 10 moved a.
mend the bill by striking out all after the
enac,ing clause, and substituting the fol-
lowing:
Be il enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives. Of The United STATES of
america in Congress assembled: That,
from and after the passage of this act, the
same duties upon imports shall be levi
ed, collected and paid, under the same
laws. rules and regulations, which were
levied, collected and paid on the lst day
of January, 1910, uuder the provisions
ofthe act approved ID March, 1888, en-
titled ".An act to modify the act Of the
18th of July, 1899, and all other acts i'm
posing duties on imports" except that
the said duties shall be paid in cash.
find provided further, That in all cases
where specific duties were imposed upon
imports prior to the passage of the said
act, it shall be the duty Of the Secretary
of the Treasury TO ascertain the average
rate of duty which was collected upon
each of the said articles throughout the
year 1910, and such average rate of duty
Shall hereafter be levied, collected, and
paid as a specific duty upon the impor-
tation of the said articles, in the same
manner as if such respective specific du-
ties were respectively imposed by this
act.
Sec. .. And be Il further enacted,
That on the importation of all the
articles made subject to duty of
twenty per cent. nj valorem under
the provisions of the act entitled AN
act relating To duties and drawbacks,'
approved September II, 1871. there
shall hereafter be levied, collected,
and paid "A duty of 80 per cent. ad
valorem, except upon railroad iron,
which shall be subject to the same
rate of duty as bar or bolt iron OF
similar manufacture under the first
section of this act; but nothing here
in contained shall be so construed as
to deprive any State or incorporated
company which shall have imported
railroad iron prior to the third day o.
March next, of the benefits and ad.
vantages secured to them, respective
", by the proviso to the 5th section
of the said act relating to the duties
and drawbacks.
Mr.. Barnard moved to amend the
bill so that it should not apply to any
case where a penalty had been pro.
videi by law, &c. Mr.. lngersol.
modified his motion so as TO make