The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-25
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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
MIR. SAUNDERS, of North Carolina gave no.
tice 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 tellers, 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 prelimlnares of the previ-
Gus question We're gone through, and, on the
motion to print, the vote, taken by yeas and
nays, stood yeas "a, 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.
A 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 10 the rank Of mid
shpmen. The motion was negdlived
On the question of admitting the report and
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caring the inexpediency of including corpora
tons in tie provisions Of the Bankrupt law, the
vote stood SO to Il3. So the House decided
against the resolution, sc. 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 to recommitt with 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 decis-
ion by which his former motion had been ruled
out Of order. The Chair was sustained, and
the motion to reconsider was renewed This
consider on the table. The latter motion pre-
vailed.
Mr. BLACK, of Georgia. asked leave to offer a
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 a
bill accompanied the report. If not, the &C
was fraud on the 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 a majority of thu
Committee had ordered bill to be repo rted re
listing laws; but instead of obeying that major
ity, the chairman had wri ten report and omit
ted to present the bill This was said annie
cries Of "order."
= A motion was made to go into Committee o
the Whole and take up the private calender
On this motion the yeas and nays were ordered
The vote stood-yeas S4, nays IS. So tn
h House refused to go into Committee of tn
# Whole.
" After confused conversation, Mr. BARNARl
asked leave to report the bill discussed in tn
Committee on the Judiciary. He had not I'm
derstood that he was instructed to report tn
IS bill but he wished now to put it IN possession
, of the House, so that it, as well as the report
. might be disposed Of as the House pleased
r MIR. SAUNDERS. Then we understood differ
emily the will of the committee There i
merely discrepance of opinion between US
r The bill was then read twice by its title, an,
then, for information, it was read at length.
motion was made to commit the bill to III
Committee of the whole House, and be printed
'e Mr.. JOHNSON, of Tennessee, moved that tn
bill be engrossed at once.
r. The SPEAKER observed, that as the bill was
!. tax BILL thrust 60 into Committee of the Who'll
VI on the state of the Union. 1t was then re
u ferred.
On the question of printing the report, e,
panatous were made by Messrs Saund err
Barnard, Maxwell and Roosevelt, of their OBJ
b Mons regarding the will Of the Committee re
IN speeding the report.
le On the question OF printing, the ayes and noe
" were demanded, and the result was as follow
Ayes SO, nays ga.