The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-22


concur
The motion TO lay ON the table was renewed, and
on il, Mr.. CAVE JOHNSON called for the yeas and
nays.
They were ordered.
The vote stood yeas 60, nays lOl.
So the motion was rejected.
The amendment was then concurred IN.
The act amending pension acts OF 1886 and 1887
and granting pensions TO certain widows, was mex
taken up, and, after a briei debate, The Senate
amendment was concurred IN.
The amendments TO the bills for the relief OF GER
tain settlers in Wisconsin, and for supplying the de
clencies in the navy pension fund, were also con
Cured in
MIR. FILLMORE offered resolution, that all de-
bate on the contingency bill, IN COMMITTEE oil ult
Whole should cease to-day at O'Clock.
The resolution adopted.
Mr. FILLMORE then called for the orders OF the
day.
The business of the morning hour was the calling
of reports from committees. The committees were
called in order.
Among the sundry reports was one from the Com
mittee on the District of Columbia, being the bill IN
relation to the sale of lottery tickets IN the DISTRICT
as amended by the Senate, with that amendment sui
further amended in the House. an
The amendments were concurred In, and the OIL
was passed. .
About the conclusion of the morning hour, MI
ARNOLD offered resolution prescribing The Time
when the debate should cease on his bill
Resolution overrued.
The House then resolved itself into Committee Of
the Whole, Mr.. STUART, of Virginia, in the char
MIR. J. II. INGERSOLL moved to lay aside the
consideration of the Tariff bill, which was pending
when the COMMITTEE last rose.
The motion prevaed-l07 voting in the ahirma-
tive, noes not counted.
The contingency bill was then taken up.
The first amendment of the Senate proposes TO
raise the salary of the watchmen of the State De
partment from 1865 to $500
The Committee of Ways and Means recommended
non-concurrence, and the House decided not to con-
The Senate proposed to raise the salary of clerk
from 81 000 as proposes by the House, TO 81 200.
MIR. PROFIT said he had no intention to oppose
any recommendation of the Committee Of Ways and
Means, he wished merely to express the hope that
this BILL which provides for the pay of the members
of the two Houses, will be suffered to hang between
them, until tariff bill shall be passed If an appro-
priation he said made for pay to-day, we will,
in all probability, be left without quorum on Mon
day.
Mr. BLACK hoped the bill would pass. Money
is paid into the Treasury under the Compromise act,
and it is then proper 10 pass appropriation bills
A iter some further remarks ny Messrs. STANLf
HOPKINS, GORDON and PROFFlT, the House
refused TO concur with the Senate.
The Senate amendment establishing law clerk at
salary of II 800 was after brief debate, rejected
The Senate amendment giving salary Of 5000 TO
the Superintendent of the Treasury Building re-
jecled
The House refused also to laise the salaries of the
watchnen of the Treasury Building and in all other
proposed by the Senate, that the salaries
of the watchmen of all the Executive Buildings, the
House decided should be s365 per annum.
The amendment giving clerk, at 81 200, to the
Superintendent of Indian Affairs at st. Louis, instead
OF the two al present employed was concurred in.
The proviso granting the compensation now enjoy
ed by persons actually employed though not authoriz-
bxsf his l.u in
The amendment abolishing the Office Of public Ar
chitect was concurred in.
The amendment, providing for the preparation OF
indexes to the manuscript papers OF the Congress OF
the Confederation Sc and appropriating $1,000 for
that purpose was concurred in after brief debate.
The amendments granting $3.50 for labor In the
Navy Department, and 500 for sealing ships regis
tiers, concurred in that granting $500 for
preparing indexes to documents in First Comptrollers
office.
The recommendations of the Committee Of Ways
and Means concurred in with but little debate,
till the amendment reached providing for the
compensation Of temporary clerks in the Post Office
DEPARTMENT
On this subject debate arose, in which the gene
raj character of the clerks of the Executive Depart
ments discussed which terminated IN eulogy
pronounced on them by Mr.. Granger and MIR. Wise.
The amendment, putting the salary of the public
gardner, heretofore, at 81 POO was not concurred
M was that appropriating.sl 200 for building
bridge the Tiber,
The amendment, granting the extra allowances
usual at the end OF long session. to the clerks, mes
sengers and pages, of the two Houses, was not con-
Cured in.
Mr.. HOPKINS, of Virginia, offered an amend
ment an additional section authorizing the Ser
geant-atA Arms to pay the extra allowance out OF the
pay and mileage of the members of Congress.
The amendment was ruled out of order.
On motion of Mr. INGERSOLL the committee
rose and reported
He then moved that the House concur with the
Committee of the Whole, and demanded the previous
question.
- Mr. HOPKINS moved that the House should
again 20 into Commit ee of the Whole and take. up
the post road bill.
Mr.. FILLMORE asked leave to lay before the
House a communication from the Treasury Depart
ment 1t was addressed to the Committee of Ways
and Means, but should have been addressed to the
House.
The communication, which was read by the clerk
calls for au,ht rity to issue Treasury notes
Mr. FILLMORE suggested the proprety of re-
ferrng it to the Committee of Ways and Means with
such instructions as might be deemed expedient
Mr. JOHNSON, Of Maryland, said he would in
s,ruct the Committee to report his bill.
Mr.. HOLMES moved the reference with insruc-
tons to authorize the issue OF such amount OF lrea-
sury would be sufficient to carry on the Gov
eminent TIL the next session of Congress.
Mr.. Bolts moved to lay the whole matter on the
table
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Tennessee, called for the
yeas and nays. They were ordered The vote stood
yeas 60, nays ia.
So the subject not laid on the table.
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Tennessee offered modifica
ton to the resolution of Mr. HOLMES, providing
that the Treasury notes authorized to be issued should
be in lieu of so much of the loan.
MIR. FILLMORE asked division, so that the vote
should be first taken the reference and then the
instructions.
Mr.. CUSHING said that the loan bill was con-
structed to authorize the issue of certificates trans
ferable simple delivery. This was a matter that
should be carefully noted, and for that reason he
called the attention of the House to this view of the
powers vested in the Treasury Department.
Mr.. FILLMORE denied the correctness of this
constrl ction. That law, he maintained, authorized
loan and nothing but a loan. In conclusion, he
moved the previous question.
The SpEA FIR stated that the ouesfinn must he