The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-03-08
CONGRESS-.

Ia the House, on Monday, Mr., Everett sent
N. clerks table an amendment to the Appor-
,,,nment bill. which he moved should be laid on
tho table, aud be printed. The amendment
,.,s accompanied by certain tables, which he
a;sbed also to be printed. The amendment
# Mr.. Everett fixes the ratio at 50,39l. Mr..
elmer made report, in part, from the Re-
,,snchment committee. The report was read,
ana Mr.. Gillner moved that it should be printed,
,oqether with correspondence with the Secre-
,ay of War, by which it was accompanied.
He also moved that the committee be permitted
10 sit during the sessions of the House, and that
have power to send for persons and papers.
Both motions prevailed. Mr.. Shields presented
memorial in relation to plan for preventing
the bursting Of steamboilers which was referred
10 the select committee on steam navigation.
The business in order, under suspension Of
the rules, was the report from the Committee
on Expenditures. The following resolution,
with an amendment by Mr.. Arnold, being the
pending question:
Resolved, That henceforth it be standing rule Of
the House that, at the commencement of each session
sstng Of three members to be denominated the Com
mittee on Printing, whose duty it shall be to exam
inc all papers and documents, OF every description
whatever, which it may be proposed to have printed,
except messages reports and statements from the
rious Offices and Departments OF the Government re-
quired by law usage to be furnished to the House,
reports from Committees Of the House. and bills and
resolutions; and to report whether, in their opinion,
the public interest requires that such paper docu
ment or other matter should be printed for the use
&c he nr a nv and MIR
every such paper document, or other matter, when
presented to the House, if asked to be printed, shall
be considered referred to said committee, without
any specific motion of reference; and order to
print such matter shall be made by the House, unless
an examination thereof aforesaid, shall have been
previously made.
After two slight amendments by Mr.. Sum
mers Mr.. Arnold subjoined the following
That no box, or trunk, or chest, or any other like
receptacle for books shall be hereafter furnished to
the members of Congress at the public expense"
Mr.. A Andrews, Of Kentucky, moved to lay the
resolution and amendment on the table The
vote, taken by the yeas and nays, resulted in 35
voting in the affirmative, and 1877 in the mega
i've Mr. Arnold modified his amendment, by ad
ding that persons employed in preparing these
articles should be discharged from the service Of
the House; the amendment was adopted by vote
Of ia to 76. The question then required on
the resolution as amended. Mr. Cooper, of
Georgia moved to lay it on the table. The ayes
and nays were ordered, and the motion was ne
gatived, as was also subsequently, the resolution
Itself
The next resolution from the committee pro
hlbited the granting hereafter Of extra allow
ances TO the clerks, messengers, &C., Of the
House. Several efforts were made to append
amendments to this resolution, but without sue
cess-and, finally, on the motion of Mr.. Fill
more was laid on the table.
Mr. Mckay urged the consideration Of re-
solution previously offered by him, and subse-
quenty Withdrawn, which provides for another
method of restricting the amount of printing
done by the House.
1.-THE Senate, yesterday, after the presentation
Of petitions, the District Bank bill was taken up,
and discussed; and the consideration of the
Exchequer Bill was postponed until the 2lst in
slant, in consequence Of other subjects having
precedence