Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-26

,.ot,i;on lie upon the table until tomorrow tie s'ish
g ~. ALLEN said L. had no objections 70 posspsnt
action until tomorrow, if the Senator "ou'u INC ''
m up SIMMONS said that would depend upon ,he
W. r ,he Senate md the subject without iurlne'
rsm,rk. was passed over for the day. !
The Senate then proceeded 10 The CONSIDERABLE" =
miscellaneous business 80 fro,
I,h General orders were next taken up, anu .he NO
Ian mennonite the Washington Manual LABOR
Si"oI and O,uhan Asylum of the District OF Coiumo'a
A. MERRICK Of Md pressed the CONSIDERATION
| the bill. ad % i and embar.
raised the bill as much as he eouia ~ n'o''As A
ar MERRICK defended the bill, and gave good leI
' ,,'o senate why the bill should pass and why IL
so0''u uoJjSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL:
| r -, Question under consideration TINS morning.
a.. ,he House had been called to order, was po'h'
nr order raised by Mr. CLIFFORD OF Name.
Mr. C.. presented written statement TO lhc =. M
=; h;cb he contended that the proceedings OF Tue
~ I'D been IRREGULAR on account OF the coniiicthg
, j.; reference to the subject OF contingent e4peh-
1be ARGUMENT which formed the subject OF COM
o;o, wns that the 18th OF February inst, Tue ou''
pa'"s vo,e had arreed to strike from the Appro-
ny;o,ion Bill all items not provided Tor by law
his included contingent expenses;-that the ,iouse
I Comm;,,ee had SO determined-butt that the House,
of this ORDER on Saturday last, had rem
stated the item in the Bill making provision tor contin
ront expenses of the State DEPARTMENT.
A. CIIFFORD having stated his point OF order, the
s,eoker oyerruled it. An appeal was taken ana the
veas and nays ordered The vote was 10 to TO- and the
decision OF the Chair was affirmed. Inc rfeV,ons
Question having been moved upon the Bill, no aeoao.
was allowed upon the remaining provisions fo'hts o.
order were debated very briefly bat none OF these were
Of nub,ic interest The first item of the Bill voted upon
wos an appropriation Of $4,000 for repairing ana igh-
inc the State Department building Upon this' as upon
most of the amendments, The yeas ana nays were "
dered, and the result was LOO to oo.
The effect of this amendment was TO strike out tue
opnropriatons for contingent expenses and the 'oe
st taken having been of decisive character IN regard
10 contingent expenses, oil the remaining iems W Tue
Bill upon this subject were concurred IN oy common
con.ent In other words the House made but one APP
proprtion for expenses, and lett the others
for another Bill in the course OF preparation by the
Committee of Ways and Means.
The other amendments were concnrred in without
much opposition The Bill ordered TO an engross-
ment, and subsequently finally passed and made ready
for the Senate 49, :,
The House went into Committee of the Whole, Mr.
ALLEN of Maine in the Chair, upon The bill to nppor-
ton the several Congressional Districts OF the Unon
The House some time 10 session as committee,
though but to little profit as no process OF Importance
was made.
The Committee had been in session for some time,
before an agreement was made TO the Bill which
should be acted upon. 1t decided in the end that
the House should first act upon The APportIonment
Bill, and vote taken (but few more than quo
rum Of members being present, owcver to strike out
the 20, OGO apporlonment and insert IS, 900
This was subsequently amended, and 80 GOO incorpo
rated The voles however, we're not test ones though
indicating somewhat the feeling in Congress upon the
subject
The House adjourned between three and four o'clock
and will take up the Bill again tomorrow