The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-03

sntry In any collection district within the state o. %
sylyania 10 the time Interpretation or meaning OF s
act or the purposes for which was enacted shsl pc
the duty the secretary the Treasury and Of all
same according and provisions Of the following
exposition OF its principlesG"
Here followed a copy of Mr.. Folks letter to
Mr. Kane.
The amendment was rejected
The question now was on agreeing TO the substi-
tute of Mr.. HuEGERFoRD, as thus amended
Tellers were appointed, and the vote being taken'
stood ayes 80, noes ~.
Mr.. BRINKERHoFF now offered the following
as an amendment to the original bill;
"sEc L. lind BE- further snScted That If 1t shall hap
in any future fiscal year that the revenue shall not De
sueen 10 dsfray expenditures required for that year
duty of 1--WE per cenum I'D yslOrem shall be levied col
ectea and paid all the dutable articles IN this bill
In addition 10 duties herein provided for to take effect
after the first quarter Of the ensuing year and ha oe
the duty the Secretary OF the Treasury 10 report such
deficiency to President who shall forthwith announce
the same by proclamation, and direct that the Aforesaid
| duty be collected as above provided"
Mr.. G. s. HOUSTON desired TO move amend
ment, (Which was accepted by Mr. BRlSKERHoFT
and Withdrawn by Mr.. HoUsroS,) that so soon al
the bill shall yield revenue enough each schedule
shall be reduced five per cent.
Some conversation followed on point oforder, and
Mr.. EwIsG, of Pennsylvania, took an appeal from
the decision OF the chair, by which the amendment
was declared to be in order
| The question taken, and by ayes 10, noes 9o
the decision of the chair reversed.
| So the amendment was declared out OF order.
| Mr. DROMGoOLE moved that the committee
rise and report the bill to the House.
Mr.. GORDON desired to offer substitute ioi
| the original bill.
| The CHAIRMAN said that under the decision
just made by the committee, no amendment was II
| order.
| Mr.. ASEIMUN moved to amend the motion o.
Mr. DRoMoooLE, 30 as TO say that the bill be 70
ported to the House with recommendation that
do not pass
Mr.. DRoMGooLE. | call the gentleman tC
order. | insist on my motion.
| The CHAIRMAN. The motion OF the gentle
nan from Virginia, (Mr DRosGooLE,) is hrst II
| order, and cannot be amended as proposed by tn
gentleman from Massachusetts, (Mr. AsHNUN.)
MIR. HAMLlN. 1 move that the committee Ils'
and report the bill to the House with Il recommends
ton that it be recommitted to the Committee o
Ways and Means.
The CHAIRMAN. The motion of the gentle
man from Virginia, Mr.. DRoMGooLE, being first IL
order, must first be taken.
DER
The CHAIRMAN. The shair will decide al
such motions AZ may be made after the motion Of tn
gentleman from Virginia has been disposed OF.
The question on the motion of Mr.. DRoMGsoLI
was then TAKEN and decided in the affirmative.
So the committee rose.
| The Speaker is in the chair
| The Chairman is on the floor!
| The Chairman bows TO the Speaker.
The Speaker bows to the Chairman.
| Some few moments elapsed during which tn
Speaker was engaged in restoring something like al
audible condition Of things.
The CHAIRMAN says, Mr.. Speaker.
And the SPEAKER says, Mr.. Chairman.
The CHAIRMAN says, Mr.. Speaker, the Com
mittee of the Whole on the state OF the Union hay
had under consideration the state OF the Union gene
rally and particularly the bill Of this House. emit
tied "A bill reducing the duty on imports, and TO
other purposes" and have directed me TO report tn
same TO the House. with various amendments.
Il The SPEAKER says, Gentlemen, the Chairman
of the Committee of the Whole on the state OF tn
Union reports that the committee have had unde
consideration the state of the Union generally, ant
particularly the bill of this House, entitled bil
reducing the duty on imports, and for other pur
poses ;" and have directed him to report the same 4
, the House, with various amendments.
| The question is on concurring IN the amendments
and on ordering the bill to be engrossed for thru
reading
q Mr.. BOYD demanded the previous question.
Il Mr.. BRODHEAD moved that the bill and amend
ments be land on the table, and asked the yeas aaC
NAYS on that motion; which were ordered
, Mr.. STARKWEATHER inquired of the chair
whether, if the bill should be laid on the table,
could be taken up at any time by maJorlt,
voter
The SPEAKER would decide that question, h
said, when it properly came up.
Mr.. CHAPMAN, Of Maryland, asked to be ex
cused from voting the bill, and said that, at tn
request of his colleague, Mr.. LIGoN,l who ha
been sent for on account of the illness of his family
he had paired off with him. Ii was well known tha
he (Mr c. was opposed to the bill of the commit
tee and his colleague in favor of 1t, as declare
to him and their other colleagues, as well as to tn
: chairman of the committee, (Mr. MoKAr,l an
under the circumstances which called his cSlleagu
away or would have subjected him to most painfr
uncertainty if he had remained, he could not reus
7 the request which he himself would expect woul
be granted under like circumstances. He therefor
could not vote on the bill.
Mr.. G. was excused.
The question "Shall this bill be laid on the ia
be'" was then taken, and resulted as follows
Il YEAs-Messrs Abbott John Quincy Adams, Arno
Ashmun Barringer Bell, James Black 81 nehar
Brodhead. Milton Brown Burlington, william W Cam
ston, Crozier, Culver, Darragh Garrett Davis Dean
Dixon Dockery, Edsall, Erdman, John H. Ewing; ~
, Graham, order, Grinnell, Hampton, Harper, +.
Holmes John W Houston, Samuel D. Hubbard, Hudson
seph r. ingersOi jenkins Daniel King, Leb Levi
Levin, Long MCLEAN, McGaughey Mclienry MG,lyain
Ramsey, Ritter, julius Rockwell, John A Rockwell
Root, Runk Russell schenck, Seaman, Severance Tr'
%sH s" srohm Ot srks s% 5omaon Ben
, bo Vance, Vnton, Wheaton, White, winthrop Woourui
| Wright, Young. and Yost-96
NAYs-NIessrs. Stephen Adams, Anderson, Atkinson
Bayly Bedinger, Benton, Bggs, James A. Black, Bow
lin, Boyd Brinkerhoh Brockenbrough; William g
| Brown Burt Cathcart Augustus A.. Chapman, Rel
ben Chapman, Chase Chapman, Clarke, Cobb, ColliI
Cullom, Cunningham, Daniel, Dargan, Jefferson Davis
r De Mott, Dobbn, Douglass Dromgoole, Dunlap ELL
worth Faran, Ficklin Fries, Giles. Goodyear, Gordon
Grover Hamlin, HARRISON, Harmanson, Henley, Hilart
Hoge, Isaac Z. Holmes, Hopkins, Hough, George
Houston Edmund W, HUBBARD James B. Hunt Hun
err Jas. H. Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Andrew johnson
George w. Jones' Seaborn Jones' kaufman, Kennedy Pref
ton King, Lawrence, Leake La sere, Lumpkin, Maclay
McCl LELAND McClernand Mcconnell, McCrate, JOSEF
J. Nc DowelI James Mcdowell Mckay, John p Martin
Barclay Martini Morris Morse, Moulton, Norris Parish
Payne Perrill, Phelps, Pisbury, Reid, Relfe Rhet
Roberts, sawtelle, Sawyer Scammon, Seldom, Aexande
D. Sims Leonard H. Sims, Simpson Thomas Smith
Robert smith Stanton, Stark weather, St John, Strong
Jacob Thompson, Thurman, Tibbats, Towns, Tredway
Wick, Williams Wilmot, Wood, woodward and Vance
-li2.
f So the bill was not laid on the table
And the question recurring on the demand 70
the previous question, there was second.
And the main question FIRST on the amendments
and secondly on ordering the bill to a third reading
was ordered to be now taken.
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