The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-28
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.
l0rH VOLUME OF THE LAWS,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.
10TH yoLunI OF THE LAWS.
Mr.. RATHBUN, from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported the following resolutions
Rssolp.d That the Committee Of he Whole House OF
the state Of ths Union be discharged from the consolidation
Of the resolution reported BY the Committee the Judca
~ relating the purchase Of the 10Th volume OF the law
Of Congress that the whole subject be referred to h'
Snd they are hsTsSy' directed to purchase tie SAD Gti
voame Of such person persons will furnish the same
and the clerk Of this House is authorized and required tC
ioE said books out Of contingent fund Of the House
ported TO him by said committee.
Mr. WINTHROP briefly opposed the resolu'
ton.
Mr.. RATHBUN sustained it by II few words
and then moved the previous question.
Mr.. COBB asked him 10 withdraw It.
Mr.. RATHBUN declined.
And the question being taken, the affirmative vote
stood 80, noes not counted
SO there not a second.
And the question recurring on the adoption Of the
Mr.. COBB opposed it.
Mr. GORDON moved TO amend the resolution by
striking out all after the word resolved" and in.
sering:
"Ihs, select committee OF three be appointed to in
quIrt into the publication OF 10th volume OF the laws o
the ned states and Of the copy Of said laws author
lied BY the last Congress and to purchase the usual
ber copies OF said volume where they the
best at the lowest price,
Mr.. THURMAN made few remarks in favor
Of the original resolution.
MIR. BlGGS made some inquiries from Mr.. WIN
THRoP as to the present state of the publication by
Messrs. Little Il Brown; to which
Mr.. WINTHROP replied.
The question then taken the amendment
OF Mr. GORDON, and it was agreed to.
And, as thus amended, the resolution was adopt
ed
The following IL the committee appointed MeSsrs
GosDoN, Hupsos, and BELL.
REPORTS TRoM eOsDnrIEts.
Mr.. FOSTER, from the Committee on Roads and
Canals, reported bill making appropriations for
certain Improvements in the Territory Of Iowa,
which bill was read twice and committed.
THE MINI.
MIR. JOSEPH r. lNGERSoLL, from the Com
mlttee Of Ways and Means, reported the following
resolution!
Resolved That the Committee Of ways aud Means be dis
instr1ctnE them TO inquire expsdeney
United mint and it, branches all
sIgn coin which is may be- Owned BY the general
ernmen, into the legal coin OF the United States
PRIVATE.
Mr.. SrARKwEATHER, from the Committee
Invalid Pensions, made report upon the petition
OF Abraham Ansmen accompanied by bill for his
relief; which bill was read twice and committed.
Mr. BELL, from the same committee, made adj
reports upon the petitions Of y. Branch, J.
Klive, and ID. Towlei which reports were laid upon
The table.
On motion Of Mr.. B., ordered that the Com.
mittee on Invalid Pensions be discharged from the
consideration Of the petition of b. Cressey; and that
II be committed.
"A message from the Senate by Mr.. Dickns, their
secretary:
Mr.. SPEAKER: The Senate have passed a bill en-
titled an act for the relief Of George Wanting, in
which am directed to ask the concurrence Of the
House.
Mr.. ROBERT SMITH, by direction Of the Com.
mlttee Roads and Canals, moved that the memo
rial of Robert Mills, relative to his improved road
way be printed; which motion was agreed to.
CHESAPEAKE AND ONO CANAL.
Mr.. PERRY gave notice of motion for leave to
introduce bill to surrender the stock held by the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.
Mr.. BELL, from the Committee on Invalid PEN
sions, made reports upon the petitions of G Kelly,
B. Allen, and A Good win, accompanied by a report
In each case; which reports were severaly read and
committed.
On motion of Mr.. MoULToN, ordered tina, the
Committee on Invalid Pensions be discharged from
the consideration of the petitions of WIN: Brown,
n Cole, jr, A. Doughty, d. p. Perkins, B. G. Per-
kins, J. Sylvester, s. Page, J. Stanet, S. Thue, s.
Bladgett, J. Hangan, J. Dutton, and VIM. Pittman;
and that they be laid upon the table.
Mr.. GOODYEAR, from the Committee on In
valid Pensions made report upon the petition of J.
Dussean, accompanied by bill for his relief which
bill was read twice and committed.
On motion of Mr. G., by leave, ordered that the
petition Of Martha Olney be committed.
On motion of Mr. p. KING, ordered that the
the consideration of the petitions OF Moses Holden
Stephen Barton, David Sage, and John MITCHELL
also Sprague Daniel, Dugan Levi II. Parrish, Eli
phas c. Brown, Orinda Cooper, Otis F. Ladd VIM
stocum, and Giles London; and that they be laid
upon the table
Mr.. MoULToN, from the same committee,
made report upon the petition of John Campbell,
accompanied by bill for his relief which bill was
read twice, and committed
Mr. Nj. also, from the same committee, made adj
verse reports upon the petitions of B. Rowe, S. Cas-
WELL B. Wright, o. Herrick, NJ. Davis, and J.
Plummer; which reports were laid upon the table.
Mr.. PRESTON KING, from the Committee on
lnvahd Pensions, made report upon the petition
OF justin Jacobs, accompanied by bill for lis re-
lief; which bill was read twice, aud committed.
Mr. X also, from the same committee, made re-
port upon the petition of Daniel Pratt ACCOMPANIED
bya bill for his relief; which bill was read twice
and committed.
Mr. X. also, from the same committee. made adj
verse reports" upon the petitions Jonas d. Platt,
John lngrahan, VIM. FL. Wilson, Charles Wads-
worth, and March Harrington; which reports were
leid upon the table.
Mr. DELANo, from the Committee on Invalid
ehS.o's, mahe d report upon the petition of Suna-
mus Cobb, accompanied by bill for his relief,
which bill was read twice and committed.
Mr. ID. also, from the same committee, made adj
verse reports upon the petitions Of John Downs
George Norton, Daniel Morse, and Jared Gossage;
which reports were laid upon the table. d,
ra3 a THE INDIAN WARS.
Mr.. ATKINSON, from the COMMITTEE. On Rove
lutionary Pensions, to which was referred the bill
providing similar compensation for the officers
and soldiers who served in the Indian wars prior TO
the treaty of Greenvie, in 1885, as is now author
lied by law to be paid to the officers and soldiers of
the revolutionary wnr, reported the same without
passage Of the BILL ordered that the SAID bill be COM
mitted,
PRIVATE.
Mr. DELANO, from the Committee on Invalid
Pensions, made report upon the memorial of Thur