The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-16
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS-,
House of Representatives.
WARRINGTON. July
THE GRADUATION mn

THE GRADUATION BILL
Inc SPEAKER stated the question to be on reconsider
ing the vote by which the question on the bin AM
amendments had been ordered to be put
MIR. Mckay withdrew the motion and moved n call ~
the House. W
The SPEAKER informed him tina, call was not now ir
order.
Mr. SMITH, Of Connecticut, TO acoomnIisb su;,or oh
Ject-to allow time for members to arrve-moyed thai
me House adjourn and asked for the yeas and nay
gatye--yeas 6. nays Ia3.
The question was stated agreeing to the amendment
10 the amendment, OF Mr. Mckay; when
Mr. McGAueHEY asked TO he excused from voting and
gave as reason, that he had paired off
Mr. ScHE~cK-i move to reconsider the vote by which
the House refused to adjourn.
The SrsAksR-The motion is out OF order
Mr schtNox1i believe no intervening business has
oeen transacted After pause MIR Speaker be-
heve no intervening business has been transacted and
therefore suppose my motion is in order
The srsaKER-fhc vote by which the House refused
TO adjourn cannot be RECONSTRUCTED
Mr. seHsscK i believe III appeal Laughter
me Inc Speaker rose to put the question when
tlemen an opportunity 10 come in
Ise ePt,k1A-fhe gentleman appeals from the de.
eison oil ne chair. and demands tue yeas and days
daughter
The Question Shall the decision of the chair stand
as the judgment Of the House was put and decided In
the sfiirmativo-Yeas l63 naysl
The yeas and nays then taken ON the amend
ment Ia The amendment offered by MIR Mckay. viz -
that lands which shall have offered for sale for 20
years on LIST Dec 1916 shall be 81 an acre for
nve ears then subject to entry at seventyfve
another tenn OF five years, az 80 cents for third
term Of i've wears Inc quantity of land
any one Upon every reduction in the prices
lands which shall take place by graduating process
the occupants or settlers of the lands shall have
the right OF presumption such graduated or reduced
prices, which right shall extend period Of months
from and alter the dates at which the respective gradua
tons shall take place and any land by
respective occupants settlers within that period shall
be liable to be entered by any other person
until the next graduation reduction in price shall take
place. when it shall. II not previously pu chased be
again subject 10 the right of presumption for months
before and from time time said cton
shall take place. Provided That nothing this act con.
tanned shall he construed to interfere with any right
which has accrued may by virtue any act
granting prescriptions to actual settlers upon the public
This amendment, of Mr.. Mckay, to the amendment of
Mr. Cobb (Which proposed, lands market years
dollar fifteen years seventy two cents twenty
years fifty cents twenty 6ve twenty-five acre)
was agreed to--leas 90, nays So.
The senate bill proposed-lands ten years in market
March l. 1871, dollar acre Till 1850 then Sc.
venty-aye GEMS M 1893 hy cents till 1856 aud TWEEN
The sprikrr announced tina; the question now occur
Mckay. y ''''
Mr. HorxIS, understand the question to bs ,b;, III,
amsndme mt just agreed to strikes Mr. Cobb amend
ment and adopted, will take the place the senate
The srrAxnn-That will be the effect
The question taken and decided in the aflrrna.
tve-ieas 90, nays IS SO the the amendment OF Mir
Mckay, as given above, was adopted
The question stated agreeing 10 the Sc.
nate biii amended by Mr. Mckay and il was de.
cidsd in the s rmativeYeas 81 nays 3d. as follows =
Ysn.-stepnen Adams, Miss; Thomas ii. BayIy Va ,
Henry Bedinger, Val Asa Biggs, N. C James < Black,
8. CT James BowIin, Mo Linn Boyd, KY; VIM RI.
Brocksnbreugh, ia; William o. Brown, Va; Armistead
Burt 3. C Charles w Catncart, la; Augustus A. Chap
man, Va, Reuben Chapman, Ala Lucisn b. Chase.
Tsnnj John Chapman, Mich; Henry y CLARK, n. l.;
Howell Cobb, Ga; John Collin, N. T.; Alvan Cullom
Tenn; Joho D. Cummins Ohio, Francis A Cunning am
Ohioj John r. j. Daniel, n c.; Edmund s. Dargan Ala
James e. Dobbn, NJ G; Stephen A Douglass, Ill Geo.
c. Dromgoole, Va Robert I. Dunlap, Me; James j.
Faran. Onio; Orlando B. Fickn III George Fries Ohio;
William h. Giles, Md Hannibal Hamlin Me; Hugh A.
HARRISON, Ga Thomas J. Henley, la; Joseph r. aogo
III, George w. Hopkins, Va William j. Housh NJ
George . Houston, Ala; Edmund w. Hu6ard, Va
Robert VI L. Hunter, Va James II. johnson, N n; An.
drew Johnson, Tenn; George w Jones, Tenn; Kauf
msoi shsiton 2. Leske Va: Emile La sere, La; Tho.
mas w. Lyon Md; William b. Maclay, N. "; Robert
MoClsians, Mich John A. McfIernand, Ill; Felix @.
MoConneli Ala John d. McCrste Me; Joseph J. Nc.
Dowsii ONO; James Mcdowell, Va; James J. Mckay,
Nc John r Martin KY; Barclay Martin, Tenn; 10.
ssph motifs ONO, Isaac h. Morse, La; Mace Moulton
y. H.; Moses Norris, N. H.; Robert Dale Owen, la
Issao Parish. Ohio; William W Payne, Ala; Augustus
L. Psrrill, Ohio; John 5. Phelps Mo-. Pllsburs, Ds.
yid 8. Reid, y. c.; James n Relic Mo; n BsynweII
Me; William sawyer, Ohio; John h scammon S,s ,
James A. Seldom, va; Alexander d. sims - q" nc,
nard H. Sims, ,lo Richard H. Simpson, s. C.: Tbomas
Smith, Ia Robert smith, ILL.,; Frederick r stan,on
Tens David A. stark weather, Onio; stephen strony
NJ T., jacob Thompson, Miss Allen o. rhurnsn
0nio; Jsha w. Tibbasts. XVI William NJ Tredwsy Va,
Joha Wentworth, I'LL; William w. Wick, Ia; Hsrekiah
WILLIAMS, Me-; Joseph A. woodward, o. c William
rsncsy, Alsbama-Yess o.
Nsr'-Amss Abbott. Meas; Jobs Quincy Adams