Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-05-11
THE SEVENTH CENSUS.
HoUsE or RKfREsrsrArIvrs, MAY 8, 1850.

HOUSE OF RkrREsEsrArIvEs, MAY 8, 1850.
The House resumed tho consideration of the census BILL
and the amendments reported thereto fom the Committee Of
the Whole, on which separate vote had been asked.
The following Is the st amendment, which the House
had yesterday demsnded separate vote
Strike out the words and when the does
the whole exceed the FIVE hundred dollars
reasonable allowance for clerk hire shall be made
whereof shall be BY the Secretary of the INTERIOR
the Interior shall renderto tn,
sha the Territories such compensation for their services
| he shall deem just and equitable"
This amendment agreed to.
The next amendment is follows
Strike out the words Provided hopeper That all print
ing except the blank tables shall be executed according
the fifteenth section OF the act approved the eighteenth May
eighteen hundred and ortytwo the Census Board shall
have charge oprntng said blanks " and lieu
the following "And to enable him the better to discharge
these dues he hereby authorized required to appoint
suitable and competent experimenting Clerk
shall under his direction, have the general management Of
matters apperainne Thereto with the nryi,eee 81 nL;
and receiving free OF charge all official documents
connected herewith and the said Secretary shall also ap-
point such clerks and other officers necessary
time to time for the efficient management of said
And the compensation to be allowed and paid the officers
connected with the Census Office shall be follows for the
Superntendng Clerk two thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, full for his services and for other assistants and
clerks the compensation usually paid for similar services to
be fixed and allowed by the Secretary the Interior Provided
That salary subordinate clerk under this section shall
exceed the sum OF one thousand dollars per annum The
be prepared and executed under the direction the
Board the other printing hereafter to be executed Con-
This amendment also agreed to.
The next amendment proposes to strike out the following
section:
sec 81. .4nd belt further enacted That, order to give
10 coatract with the lowest bidder for the necessary prepaa
tory printing by ten days notice. instead Of the time
sy and n% further in for Ia
press the returns, when made many additional clerks
and OF such grade as may be necessary allowing to each
nfh
but in no case exceeding the usual rate for similar
services"
This amendment agreed to-
The next amendment that of Mr. VINToS to add the
following additional section to the bill:
BE further enacted That if law be passed providing
for the taking OF the eighth any other subsequent Of
when by the constitution the enumeration Of the nhab
of the United States required aken such
shall be taken, in all things in conformity the provisions
of this act.
This amendment was agreed to. ~ .s'
The House then proceeded to consider the second rpo
siton offered by Mr. VINToS, and which the committee had
reported to the House, viz
And be ii further enacted That, from and after the third
day OF March, 1885, the House of Representatives shall be
composed of two hundred MEMBER be apporoned among
the several States in the directed in the section
this act.
Ind be further enacted That, the each
subsequent enumeration the inhabitants Of the several States
directed the ohe United States be shall
be completed and returned to the Office of the Department OF
the Interior shall be the duty ohe Secretary of the Interior
the aggregate population of the Uni
ted States by adding the whole number OF all
the States including those bound service for years.
and excluding Indians taxed threehs Of all other per-
which aggregate population he shall divide by the
Der 20o and the product DIVISION rejecting any fraction
OF unit any such happen to remain shall be the ratio
States under such enumeration and the said Secretary of
Department OF the Interior shall in
ascertain the population of each State and
divide the whole number of the representative population
each State by the ratio already determined him. d
rected the product ot last division shall be the number
the apporoned State under the
Provided That the number of MEM
bers caused the fractions remaining in the several States
assigning to States having the largest fractions
additional member each for its acon may be ssay
make the whole number Of representatives 2oO find pro
aso hat H. alter the apporuonment OF the representatives
under the any subsequent census State States
shall be admitted into the Unon the representative repre-
sentatves assigned such State States shall be
ion to the number of herein above limited
which OF two hundred shall only
continue until the next succeeding of
atives under the next succeeding census .....
BE it further enacted That when the Department Of the
Interior shall have apporoned the Representatives in the
above directed among the several States under the
next succeeding enumeration Of the inhabitants of the
United States he shall practicable make and
transmit under the seal OF his Office the House of Repre-
enaves certificate OF the number of members apporoned
each State under the then last enumeration; and shall
i've of each State certificate his seal Office the
Of members aportoned such State under such last
Mr.. THOMPSON, Of Pennsylvania, had moved to amend .
n the third line, the words 9 thirty three"
The question being agreeing to the amendment to the
Mr.. STEPHENS, Of Georeia asked the yeas and nays |
which ordered, and being taken Yeas 49,
hays rs.
The question recurring agreeing to the amendment
mended-
Mr. VINTON said that he would suggest the House that
he amendment just passed would make proper insert the
words thirty three" wherever the words two HUNDRED
occurred.
The SPEAKER said that it could only be done by unan-
nous consent.
Mr.. TOOMBs objected
The question then taken agreeing to the amend
nen amended and it agreed to by the following vote
YEAS-Messrs. Albertson, Alexander, Baker, Bennett
Bingham Bocock Booth Breck, Briggs, Albert G. Brown,
8uel, Burrows Chester Butler, Cable, Joseph r Caldwell,
Calvin, Campbell Carter Casey, Chandler Clarke Cleve
and Conrad, Corwin, Crowel, Deberry Dckey, Dixon,
Duncan, Durham, Durkee Nathan Evans. Fitch Fowler,
Gentry, Got, Could Grinnell, Haoway, Harlan Hay, Hay
nond, Hbbard, Hoagland, Hunter VIM. I. Jackson, A.
Johnson, James Johnson Jones, Julian, Kaufman Kerr
Daniel p King, George G. King, James G. King, Jno A.
King p King, La Sere, Levin, Horace Mann, Job Manu.
Maeson, Mcdowell, McLanahan Robert NJ. McLane, Nc
Morse Morton, Nelson, Newell Ogle OTIS Outlaw, Peas
lee, Pman, Potter Powell, Putnam Reed Reynolds, Ris
ley, Robbins Rockwell Root Rose, Rnmsey Schenck School
,raf seddon Sheppard, Sprague, Frederick p Stanton
Alex Ii. Stephens Steson Strong Taylor, Jacob Thomp
son. James Ihomp.on John B Thompson, Toombs, Tuck,
sey Wildrck, Wilson, Winthrop Wood-1t5.
NAYS-Messrs. Aston, Anderson, AISLE, Averett Bay,
syly, Bisse Bowdon, Bowlin, Boyd, William j. Brown,
Thomas b. Butler, g. A. Caldwell Clingman, w. Il. w.
Cobb, Conger Dmmick, Duer Edmundson Ewing Feather
on Fuller Gerry, Gorman Green, Hall, Haralson, Isham