The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-10
IN CONGRESS- OF THE U. STATES.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY s. 1850.


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
After prayer, the reading OF the journal having been
' Mr.. JACOB THOMPSON moved that il be dispensed
with; but members obecng, the Clerk proceeded with
the reading of the journal TO its conclusion.
Mr.. WALLACE. rising to privileged question, cor
rected newspaper report Of motion made by him yes
Mr. BROWN. OF Mississippi, asked the unanimous
consent Of the House for the Introduction OF joint esolu-
ons which were read for the information OF the House,
JOINT RESOLUTIONS providing Tor the distribution of
documents 70 the several counties in the United States
Uni.sd State. of %mrie@ N Congress as,smtd, That
whenever any document shalt hereafter be printed by
distribution among the several counties in ihe United
States copies Of said document which
rom oshsf doeamsn.s, and bound il tho same manner as
other Documents and be delivered q the Secretary Of the
shall be the duty the Secretary and Clerk aforesaid 70
70 ss cs q as
and II there be Clerk then 70 the person having the
Be Il further rssolusd Thar no greater sum shall be paid
for printing binding said documents than s or may here
after be paid for printing or binding other extra documents
Mr. ROOT objected so the resolutions not intro
duced
MI BURT called for the regular order Of business; ;
The SPEAKER stated the first business in order to be
the question on the motion of the gentleman from Ohio,
Mr.. SCHENcKl to suspend the rules for the ntroduc
ton Of motion 70 60 INTO Committee oi tne whole on
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the joint resolution limiting the expense OF collecting
the revenue from customs for the present fiscal year.
s beng @oea e
self into Committee OF the Whole on the state OF the
Union, MI. Porter in the chair
By direction Of the CHAIR, the Clerk reported the
amendment tc the said joint resolution proposed by the
gentleman from Ohio, [Mr VMToN,l as follows:
Strike all of the first section after the enactng clause,
and insert;
That the operation OF so much of the approved third
March, eighteen hundred and forty nine, entitled An act
sources 10 paid Immediately into the ireasny without
abatement reduction and for other purpose, provides
shall not exceed the Of million five hundred and
sixty thousand dollars annum together with such sums
labor and storage be suspended until the close OF
present Of Congress- unless Congress shall sooner
By direction Of the CHAIR the amendment to be pro-
posed BY the gentleman from Mississippi mr. THoMp-
SOM was also reported, as follows:
Strike all of said amendment after the word "fory
nine, !" in line five, and inserts
The following sums be, and the hereby, appro-
prated the second half OF the fiscal ending 30h
For the expenses of collecting the revenue, s7soooo
Additional expenses occasoned by the warehousng sys
Expenses Of new districts in Texas, Oregon. &c s25OOo
Expenses o. new Sis.e a IN ~ Sn.os.
Together with such in addition as may be received
for carriage, dnyage labor, and storage
Mr.. THOMPSON, Of Mississippi, being entitled to the
foor said that in the portion OF his hour consumed
UG1Ole,
another gentleman, Mr TooMBsl he should be compel
led during the remainder OF his allotted time, to suffer no
Interruptions Upon one point at least General Taylor
was specific and definite In his annual message he said
81 recommend the observance of sc, economy in the
appropriation and expenditure OF public money"
Concurring heartily in this sentiment, Mr.. T should
far sustain the present administration. Strict economy
was its duty well that OF the House Ithad uniform
been advocated by every President An urgent demand
E is this morning made upon us from outside OF the
hall pass these resolutions, which should be styled
bill for the relief OF the Treasury Department What is
the immediate necessity for the passage OF this b Has
not the Secretary money enough at to pay the en-
hgton papers say that the treasury out Of money and
consequently that those collecting the revenue cannot
be paid This true The Secretary himself has shown
il TO be false, and should not weigh upon our minds
in deciding upon the proposition before the committee.
The law oil s49 entirely changed the ysem Of appro
priatons for collecting the revenue Previously, the
Customs revenue not placed in the treasury before
the officers collecting il had been paid thus evading the
constitutional provision that money shall be drawn
from the treasury until appropriated BY law l. was then
consultation By the law OF is49 all revenue, coming
into the hands Of collecting officers, is supposed to be
in the treasury. .
Now, this aw limiting the expenses Of collecting the
revenue went into operation on the 30th oil June lS49
Its 6rst section provides that
From and amer the aoh day Of June, 1919, the gross
Of public lands and from all miscellaneous sonrces Tor
the use Of the United states. h, all oe paid ey tns oser 2,
Sates ealy day as pracicsbe, without any abate-
deduction account OF salary fecs costs charges,
| expenses, claim Of any description Whatever"
The third section points out the duties OF the Secretary
| as follows:
"It shall be the duty Of tho Secretary Of the Treasury
submit Congress the Of the rcgur
Of appropriations which be required
the Of collecting the
customs from the public lands Tor the second half OF
fiscal year. and separate estimates for the said
pose, i, Gina, Is 20 say remarked Mr. To "irom year to
year thereafter"
And the fourth section is in the following words:
"That much money as may be necessary to pay the
expenses collections referred the preceding
4 ~ incairg the first half Of the vert fiscal year, and
until specific appropriations TOR the objects shs be made
by Congress- be- and the heeby appropriated out
Of June Is49 under the direction Secretary thereof
oonformaby 20 law aud regulation"
And TO this section CONTINUED Mr. T) is added the
following proviso
Prordsd That the expenses OF collecting the
from shalt thereafter exceed the Of
million five hundred and sixty thousand dollars annum,
together with such under the law paid into the
treasury fos drayage carriage labor and storage, and In
Now does not this law require all revenue to be paid
into the treasury from the Both Of June ist9 going into
effect the next day The Secretary says that under the
limitation OF this law, Of 81 650o00 for the years ex.
penses in the rst six months he expended Sl29 ,S97,
leaving only S26s 03 for the last months OF the fiscal
year. But the Secretary rejects my Interpretation OF this
law. The Attorney General and himself profess 10 hold
that the law did go into effect until January 1s 1885,
and consequently that up TO that dale be might spend,
for the collection OF the revenues without limit He claims
that from January ls to June 30h 1885, he may spend
S7s0,0o0 and the Secretary admits that he has that
amount in hand, and calls il insufficient for the expense
OF the collection OF the revenue for the last half OF the
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