Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-06-22

Committee Of the Whole on the above bill.
Mr.. JONES moved to lay the resolution the table.
Mr.. BISSELL demanded the yeas and nays.
And pending the question the motion Of Mr. Josrs,
the House adjourned.
THURSDAY, JUNE 90, 1850.
The soldiers bouny-land bill again coming up,
Mr. billiard gave notice that at the proper time, ne
would move to amend the bill BY adding thereto the follow
ing proviso:
Provided That the persons to whom said lands are here
by granted shall actually occupy and cultivate the said lands Tor
the space of twelve months"
Mr. HARRISON resumed the debate, and spoke for about
of hour favor the BILL and in the course
of his remarks gave notice of his intention TO Offer at the pro-
per time if he fit, the following amendments TO
the BILL
Add the following section to the bills
land granted virtue OF this other law giving boun
ties Of land officers musicians and pr
shall be valid unless the contract or agreement
of attorney giving power sell convey shall have
been executed after the patents shall be issued and delivered
to the persons entitled thereto"
ssAlso, add the following the bill
"That all bounty land warrants certificates which may
hereafter be issued under the provisions OF the ninth section
the Of the 18th February ISl and under this shall be
issued located and patented in the OF the soldier VINO
performed the service whether living dead and such
shall the benefit Of the persons en-
tied to the same"
Mr. WATKINS then spoke about half an hour in favor Of
the bill.
The hour which the House had agreed to close the de-
bate having arrived
Mr. COBB Of Alabama availing himself Of the privilege
allowed to member reporting the measure under consdera-
on closed the debate by speech in defence Of the DILL
Mr. WHITE gave notice of his intention TO move to amend
the BILL the proper time, by moving the following as an ad-
ditonal section
"Sec. And be further enacted, That all land warrants
issued under by authority OF this act shall be for the sole
and benefit Of the persons therein named and their heirs
and shall transferable liable for debt but remain the
property of the aforesaid parties their heirs nalienabe
he said
from the day they issued otherwise said warrants shall be
void, and OF no effect"
The question then taken on the first amendment moved
by Mr. MCDONALD yesterday, viz. Strike out the third line
Of the original bill Gas printed above) the words for Pc
Rod Of six months and over,p and it was agreed TO.
Mr. MEADE moved to amend the bill by striking out the
word "volunteer," before the word company, In the
third line.
Debate ensued by Messrs. MEADE, VENABLE, Nc
LEAN, Of Kentucky, GIDDINGs, ToOMBs, and sA-
WAGE.
Mr. GOODENOW said that, if the bill to pass in any
shape, he decidedly in favor OF the amendment offer
ed by the honorable gentleman from Virginia 1t must not
be forgotten that there during the OF 1917 class OF
regiments for which this bill does not provide unless amend
ed proposed He alluded to the gears men, as they were
then called Congress passed act in January, 1919 by
which the President authorized to raise such number Of
regiments of infantry, not exceeding twenty in his judg
necessary for the public service to be enlisted to
serve for year. Several regiments organized under
the act 10 which he had referred, to Northern
frontier and there did much efficient and hard service Among
them the sd and 34h regiments from Maine Now,
unless these men, and this class men, shall be provided for
be could not for the bill would be gross injustice to
exclude them.
The debate was continued by Messrs. STANTON, Of
Kentucky, McMULLEN, and MARSHALL.
Mr.. MARSHALL gave notice of the following amend
men, which was accepted by Mr. MEADE
"Strke all after the words that each noncommisson-
ed officer musician and private down the words in the
with Great Britain, and insert, .who enlisted and
into the regular service of the OF the United
States or who was mustered into said as member OF
any company corps detachment OF volunteers, militia or
and who served for period OF ninety days or longer
who engaged for that length Of time though in
fact sooner discharged by public authority"
Mr.. KERR after five minutes speech, asked Mr. MAR
accept the following modification Of bis (Mr
M.'s) amendment ....
.sTogether with all such persons actually in battle
skrmsh, who may have served on board any aola
The modification accepted.
Further debate ensued, which was participated In oy
Messrs. FEATHERsToN, DUNHAM, TAYLOR, and
HUBBARD. t.
Mr. HUBBARD desired to offer the following amendment,
which, he said had been accepted by Messs MEADE and
MARSHALL, in lieu Of their own amendments
Insert after the word ssthat," Immediately following the
enacing clause, the following:
The benefits and rights conferred by the ninth section Of
entitled An act raise for limited tme an addl-
tional military force and for other purposes approved Feb
ruary S4 shall be and the hereby extended in
manner as follows: that ISL
Amend by striking all after the words that each
commissioned Olce musician, anu private,
"Who served in the regular army in any company or
command OF volunteers rangers militia in the Indian in
the northwest prior the treaty of Greenve 1894 in
the late with Great Britain Indian between
the 1918 and 1872 twelve months shall be
titled bounty of l60 OF land who served six
months 80 who served sixty days 40
acres Provided Always, That said non-commissoned Off
Ger, musician private has received bounty OF land
heretofore and shown have been dshonoraby dis
charged by the rolls Pol That the bounties here
granted shall be subject the rules descent
scrbed by the aforesaid act and the amendao Of
the same Provided, further, That no treasury scrip as
authorized by said of February H. 1S4 shall be autho
rized or issued under this act" .a.
Mr. JONES raised the question of order that the above
amendment substitute for the BILL and that there
| one amendment substitute already pending No two
| substitutes were in order at the same time.
The CHAIRMAN ovenuled the point of order, the
ground that the amendment Of Mr. HUBBARD was not q
| substitute. "" :
Mr.. JONES appealed from this decision. a
Pending the question on the appeal ... s..
On motion Of Nh. BAYLY, the committee and re-
ported progress.
And the House adjourned. WI,
| FRIDAY, JUNE 81, 1850.
The same subject being again under consideration
And thereupon the House went into Committee Of the
Whole on the state Of the Union, r RcHARpsoS Of Hi
nos in the char and resumed the consideration of the bill
providing for soldiers Of the Of 1872 1913. 1874 and
rda) Semnoean of 1885, 1886, &C., and the war,
known Gen. Waynes Of 1892 to l795, that have not
heretofore been provided for.
The question pending yesterday when the committee rose
appeal taken from the decision Of the Chair by Mr.
JoSEs, that amendment offered by Mr.. HUBBARD was
in order Mr. JoNEs contendng that it substitute and
that there being another substitute pending Chat of Mr. Al