The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-05-15

that il an is committed, may be corrected II ex-
Pedlles the business and OF delay.
hope we shall concur in the amendment OF the House
Inc question being taken upon concurring IN the
The next amendment % N the House the committee re-
ported against agreeing to, and is as follows:
SEC. s. line Strike out all afer the word "duty' to
the end OF the secon and insert; He shall carefully
anime whether the returns of each assistant marshal be
are detected the same 20 be
He shall dispose Of the OF the required from
lows: he shall orthwirh the Secretary
OF the lnero and the other copy thereof he sha
10 which his dsct belongs He shall classify and de,sf-
mine the rate OF compensation 10 be paid each assistant
The final approval of the Secretary of The Interior HI shall
from time time make himself acquainted with the pro-
his duties, and OF inability arising from
sickness or otherwise, appointa substitute"
Mr.. DAWSON. | submit. sir, to the conn nlttee
whether is not prudent at this time to agree to the
amendment made by the House OF Representatives The
proposition to strike Out all that part of the section
which requires marshas to cause to be copied
deRsed report OF their statistics, and have left the
county court OF record and sent to the secretary of the
State, and to have them bound The copying would be
an immense labor--very heavy, indeed As stated on
OF New York. would be immense and to copy them three
times would be extraordinary labor, indeed tits late
now in procuring the that after having taken
we shall scarcely have time to have returned through
the United States before the meeting of the next
OF Congress Under the circumstances submit whether
/ not best to agree to the proposition OF the House of
Mr. DAVIS, of Massachusetts,. will state to the
senator from Georgia. Mr. DAWSON that do not under
regard 10 the number OF copies that three copes-the
original and two copies besdes-w be the result, as
suppose from the amendment proposed by the House,
well three copies the original BILL provided for by
the Senate understand the provisions to be concdent
Mr.. DAWSON, lin his seat And binding.
senator suggests, the binding The objection does moi
lie in the number of copies This is q redraft of the
main features OF the 5th and 9Th sections of the bill IT,
however, makes some difference its provisions The
original bill provides that the returns, when made shall
be examined, and, errors exist they shall be corrected
This amendment requires that where discrepancies shall
occur the marshal shall require the 10 be corrected
Now think the broader provision is the better II
errors OF any sodiscrepances notare detected they
should be corrected Now the original bill Of the Senate
provides that returns shall be made the head of the
department-to the Secretary of the Interior. This
amendment provides that shall be returned the super
asadent mi Of the census They provide afterwards in the
census. There seems TO obvious propriety in
turning il to the head OF the department There this
amendment proposes that those who take the censes shall
deposte with the of record OF the copies The
original bill Is, thai the marshal shall reexamne all the
the Interior and that he shall depose one in the court OF
record in the county where his division is, and that he
shall depose one among the records Of the Stale where
be conveniently done shall be bound Well the PROPOSE
ton OF the House oms the binding II max the return
TO the supervisor OF the instead Of 10 the Secretary
OF the Interior, and requires HIM deliver one OF his
copies TO the county court That is the provision
sined in the bill Well the senator from South Carolina
lMr. BuTLxRl says with truth, they have no county
courts in South Carolina The same thing is true 10
some other OF the States and II therefore, impossible
TO fulfil this requirement According the original bill.
county; and, on the whole, while the committee have
no particular attachment 10 any phraseology. they think
that the bill il passed through the Senate is better
both by the Senate and the House than il il as amended
They recommend, therefore, retain the original ovi
sion as il was passed in the Senate.
MIR. DAVIS, OF Mississippi | think that the amend
ment Of the House OF Representatives avoids what is
considered great dcalty-so much delay, particularly
that which results from requiring the marshas TO exam
the returns each district hold that the marshal
would be generally unable TO correct any that
might creep into the eturns other than discrepancies
TO FORM The amendment of the House therefore very
proper II confines him to examination of that point
He ought not to 60 beyond that Certainly he is not
competent 10 examine the returns of these assistants
throughout large State, and correct the of those
returns Errors creep into the returns OF deputy
sha., which can only be corrected within the counties
in which the returns made The records Of such
counties w IN many instances enable such corrections
for making such corrections The other part of the pro-
vision is quite proper The marshal should see whether
The na have COMPLIED With WI the esm and
be bound, the State chooses That the expense
OF binding and the greater expense of transportation
bat upon the other pan with the delay which would
suit from the examinations, the binding and the trans
mission, doubt very much whether more than two
years would not elapse before these returns would be
received by the Department OF the Interior
Mr.. DAVIS, of Massachusetts,. have but word
say in reply. These returns viii be unquestonably
imperfect with all the and attention which may
be able to throw around them Our object has been
simply render them correct possible, and there
fore have required the marshal 10 look them,
that an error oecurs he may perhaps detect and cor
posite works OF this kind in the courts Of record there
proprey in putting them in such form that they
might be bound and open for reference TO the public,
for whose benefit they intended. do wish 10
occupy the time OF the Senate by insisting upon matter
OF comparatively small Importance; but the committee
thought. and cannot help thinking they right that
the original provision Is more appropriate than the
House dment
The question being then taken upon the amendment,
il was not concurred IN.
Mr.. DAVIS, OF Mississippi explained that some OF the
around him had mistaken the effect OF the vo,e
and in voting had supposed they were voting for the
House amendment. He therefore hoped that the vote
might be reconsideted
The question being taken upon the motion to recon-
sIder, IL was agreed TO.
And the House amendment was then concurred in on
division-ayes 2, noes IL.
The question was next stated upon the amendment
made by the House, striking the 9th section of the
bill, which as follows:
SKc g. dud BE- a further enacfsd. That each marshal
shall, throughout his dsirci, maintain wschal per-
vision Of his asssansk ping them up their duty and h
he stall appoint others in the of such
up the work and huisb 1t and when each subdivision
u q compiete and satisfactory thereof
made, repaired 10y this act marshal therefor shall
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