Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-09-28

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shall accrue between the regular and the called session.
that he inserted it will be reasonable and right The
person who remains here will receive eight dollars per day.
provided his mesge would than that for
the period between the sessions If it would amount to less
let him 90 home The who resides at greater distance
ought not 70 be kept here for thirty days.
The question fing taken the amendment to the amend
ment, it was rejected.
The question then required on the motion to amend the
bill b striking the clause proposed by the Senator from
The yeas and nays being taken on the moto resulted
follows
YEAS-Messrs Atchison, Badger, Berrien Clarke Davis
Foote, Greene, Gwia, Hale Houston Jones' Mangum Nor
ton. Norris, Rusk, Sebastian Soule, and Yulee-2l.
NAYs-Messrs Iarnwell, Bell, Benton, Bright, Butler,
Cas Chase, Clay Dawson Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge of
Wisconsin, Dodge Iowa, Ewing, Fech, Hamin, Hunter,
King, Mason, Peare. Seward Smith, spruance. Under
wood, Wales Walker, Whitcomb, and Winhrop-2S.
So the motion to strike out was rejected
Mr.. BADGER move an amendment, which wish TO
have come IN at the twelfth line after the word "doars
ask the attention o. the Senate while state the necessity
for it. BY the third section of the Of 1918, fixing the
compensation OF members Of Congress, it is provided
"That the said eompenss which shall be due to the
members OF the Senate, shall be certified by the President
thereo and that which shall be due
delegates shall be certified by the Speaker and the
shall be passed as public accounts and paid of the public
treasury"
The question then taken on the amendment and it
adopted
on Commerce to offer the following amendment
For providing f-boats life-boas and other
lite and property shpwrecked the coast
the control and direction Of the Secretary Of the
sury.''
/ This ID matter which the Committee on Commerce
have thoroughly considered 1t has been the practice for the
last few years appropriate that auxiliary the light
house System 1t has been found very servceabe and has
been the of saving many lives have no more to say
! The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. KING ask the attention of the Senate to an amend
which propose to come in at line 974. Iii change
the amount Of the appropriation which made in that section
of the BILL by striking out fifty" and inserting hum
dred" The appropriation is made fo the purchase of site
and the erection OF new custom house at Mobile, and for
the purchase Of lot which it to ,e built. It is
tain for the accommodation of e post Office and also
for the district of the United Saes It must be appa
every Senator, that is utterly impossible purchase
lot and erect such building will the purpose of
that city, the largest Hhe amount Of il commercial business
Of any city south of Baltimore except New Orleans. The
appropriation in the bill for the continuation Of the
house Charleston is hundred thousand dollars. Weap-
propaed last session hundred thousand dollars for the pu
chase of lot there. All ask Of Congress- is to give
hundred thousand dollars which to b applied both for the
purchase Of lot and the erection Of building Even with
that appropriation, shall only be ab to erect very ne
ror building but not dsposedto ask for extavagant
appropriations, hope this amendment will be agreed to-
4 The amendment was agreed to.
i Mr. KING. Inasmuch appropriations have been made
for the construction Of for holding the district courts OF
the United States, offer the following amendment;
"For constructing in the city of Montgomery, Alabama
for the district court of the United States and for
a post Office, 5000"
have information that the rentof in Montgomery
lis very great Owing its being town and the seat
of government the United States district courts frequently
unable, when the State courts in session. TO obtain suit
able This is small appropriation, and have
doubt that the citizens of Montgomery, in order to have
suitable building for the purposes named would contribute
considerable in addition to this appropriation. Ihope this
amendment will prevail.
Mr. DOWNS. Precisely the same objections to this APP
proprIa0n exist which made regard to the appro
paion asked for the other day N Cincinnati and 81 Louis
Mr. BRIGHT. desire to inquire whether it is the policy
Of this Government to build conthoucs and post Offices in
the various States of this UnioS its Beg to say that
there is Stae in the Union in which they e
sary than in my The civil authorities Of the State Of
Indiana subjected to very great Inconvenience 10
modang the district and circuit courts of the United States
object this amendment because believe to be wrong
principle. If is adopted, shall be compelled to ask as
much for Indiana has been asked for any other State
would not begin with sskng for post Offices any other
buildings which did not believe connected themselves with
the public service, but precedent is to be set then shall
ask that shall have much any other State in the
| Union.
dure Of the public money unless believed be absolutely
necessary Whether the precedent be good not, it
has already been Appropriations Of that kind have been
made. They were made for the city Of New Orleans
OHeIeu Ne ioHoWiuB rs amcnuiutnt W to
amendment:
tsAnd like sum of $4,000 like purpose for each of
the States Of the Union the capital of which courthouse
and posoce have been built at the expense of the Uni
ted States.o
Mr. MANGUM. | should like to understand from the
chairman of the Committee Finance what the probable
condition Of the Treasury think have gone far enough
in such appropriations this. am perfectly wiling where
these facilities cannot be afforded in the different States, to
extend them But in the State which have the honor
present. ever since the adoption Of the federal constitutions
the federal courts have been accommodated the
Of the State judiciary. The dea imagine entered
the head of any man in that State that the Government should
be put to the expense Of erecting hiring buildings. My
friend and colleague Mr. BADGER who is conveTsant
with the than am testify that the United States
have been accommodated frequently at the expense of
the convenience of the State courts.
The amendment to the amendment was rejected. The
amendment also rejected.
Mr.. WALKER move to amend the bill by adding
the following, at line 1875
"For the salary of John Catn Secretary and Acting
Governor Of Wisconsin Territory from the 10th day of june
84s to the 4h day Of March, 849 being eight months and
twenty-five days. the rate OF 81 500 per annum 1898 IT,
The amendment was agreed TO-
Mr. SOULE have been reminded by my colleague in
the other House-the member from the first Congressional
district Of Louisana (Mr La SERE)-that through mis-
conception on the part Of the Committee of Ways and Means
of the reouisiton made by the Treasury Department for the
custom house now in progress of construction at New Or
leans sum Of one hundred thousand dollars only had been
appropriated BY the bill before hold in my hand note
explanatory Of 10 which the chairman Of the Com
mittee of WAYS and Means in the other House Mr BArLT
has addressed the chairman of the Committee Finance Of
the Senate The fact is that the appropriation, it stands