The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-18
TO substitute Tor the I'd secton of the bill the amended
proposition OF Mr. Porrgs. as follows: II.al-Ts

proposition OF Alr, PorrEs. as follows: ..lsIt-
Sto A"d bsa further enacted There shalt be charged
oa sos saS saSa vsy oss p.phs psods. .sa,
shall be unconneced with auy pt OF written mat
ter and which 1t may be lawful transmit through the
mail of greater wes two ounces one cent, Sd
Tor each additional ounce o fraction OF ounce
deemed maabe matter ileer the provisioas al this sss
lion. Provided Tia, new.p,pers delivered m The Sat.
% T%s assos % De ~s n
postage shall be charged newspaper mailed
niles Of The pace wss prnaa Posdsa ss ffiss fs.s
The free circulation of newspapers within the county OF
place oi publication, hecen before provided shalt bs
conhnad actual Subscribers receiving their papers from
cent shan be dedas,ed on, The pos.ase Oh zines.
when thar postage shall be prepaid" .#s-
Which was agreed to- ta ssls
The question recuued on agreeing 10 the third amend
menl, TO strike out the third section OF the original bill
and insert Mr. PorTER's substitute thereto, as follows
'sEo B. lind DC huih enaeted Tha, il shall be lawful
to - the mint Of tae United s,ses, and branches
lhree-lndredhs Of dola TO be composed Of three
ourhs SILVER and oeonnh corpar aud TO weigh twelve
grains and hreeeshts OF gram that the said coin shalt
bear such devices as shall be conspcuoasly different from
s es e 0'ns, s, aad q Is xoa so so'
and its denomination and date aud tina, il shall be legal
tender Ia ofebis for all sums Of thirty cents and
under. -
II agreed TO. @R'
The question next rccured on the fourth amendment.
viz TO strike out all after the word act" in the sixth
line OF the fourth section, being the following ,t
"And any person who shall desire purchase OF the
ster Gene rail- or Of amy deputy postmaster at any
one time an amount Of Stamps to hs value Of my dollar.
OF ten per cent upon deir par value All deputy Oi-
W WIH G ,s T. ANY Sa ons s 70 tho
per cent upon the par value"
It was agreed to- Es& o1 fs u.
Tie question recurred on the fifth amendment-Mr.
hcIrns tn add
the original second section, as follows:
"And any person who sh all counterfeit alter forge
any stamps, shall knowingly have in his posses
any false. forged altered letter stamps with intent
sell the genuine, shall be deemed be
guilty of felony. and be punished by fine not exceeding
five hundcd dollars, imprisonment not exceeding i've
years" tat&a
The question recurred on the sixth amendment--Mr.
MATTEsoNs proposition to add additional section TO
the bill, as follows: 't I'M y
"SEc had be further enacted, That lists OF letters
remaining uncaed for any post office for the space OF
sa be- pnis shall bersaer Be- published oy
in newspaper which, being issued frequsnly any
ers S,aT, Of ad oss 10 be decided BY the Posss
General. under such regulations shall be pesorbed ny
each letter called for And the postmaster such ofoe
hereby directed 70 post conspicuous place IA h qtls
thereof: iropidsd Hoeeys, ihe publisher any Mpss
hsre in specified refuse publish the lis, ofsuersss
soms oirr paper in which such list shalt be published
such publisher, refusing, shnl be deprived Of ~
benefits of this aud the Tree exchanges now provided
by law"
1t was agreed to. ,sas kla. ,o,aC
The question Iecurred on the seventh amendnspt--
that of MIR. BRooKs amended-which is - follows:
ssKe Had be further ,naeted That it sha bc IN the
power OF the Postmaster General ., all pos, oises where
the arr appointed by he res,dsns h o. ,as Un.
provide carrying letters to the post office by esAb
sna X s
office all such offices shall also be IN his power 70
s asi sy him ss
exceeding GEMS shall be chasged, q, b.
% n so s epsssa a e paid @
Department. P'oeided, Tha, the amount Of
exceed the paid into tho treasury BY ssch
town cip under the provisions OF this section s al
Mr. PHELPS demanded the yeas and nays which
being ordered, the said seventh amendment was agreed
to-yeas LOG, nays SO.
The question then recurred on the third reading and
engr ossmen Of the bill and it was ordered 80 L,f
Mr.. POTTER called the previous question on the
enactment of the bill; which being seconded by the
House, .at. ~. H. ~ ~ 49,
The yeas and nays were called and ordered the pas
| sage OF the bill when u was duly passed-yeas lou,
nays 75-as follows tiA.t
| YEAS-Messrs. Alexander, Allen, Andrews, Asan'an,
Bennett, bingham, B,kee. Booth, Bowlin, Yrsct, grsS
Samnps % Casey, Chandler, CLARKE, Cisvs,snd. Cole Uoa
cG,w crGxs D"as5 1sseE peNSs DTE%s. EY.s
mo's, %Se dssds"ow Gss' Gould Srsa.. hs,aS.y Han
lard, Holmes, Howard Howe, Hunter. WiIliss,, I.
Jackson, Julian, ksu, James q. King, John a king,
Preston King. La eerc Letler Ltefeld Horace Mann,
job Maao, Marshall, Matteson McDonad. McD?web.
Met; az ghey Mckissock. McLanahan, McLane Lean,
Meachafn John X Miller, Daniel T. Miller, Moore, mofe-
head, Morris, Morrison, Morton, NeIson Ose Ods Ons.
Peasee, Peck, Phpnix, Pitnan, Poter Papam, heoo'
sey Ssckeu Sawtele, schenck Schennerhon, School'
cra Sylvester, Spaldng, Sprague Stany, Frederick T.
Sanon Stetson, Taylor JAS ThomPeon, Thurman uch,
Underhn Van Dyke, Vinton, Waldo, Wentworth, White,
Whttlesey Wi,not, Wright and Young-lO
NAYS-Messsrs. Albcrtson, Aston, Ashe AvereS Nay,
Bayy, Beaie b ,cock, Bowdon, B,wie, Boyd, William
Brown Bart, Cabel Geo Alfred Caldwell Joseph Cald-
we'll Caftet Clingman, Williamson H. W. Cobb Cocock,
Daniel, Disney Daer Durham, Edmnndson, Ewt9g Feslh'
Isham @. Harris. Sampson W. Harris, Thomas L. Harris
oagland, Holladay, Houston, lnge, Jackson, An;
drew Johnson. James L. Johnson, Robert w Johnson,
Jones' kaufman, McMullen, Mclucen McWillc' Meede,
Mlson Morse, Orr, Outlaw Parker. Pens, Phelps fowen
Richardson, Robnson Ross Savage, Seldom, hGnsro q
Stanton, Sveetser. Thomas, Jacob Thompson, Jonn
rhomp.on Toombs, Yenable, Wallace, watkins, welt
born, and WiIliams-75
Mr. POTTER moved TO reconsider the vote IN me
massage OF the BILL and then lay that motion on the
table which Last motion was agreed TO- ~,
Mr. VINTON moved, an amendment 10 the dtls OF
the said BILL to add and to provide Tor new conn.,
agreed TO. r@t 81 aissH aEa fa9rHava a.f
PRIVATE BUSINESS .. fs ....#F.
Mr. DANIEL moved the suspenson Of The rules TO 20
into Committee OF the Whole on the state OF the Union
But, on motion, the House adjourned
PETITIONS PRESENTED UNDER TuE RULE. ~.
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