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making an unbroken chain Of railroad
to Montgomery, Alabama, except
thirty lwiles in Georgia yet to be
complc ed; I move the previous
question.
Mr.. CobbA I ask the gentleman
from South Carolina to withdraw
The demand fox he previous ques
tion, to enable. me to offer the follow.
ing amendment, to come in at the
end of the bill.
{ Propiacd, .fuwther, That the pro.
vision of this bill be, and are hereby
extended to the Memphis and
Charleston, and the Selma and Gun,
tcr's Landing Railroad companies,
running through the States Of Ala.
bama and Mississippi aud Tennessee.
Mr.. Mcqueen. | cannot with,
draw it. The objection to heamend-
,nent is, that if it is adopted the bill
will have to go back to the Senate,
aud may thus be defeated.
sszzSEERE4lanio!. IS happened to
be absent the other day whcn IL
action ol' the House was had unca
the Raleigh and CASTOR hairo; !
hil', l ask my friend from South Car
DINA to withdraw the demand 70. the
previous question, that | may offer
it as an amendment to this bill.
Mcqueen. Its very UNPLEASANT
to me to have to refuse rly friend
from North Carolina, for whom l
have the utmost respect, but as The
morning hour has nearly c. Iircd, l
must decline to Withdraw tie demand
for The previous question.
Mr.. Wildrick, from the Commit
tee Oh Enrolled Bills, rcporte(l!ack,
as correctly enrolled, the $olslwing
bills, which. thercupon. sevcraRy re-
cciyed the signature Of the SRIker,
viz:
An act granting to Tic saats &c
Michigan the rigNt Of wGY ait GA a,5
nation Of public la,3s, ior TIC con
S:ruction oil a ship canal around tho
Falls Of St. Mary, in said State.
An act for the relief Of John
Moore White; and
An act to provide for executing
the public printing and establishing
the prices thereof, and for other pur-
poses.
The question now being upon sec
onding the demand for the previous
question,
Mr.. John w. Howe moved that
the bill be laid upon the table.
Mr.. Stevens, Of Pennsylvania. -
[ call !or the yeas and nays, and |
ask for tellcrs upon the yeas 4 nays.
Mr.. McQnern. Will it be prop,
CT for me at this period, to withdraw
the demand for the previous qucs,
ton, and make 4 motion 10 commit
the bill.
The Speaker. The motion to lay
the bill upon the table takes prccc.
dcncc OF such motion.
Tcllcrs were ordered on the yeas
and nays: and Alcssrs Stevens, Of
Pennsylvania, aud Mallory were ap.
pointed.
The House was then divided, and
the tcllcrs reported only 25 in the
affirmative.
So the yeas and nays we're not or.
dcrcd.
The question was then put upon
Mr.. llowc's motion; and it was dc.
cilcd i'll the ncyativc.
SO the House refused to lay the
bill upon tie table.
The question recurring upon the
demand lor the previous qncsllom, It
was put, and the previous question.
received a second.
The main question was ordered 10
be put.
The bill was then ordered to q
third reading and was subsequently
read the third time.
Mr.. Mcqueen demanded the pre-
vions question OH the passage Of the
bill.
The previous question was second
ed, and the main question ordered
Mr.. Ncnablc called for the yeas
ano nays Gil the passage I'LL
and ihcy were ordered.
Here a message w. .iycl
from the Senate Of the United state.
hy the hands of Asburv DIckins
esq its Secretary, announcing tina
the Senate had passed sundry bill
and joint resolutions.
The question was then taken upol
.hc passage of the bill, and Their
wcrc-ycas 102, nays G3.
So the bill was passed.
Mr.. Mcqueen moved to rceonsid
er the vote by which tn bill wa
passed, and also moved to lay tn
motion to reconsider upon tho table