The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-01
wHIRTY-sECOND CONGRESS-.
FIRST SESSION
House or Represen satlvcs.

HOUSE OH tkepGrSenuntiVcss
wAsHuGros, July 81 1859.
The Uouse passed the Senate bill establishing three
additional districts in Iowa and the bill increasing
the capital and jurisdiction of the Washington Gas Light
Company
UnrIiLABLE BOUNTY LANDS
The bill authorizing soldiers in the late with Great
Britain surrender their bounty lands which not nt
for cultivation and to select others in their stead
discussed during the morning hour.
The House took up the subject Of
THE PUBLIC PRINTING NEW PLAN ADOPTED.
Mr.. STANTON, OF Ky, said tho Committee Public
Printing and the select committee the subject had
had several conferences and agreed upon plan for the
execution OF the public printing.
Mr. MhRsnsLi, Of ky on the part OF the select COM
mitee then gave outline Of the plan the principal
features which areFrst to repeal the present
tract sytem Secondly the election CT publ printer,
the printing not only for Congress but
for the Executive Departments Thirdly the appoint-
ment superintendent OF printing to stand between
the public printer and the government to zee that the
work neatly and expedt0usly done. and to exercise
general supervision the subject The price to bc paid
for typeetDg about twenty per cent below the prices
of 1919 and the government to furnish the white paper
Explanations took place between several gentlemen,
to the prices TO be pad-it was quite amusing to hear
them dealing with technicallties
MIR CnAspLrR. (whig) Of Pa was in favor Of govern
me MT pripting Office hut this could he established
now. he thought The tails Of the bill fair
could be adopted at present
time enough had been wasted on this subject lie wss
willing any OF three plans before the House.
rather than leave the printing In its present neglected
condition. and be hoped thequoation woud he taken.
Mr. OnR, (dem of c. said he bad for the last three
years strcDnousy insisted the enforcement Of tho
contract system but he satisfied this i'm
paccnble therefore ready TO vote for the sub
s,itrte reported by Mr. Marshall oil Kentucky.
Mr. HAVEN (whig) Of N " wished IL to be understood
that the prices proposed to bc paid by this substitute,
higher than the contracts entered into by the Com
mittee on Printing with Gideon Company. and Donel-
who had sivsn bonds for the execution
of be work who could claim for damages should this
bill be passed
Mr. CLINcmAS moved the previous question which
seconded and under its operation the House rejected tho
bill originally reported by the Printing Committee, and
also q substitute heretofore offered by Mr.. jenkins and
then agreed the proposition reported this morning by
Mr. MARSHALL Of Ky by yeas 81 nays 90 "a follows
YFAs-Mesfrs Aiken, Allen OF III, Appleton Of Maine,
Appleton OF Mars Bsyly Of Va Booock Bragg Brechsn-
Chsst.ip. Churebweii. Clark Cinsman Cobb, Cocoek.
Dsniel Dawson Dean, Duncan. Dsuham, Eastman. Ed
mondson, Fiekin, Florerce. Fner Of Maine, Gamble:
Gaylord. Gentry Hamilton, Harris Of Tenn Hsrri. Of
Alstama, Hendricks Of Ind. IIenn Hbbard. Houston:
Howard IngersnlL Jscksop johnson of Tenn. Jones Of
a fT Il kSsa' & sGs aadEy un nss
Murray. Majors. Old.; Orr of Penn Phelp, Polk RI
Scurry. Seymour of N ", Seymour OF Conn, Skelton.
smith, Stanton Of ky Stephens Of Ca st9ne 81.
Ward. Watkins, White Wilcox and W illiams
NAYs-Gcssrs Ater1r0rnbie. Bahcoek Bennett Benton,
Br Of Msa Burro-s Cartier Chapmsn Cleveland Dis
ney, Docieiy Doty Edsert Essns Fitch Floyd Fowler.
cali Haven Behsrd Holiday. Horfford. John W Howe:
TIomss NJ Howe. Ecx Of ". Hgnter Ives, Johns9u Of
Borehead Newton Outlaw Parker Of Indians Pepnimaa
TcrRns. sobooDmater. Smart Sanly, Stanton Of Ohis
Stevens of Pa, Townsend Wabridge Wolch, and White
ofky.
The House then adjourned