Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-02-15
dlallas 4lrrald.

mtNNakN W. ANi AfNfNNHh '" w
IailOn 10 The BIN or Equal
Rights In The District or To.
lumbla.
WASHINGTON, January -,
The President on the 2'id sent the
following message Ia the senate, but
il was not formally laid before that
body until yesterday
To The Senate of me tNn6f States;
have received the following Tre-
amblo and resolution adopted by
tho Senate ON the 9Th instant;
WHEREAS the Senate bill nnm-
bercd Ill, and entitled AN act fnr
The further security al equal rights
in the District of Columbia," having
at this present session passed both
houses of Congress, WAS afterwards
on the 18th day of December, 1867,
duly presentc to the President Of
the United States for his approval
and signature aud whereas more
than ten days, exclusive of Sundays,
have since elapsed in this session
without said bill having been Re
turned either approved or di@p
proved; therefore
ReS0lrtd, That the President Of
tho United States be requested to
inform the Senate whether said bill
has been delivered to and received
by the Secretary Of State, us provi-
died by the second section of the "ct
of tho 9th day oi July, 1889.
As the act which the resolution
mentions has no relevancy to the
subject under inquiry, it is presumed
that IL was the intent Of the Senate
10 refer to the law Of tho 18th of
September, 1889, the second section
Of which prcscribcs that whenever
II bill, order, resolution or vote of
the Senate and House of Rcprcscn.
tativcs, having been approved and
signed by the President Of the Uni.
ted States, or not having been re.
turned by him with his objections.
shall become u law or take effect, it
shall forth with thereafter be re.
ceivcd by the said Secretary from
the President and whenever Il bill,
order, resolution or vote shall be
returned by the President with his
objections, and shall on being re
considered, be agreed to, be past
and be approved 10y two.thirds of
both Houses Of Congress, and there
by become law or take effect, it
shall in such case be received BY the
said Secretary from the President
of the Senate or the Speaker Of the
House of Representatives, in which
soevcr house it shall last have been
80 approved. lmasmuch rs the bill
for the further securely of equal
rights in the District of Columbia
has not become Il law in either Of
the modes designated in the section
above quoted, it has not been dcliv-
cred to the Secretary of State for
record and promuI cation. The con.
stitution expressly declares that if
any bill shall not be returned BY
the President within ten days, Sun
day excepted, after it shall have
been presented to him, the same
shall be a law in like manner as if
he had signed it, unless the Con-
grcss, by their adjournment, pre-
vent its return, in which case it
shall not be law.
AS stated in the preamble 20 the
resolution, the bill to which it refers
was presented for my approval on
the 1lth day Of December, 1867
On the Goth of the same month, and
before the expiration Of the ten days
after the presentation of the bill to
the President, the two Houses in
accordance with II concurrent reso-
luton adopted on the Sd of ID Gem
Der, adjourned until the 9th Of Jan
uary, 1868. Congress, by their adj
.iOurnmcnt, thus prevented the re-
turn of the bill within the time pre-
scribed by the Constitution, and it
was therefore left in the precise
condition in which that instrument
positively declares a bill shall not
be law. If the adjournment in
December did not cause the failure
of this bill because not such an ad-
journmcnt as is contemplated by
the Constitution in the clause which
l have cited, it must follow that
such was the nature of the adjourn
ment during the past year on the
30th of March last until the first
Wednesday of July, and from the
goth of July until 2lst of November.
Other bills will therefore be affected
by the decision which may be
rendered in this case, among them
one having the same title as that ,
named in the resolution, and con {
tanning similar provisions, which {
was passed by both Houses in the
month of July last, failed to be- {
come law by reason of the adjourn
ment of Congress before ten days
for its consideration had been al.
lowed the Executive. [
ANDREW JouNaoy. {
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