The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-25
Messnsc OF the RreHIdent or thelTrnt.i
ted states TO the aenate.
Word "White'' IN Dislriet Charter. Z

Word "Rhites' In District CHARTER.
WAsHINGTON; January q. 8.ZThe Pres
ldent to-day sent the following mes
sage 10 the Senatei but tt has not We
peen formally laid before that body
To the Senate Of he U,sised Stasss:
have received the following prean,
Bile and resolution adopted by the Sen.
ate on the sth5 OF January:
WHEREAs, Senate. bill Mo- IA, anti.
tied IAN act for the further security ~
equal rights In the District of Cjoinm.
Biz" having at this. present session
passed both Houses of Congress, was
afterwards, on the IL 1tll day of Decem-
Der, 1867, duly presented 10 the Presi-
dent of the United States for his appr6-
val and signatures; and whereas, more
than ten days have passed In this ses.
sion without said bill being returned
approved or disapproyed; therefore,
RESOLVED, That the Pre5i dent 3 che
United States be reqnestedS toinfoffn
the Senate whether the bill has beef5
delivered TO and approvedb by. the Secfes
tary of State, as provided for in second
section Of the act Of the 27th day OF
As the act which the resolution men-
tions has no relevancy 70 the subject
under inquiry, it is presumed that It
was the intentionO of the Senate to refer
to the law OF the 10th OF September,
1889. the second section of which pre-:
tion or vote of the Senate and House
of Representatives having been ap.
proved and signed by the Rresident of
the United States or not having been
returned by him with his objections,
shall become a law or take edect: Il
shall forthwith thereafter be. received
by the said Secretary from the Presi-
dent, and Whenever Q bill, order, reso-
luton or vote shall be returned by the,
president, with his objections, and
SHALL on being reCon6idered, be agreed
to be passed and be approved by two
thirds Of both Houses of Congress, and
thereby become 9 law or take effect, ft
shall in such case be receiVed by said
Secretary from the President of the.
Senate orSpeaker of the House of Rep
Eesentattveas in Whiehsoeyer House It
shall last have been soapprovetis
InRsmuch as the bill for the fnff her
security OF equal rights In the DistriCt
of Columbia mas not become j law by
either of the modes designated In the
section above quoted, Il has not bean
delivered TO the Secretary oil State iSf
record and ptomulgation The iConsti.
tnuon e1pressly declares that if any
bill shall not be returned by the Pf si-
dent within ten days, Sundays 8 eESei5t.
ed, after IL shall have been presented 5toi
him, the same shall be q law In ike
manner "a IL he hnd signed u, un1s i
the Congress- BY their Adjournment,
prevent itsretutn. In ~ nicti case II shall
not be law -
As stated IN the pre- Die TO the reso-
lntion5 the bill 20 which it refers SEas
presented for my hpproYa on the lIftl
day of DeCenlberS 1857 On he 9th of
the same month, and before The e1ptEas
tlon of the ten day nftek the pre- snEfI-
itIon of the bill to the President, the two
Housss, in aecogdanee with concur
rent resolution adopted the 81 of De-
cemher adjourned until the 9Th Of
January, 1863 Congress by their adj
jOurnment thus prevented the return
of the bill within the time pre- cribed
by the Constitution, and II WIS there
fore LEFT in the precise condition in
which that Instrument positively de-
claFes bill shall NOT be q law; ff the
Iadionrnmont in Daeemher did not
cause the ailure of this bill because it
was not such an adj jonFn tneue as e con-
templated by the gonsfi tuition In the
clause which haVe cited, Il must
follow such was the nature OF the nd
jOurnment5dhFtng I'll past yeaFs on he
81th OF March lass until the tiIst We'd
nesdhy OF Juiys and nom the 10Th Of