The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-04-02

3 I'M tOi'OWiuS Oiil WIS IopOISeu III Tue
Senate, on the oath ult, from the Judi
ciary Committee, ID place of the bill to
repeal the tenure of Office law. It pass
ed the Senate by q vote Of 81 to 15$
That the first and second sections q
II an act entitled an act regulating the
tenure of certain civil offices" passed
March 1867, be aud the same are here
by repealed, and in lieu Of said repealed
sections, the following are hereby enact
ed:
That every person holding any civil
Office to which he has been appointed,
by and with the consent Of the Senate,
shall be entitled to hold such Office du-
ring the term for which he shall have
been appointed, unless sooner removed
BY and with the consent and advice Of
the Senate, or by the appointment with
The Ike advice and consent Of a success
sor, in his place, except as herein other
wise provided.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted.
That during any recess Of the Senate,
the President is hereby empowered, in
bis discretion, to suspend any civil Off
Ger appointed BY and with the advice
and consent Of the Senate, except Jud-
ges of the U. S. Courts, till the end of
the next session of the Senate, and to |
designate some suitable person subject |
to be removed, in his discretion, BY the |
resignation Of another, to perform the |
duties Of the suspended officer in the |
meantime; and such person, SO designa-
ted, shall take the oaths and give the
bonds required by law to be taken and
given BY the suspended officer, and shall
during the time he performs the duties,
be entitled to the salary and emolums1ts
of such officer, no part of which shall
belong to the person suspended.
And it shall be the duty of the Pres
ident, within 80 days after the COM
mencement of each session of the Sen
ate, except for any office which in his
opinion might not be filed, to nominate
persons 10 fill all the vacancies in Office
which existed at the meeting of the Sen
ate, whether temporarily filed or not; 4
also, IN place of all officers suspended, I
and if the Senate, during such session,
shall refuse to advise aud consent to an
in theaplace of any suspen- II
ded officer, and shall also refuse by vote
to assent to his suspension, then, and I
not otherwise, such officer at the end l
Of the session, shall be entitled to resume I
possession of the Office from which he {
was suspended, and afterwards to dis
charge its duties, and receive its emolu- s
neuts as though no such suspension I
had taken place. .
The bill came up in the House, on
,he 25tb, and after an animated debate,
n which Butler and Logan opposed its
passage, Buffers motion to refer to the /
Judiciary Committe, was carried by
7ote Of yeas s5, nays 70. On the 26th {
be vote was recoDsidered, and the ques- 5
ion was taken on concurring in the SEN
tie bill. Lost by a. vote of 90 to 70. l
On Monday last the matter was again {
Up in the Senate, which voted to insist, t
md asked for a Committee of Confer
'pee. COMMITTEES were appointed by, !
10Th Houses, but as yet have not re- il
Dorted. p
Since the above was in type, we b
earn that the Conference Committee
eported on Wednesday. The report
trikes out the clause in the Senate bill 7
estOFing suspended officers, at the end !
{ term, if the Senate, meanwhile. had S
ot consented to their removal. A n
lause requiring the President to make j.
new nomination, in that event, was z
dded. The report passed the Senate : :
y vote of AZ to s. passed the House l.
y vote of lOs to 81. n