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The previous question was moved by Mr. Evans, of Maine; and being demanded by a majority of the members present,

A motion was then made by Mr. Sterigere that the said resolution do lie on the table; which motion was disagreed to by the House;

And the said previous question was then put, viz: Shall the main question be now put?

And passed in the affirmative,

The main question was then put, viz: Shall the resolution pass?

And passed in the affirmative, {

Yeas,
Nays,

140,

33.

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Messrs. Mark Alexander, Robert Allen, Willis Alston, John Anderson, William G. Angel, William S. Archer, William Armstrong, John Bailey, Noyes Barber, Robert W. Barnwell, Daniel L. Barringer, Isaac C. Bates, Robert E. B. Baylor, James Blair, John Blair, Abraham Bockec, Ratliff Boon, John Broadhead, Elias Brown, Tristam Burges, Samuel Butman, Churchill C. Cambreleng, John Campbell, Thomas Chandler, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, Clement C. Clay, Richard Coke, jr., Lewis Condict, Henry W. Conner, Robert Craig, Joseph H. Crane, Thomas H. Crawford, David Crockett, Jacob Crocheron, Henry Daniel, Thomas Davenport, Edmund Deberry, Robert Desha, Charles G. De Witt, Philip Doddridge, Joseph Draper, William Drayton, Edward B. Dudley, Joseph Duncan, Henry W. Dwight, Samuel W. Eager, Jonas. Earll, jr., William W. Ellsworth, James Findlay, James Ford, Thomas F. Foster, Joseph Fry, Nathan Gaither, John Gilmore, William F. Gordon, Innis Green, George Grennell, jr., Henry H. Gurley, Jehiel H. Halsey, Jonathan Harvey, Charles E. Haynes, Joseph Hemphill, Thomas Hinds, James L. Hodges, Cornelius Holland, Michael Hoffman, Benjamin C. Howard, Henry Hubbard, Thomas H. Hughes, Jabez W. Huntington, Ralph I. Ingersoll, Thomas Irwin, William W. Irvin, Jacob. C. Isacks, Leonard Jarvis, Richard M. Johnson, Cave Johnson, Joseph G.. Kendall, John Kincaid, Perkins King, Adam King, Henry G. Lamar, Pryor Lea, Joseph Lecompte, James Lent, Robert P. Letcher, Dixon H. Lewis, George Loyall, Wilson Lumpkin, John Magee, Henry C. Martindale, Thomas Maxwell, William McCoy, George McDuffie, Rufus McIntire, Charles F. Mercer, George E. Mitchell, Henry A. Muhlenberg, Walter H. Overton, John M. Patton, Dutee J. Pearce, Spencer Pettis, James K. Polk, Robert Potter, William Ramsey, James F. Randolph, John Reed, Abram Rencher, Joseph Richardson, John Roane, Robert S. Rose, Jonah Sanford, John Scott, Augustine H. Shepperd, James Shields, Jesse Speight, Ambrose Spencer, Richard Spencer, James Standefer, John B. Sterigere, Philander Stephens, Henry R. Storrs, James Strong, Samuel Swan, Benjamin Swift, John Taliaferro, Wiley Thompson, John Thomson, James Trezvant, Starling Tucker, Samuel F. Vinton, James M. Wayne, John W. Weeks, Campbell P. White, Edward D. White, Charles A. Wickliffe, Richard H. Wilde, Lewis Williams, Joel Yancey, and Ebenezer Young.-140. Those who voted in the negative, are,

Messrs. Thomas Beekman, James Buchanan, James Clark, Richard Coulter, Henry B. Cowles, William Creighton, jr., Benjamin W. Crowninshield, John Davis, Harmar Denny, John D. Dickinson, George Evans, Edward Everett, Horace Everett, Isaac Finch, Jonathan Hunt, Peter Ihrie, jr., Kensey Johns, jr., William Kennon, Humphrey H. Leavitt, William McCree

ry, Daniel H. Miller, Isaac Pierson, William Russel, William B. Shepard, Thomas H. Sill, Samuel A. Smith, Joel B. Sutherland, John W. Taylor, John Test, Joseph Vance, John Varnum, George C. Washington, and Elisha Whittlesey.-33.

Mr. Richardson, from the joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: No. 43. An act supplemental to an act passed on the 31st March, 1830, entitled "An act for the relief of purchasers of public lands, and for the suppression of fraudulent practices at the public sales of lands of the United States;"

No. 50. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to make compensation to the heirs of Taliaferro Livingston and Francis W. Armstrong, for the maintenance of fifteen Africans illegally imported into the United States; No. 65. An act to incorporate Saint Vincent's Orphan Asylum in the District of Columbia;

No. 113. An act to authorize the appointment of a subagent to the Winnebago Indians on Rock river;

No. 523. An act to provide for the adjustment of claims of persons entitled to indemnification under the convention between the United States and his Majesty the king of Denmark, of the 28th March, 1830, and for the distribution among such claimants of the sums to be paid by the Danish Government to that of the United States, according to the stipulation of the said convention.

The Speaker laid before the House sundry communications, viz:

I. A letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the contracts made by his Department during the past year; which letter was read, and laid on the table.

II A letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of post roads which have been established more than two years, and which do not produce one-third of the expense incurred in the transportation of the mail on the

same.

III. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of balances of appropriations for objects in the War Department, which, on the 31st December last, reverted to the surplus fund, and will be required to complete the objects for which said appropriations were made; which letter was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

IV. A memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, praying that a topographical survey may be made of the country lying between the waters of Saganaw and Grand rivers of the peninsula of Michigan, to determine the practicability and expediency of connecting lakes Huron and Michigan by a canal; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Internal Improvements.

V. A communication, in the French language, from Mons. Fontaneille, upon the subject of the production of silk; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

VI. A letter from Duff Green, printer, stating that he is about to publish an edition of public documents from the commencement of the present form of government to the close of the 13th Congress, and requesting to be permitted to use original documents on file in the office of the House; which letter was referred to the Committee on the Library.

Ordered, That the bill (No. 349) for the relief of Richard Smith and

William Pearse, the second, of Bristol, Rhode Island, be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow.

Ordered, That the bill (No. 529) for the relief of Daniel Jackson and Lucius M. Higgins, of Newbern, North Carolina, be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill of this House, (No 634,) entitled "An act for the relief of certain importers of foreign merchandise;" also, a bill (No. 166) entitled "An act to authorize the laying out and constructing a road from Line creek to the Chattahoochie, and for repairing the road on which the mail is now transported;" in which bill I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill (No. 340) for the relief of Nathaniel Bird; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Ellsworth reported the said bill without amendment.

Ordered. That the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. The bill from the Senate, (No. 166,) entitled "An act to authorize the laying out and constructing a road from Line creek to the Chattahoochie, and for repairing the road on which the mail is now transported," was read the first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Internal Improve

ments.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the amendments of the Senate to the bill (No. 545) entitled "An act making appropriations for certain fortifications during the year 1831;" and the said amendments were read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

The amendments of the Senate to the bill (No. 339) entitled "An act for the punishment of crimes in the District of Columbia," were read, and concurred in by the House.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

An engrossed bill (No. 584) entitled "An act making appropriations for carrying on certain roads and works of internal improvement, and providing for surveys," was read the third time;

And the question was put, Shall the said bill pass?

And passed in the affirmative, {Nays,

108,

57.

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Messrs. John Anderson, William Armstrong, Benedict Arnold, Noyes Barber, Mordecai Bartley, Isaac C. Bates, John Blair, Ratliff Boon, Elias Brown, James Buchanan, Samuel Butman, William Cahoon, Churchill C. Cambreleng, Timothy Childs, Thomas Chilton, James Clark, Lewis Condict, Richard M. Cooper, Richard Coulter, Henry B. Cowles, Joseph H. Crane, Thomas H. Crawford, David Crockett, William Creighton,_jr., Benjamin W. Crowninshield, John Davis, Edmund Deberry, Harmar Denny, Philip Doddridge, Joseph Duncan, Henry W. Dwight, Samuel W. Eager, William W. Ellsworth, Edward Everett, Horace Everett, James Findlay, Isaac Finch, James Ford, Chauncey Forward, John Gilmore, Innis Green, George Grennell, jr., Henry H. Gurley, Joseph Hawkins, Joseph Hemphill, James L. Hodges, Cornelius Holland, Benjamin C. Howard, Thomas H. Hughes, Jonathan Hunt, Jabez W. Huntington,

Peter Ihrie, jr., Ralph I. Ingersoll, Thomas Irwin, William W. Irvin, Jacob C. Isacks, Kensey Johns, jr., Richard M. Johnson, Joseph G Kendall, William Kennon, John Kincaid, Humphrey H. Leavitt, Joseph Lecompte, Robert P. Letcher, Henry C. Martindale, Daniel H. Miller, George E. Mitchell, Robert Monell, Henry A. Muhlenberg, Walter H. Overton, Dutee J. Pearce, Isaac Pierson, William Ramsey, James F. Randolph, John Reed, Joseph Richardson, Robert S. Rose, William Russel, John Scott, William B. Shepard, James Shields, Thomas H. Sill, Samuel A. Smith, Michael C. Sprigg, William Stanberry, James Standefer, John B. Sterigere, Philander Stephens, William L. Storrs, James Strong, Joel B. Sutherland, Samuel Swan, Benjamin Swift, John W. Taylor, John Test, John Thomson, Joseph Vance, John Varnum, Gulian C. Verplanck, Samuel F. Vinton, George C. Washington, Elisha Whittlesey, Edward D. White, Charles A. Wickliffe, Ephraim K. Wilson, Joseph F. Wingate, Joel Yancey, and Ebenezer Young.-108.

Those who voted in the negative, are,

Messrs. Mark Alexander, Willis Alston, William G. Angel, William S. Archer, Robert W. Barnwell, Daniel L. Barringer, James Blair, Abraham Bockee, John Broadhead, John Campbell, Thomas Chandler, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, Clement C. Clay, Henry W. Conner, Robert Craig, Jacob Crocheron, Warren R. Davis, Joseph Draper, William Drayton, Jonas Earll, jr., Thomas F. Foster, William F. Gordon, Thomas H. Hall, Jehiel H. Halsey, Joseph Hammons, Jonathan Harvey, Michael Hoffman, Henry Hubbard, Leonard Jarvis, Cave Johnson, Perkins King, Adam King, Henry G. Lamar, Pryor Lea, Dixon H. Lewis, George Loyall, Wilson Lumpkin, Thomas Maxwell, William McCoy, John M. Patton, James K. Polk, Robert Potter, Abram Rencher, John Roane, Jonah Sanford, Augustine H. Shepperd, Jesse Speight, Richard Spencer, John Taliaferro, Wiley Thompson, James Trezvant, Starling Tucker, James M. Wayne, John W. Weeks, Campbell P. White, Richard H. Wilde, and Lewis Williams.—57.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill.

An engrossed bill (No. 651) entitled "An act authorizing the Register and Receiver of the St. Helena land district, in Louisiana, to receive evidence respecting the claim of Josiah Barker, assignee of Madam Hindson, to a tract of land therein mentioned," was read the third time, and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill.

Bills from the Senate of the following titles, viz:

No. 9. An act to establish ports of delivery at Port Pontchartrain and Delaware city, as amended;

No. 80. An act for the relief of James Sprague;

No. 107. An act for the relief of Thomas Porter, of Indiana;

were, severally, read the third time, and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

The House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Howard reported that the committee had, according to order, had the state of the Union, generally, under consideration, particularly the amendments of the Senate to the bill (No. 545) entitled "An act making appropriations for certain fortifications during the year 1831;" to which amendments he was directed to report the agreement of the committee.

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The said amendments were then again read, and concurred in by the House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

A motion was made by Mr. Everett, of Massachusetts, that the House do now proceed to the consideration of the bill (No. 652) making provision for a subscription to a compilation of congressional documents;

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Messrs. Benedict Arnold, John Bailey, Noyes Barber, Daniel L. Barringer, Mordecai Bartley, Isaac C. Bates, Robert E. B. Baylor, James Buchanan, Tristam Burges, William Cahoon, Churchill C. Cambreleng, Timothy Childs, Thomas Chilton, James Clark, Nicholas D. Coleman, Lewis Condict, Richard M. Cooper, Richard Coulter, Henry B. Cowles, Robert Craig, Joseph H. Crane, David Crockett, William Creighton, jr., Benjamin W. Crowninshield, John Davis, Edmund Deberry, Harmar Denny, John D. Dickinson, Philip Doddridge, William Drayton, Edward B. Dudley, Joseph Duncan, Henry W. Dwight, William W. Ellsworth, Joshua Evans, Edward Everett, Horace Everett, Isaac Finch, James Ford, Chauncey Forward, John Gilmore, Innis Green, George Grennell, jr., Henry H. Gurley, Joseph Hawkins, Joseph Hemphill, Thomas H. Hughes, Jonathan Hunt, Jabez W. Huntington, Ralph I. Ingersoll, Kensey Johns, jr., Richard M. Johnson, Joseph G. Kendall, John Kincaid, Adam King, George G. Leiper, Robert P. Letcher, Henry C. Martindale, George E. Mitchell, Henry A. Muhlenberg, Dutee J. Pearce, Isaac Pierson, William Ramsey, James F. Randolph, John Reed, Joseph Richardson, Robert S. Rose, William B. Shepard, Thomas H. Sill, Ambrose Spencer, William Stanberry, John B. Sterigere, Philander Stephens, William L. Storrs, James Strong, Joel B. Sutherland, Samuel Swan, John Taliaferro, John W. Taylor, John Test, Joseph Vance, John Varnum, Gulian C. Verplanck, Samuel F. Vinton, George C. Washington, James M. Wayne, Elisha Whittlesey, Campbell P. White, Edward D. White, Richard H. Wilde, Lewis Williams, Ephraim K. Wilson, Joseph F. Wingate, and Ebenezer Young.

-94.

Those who voted in the negative, are,

Messrs. Mark Alexander, Robert Allen, John Anderson, William G. Angel, William S. Archer, William Armstrong, Robert W. Barnwell, James Blair, John Blair, Abraham Bockee, Ratliff Boon, John Broadhead, John Campbell, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, Richard Coke, jr., Henry W. Conner, Thomas H. Crawford, Jacob Crocheron, Thomas Davenport, Warren R. Davis, Joseph Draper, Jonas Earll, jr., James Findlay, Joseph Fry, William F. Gordon, Thomas H. Hall, Jehiel H. Halsey, Joseph Hammons, Jonathan Harvey, Cornelius Holland, Michael Hoffman, Benjamin C. Howard, Henry Hubbard, Peter Ihrie, jr., Thomas Irwin, William W. Irvin, Jacob C. Isacks, Leonard Jarvis, Jonathan Jennings, Cave Johnson, Perkins King, Pryor Lea, Humphrey H. Leavitt, Joseph Lecompte, Dixon H. Lewis, George Loyall, Wilson Lumpkin, John Magee, Thomas Maxwell, Lewis Maxwell, William McCreery, William McCoy, George McDuffie, Rufus McIntire, Daniel H. Miller, Walter H. Overton, John M. Patton, Spencer Pettis, James K. Polk, Robert Potter, John Roane, William Russel, Jonah Sanford, John Scott, Augustine H. Shepperd, James Shields, Samuel A.

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