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TO SUSPEND THE RULES IN ORDER TO DISCHARGE THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FROM S. 530, AN ACT TO CONTINUE THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE HARBOR OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. (P. 1158)

TO PASS H.R. 96 OVER THE PRESIDENT'S VETO. H.R. 96 IS AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF THE U. S. MAIL BY OCEAN STEAMERS AND OTHERWISE FOR FISCAL 1855.

TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 562 (3/3/55), THE ARMY APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR FISCAL 1856. (P. 1154)

THAT THE HOUSE RESOLVE ITSELF INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 569, MAKING CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL 1856. (P. 1159)

TO ADJOURN, TO PREVENT FURTHER DEBATE ON H.R. 595, AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE U. S. MAIL BY OCEAN STEAMERS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 1855 AND JUNE 30, 1856; WHICH BILL WAS VEOTOED BY THE PRESIDENT. (P. 1157-1)

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND DISCHARGE THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FROM THE FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF S. 436, AN ACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE NAVIGATION OF THE PAPAPICO RIVER AND TO RENDER THE PORT OF BALTIMORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE WAR STEAMERS OF THE UNITED STATES.

TO ADOPT A SENATE AMENDMENT AS AMENDED TO H.R. 562, WHICH PROVIDES FOR ADDING TWO CAVALRY AND TWO INFANTRY REGIMENTS TO THE ARMY, AND FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A BRIGADIER GENERAL BY AND WITH THE CONSENT OF THE SENATE. (P. 1064)

TO RESOLVE INTO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING APPROPRIATIONS BILLS. (P. 1065)

TO AGREE TO A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 562 (3/3/55) THE ARMY APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR FISCAL 1856, SAID AMENDMENT PROVIDING THAT A SPECIFIED BOARD OF OFFICERS BE AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO EXTEND ITS EXAMINATIONS TO CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY BY THE TROOPS SERVING UNDER COMMAND OF LT. COL. JOHN FREMONT IN CALIFORNIA, IN THE YEARS 1846 AND 1847. (P. 1063)

TO SUSPEND THE RULES REQUIRING THAT A BILL CONTAINING AN APPROPRIATION BE FIRST CONSIDERED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THE HOUSE PROCEED TO THE CONSIDERATION OF S. 591, AN ACT TO REMIT OR REFUND DUTIES UPON GOODS, WARES, AND MERCHANDISE DESTROYED BY FIRE. (P. 1065)

TO PASS S. 445 (3/3/55), AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF MADALENA VAN NESS, WIDOW OF CORNELIUS P. VAN NESS, DECEASED.

TO AMEND H.R. 562 BY APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $30,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF CAMELS AND DROMEDARIES TO BE EMPLOYED FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. (P. 1063-3)

TO AMEND H.R. 594 (3/3/55), MAKING POST OFFICE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL 1856, BY PROVIDING THAT THE POSTMASTER GENERAL BE AUTHORIZED TO PAY TO CRANSTOWN LAURIE A REASONABLE EXTRA COMPENSATION FOR PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF TWO DESKS IN THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMEND, NOT TO EXEED HALFPAY OF A CLERK FOR THE TIME HE WAS SO EMPLOYED. (P. 1078-3)

TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT OF THE SENATE TO H.R. 562. THE SENATE AMENDMENT PROPOSES THAT THERE SHALL BE ADDED TO THE ARMY TWO REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY AND TWO REGIMENTS OF CAVALRY ORGANIZED AS IN THE EXISTING FORCE, AND THE HOUSE AMENDMENT WOULD ADD TO THAT, "AND THERE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT, BY AND WITH THE ADVISE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE, ONE BRIGADIER GENERAL." (P. 1064)

TO AMEND H.R. 856 (10 STAT 704, 3/3/55) A BILL TO ESTABLISH POST ROADS BY PROVIDING FOR A POST ROUTE FROM ST. LOUIS TO SAN FRANCISCO AND MAKING CERTAIN PROVISIONS FOR POSTAL SERVICE ON THAT ROAD. (P. 1062-2)

TO SUSPEND THE RULES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCHARGING THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 698, A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF CITIZENS ON PUBLIC LANDS. (P. 1008)

TO ENGROSS H.R. 569 FOR A THIRD READING H.R. 569. (P. 931)

TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO H.R. 569, SAID AMENDMENT PROVIDING TO REDUCE BY 20% THE DUTIES IMPOSED BY AN ACT OF JULY 30, 1846, THESE REDUCTION TO TAKE EFFECT JULY 1, 1855. (P. 931)

TO TABLE AN APPEAL FROM THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR, IN ORDER TO PREVENT ACTION ON A MOTION TO ENTER UPON THE JOURNAL A PAPER IN THE FORM OF A PROTEST AGAINST THE PRACTISE, REPRESENTED BY THE MAKER OF THE APPEAL (MR. GIDDINGS) AS HAVING LATELY GROWN UP IN THE HOUSE WHICH PRECLUDES A MEMBER FROM GIVING HIS REASONS FOR VOTING ON A BILL.

TO ORDER THE MAIN QUESTION TO BE PUT ON PASSAGE OF H.R. 569. (P. 932)

TO PASS H.R. 569.

TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT AS REPORTED FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO H.R. 569 (3/3/55) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1856. THE AMENDMENT AMENDS A CLAUSE APPROPRIATION OF $125,000 FOR THE PROTECTION OF AMERICAN SEAMEN IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES BY APPROPRIATING $10,000 FOR THE RELIEF OF SICK AND DISABLED SEAMEN OF THE UNITED STATES WHO MAY BE AT OR NEAR THE PORT OF HAVANA IN CASE THE SAME MAY BE DONE WITH THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNMENT HAVING JURISDICTION OFER THE PORT. (P. 931-C)

TO TABLE H.R. 569. (P. 932)

TO PASS S. 523 (2/24/55) AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A COURT FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. (P. 909)

TO TABLE H.R. 754, GRANTING TO THE STATE OF ALABAMA PUBLIC LANDS TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS THROUGH SPECIFIED POINTS. (P. 891-2)

TO ADOPT THE REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON S. 96, A BILL TO PROVIDE PAYMENT TO CERTAIN CREDITORS OF THE LATE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS. (P. 866-2)

TO TABLE THE REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON S. 96 (2/28/55), TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN CREDITORS OF THE LATE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS. (P. 866-1)

TO TABLE H.R. 102, GRANTING LANDS EQUALLY TO THE SEVERAL STATES, TO AID THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS, AND FOR THE SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS. (P. 837-2)

TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH H.R. 102 GRANTING LANDS EQUALLY TO THE SEVERAL STATES, TO AID THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS AND FOR THE SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS, WAS TABLED. (P. 837)

TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE PASSAGE OF H.R. 117 OVER THE PRESIDENT'S VETO. H.R. 117 IS AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ASCERTAINMENT AND SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS FOR SPOLIATIONS COMMITED BY THE FRENCH PRIOR TO THE 31ST OF JULY, 1801. (P. 815)

TO AMEND H.R. 595 BY PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF MAILS FROM NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL AND BACK, $858,000, AND PROVIDING THAT AN ACT TO SUPPLY DEFICIENCIES IN THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR SERVICE FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH 1852, AND SAME IS HEREBY REPEALED--PROVIDED, THAT ED. K. COLLINS AND ASSOCIATES BUILD ANOTHER STEAMSHIP FOR MAIL SERVICE IN TWO YEARS, AND THAT ED. K. COLLINS AND ASSOCIATES CARRY U. S. MAILS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL, FREE OF CHARGE, UNTIL NEW STEAMSHIP SHALL HAVE COMMENCED SAID MAIL SERVICE. (JP. 392, GP. 796)

TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE MAIN QUESTION ON H.R. 595 WAS ORDERED TO BE PUT. (P. 796-2)

TO PASS H.R. 595. (P. 797)

TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 595 WAS AGREED TO, SAID AMENDMENT RELATINT TO TRANSPORTATION OF U. S. MAIL BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL BY ED COLLINS AND ASSOCIATES. (P. 797)

TO STRIKE ALL AFTER THE ENACTING CLAUSE OF S. 60, A BILL TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF SURVEYOR-GENERAL OF UTAH, AND TO GRANT LANDS TO ACTUAL SETTLERS THEREIN, AND INSERT A SUBSTITUTE BILL, AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO APPOINT A SURVEYOR-GENERAL IN UTAH, AND PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN SECTIONS IN EACH TOWNSHIP SHALL BE RESERVED FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING APPLIED TO SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES. (P. 506-1)

TO PASS S. 60 (2/17/55), AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TELEGRAPH LINE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI ROVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. (P. 503-3)

TO TABLE H.R. 689, (P. 2/22/55) A BILL TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF SURVEYOR-GENERAL OF UTAH, AND TO RESERVE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TOWNSHIPS IN UTAH FOR THE PURPOSE OF AID TO EDUCATION. (P. 506-2)

TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH H.R. 651 (2/10/55) FOR THE RELIEF OF SAMUEL A. BELDEN AND CO., WAS PASSED. (P. 417-3)

TO PASS H.R. 651 (2/10/55) A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF SAMUEL A. BELDEN AND CO. (P. 417-2)

TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE HOUSE AGREED TO RECOMMIT THE BILL H.R. 295, TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF 13. (P. 368-3)

TO TABLE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH H.R. 295 WAS PASSED. (P. 355-3)

TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE MAIN QUESTION, ON PASSAGE OF H.R. 295, WAS ORDERED TO BE PUT. (P. 352-3)

TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE HOUSE REFUSED TO RECOMMIT H.R. 295 TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF 13. (P. 354-2)

TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE HOUSE REFUSED TO RECOMMIT H.R. 295 TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF 13 (P. 354-3)

TO PASS H.R 295. (P. 218-1)

TO RECOMMIT H.R. 295 TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THIRTEEN. (P. 353-3)

TO RECOMMIT H.R. 295 TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF 13. (P. 354-3)

TO TABLE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 295 REDUCING THE NUMBER OF RAILROADS FROM THREE TO ONE WAS AGREED TO. (P. 339-2)

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF H.R. 295. (P. 340-2)

TO ADJOURN, DURING DEBATE ON H.R. 295 (P. 340-3)

TO PASS THE SUBSTITUTE BILL H.R. 295, AS AMENDED. (P. 339-1)

TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE MAIN QUESTION ON PASSAGE OF H.R. 295 WAS ORDERED. (P. 353-1)

TO TABLE THE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.R. 295 AS AMENDED. (P. 339-3)

TO TABLE H.R. 295, A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RAILROAD AND TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC STATES AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN. (P. 318-2)

TO TABLE A RESOLUTION THAT THE COMMUNICATION FROM HON. RUFUS CHOATE RESIGNING HIS OFFICE AS ONE OF THE REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BE REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE OF FIVE AND THAT SAID COMMITTEE INQUIRE AND REPORT WHETHER THAT INSTITUTION HAS BEEN MANAGED AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND THE DESIGN OF ITS FOUNDERS. (P. 283-1)

TO TABLE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH A RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO THE RESIGNATION OF THE HON. RUFUS CHOATE AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED. (P. 283)

TO PASS S. 393 (12-14-54), AN ACT FOR THE BETTER PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM VESSELS SHIPWRECKED ON THE COAST OF THE U. S. (P. 32-3)

TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE HOUSE REFUSED TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS A RESOLUTION REQUESTING INFORMATION FROM THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THE CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN MINISTERS AT OSTEND. (P. 18-1)

TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH HOUSE REFUSED TO REFER A RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO THE CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS AT OSTEND TO THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. (P. 18-1)

TO TABLE A RESOLUTION REQUESTING INFORMATION FROM THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THE CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN MINISTERS AT OSTEND. (P. 17-3)

TO CORRECT THE JOURNAL SO THAT IT STATES THAT THE ENTRY IN THE JOURNAL RELATIVE TO S. 33, (10 STAT 807, 8/1/54) A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF MAJOR CALEB SWAN, WAS DUE TO A MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ACTUALLY TRANSPIRED, AND THAT IN FACT, THE SWAN BILL WAS NOT PASSED. (P. 2000-2)

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND INTRODUCE A BILL FOR THE REPEAL OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW, APPROVED SEPT 18, 1850. (P. 1989)

TO PASS A RESOLUTION ALLOWING A CLERK TO THE COMM. ON POST OFFICE AND POST ROADS. (P. 1464-1466)

TO ADJOURN.

TO TABLE H.R. 406, THE POSTAGE BILL. (P. 1425)

TO ADJOURN, DURING DEBATE ON H.R. 98 (10 STAT 826, AUG. 5, 1854) A BILL TO ALLOW HENRY LEWIS TO ENTER AT ANY LAND OFFICE, 40 ACRES OF LAND, IN SATISFACTION OF HIS CLAIM AGAINST THE REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE AT CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA. (P. 1427, 8)

TO TABLE A RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT A. O. P. NICHOLSON, PUBLIC PRINTER, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS CONNECTED WITH THE WASHINGTON UNION BE EXPELLED FROM THIS HALL. (P. 1360, 1363, 1382)

TO PASS AS AMENDED JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT, REQUESTING THE SPEAKER AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE TO ADJOURN THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSES ON MONDAY, AUG. 14TH,. (P. 1378, 1379)

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND INTRODUCE A JOINT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO ADJOURN THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSES SINE DIE ON MONDAY JULY 3RD NEXT AT 12 O'CLOCK. (P. 1334)

TO TABLE A RESOLUTION REGARDING SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT. (P. 1378-1)

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND OFFER A RESOLUTION TO FIX THE DAILY HOUR OF MEETING OF THE HOUSE AT 11 A.M. (P. 1379)

TO AMEND A RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT THE CONGRESS ADJOURN SINE DIE BY PROVIDING THAT THE CONGRESS RECESS FROM JULY 4TH TO OCTOBER 3RD, PER DIEM COMPENSATION BEING ALLOWED TO MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE DURING SUCH RECESS. (P. 1378)

TO TABLE A JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT ON JULY 3RD. (P. 1378-3)

TO ADJOURN, DURING DEBATE ON A JOINT RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE.

TO SUSPEND THE RULES, IN ORDER TO OFFER A RESOLUTION INSTRUCTING THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY TO INQUIRE INTO THE FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE RECENT DEATH OF JAMES BATCHELDER, A DEPUTY MARSHALL OF THE U. S., ALLEGEDLY MURDERED WHILE ENFORCING THE LAW AGAINST A MOB IN BOSTON, (AND CARRYING OUT HIS DUTIES RELATIVE TO A FUGITIVE SLAVE), AND THE COMMITTEE IS FURTHER INSTRUCTED TO REPORT A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF HIS WIDOW AND CHILDREN, IF IT IS FOUND THAT HE DIED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES; NO QUORUM VOTING. (P. 1332-3)

TO SUSPEND THE RULES, IN ORDER TO OFFER A RESOLUTION INSTRUCTING THE COMM. ON THE JUDICIARY TO INQUIRE INTO THE FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE RECENT DEATH OF JAMES BATCHELDER, A DEPUTY MARSHAL OF THE U. S., ALLEGEDLY MURDERED WHILE ENFORCING THE LAW AGAINST A MOB IN BOSTON AND CARRYING OUT HIS DUTIES RELATIVE TO A FUGITIVE SLAVE. (P. 1333-3)

TO CONCUR WITH THE TENTH SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 271, SAID AMENDMENT APPROPRIATING $9,770 FOR COMPLETION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GROUNDS SOUTH OF THE WHITE HOUSE AND $1,000 FOR SETTEES IN THE PRESIDENT'S AND CAPITOL GROUNDS. (P. 1322-1)

TO CONCUR IN A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 271 (10 STAT 290, JUNE 30, 1854), A BILL TO SUPPLY DEFICIENCIES IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL 1854. THE AMENDMENT IS TO COMPENSATE JOHN KERR, IN ADDITION TO HIS SALARY AND AND ALLOWANCES AS CHARGE D'AFFAIRS TO NICARAGUA, FOR HIS EXPENSES AS CHARGE D'AFFAIRS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. (P. 1322-1)

TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE AGREEING TO THE 49TH AMENDMENT OF THE SPECIAL MAIL AGENT OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT IN CALIFORNIA. (P. 1323)

TO AGREE TO 53RD SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 271 MAKING SUNDRY APPROPRIATIONS OUT OF TREASURY FUNDS NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED FOR CUSTOM-HOUSES AND MARIEN HOSPITALS AND FOR THEIR COMPLETION. (P. 1323-3)

ON AGREEING TO THE FIFTY-FIRST SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 271; TO REPEAL SEC. 7 OF THE ACT OF AUG. 26, 1852 ON PUBLIC PRINTING, AND TO PROVIDE THAT, IN CASE OF DIFFERENT PRINTERS FOR THE RESPECTIVE HOUSES, EACH SHALL DO THE PRINTING ORDERED BY THE HOUSE ELECTING HIM, AND THAT PUBLIC PRINTING FOR THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND BUREAUS OF THE GOVERNMENT, SHALL BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN THE PRINTERS OF THE TWO HOUSES. (P. 1323-3)

TO ADJOURN. (P. 1247)

TO PASS H.R. 236. (P. 1254)

TO ADJOURN. (P. 1248)

TO ADJOURN. (P. 1247)

TO TABLE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE APPEAL FROM THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR WAS LAID UPON THE TABLE. THE CHAIR'S DECISION WAS THAT A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES WAS NOT IN ORDER AFTER THE RULES HAD BEEN SUSPENDED, AND THE HOUSE HAS GONE INTO COMM. OF THE WHOLE ON THE STATE OF THE UNION AND REPORTED A BILL. (P. 1247)

TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE PENDING AMENDMENT TO H.R. 236, TO STRIKE OUT ALL AFTER THE ENACTING CLAUSE AND INSERT A SUBSTITUTE. (P. 1249-1253)

TO ADJOURN.

TO TABLE AN APPEAL FROM THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR THAT, SOME TIME HAVING ELAPSED, AND ACTION ON OTHER MOTIONS INTERVENED, A MOTION TO ADJOURN OVER WAS IN ORDER. (P. 1245-3)

THAT WHEN HOUSE ADJOURN TODAY, IT BE TO MEET AGAIN ON THURSDAY NEXT.

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF H.R. 236. (P. 1254)

TO TABLE WASHBURN'S APPEAL FROM THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR THAT A MOTION FOR A CALL OF THE HOUSE IS NOT IN ORDER AT THIS STAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AS THE PREVIOUS QUESTION UPON THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON THE STATE OF THE UNION WAS PENDING.

TO CONCUR IN THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, STRIKING OUT THE ENACTING CLAUSE OF H.R. 236. (P. 1242-1249)

THAT THE HOUSE RESOLVE ITSELF INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON THE STATE IN ORDER TO RE-INTRODUCE H.R. 236. (P. 1240)

TO TABLE THE APPEAL FROM THE RULING OF THE CHAIR THE MR. GOODRICH'S MOTION TO BE EXCUSED FROM VOTING ON MR. CLINGMAN'S APPEAL FROM THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR WAS IN ORDER, AS THE PREVIOUS QUESTION HAD NOT BEEN SECONDED. (P. 1245)

TO TABLE WASHBURNE'S MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE APPEAL WAS LAID UPON THE TABLE. THE APPEAL WAS FROM THE CHAIR'S DECISION THAT A CALL OF THE HOUSE IS NOT IN ORDER, SINCE THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE REPORT OF THE COMM. OF THE WHOLE IS NOW PENDING. (P. 1248-1)

TO TABLE H.R. 236. (P. 1254-2)

THAT WHEN THE HOUSE ADJOURN TODAY, IT BE TO MEET ON WEDNESDAY NEXT.

A CALL OF THE HOUSE. (P. 1243)

TO SUSTAIN THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR THAT MR. LETCHER'S MOTION TO ADJOURN OVER TO WEDNESDAY, FOLLOWING MR. SAGE'S MOTION TO ADJOURN, WAS OUT OF ORDER UNDER THE DECISION OF THE HOUSE EARLIER IN THE DAY. (P. 1255)