six, the President and Vice-President of the United States shall be elected by a direct vote of the people of the several States, and the electors in each State shall have the same qualifications as the electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature.

The person receiving the greatest number of votes for President shall be the President, and the person receiving the greatest number of votes for Vice-President shall be the Vice-President; but if two or more persons shall each receive an equal and the greatest number of votes for President, then the House of Representatives shall, from such persons, immediately choose the President; and if two or more persons shall each receive an equal and the greatest number of votes for Vice-President, then the Senate shall, from such persons immediately choose the Vice-President. In such elections, each House shall vote viva voce, and each member shall have one vote; and the person receiving the majority of the votes cast shall be elected; and, in case of a tie, the presiding officer shall determine it.

The election for President and Vice-President shall be held at the time now provided by law for choosing the electors of such officers, but Congress may prescribe a different time, which shall be the same in all the States; and Congress shall prescribe the manner of holding and conducting such election, and making the returns thereof; and, in case of failure so to do, that duty shall devolve, in the order named, first, on the President of the United States; second, on the Legislature of each State within that State; and, third, upon the chief executive of each State within that State.

The returns shall be canvassed at the time and in the manner now provided, or which may be hereafter provided, by the joint rules of the two Houses, or by law, by and in the presence of both Houses of Congress, who shall be the judges (each House voting separately) of the returns and election; but in case the two Houses shall not agree, then the matter of disagreement shall be referred to the Supreme Court of the United States, which shall forthwith decide the same, and such decision shall be final.

January 13—Mr. Bennett, Delegate from the Territory of Idaho, offered the following resolution, which was agreed to:

Whereas several propositions for amendments to the Constitution of the United States in relation to the manner of the election of President and Vice-President have been submitted to the House and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: Therefore,

Resolved, That, in the consideration of such propositions, the Committee on the Judiciary be, and hereby is, requested to inquire into the expediency of incorporating into such constitutional amendments a provision granting to the citizens of the United States residing in the organized Territories the same privileges of voting for President and Vice-President as may be granted to such citizens residing in the States.

January 17—Mr. O'brien proposed the following:

ARTICLE XVI.

Section I. No State shall make any law respecting an establishment of religion,.or prohib

iting the free exercise thereof; and no minister or preacher of the gospel or of any religious creed or denomination shall hold any office of trust or emolument under the United States or under any State; nor shall any religious test be required as a qualification for any office or public trust in any State or under the United States.

Sec. 2. No money received by taxation in any State for the support of public schools, or derived from any public fund therefor, nor any public lands devoted thereto, shall ever be under the control of any religious sect; nor shall any money so raised nor lands so devoted be divided between religious sects or denominations; nor shall any minister or preacher of the gospel, or of any religious creed or denomination, hold any office in connection with the public schools in any State, nor be eligible to any position of trust or emolument in connection with any institution, public or private, in any State or under the United States., which shall be supported in whole or in part from any public fund.

January 17—Mr. New proposed the following: Article Xvi.

From and after the next election for the President of the United States, the President shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same term, be elected in the manner now provided by law, or as may hereafter be provided, but neither the President, the Vice-President, or any other person in the office of President, as devolved upon him by law, shall be eligible to the office of President a third time.

January 18—Mr. Charles G. Williams proposed the following:

Article Xvi.

No State shall make any law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; and no money raised by taxation in any State for the support of public schools., or derived from any public fund therefor, nor any public lands devoted thereto, shall ever be tinder the control of any religious sect; nor shall any money so raised or lands so devoted be divided between religious sects or denominations; neither shall money raised by taxation in any State be appropriated for the maintenance of any sectarian school or sectarian institution.

1876, January 18—Mr. Faulkner proposed the following:

The President shall have power to disapprove of any item or items of any bill making appropriations of money embracing- distinct items; and the part or parts of the bill approved shall be the law, and the item or items of appropriation disapproved shall be void, unless repassed according to the rules and limitations prescribed for the passage of other bills over the executive veto.

January 19—Mr. Springer proposed the following:

The Congress shall not pass any local or special latvs in any of the following enumerated cases; that is to say, for—

Granting pensions, bounties, lands, or prizemoney to any person or persons; or for correcting the records of any department of the Government in reference thereto;

Granting relief to any person or persons; or authorizing the payment of any claim against the United States or any officer thereof, except appropriations in general laws, to pay the judgments of courts or commissions authorized by law;

Remitting fines, penalties, or forfeitures, creating, increasing, or decreasing fees, percentage, or allowances of public officers during the term for which said officers are elected;

Granting to any corporation, association, or individual the right to lay down railroad-tracks, or »amending existing charters for such purpose, by conferring any special or exclusive privilege upon such corporation or association which it does not already have;

Granting to any corporation, association, or individual any special or exclusive privilege, subsidy, immunity, or franchise whatever;

Regulating the practice of courts, or conferring special jurisdiction, in a particular case, on any of the courts of the United States, or commissions for the auditing of claims against the same.

In all other cases where a general law can be made applicable, no special law shall be enacted, and in all cases the courts may determine whether any special law could have been embraced in a general enactment.

January 24—Mr. LAPHAM proposed the following:

From and after the adoption of this amendment, the qfficial term of the President shall commence on the first day of May instead of the fourth day of March, except when the first day of May shall fall on Sunday, in which case said term shall commence on the first Tuesday in May; and the President in office, when this amendment shall take effect, shall hold his office until the first day, of May, in the year when his office would terminate under the present Constitution, and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, and each successive President shall hold his office until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

January 24—-Mr. Alpheus S. Williams proposed the following:

ARTICLE XVI.

Section I. Senators and Representatives in Congress are prohibited from soliciting appointments to, or removals from, office.

Sec. 2. Congress may create a civil-service commission of not less than five or more than nine persons, to be chosen once in every four years, in such manner as may be prescribed by law, and may confer on such commission absolute advisory and confirmatory powers in regard to appointments to and removals from office.

Sec. 3. Congress may provide that civil officers whose duties require them to reside in the several States may be elected by the people of their respective States, districts and localities, subject, 'however, to removal by the civil-service commission, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by law; but no officer so elected shall be removed for religious or political reasons.

Sec. 4. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

January 24—Mr. James Wilson proposed the following:

Article —. Section I. After the year eighteen hundred

and eighty-two, the annual meeting of the Congress shall be on the first day of January, (or on the next day when the first falls on Sunday,) or on such other day in the month of January as may be prescribed by law.

Sec. 2. The term of office of Representatives elected to the Forty-seventh Congress shall expire on the last day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

Sec. 3. The term of office of Representatives elected to the Forty-eighth Congress shall begin on the first day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and that of Representatives to the succeeding Congresses shall begin on the first day of January every second year thereafter.

Sec. 4. The terms of office of Senators which, under the present official tenure, would expire with the third day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, eighteen hundred and eightyfive, and eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, shall expire with the close of the month of December next preceding said years respectively; and thereafter the official term of Senators shall begin on the first day of January.

February 7—Mr. Oliver proposed the following:

From and after the fourth day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, the term of office of the President and Vice-President of the United States shall be six years; and after said date no person shall be eligible for election to the office of President who has held such office within two years immediately preceding such election, or who has ever held such office longer than four years.

February 21—Mr. Cook proposed the following:

That no money shall be appropriated by any one Congress, or session of the same, over and above the annual estimates sent to Congress by the executive department; but this restriction shall not prevent Congress from diminishing the said estimates if they think proper.

March 6—Mr. Charles G. Williams proposed the following:

ARTICLE XVI.

The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every third year by the people of the several States.

Immediately after they shall have assembled in consequence of the first election following the ratification of this article, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes.

The seats of the members of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first year; of the second class, at the expiration of the second year; and of the third class, at the expiration of the third year; so that one-third may be chosen every year.

June 12—Mr. Lord proposed the following:

ARTICLE —.

Section I. All postmasters, marshals, assessors, and collectors, except collectors of customs duties, shall be chosen for a term of four years at a general election by the electors of the district, city, town or village in which the duties of their offices are to be performed.

Sec. 2. The Congress shall enact suitable laws to execute the foregoing article, and to insure the faithful discharge of the duties of such officers, and for their removal by the President for official misconduct; and in case of a removal, for an appointment until the next general election, and for filling vacancies in such offices. ARTICLE —.

Section I. The Congress shall enact suitable laws for the prevention and punishment of official misconduct and to insure official accountability.

Sec. 2. No person indicted for bribery or for converting the public money, or called as a witness in relation thereto, shall be excused from testifying on the ground that his testimony will tend to criminate himself; and any person convicted of such bribery or conversion shall not be pardoned, and shall be disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.

Totes on Amendment Proposing Ineligibility of the President*

In House.

1876, January 18—Mr. Knott, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following:

Be it resolved, etc., {two-thirds of each House concurring therein,) That the following be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures, shall be valid as a part of said Constitution:

ARTICLE XVI.

No person who has held, or may hereafter hold, the office of President shall ever again be eligible to said office.

January 26—Mr. Frye, from the minority of of the Committee, proposed the following substitute for the proposed article given above:

From and after the fourth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, the term of office of President and Vice-President of the United States shall be six years; and any person having been elected to and held the office of President, or who, for two years, has held such office, shall be ineligible to a re-election.

Mr. Frye's substitute was then disagreed to— yeas 108, nays 144 (not voting 37), as follow:

Yeas—Messrs. C. H. Adams, Ashe, G. A. Bagley, J. H. Bagley y jr., J. H. Baker, Banks, Blaine, Bradley, W. R. Brown, H. C. Burchard, Burleigh, Cate, Chittenden, Clymer, Cochrane, Conger, Crapo, Crounse, Farwell, Faulkner, Foster, C. Freeman, Frost, Frye, Garfield, R. Hamilton, Hancock, Haralson, Hardenbergh, B. W. Harris, C. H. Harrison, Hatcher, Hathorn, Hendee, Henderson, A. S. Hewitt, Hopkins, Hoskins, House, Hubbell, Hurlbut, Joyce, Kasson, Kehr, Ketchum, Kimball, King, F. Landers, Lane, Lapham, W. Lawrence, Leavenworth, Luttrell, E. W. M. Mackey, L. A. Mackey, MacDougall, McCraiy, Miller, Monroe, Morgan, Norton, Oliver, O'Neill, Packer, J. Phelps, W. A. Phillips, Pierce, Piper, Plaisted, T. C. Piatt, A. POTTER, Rainey, Randall, Reagan, y. Reilly, Riddle, J. Robbins, C. B. Roberts, M. S. Robinson, S. Ross, Sampson, Sheakley, Singleton, Sinnickson, A. H. Smith, Strait, Stowell, Teese, Thornburgh, Throckmorton, W. Townsend, Turney, Van

Vorhes, R. B. Vance, Walling, Warren, Wells; Wheeler, J. D. White, Whiting, G. Willard, A.. Williams, A. S. Williams, J. D. Williams, Willis, J. Wilson, Woodworth, Yeates—108.

Nays—Messrs. Ainsworth, Anderson, Atkins,Bagby^N. H. Baker, Ballou, Banning, Barnum, Beebe, S. N. Bell, Blackburn, Blair, Bland, Boone, Bradford, Bright, J. Y. Brown, Buckner, S. D. Burchard, Cabell, J. H Caldwell, Campbell, Candler, Cannon, Caulfield, Chapin, y. B. Clarke, y. B. Clark, jr., Collins, Cook, Cowan, Culberson, Cutler, yoseph y. Davis, Davy, DeBolt, Denison, Dibrell, Douglas, Dunnell. Durand, Durham, Eames, Fden, Egbert, Felton, Forney, Fort, Franklin, Fuller, Gause, Glover, Goodin, A. H. Hamilton, H R. Harris, y. T. Harris, Hartzell, Haymond, Hereford, G. W. Hewitt, Hill, Holman, Hooker, Hunter, Hunton, Hurd, Hyman, T. L. yones, Knott, G. M. Landers, Levy, B. B. Lewis, Lord, Lynchs, Lynde, Magoon, Maish, J. W. McDill, McMahon, Meade, Metcalfe, Milliken, Mills, Morrison, Mutchler, Nash, JVeal, New, Odell, Page,

E. Y. Parsons, Payne, y. F. Philips, Poppleton, Powell, Pratt, D. Rea, A. V. Rice, W. M. Robbins, M. Ross, Rusk, Savage, M. Sayler, Scales, Seelye, Slemons, R. Smalls, W. E. Smith, Southard, Sparks, Springer, Stenger, Stevenson, Stone, Swann, Tarbox, Terry, C. P. Thompson, P. F. Thomas, M. I. Townsend, Tucker, Tufts, y. L. Vance, Waddell, Waldron, C. C B. Walker, G. C. Walker, A. S.Wallace, Walls, Walsh, Ward, G. W. Wells, Whitehouse, Wigginton, Wike, C. G. Williams, y Williams, y N. Williat?is, W. B. Williams, Wilshire, B. Wilson,

F. Wood, Woodburn, C. Young—144. February 2—Mr. Reagan moved the following substitute:

That no person who has held or may hereafter hold the office of President shall ever thereafter be eligible to said office.

That the term of office of President and VicePresident of the United States shall be six years from and after the 4th of March, 1881.

Mr. New moved to re-commit the subject to the Committee on the Judiciary; which was disagreed to—yeas 127, nays 130 (not voting 33).

Mr. Reagan's substitute was then disagreed to—yeas 72, nays 184 (notvoting 33), as follow:

Yeas—Messrs. Ashe, Atkins, y. H Bagley, jr., J. H. Baker, Banks, Bradley, Bright, W. P. Caldwell, Candler, Cannon, Chapin, Clymer, Cochrane, Cook, Cowan, Douglas, Ellis, Ely, Faulkner, Felton, Forney, R. Hamiltoit, Hardenbergh, H R. Harris, C. H. Harrison, Hatcher, A. S. Hewitt, G. W. Hewitt, Hill, Hopkins, House, Lane, B. B. Lewis, Luttrell, E. W. M. Mackey, Z. A. Mackey, Maish, Milliken, Mills, Morgan, Payne, y. Phelps, W. A. Phillips, Piper, A. Potter, Powell, Randall, Reagan, y. Reilly, J. B. Reilly, Riddle, y Robbins, W. M. Robbins, C. B. Robert^ Scales, Schleicher, Sheakley, Singleton, Spar fa s Teese, Throckmorton, Turney, R. B. Vance, Waddell, Walling, Ward, Warren, Whitehouse, A. S. Williams, y D. Williams, Willis, C. Young—72.

Nays—Messrs. C. H. Adams, Ainsworth, AnDerson, Bagby, G. A. Bagley, W. H. Baker, Ballou, Banning, Barnum, Bass, Beebe, S. N. Bell, Blackburn, Blaine, Blair, Bland, Boone, Bradford, J. Y. Brown, W. R. Brown, Buckner, H. C. Burchard, S. D. Burchard, Cabell, J. H. Caldwell, Campbell, Cate, Caulfield, Chittenden, J. B. Clarke, J. B. Clark, jr., Collins, Conger, Crapo, Crounse, Culberson, Cutler, yoseph y. Davis, Davy, DeBolt, Denison, Dibrell, Dunnell, Durand, Durham, Eames, Eden, Egbert, Farwell, Fort, Foster, Franklin, C. Freeman, Frost, Frye, Fuller, Garfield, Gause, Glover, A. H. Hamilton, Hancock, Haralson, B. W. Harris, y. T. Harris, Hartzell, Hathorn, Haymond, Hendee, Henderson, Henkle, Hereford, Holman, Hooker, Hoskins, Hubbell, Hunter, Hunton, Hurd, Hurlbut, Hyman, T. L. yones, Joyce, Kasson, Kehr, Ketchum, Kimball, King, Knott, F. Landers, G. M. Landers, Lapham, W. Lawrence, Leavenworth, Levy, Lord, Lynch, Lynde, Magoon, MacDougall, McCrary, J. W. McDill, McMahon, Meade, Miller, Monroe, Morrison, Mutchler, Nash, JVeal, New, Norton, O'Brien, Odell, Oliver, O'Neill, Packer, Page, E. Y. Parsons, y F. Philips, Pierce, Plaisted, T. C. Piatt, Poppleton, Pratt, Rainey, D. Pea, A. V. Rice, M. S. Robinson, M. Ross, S. Ross, Rusk, Sampson, Savage, M. Sayler, y. G. Schumaker, Seelye, Sinnickson, Slemons, R. Smalls, A. H. Smith, W. E. Smith, Southard, Springer, Strait, Stenger, Stevenson, Stone, Stowell, Swann, Tarbox, Terry, C. P. Thompson, P. F. Thomas, Thornburgh, M. I. Townsend, W. Townsend, Tucker, Tufts, Van Vorhes, y. L. Vance, Waldron, C. C. B. Walker, G. C. Walker, A. S. Wallace, Walls, Walsh, E. Wells, G. W. Wells, Wheeler, J. D. White, Whiting, Wigginton, Wike, G. Willard, C. G. Williams, J. N. Williams, W. B. Williams, Wilshire, B. Wilson, J. Wilson, F. Wood, Woodburn, Woodworth, Yeates —184.

The joint resolution, reported from the Committee, was then disagreed to, (two-thirds not having voted in the affirmative)—yeas 145, nays 108 (not voting 36) as follow:

Yeas—Messrs. Ainsworth, Ashe, Atkins^ Bagby, y. H. Bagley, jr., Banks, Banning, Barnum, Beebe, S.N.Bell, Blackburn, Bland, Boone, Bradford, Bright, y. Y. Brown, Buckner, S. D. Burchard, Cabell, y. H. Caldwell, Candler, Cate, Caulfield, Chapin, y. B. Clarke, y. B. Clark, jr., Clymer, Cochrane, Collins, Cook, Cowan, Crounse, Culberson, Cutler, yoseph y.

Davis, DeBolt, Dibrell, Douglas, Dunnell, Du rand, Durham, Eden, Egbert, Faulkner, Felton, Forney, Franklin, Frost, Fuller, Gause, Gibson, Glover, Goodin, A. H. Hamilton, Hancock, H. R. Harris, y. T. Harris, C. H. Harrison, Hartzell, Hatcher, Hereford, A. S. Hewitt, G. W. Hewitt, Hill, Holman, Hopkins, House, Hunton, Hurd, T. L. yones, Knott, F. Landers, G. M. Landers, Lane, Levy. B. B. Lewis, Lord, Luttrell, Lynde, L. A. Mackey, Maish, Mc Far land, McMahon, Meade, Metcalfe, Milliken, Mills, Morgan, Morrison, Mutchler, Odell, £. Y. Parsons, Payne, y Phelps, y. F. Philips, W. A. Phillips, Piper, Poppleton, Powell, Reagan, y. Reilly, A. V. Rice, Riddle, y. Robbins, W. M. Robbins, C. B. Roberts, M. Ross, Savage, M. Sayler, Scales, Schleicher, Sheakley, Singleton, Slemons. W. E. Smith, Southard, Sparks, Springer, Stenger, Stevenson, Stone, Tarbox, Terry, C. P. Tho7?ipson, Throckmorton, Tucker, Turney, y. L. Vance, R. B. Vance, Waddell, C C. B. Walker, G. C. Walker, Walling, Ward, Warren, E. Wells, Whitehouse, Wigginton, A. S. Williams, y. D. Williams, f. N. Williams, Willis, Wilshire, B. Wilson, Yeates

—145.

Nays—Messrs. C. H. Adams, Anderson, G. A. Bagley, J. H. Baker, W. H. Baker, Ballou, Blaine, Blair, Bradley, W. R. Brown, H. C. Burchard, Burleigh, Campbell, Cannon, Chittenden, Conger, Crapo, Davy, Denison, Eames, Farwell, Fort, Foster, C. Freeman, Frye, Garfield, E. Hale, R. Hamilton, Haralson, Hardenbergh, B. W. Harris, Hathorn, Haymond, Hendee, Henderson, Hooker, Hoskins, Hubbell, Hunter, Hurlbut, Hyman, Joyce, Kasson, Kehr, Ketchum, Kimball, King, Lapham, W. Lawrence, Leavenworth, Lynch, E. W. M. Mackey, Magoon, MacDougall, McCrary, J. W. McDill, Miller, Monroe, Nash, Neal, New, Norton, Oliver, O'Neill, Packer, Page, Pierce, Plaisted, T. C. Piatt, A. Potter, Pratt, Purman, Rainey, Randall, M. S. Robinson, S. Ross, Rusk, Sampson, Seelye, Sinnickson, R. Smalls, A. H. Smith, Strait, Stowell, Swann, Teese, P. F. Thomas, Thornburgh, M. I. Townsend, W. Townsend, Tufts, Van Vorhes, Waldron, A. S. Wallace, Walls, Walsh, G. W. Wells, Wheeler, J. D. White, Whiting Wike, G. Willard, C. G. Williams, W. B. Williams, J. Wilson, F. Wood, Woodburn, Woodworth—108.

In House.

1875, December 15—Mr. Randall offered a bill (H. R. 214), to remove the disabilities imposed by the third section of the fourteenth article of the Amendments of the Constitution of the United States; which, after a brief discussion as to time, was made a special order for December 21.

The bill is as follows:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ame?'ica in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That all disabilities imposed and remaining upon any person by virtue of the third section of the fourteenth article of the amendments of the Constitution of the United States be, and the same are hereby, removed, and each and every person is hereby forever relieved therefrom.

Sec. 2. Whenever any persons from whom disabilities are removed by this act shall be elected or appointed to any post or office of honor or trust under the Government of the United States he shall take the oath prescribed by section 1757 of title 19 of the Revised Statutes of the United States or such other official oath as may be hereafter prescribed in such cases by any future act of Congress.

1875, December 21—The House was not in session.

1876, January 6—Mr. Blaine obtained consent to have printed the following amendment, and he gave notice that he would offer it as an amendment to the bill, on Monday next:

Be it enacted, etc.. That all persons now under the disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, with the exception of Jefferson Davis, late president of the so-called Confederate States, shall be relieved of such disabilities upon their appearing before any judge of a United States Court and talcing and subscribing in open Court the following oath, to be duly attested and recorded, namely: I, A. B., do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith arid allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that, to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of a citizen of the United States.

January 10—Mr. Randall moved a suspension of the rules, so as to proceed to the consideration of the Amnesty bill, which was agreed to.

Mr. Blaine desired to offer his amendment, in the nature of a substitute.

Mr. Randall, having the floor, demanded the previous question, stating that he desired to have it sustained, and that he then proposed to give to the gentleman on the other side of the House one-half of the time which may be allowed for discussion.

The previous question was decided on a count by tellers—ayes 159, noes 95. On ordering the main question, the yeas were 164, nays 100, (not voting 26), as follows:

Yeas—Messrs. Ainsworth, Anderson, Ashe, Atkins, Bagby, y. H Bagiey, jr., Barnum, Beebe, Blackburn, Bland, Blount, Boone, Bradford, Bright, y. Y. Brown, Buckner, S. D. Burchard, Cabell, y H Caldwell, W. P. Caldwell, Campbell, Candler, Caulfield, Chapin, y. B. Clarke, y. B. Clark, jr., Clymer, Cochrane, Cook, Cowan, Cox, Culberson, Cutler, Darrall, yoseph y. Davis, DeBolt, Dibrell, Douglas. Durand, Durham, Eden, Egbert, Ely, Faulkner, Felton, Forney, Franklin, Fuller, Gause, Gibson, Glover, Goode, Goodin, Gunter, A. H Hamilton, R. Hamilton, Hancock, Hardenbergh, H. R. Harris, y. T. Harris, C. H. Harrison, ■Hartridge, Ha?'tzell, Hatcher, Haymond, Henkle, Hereford, G, W. Hewitt, Hill, Holman, Hooker, Hopkins, House, Hunion, yenks, F. yones, T. L. yones, Knott, F. Landers, G. M. Landers, Lane, Levy, B. B. Lewis, Lord, Ltittrell, Lynde, Maish, McFarland, McMahon, Meade, Metcalfe, Milliken, Mills, Money, Morey, Morgan, Mor

rison, Mutchler, Nash, Heal, New, 0\Brien, E. Y. Parsons, y. Phelps, y. F. Philips, Pipery Poppleton, Powell, Randall, D. Rea, Reagan, y. Reilly, y. B. Reilly, A. V. Rice, Riddle, y Robbins, W. M. Robbins, C. B. Roberts, M. Ross, Savage, M. Sayler, Scales, Schleicher, y. G. Schumaker, Sheakley, Singleton, Slemons, W. E. Smith, Southard, Sparks, Springer, Stenger, Stevenson, Stone, Tarbox, Teese, Terry, C. P. Thompson, P. F. Thomas, Throckmorton, Tucker, Turney, y. L. Vance, R. B. Vance, Waddell, C. C. B. Walker, G. C. Walker, Walling, Walsh, Ward, Warren, E. Wells, Whitthoriie, Wike, A. S. Williams, y. Williams, y.

D. Williams, y N. Williams, Willis, Wilshire, B. Wilson, F. Wood, Yeates, C. Young—164.

Nays—Messrs. C. H. Adams, G. A. Bagiey, J. H. Baker, W. H. Baker, Ballou, Banks, Blaine, Blair, Bradley, W. R. Brown, H. C. Burchard, Burleigh, Cannon, Cason, Caswell, Cate, Chittenden, Conger, Crapo, Crounse, Danford, Davy, Denison, Dunnell, Eames, Evans, Fort, Foster, C. Freeman, Frost, Frye, Garfield,

E. Hale, Haralson, B. W. Harris, Hathorn, Hendee, Henderson, G. F. Hoar, Hoskins, Hubbell, Hunter, Hurlbut, Hyman, Joyce, Kasson, Kehr, Ketchum, Kimball, King, Lapham, W. Lawrence, Leavenworth, Lynch, E. W. M. Mackey, Magoon, MacDougall, McCrary, J. W. McDill, Miller, Monroe, Norton, Oliver, O'Neill, Packer, Page, W. A. Phillips, Pierce, Plaisted, T. C. Piatt, A. Potter, Pratt, M. S. Robinson, S. Ross, Rusk, Sampson, Seelye, Sinnickson, R. Smalls, A. H. Smith, Starkweather, Strait, Stowell, Thornburgh, M. I. Townsend, W. Townsend, Tufts, Van Vorhes, Waldron, A. S. Wallace, J. W. Wallace, Wheeler, J. D. White, Whiting, G. Willard, C. G. Williams, W. B. Williams, J. Wilson, A. Wood, jr., Woodworth —100.

On the passage of the bill the yeas were 175, nays 97, (not voting 18,) two-thirds being required, as follow:

Nays—Messrs. Ainsworth, Anderson, Ashe, Atkins, Bagby, y. H. Bagiey, jr., Banks, BarT num, Beebe, S.N.Bell, Blackbwn, Bland, Blount, Boone, Bradford, Bright, y. Y. Brown, Buckner, S. D. Burchard, Cabell, y. H. Caldwell, W. P. Caldwell, Campbell, Candler, Cate, Caulfield, Chapin, y B. Clarke, y B. Clark, jr., Clymer, Cochrane, Cook, Cotvan, Cox, Culberson, Cutler, yoseph y. Davis, DeBolt, Dibrell, Douglas, Durand, Durham, Eden, Egbert, Ely, Faulkner, Felton, Forney, Franklin, Fuller, Gause, Gibson, Glover, Goode, Goodin, Gunter, A. H. Ha7nilton, R. Hamilton, Hancock, Hardenbergh, H. R. Harris, y. T. Harris, C. H. Harrison, Hartridge, Hartzell, Hatcher, Hay?nond, Henkle, Hereford, G. W. Hewitt, Hill, Hohnan, Hooker, Hopkins, House, Hunton, Hurd, yenks, F. yones, T. L. yones, Kehr, Kelley, Knott, F. Landers^ G. M. Landers, Lane, Levy, B. B. Lewis, Lord, Luttrell, Lynch, Lynde, E. W. M. Mackey, Maish, McFarland, McMahon, Meade, Metcalfe, Milliken, Mills, Money, Morey, Morgan, Morrison, Mutchler, Neal, New, O'Brien, E. Y. Parsons, Payne, y. Phelps, y. F Philips, Pierce, Piper, Poppleton, A. Potter, Pozvell, Randall, D. Rea, rran, y Reilly, y B. Reilly, A. V. Rice,