consideration of the legislative appropriation | per annum; and such as now receive $1,440, bill-Mr. EDMUNDS calling for the reading of the changes made by the House.

The amendment proposed by the House to the first Senate amendment, which was to strike out of the bill, on line 16, the word "and" and insert "$3,600," so that the clause will read "principal clerk, $3,600," was read. The House agreeing to that amendment with an amendment, as follows:

Add to said amendment:

the sum of $1,800 per annum; and such as now receive $3.60 per day, the sum of $1,800 each per annum. That the salaries of all employes in the department of the Doorkeeper and the post office of the House and elsewhere about the House of Representatives be increased in the same ratio and for the same period as those in the Clerk's department whose salaries are raised by this act. That the Clerk of the Committee on Patents and Private Land Claims and Committee on Commerce be paid $1,800 per annum.

Mr. EDMUNDS moved to amend the amend ment of the House by striking out all after the increase of the salary of the President. Dis agreed to-yeas 20, nays 38:

YEAS-Messrs. Boreman, Buckingham, Caldwell, Casserly, Chandler, Cole, Corbett, Cragin, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, Hamlin, Harlan, Howe, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Pratt, Sherman, Thurman, Wilson, Wright—20. NAYS-Messrs. Ames, Bayard, Blair, Brownlow, Cameron, Carpenter, Clayton, Conkling, Cooper, Davis, FENTON, Ferry of Michigan, Flana gan, Gilbert, Goldthwaite, Hamilton of Maryland, HAMILTON of Texas, Hill, Kelly, Lewis, Logan, Machen, Morton, Norwood, Nye, Pool, Ramsey, Ransom, RICE, Robertson, Sawyer, SCHURZ, Spencer, Stevenson, Stewart, TRUMBULL, Vickers, West-38.

Mr. SHERMAN called for a separate vote on non-concurring in this House amendment.

Mr. MORTON moved to strike out so much of that amendment as refers to Senators, Repre sentatives, and Delegates, but subsequently withdrew the motion.

Mr. BUCKINGHAM moved to amend the House amendment by inserting after the word "therefor" in the provision for Senators, &c., the fol

That on and after the 4th day of March, A. D. 1873, the President of the United States shall receive for his services during the term for which he shall have been elected the sum of $50,000 per annum in full for his services, to be paid quarterly at the Treasury; the Vice President of the United States shall also receive for his services during the term for which he shall have been elected the sum of $10,000 per annum in full for his services, to be paid quarterly at the Treasury; and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States shall receive the sum of $10,500 per annum; and the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States shall receive the sum of $10,000 per annum each, to be paid quarterly at the Treasury; the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, the Attorney General, and the Postmaster General shall receive $10,000 per annum each for their services; and each Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, State, and Interior Departments shall receive as annual compensation, to be paid quarterly, $6,500; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall hereafter receive compensation at the rate of $10,000 per annum ; and Senators and Representatives in Congress and Delegates from the Territories admitted to a seat in Congress, in-lowing proviso: cluding Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in the Forty-Second Congress, shall receive $6,500 per annum each; and this shall be in lieu of any other pay or any allowance for mileage, newspapers, stationery; and the sum of $1,200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated therefor. And there is hereby appropriated a sum sufficient to make the annual salaries of such of the clerks in the office of the House of Representatives as receive $2,500 and upward, (including the petition clerk and printing clerk,) and not increased in this act, $3,000 each; and of such as receive $2,160, the sum of $2,500 each; and of such as receive $1,800, the sum of $2,160 each; and of the clerks of the following committees, namely: Claims, Judiciary, Public Lands, Military Affairs, and Elections, $2,500 each; the Doorkeeper of the House, $3,000; and additional pay to the chief engineer, $360, (so as to equalize his pay with that of the chief engineer of the Senate,) and additional pay to the foreman of laborers, $120 per annum. And it is hereby provided that the increase of compensation to the officers, clerks, and others in the employ of the Senate and House of Representatives shall apply to the present Congress, and a sum sufficient therefor is hereby appropriated. And the messenger in charge of documents in the office of the Clerk of the House, the sum of $2,160

"Provided, That the increase in the salaries of Senators, Members, and Delegates in Congress shall not take effect until on and after March 4, 1877." Mr. BUCKINGHAM's amendment was disagreed

to.

Mr. HILL moved to so amend the House amendment as to fix the salaries of Senators, &c., at "$7,500" instead of "$6,500" per annum, but subsequently withdrew the motion.

Mr. EDMUNDS renewed Mr. MORTON'S motion to strike out of the House amendment all that relates to Senators, Representatives, and Dele gates. Disagreed to-yeas 24, nays 36:

YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Boreman, Buckingham, Casserly, Chandler, Cole, Corbett, Cragin, Edmunds, Ferry of Michigan, Frelinghuysen, Hamilton of Maryland, Hamlin, Harlan, Howe, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Pratt, SCHURZ, Sherman, Thurman, Windom, Wright-24.

NAYS-Messrs. Alcorn, Ames, Blair, Brownlow, Caldwell, Cameron, Carpenter, Clayton, Conkling, Cooper, Davis, FENTON, Flanagan, Gilbert, Goldthwaite, HAMILTON of Texas, Hill, Kelly, Lewis, Machen, Norwood, Nye, Pool, Ramsey, Ransom, RICE, Robertson, Sawyer, Spencer, Stevenson, Stewart, Stockton, TIPTON, TRUMBULL, Vickers, West-36.

Mr. MORRILL of Maine moved to strike out

all that part of the amendment which relates to the clerks of the House of Representatives and House committees.

The amendment was rejected.

Mr. EDMUNDS moved that the Senate concur with this House amendment.

Mr BAYARD moved to amend it by inserting judges of the Court of Claims, $8,000 per annum. Rejected-yeas 21, nays 31.

The Senate refused to concur in the House amendment-yeas 2, nays 55:

John, Sutherland, Sypher, Taffe, C. R. Thomas, D.
Townsend, Turner, Tuthill, Twichell, Voorhees,
Waddell, Wakeman, Wallace, Whiteley, Williams
of Indiana, Winchester, P. M. B. Young-103.

NAYS-Messrs. Ambler, Arthur, Barber, Barnum, Beatty, S. N. Bell, Bird, A. BLAIR, Buffinton, Burchard, F. Clarke, Coburn, Conger, Cotton, Cox, Crebs, J. J. Davis, Dawes, Donnan, Dox, Dunnell, Eames, Ely, FARNSWORTH, Finkelnburg, W. D. Foster, Frye, GOODRICH, Hambleton, Handley, J. B. Hawley, J. R. Hawley, Hay, G. W. YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Stockton-2. Hazelton, Hereford, Hibbard, Hill, G F. Hoar, NAYS-Messrs. Alcorn, Ames, Anthony, Blair, Holman, Kellogg, Kerr, Ketcham, Kinsella, Boreman, Brownlow, Buckingham, Cameron, Lewis, MacIntyre, Manson, Marshall, McClel Carpenter, Casserly, Chandler, Conkling, Cooper, land, McCormick, McCrary, McGrew, McJunkin, Corbett, Cragin, Davis, Edmunds, FENTON, Ferry Merriam, Merrick, Monroe, W. E. Niblack, Packof Michigan, Flanagan, Gilbert, Goldthwaite, er, Palmer, H.W.Parker, Potter, E. H. Roberts, Hamilton of Maryland, HAMILTON of Texas, Hill, Rusk, Scofield, Sessions, Shellabarger, ShoemakHitchcock, Howe, Kelly, Lewis, Logan, Machen, er, Slocum, J. A. Smith, Speer, Sprague, StarkMorrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, weather, B. N. Stevens, Stevenson, Swann, Terry, Norwood, Pool, Pratt, Ramsey, Ransom, Robert-W. Townsend, Upson, Walden, Waldron, Warson, Saulsbury, Sawyer, SCHURZ, Scott, Sherman, ren, Wells, Wheeler, C. W. Willard, J. T. Wilson Spencer, Stevenson, Thurman, TIPTON, TRUMBULL, Vickers, West, Wilson, Windom, Wright-55. After concurring in the House amendment relating to suit against the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Senate, on motion of Mr. MORRILL of Maine, insisted on all its remaining amendments disagreed to by the House, non concurred in the amendments of the House to the Senate amendments, and asked for a committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses.

Mr. MORRILL of Maine, Mr. CARPENTER, and Mr. BAYARD were appointed the conferees on the part of the Senate.

-84.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Acker, Ames, Archer, Barry, J. B. Beck, Braxton, Bright, Brooks, Bunnell, Comingo, Creely, Crossland, Esty, Farwell, Forker, C. Foster, Garfield, E. Hale, Halsey, J. T. Harris, Havens, Hooper, Killinger, Lowe, J. Lynch, McKinney, Mitchell, J. H. Moore, Morgan, Orr, I. C. Parker, Pendleton, Perce, Poland, Porter, Read, E. Y. Rice, Ritchie, W. R. Roberts, Roosevelt, Sawyer, Seeley, Sheldon, Shober, H. B. Smith, Snyder, Tyner, Van Trump, Vaughan, Whitthorne, Williams of New York, J. M. Wilson, Wood-53.

Mr. SARGENT moved to reconsider the vote by which the main question was ordered, and also

Report of the Committee of Confer- moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon

YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Averill, BANKS, E. W. Beck, Bigby, Biggs, Bingham, J. G. Blair, Boarman, BOLES, Buckley, Burdett, B. F. Butler, R. R. Butler, R. P. Caldwell, Campbell, Carroll, C. L. Cobb, Coghlan, Conner, Critcher, Crocker, Darrall, Dickey, Dodds, Du Bose, Duell, Duke, Eldredge, Elliott, H. D. Foster, Garrett, Getz, Giddings, Golladay, Griffith, Haldeman, Hancock, Hanks, Harmer, Harper, G. E. Harris, Hays, J. W. Hazelton, Herndon, Houghton, Kelley, Kendall, King, Lamison, Lamport, Lansing, Leach, Maynard, McHenry, McKee, McNeely, B. F. Meyers, Morey, Morphis, L. Myers, Negley, S. L. Niblack, Packard, Peck, Perry, Peters, J. H. Platt, Price, Prindle, Rainey, Randall, J. M. Rice, J. C. Robinson, J. Rogers, S. H. Rogers, Sargent, Shanks, H. Sherwood, Slater, Sloss, W. C. Smith, Snapp, Storm, Stoughton, Stowell, St.

the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

The main question-upon agreeing to the conference report was then taken, and the report adopted-yeas 102, nays 95, not voting 43:

YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Averill, BANKS, Bigby, Bingham, J. G. Blair, Boarman, BOLES, Buckley, Burdett, B. F. Butler, R. R. Butler, R. P. Caldwell, Carroll, C. L. Cobb, Coghlan, Conner, Critcher, Crossland, Darrall, Dickey, Du Bose, Duell, Duke, Eldredge, Elliott, H. D. Foster, Garfield, Garrett, Getz, Giddings, Golladay, Griffith, Hancock, Hanks, Harmer, Harper, G. E. Harris, Hays, J. W. Hazelton, Herndon, Houghton, Kendall, King, Lamison, Lamport, Lansing, Leach, Lowe, Maynard, McHenry, McJunkin, McKee, McKinney, McNeely, B. F. Meyers, Morey, Morphis, L. Myers, Negley, S. L. Niblack, Packard, I. C. Parker, Peck, Perce, Perry, Platt, Price, Prindle, Rainey, Randall, J. M. Rice, J. C. Robinson, J. Rogers, S. H. Rogers, Sargent, Shanks, Sheldon, H. Sherwood, Sloss, Snapp, Snyder, Storm, Stoughton, Stowell, St. John, Sutherland, Sypher, Taffe, C. R. Thomas, D. Townsend, Turner, Tuthill, Twichell, Voorhees, Waddell, Wallace, Whiteley, Williams of Indi ana, J. M. Wilson, Winchester, P. M. B. Young

-102.

NAYS-Messrs. Ambler, Archer, Arthur, Barber, Barnum, Beatty, S. N. Bell, Bird, A. BLAIR, Bright, Buffinton, Bunnell, Burchard, Campbell, F. Clarke, Coburn, Conger, Cotton, Cox, Creb's, Crocker, J. J. Davis, Dawes, Donnan, Dor, Eames,

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Acker, Ames, Barry, E. W. Beck, J. B. Beck, Biggs, Braxton, Brooks, Comingo, Creely, Dodds, Dunnell, Esty, Farwell, Forker, Haldeman, Halsey, Hereford, Hooper, Kelley, Kinsella, Manson, Mitchell, J. H. Moore, Morgan, Peters, Porter, Potter Read, E. Y. Rice, Ritchie, W. R. Roberts, Roosevelt, Seeley, Shober, Swann, Tyner, Van Trump, Vaughan, Wakeman, Whitthorne, Williams of New York, Wood-43. [NOTE.-Mr. EPHRAIM L. ACKER of Pennsylvania, and Mr. MARK H. DUNNELL of Minnesota, claim that their names are erroneously placed among the non-voting on this call. They state that they voted in the negative, and that they have proof from Representatives to that effect.-ED.] Mr. GARFIELD moved to reconsider this vote, and also moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Ely, FARNSWORTH, Finkelnburg, C. Foster, W. D. | House of Representatives shall, after the present Foster, Frye, GOODRICH, E. Hale, Hambleton, Congress, receive in full for all his services comHandley, J. T. Harris, Havens, J. B. Hawley, pensation at the rate of $10,000 per annum; J. R. Hawley, Hay, G. W. Hazelton, Hibbard, and Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Hill, G. F. Hoar, Holman, Kellogg, Kerr, Ketch- Congress, including Senators, Representatives, am, Killinger, Lewis, J. Lynch, MacIntyre, Mar- and Delegates in the Forty-Second Congress, shall, McClelland, McCormick, McCrary, Mc- shall receive $7,500 per annum each, and this Grew, Merriam, Merrick, Monroe, W. E. Niblack, shall be in lieu of all pay and allowances; and Orr, Packer, Palmer, H. W. Parker, Pendleton, all those holding such office at the passage of Poland, E. H. Roberts, Rusk, Sawyer, Scofield, this act, and whose claim to a seat has not been Sessions, Shellabarger, Shoemaker, Slater, Slo- adversely decided, shall receive $7,500 per ancum, H. B. Smith, J. A. Smith, W. C. Smith, num each, and this shall be in lieu of all pay Speer, Sprague, Stark weather, B. N. Stevens, Ste- and allowances, except the actual individual venson, Terry, W. Townsend, Upson, Walden, traveling expenses from their homes to the seat Waldron, Warren, Wells, Wheeler, C. W. Willard, of Government and return by the most direct J. T. Wilson-95. route of usual travel, once for each session of the House to which such Senator, member, or delegate belongs, to be certified to under his hand to the disbursing officer, and filed as a voucher: Provided, That, in settling the pay and allowances of Senators, members, and delegates in the Forty-Second Congress, all mileage shall be deducted, and no allowance made for expenses of travel. And there is hereby appropriated a sum sufficient to make the annual salaries of such of the clerks in the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives as receive $2,500 and upward, and less than $3,000, (including the petition clerk and printing clerk,) $3,000 each; and of such as receive $2,000 and upward, and less than $2,500, the sum of $2,500 each; and of such as receive $1,800 and upward, and less than $2,000, the sum of $2,000 each; and of the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives $5,000 each; and of the chief clerk and journal clerk of the House, while such positions are held by the present incumbents, and no longer, $3,600 each; and of the doorkeeper of the House and the assistant doorkeeper of the Senate, while the position is held by the present incumbents, and no longer, $3,000; and of the postmaster of the Senate, $2,592; assistant postmaster, $2,000; and of two mail carriers, $1,700; and of the superintendent and first assistant of the Senate document room, $2,500 each; and second assistant in said document room, $1,800; and of the additional compensation to the reporters of the House and Senate for the Congressional Globe, $1,500 each; and additional pay to the chief engineer of the House, $360, (so as to equalize his pay with that of the chief engineer of the Senate.) And it is hereby provided that the increase of compensation to the officers, clerks, and others in the employ of the Senate and House of Representatives provided for in this act shall begin with the present Congress, and the pay of all the present employees of the Senate and House of Representatives, including the employees in the Library of Congress and those under the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, now employed in the Capitol building, and also the House reporters whose pay has not been specifically increased by this act, holding their places by appointment under the respective officers thereof, or by the authority of the Committee of Contingent Expenses of the Senate, or the Committee of Accounts of the House, be increased fifteen per cent. of their present compensation on the amount actually received and payable to them

IN SENATE.

1873, March 3-Mr. MORRILL of Maine presented the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the legislative appropriation bill, (H. R. 2991,) the recommendation as to the salary provision of which was as follows:

That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House to the first amendment of the Senate, and agree to the said amendment, modified so as to read as follows:

That on and after the 4th day of March, A. D. 1873, the President of the United States shall receive in full for his services during the term for which he shall have been elected the sum of $50,000 per annum, to be paid monthly; the Vice President of the United States shall receive in full for his services during the term for which he shall have been elected the sum of $10,000 per annum, to be paid monthly; and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States shall receive the sum of $10,500 per annam, and the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States shall receive the sum of $10,000 per annum each, to be paid monthly; the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, the Attorney General, and the Postmaster General shall receive $10,000 per annum each for their services, to be paid monthly; and each Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, State, and Interior Departments shall receive as annual compensation, to be paid monthly, $6,000; and the Speaker of the

III.

REPEAL OF THE "SALARY ACT OF 1873."

AND RESTORATION OF FORMER COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES, AND SUNDRY MILEAGE AND OTHER STATISTICAL STATEMENTS RELATING THERETO.

Resolved, That a special committee of seven The SPEAKER announced as the select combe appointed to take into consideration the sub-mittee on the subject of salaries of members of ject of the repeal of the "salary bill" so called, Congress, &c. : and that said committee be instructed to report at the earliest practicable day, and that all bills on the subject be referred to said committee. The resolution was considered and agreed to, and leave given to report at any time.