Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams Elisha H. Allen Landaff W. Andrews Sherlock J. Andrews Daniel D. Barnard William W. Boardman George N. Briggs Milton Brown Jeremiah Brown Barker Burnell William Butler William B. Calhoun Thomas C. Chittenden Garrett Davis Mr. Meredith P. Gentry Joshua R. Giddings William L. Goggin Patrick G. Goode James Graham Willis Green John Greig Amos Gustine Richard W. Habersham William W. Irwin John P. B. Maxwell Mr. Francis W. Pickens R. Barnwell Rhett Romulus M. Saunders John Snyder Lewis Steenrod Thomas D. Sumter John Van Buren Harvey M. Watterson Mr. George H. Proffit John Sergeant Augustine H. Shepperd William Slade Truman Smith Augustus R. Sollers Edward Stanly Samuel Stokeley Charles C. Stratton Alexander H. H. Stuart William H. Washington The question recurred on the motion that the resolution do lie on the table; when The previous question was moved by Mr. Fillmore. [The Speaker here notified the House that under the Lex Parliamentaria the previous question took precedence of a motion to lie on the table.] And then, at three-quarters past four o'clock, a motion was made by Mr. Chapman, of Alabama, that the House do adjourn. And the question being put, S Yeas, It passed in the negative, Nays, 93, 122. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Julius C. Alford Archibald H. Arrington Charles G. Atherton Henry W. Beeson Samuel S. Bowne David P. Brewster Edmund Burke Ira A. Eastman John C. Edwards Joseph Egbert Mr. Charles G. Ferris Richard W. Habersham Mr. Albert G. Marchand Alfred Marshall John Thompson Mason James A. Meriwether Peter Newhard Eugenius A. Nisbet Romulus M. Saunders John Snyder James W. Williams Mr. James H. Cravens Caleb Cushing William P. Fessenden The question that the House do agree to the resolution as amended was then put, And passed in the affirmative, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams Elisha H. Allen Sherlock J. Andrew's Thomas D. Arnold John B. Aycrigg Osmyn Baker Daniel D. Barnard William W. Boardman Samuel S. Bowne David P. Brewster George N. Briggs Caleb Cushing Davis Dimock, jr. Mr. Joseph Egbert Willis Green John Greig William W. Irwin Mr. Joseph Lawrence Samuel Patridge Nathaniel G. Pendleton Cuthbert Powell John Sergeant William Simonton William Slade Truman Smith Mr. Julius C. Alford Landaff W. Andrews Aaron V. Brown Milton Brown Charles Brown Edmund Burke William Butler George B. Cary And so it was Mr. Roger L. Gamble John Moore Peter Newhard Eugenius A. Nisbet Resolved, That a committee of nine members be appointed to revise, amend, and report rules for the government of this House; and that, until such committee make report, and the same be finally acted upon, the rules and orders of the last House of Representatives, except the 21st, shall be considered as the rules and orders of this House. Mr. William B. Calhoun, Lewis Williams, Richard W. Habersham, George W. Hopkins, A. Lawrence Foster, Thomas J. Campbell, Joseph Lawrence, James W. Williams, and Linn Banks, were appointed the committee under the said resolution. The House proceeded to the consideration of the resolution moved on the 3d instant, calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for the plan of the fiscal agent recommended in his report on the state of the finances; and the said resolution, having been again read, was ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Briggs, The House proceeded to the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Briggs on the 3d instant, to direct that the standing committees be now appointed. A motion was made by Mr. Sergeant to amend the resolution by adding thereto the following: And that a select committee of nine members be appointed upon the subject of the currency, and the establishment of a suitable fiscal agent capable of adding increased facilities in the collection and disbursement of the public revenues, and rendering their custody more secure. Mr. Briggs accepted this amendment, and modified his resolution accordingly. The previous question was moved by Mr. Stanly, and was demanded by a majority of the members present. The question on the resolution was then divided. And the first member thereof was, on the question put thereon, agreed to. And the question was put that the House do agree to the second member of the said resolution, being that part moved by Mr. Sergeant, and adopted by Mr. Briggs, And passed in the affirmative, S Yeas, 125, 90. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams Julius C. Alford Elisha H. Allen Daniel D. Barnard William W. Boardman George N. Briggs William B. Campbell Thomas C. Chittenden Seth M. Gates Mr. Meredith P. Gentry Joshua R. Giddings Hiram P. Hunt James Irvin William W. Irwin William Cost Johnson John P. B. Maxwell Jeremiah Morrow Cuthbert Powell Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. Archibald H. Arrington Mr. Charles G. Atherton Mr. Benjamin Randall Alexander Randall Joseph Ridgway George B. Rodney William Russell Leverett Saltonstall John Sergeant Augustine H. Shepperd William Simonton William Slade Truman Smith Edward Stanly Samuel Stokeley Alexander H. H. Stuart Thomas A. Tomlinson Philip Triplett Joseph Trumbull Joseph R. Underwood Henry Van Rensselaer William H. Washington Christopher H. Williams Mr. Henry W. Beeson |