TniRTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1853-55. 573 



Mr. Florence. I call for the yeas and nays upon the 

 motion to lay upon the table. 



The yeas and nays were ordered. 



The question was then put ; and it was decided in the 

 affirmative — yeas 94, nays 82 ; as follows : 



YEAS — Messrs. Abercrombie, James C. Allen, Appleton, David J. Bai- 

 ley, Ball, Banks, Barksdale, Barry, Bennett, Benson, Bristow, Bugg, 

 Campbell, Carpenter, Chamberlain, Chase, Clark, Cook, Corwin, Crocker, 

 Thomas Davis, Dawson, DeWitt, Dickinson, Eastman, Edgerton, Edmands, 

 Ellison, Etheridge, Farley, Fenton, Flagler, Fuller, Goodrich, Goodwin, 

 Grow, Aaron Harlan, Sampson W. Harris, Wiley P. Harris, Hastings, 

 Haven, Henn, Hiester, Hill, Hughes, Hunt, Johnson, Kittredge, Knox, 

 Latham, Letcher, Lilly, Lindsley, McDougall, Mace, Macy, Matteson, 

 Maurice, Mayall, Meacham, Middleswarth, Murray, Noble, JS'orton, An- 

 drew Oliver, Mordecai Oliver, Parker, Peck, Bishop Perkins, John Per- 

 kins, Pratt, Puryear, Ready, David Ritchie, Rowe, Sahin, Sapp, Seward, 

 Simmons, Singleton, William R. Smith, Richard H. Stanton, Hestor L. 

 Stevens, Stratton, Thurston, Upham, Wade, Ellihu B. Washburne, Israel 

 Washburn, Wells, Tappan Wentwortb, Westbrook, Wheeler, and Yates 

 —94. 



NAYS— Messrs. Willis Allen, Thomas H. Bayly, Belcher, Bell, Bocock, 

 Bo5'ce, Breckinridge, Bridges, Caskie, Chandler, Chastain, Chrisman, Cobb, 

 Colquitt, Craige, John G. Davis, Drum, Dunbar, Eddy, Edmundson, John 

 M. Elliott, English, Everhart, Faulkner, Florence, Franklin, Goode, 

 Greenwood, Grey, Hamilton, Harrison, Hendricks, Hillyer, IngersoU, 

 George W. Jones, J. Glancy Jones, Roland Jones, Keitt, Kerr, Kurtz, 

 Lamb, Lewis, Macdonald, McMuUin, McQueen, Maxwell, Smith Miller, 

 Millson, Morgan, Nichols, Olds, Orr, Packer, Pennington, Phelps, Pringlo, 

 Reese, Thomas Ritchey, Robbins, Rogers, RulBn, Sage, Shannon, Shaw, 

 Shower, Skelton, Samuel A. Smith, William Smith, George W. Smyth, 

 Frederick P. Stanton, Straub, Andrew Stuart, John J. Taylor, John L. 

 Taylor, Nathaniel G. Taylor, Teller, Trout, Vansant, Walker, Walsh, 

 Warren, and Witte— 82. 



So the motion to reconsider was laid upon the table. 



House of Representatives, January 18, 1855. 



The Speaker announced the following as the members of 

 the select committee, raised for the purpose of investigating 

 the management of the Smithsonian Institution : 



Mr. Upham of Massachusetts, Mr. Witte of Pennsylvania, 

 Mr. Taylor of Tennessee, Mr. Wells of Wisconsin, and Mr. 

 Puryear of North Carolina. 



The Speaker. The Chair would state that the gentlem.'i.n 

 from Vermont, [Mr. Meacham,] at whose instance the com- 

 mittee was raised, was not placed on it at his own request. 

 He is one of the regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and 

 thought that, under the circumstances, he ought not to serve 

 on the committee. Had he not requested to be excused from 

 service, he would have been put, according to custom, at the 

 head of the committee. 



