CONGRESS, UM1 





aud second sections of the amendment of the 



cuiiiiiiitU-o, ami iu.MTt tin- following: 

 That BO much of the act of March 8. 1878, entitled 

 .iot making appropriations for tiie legislative, 

 ive, and judicial expense* of the Government 

 . year ending June 80, 1874," as provides for 

 the Increase <>f tlio salaries of the President, Vioe- 

 . ut, members of Congreis. and Delegates, and 

 all other officers therein named, be, and the same is 

 . -uled ; and the salaries and compensa- 

 ; nil siiid officer*, and clerks of every name 

 un. I .1. ! :].ti<>n, shall bo and remain as fixed by the 

 i force at the time of the passage of the act 

 the pr.'viMons of which are hereby repealed: Pro- 

 r*/*/, That this repeal, so far as it relates to the 

 salary of the President, shall not take effect until 

 <l:iv of March, 1377, on and after which date 

 .sail I repeal, as to the salary of said officer, shull liuve 

 full force mid effect, and as to all other officers from 

 au.l utter the taking effect of this act: And provided 

 /MrMcv,'That this repeal shall not relate to or affect 

 .larR-s nf the Chief and other justices of the 

 Supreme Court of the United States us now estab- 

 lished by law. 



The President pro tempore : " The question 

 is on the amendment proposed by the Senator 

 from Maryland (Mr. Hamilton), upon which 

 the yeas and nays have been ordered." 



Tl'io question being taken by yeas and nays, 

 resulted yeas 32, nays 29 ; as follows: 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Bogy, Boreman, Carpen- 

 ter, Clayton, Conkling, Cooper, Davis, Dennis, Ed- 

 munds, Fenton, Ferry of Michigan, Goldthwaito, 

 Gordon, Hamilton of Maryland, Hitchcock, Kelly, 

 Lewis, McCreery, Merriinon, Norwood, Oglesby, 

 Patterson, Pratt, Ramsey, Ransom, Saulsbury, 

 Schurz, Stevenson, Thurman, Windorn, and Wright 

 82. 



NATS Messrs. Anthony, Bayard, Boutwell, 

 Brownlow, Buckingham, Cameron, Conover, Cragin, 

 Crozier, Dorsey, Flanagan, Frelinghuysen, Gilbert, 

 Hamlin, Howe, Ingalla, Mitchell, Morrill of Maine, 

 Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Sargent, Scott, Sher- 

 man, Spencer, Sprague, Sumner, Tipton, Wadleigh, 

 and West 29. 



ABSENT Messrs. Alcorn, Ames, Chandler, Ferry 

 of Connecticut, Hamilton of Texas, Johnston, Jones, 

 Logan, Robertson, Stewart, and Stockton 11. 



So the amendment to the amendment was 

 agreed to. 



The President pro tempore: "The question 

 now is on the amendment of the committee as 

 amended in the Senate." 



Mr. Conkling, of New York, said : " I now 

 offer the amendment which I have sent to the 

 desk." 



The Chief Clerk : " It is proposed to strike 

 out the following words : 



That so much of the act of March 8, 1878, entitled 

 " An act making appropriations for the legislative, 

 executive, and judicial expenses of the Government 

 lor the year ending June 30, 1874," as provides for 

 the increase of the salaries of the President, Vice- 

 President, members of Congress, and Delegates, and 

 all other officers therein named, be, and the same is 

 hereby, repealed ; and the salaries and compensation 

 of all said officers and clerks of every name and de- 

 scription shall be and remain as fixed by the laws in 

 force at the time of the passage of the act the pro- 

 visions of which are hereby repealed : Provided. 

 That this repeal, so far as it relates to the salary of 

 the President, shall not take effect until the 4th day 

 of March, 1877, on and after which date said repeal, 

 as to the salarv of said officer, shall have full force 

 and effect, and as to all other officers from and after 



the taking effect of this act: And provided /it 

 That thin repeal shall not relate t<> or affect the sala- 

 ries of the chief and other justice! of the Supreme 

 Court of the United States a* now enUblUed bylaw. 



"And in lieu thereof to insert the following : 



That so much of the act of March 3. 187S, entitled 

 " An act making appropriations for toe legislative, 

 executive, and judicial expenses of the Government 

 for the year ending June 80, 1874," as provide! for 

 the increase of the compensation of public officers 

 and employes, whether members of Congress, Dele- 



Sates, or others (except the President ol the United 

 tales and the justices of the Supreme Court), be, 

 and the same is hereby, repealed : and the salaries, 

 compensation, and allowances, of all suid persons 

 (except as aforesaid) shall be as fixed by the laws in 

 force at the time of the passage of said act : Pro- 

 vided, That mileage shall not be allowed for the first 

 session of the Forty-third Congresx. That all mon- 

 eys appropriated as compensation to the members 

 of the Forty-second Congress in excess of the mile- 

 age and allowances fixed by law at the commence- 

 ment of the said Congress, and which shall not 

 have been drawn by the members of the said Con- 

 gress respectively, or which having been drawn have 

 been returned in any form to the United States, sre 

 hereby covered into the Treasury of the United 

 States, and are declared to be the moneys of the 

 United States absolutely, the same as if they had 

 never been appropriated us aforesaid. 



Mr. Morton : " Will it be in order, if this 

 amendment is adopted as an entirety, to move 

 to strike out any portion of it ? " 



The President pro tempore: "It will not. 

 It will be in order to add to it, but not to 

 strike out any portion of it." 



The Secretary proceeded to call the roll, and 

 the result was announced as follows: 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Boreman, Bout- 

 well, Buckingham, Cameron, Carpenter, Chandler, 

 Conkling, Conover, Ciozier, Edmunds, Ferry of 

 Michigan, Frelinghuvsenj Hitchcock. Howe, Ingall.*, 

 Logan, McCreery, Memmon, Mitchell, Morrill ot 

 Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Oglesby, Pat- 

 terson, Pratt, Ramsey, Robertson, Sargent, Scott. 

 Sherman, Stockton, Wadleigh, Webt, "\\ mdom, and 

 Wright 37. 



NAYS Messrs. Bogy, Brownlow, Clayton, Fen- 

 ton, Flanagan. Gilbert, Goldthwaite, Gordon, Ham- 

 ilton of Maryland, Kelly, Lewis, Norwood, Schurz, 

 Sprague, and Tipton 15. 



ABSENT Messrs. Alcorn, Ames, Bayard, Cooper, 

 Cragin, Davis, Dennis, Dorsey. Ferry of Connecti- 

 cut, Hamilton of Texas, Hamlin, Johnston, Jones, 

 Ransom, Saulsbury, Spencer, Stevenson, Stewart, 

 Sumner, and Thurman 20. 



So the amendment of Mr. Conkling was 

 agreed to. 



The President pro tempore: "The question 

 recurs on the amendment proposed by the com- 

 mittee as amended, which is to substitute what 

 has been read for three sections of the House 

 bill." 



The amendment was agreed to. 



The Chief Clerk read the fourth section of 

 the House bill, as follows: 



SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury is re- 

 quired to cover into the Treasury all sums that may 

 remain undrawn or which have been received as in- 

 creased compensation under the provisions of said 

 act approved March 8, 1878, and which shall have or 

 may come into his possession by the return thereof. 



Mr. Conkling : " I move to strike it out." 



