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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



of then in circulation and in the Treasury ; and the 

 said notes, whether then in the Treasury or there- 

 after received, under any act of Congress, and from 

 whatever source, shall be again paid out ; and when 

 acaiii returned to the Treasury they shall not be can- 

 eled nor dotroved, but shall be reissued from time 

 to time with like qualities; and all that part of the 

 act of January 14, lt>75, entitled " An act to provide 

 for the resumption of specie payments," authorizing 

 the retirement of 80 percent, of United States notes, 

 shall eease and become inoperative on and after the 

 said October 1, 178. 



SEC. 2. All laws and parts of laws inconsistent 

 with this act shall be, and hereby are, repealed. 



This report of the Senate committee was 

 amended by striking out all after the word 

 "imports" in the fifth line. Several other 

 amendments were proposed and rejected, and 

 the amendment of the committee as a substi- 

 tute was adopted yeas, 30 ; nays, 29. 



The Secretary read the bill as amended, as 

 follows: 



Be it enacted, etc., That from and after the passage 

 of this act United States notes shall be receivable 

 the same as coin in payment for the 4 per cent, bonds 

 now authorized by law to be issued ; and on and 

 after October 1, 1878, said notes shall be receivable 

 for duties on imports. 



The Presiding Officer : "This bill having been 

 read three times, the question is, Shall it pass ? " 



The roll-call having been concluded, the re- 

 sult was announced, as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Armstrong, Bailey, Bar- 

 num, Beck, Booth, Bruce, Christiancy, Coke, Cono- 

 ver, Davis of Illinois, Dennis, Dorsey, Eustis, Fer- 

 ry, Gordon, Hereford, Hill, Howe, Ingalls, Johnston, 

 Jones of Florida, Jones of Nevada, Kellogg, Kirk- 

 wood, McCreery, McDonald, McMillan, Matthews, 

 Maxev, Merrimon, Morgan, Oglesby, Paddock, 

 Plumb, Randolph, Saulsburv, Saunders, Spencer, 

 Teller, Thurman, Voorhees, Wallace, Windom,With- 



NAYS Messrs. Anthony, Bayard, Burnside, But- 

 ler, Dawes, Eaton, Hoar, Kernan, Lamar, McPher- 

 son, Morrill, Patterson, Rollins, Sargent, Wadleigh 



ABSENT Messrs. Blaine, Cameron of Pennsylva- 

 nia. Cameron of Wisconsin, Chaffee, Cockrell, Conk- 

 ling, Davis of West Virginia, Edmunds, Garland, 

 Grover, Hamlin, Harris, Mitchell, Ransom, Sharon, 

 Whyte-16. 



80 the bill was passed. 

 Mr. Ferry : "I move to amend the title so as 

 to read : 



A bill to make United States notes receivable for 

 duties on imports, and for other purposes." 



The motion was agreed to. 



In the House, on June 17th, a motion was 

 made to suspend the rules in order to concur 

 in the above amendments of the Senate; and 

 the question being taken, it resulted as follows : 



YKAB Messrs. Acklen, Aldrich, Bacon. Bagley, 

 John H. Baker, W. H. Baker, Banks, Bicknell 

 Bisbee, Boyd, Brentano, Brewer, Bridges, Briggs, 

 Browne, Bundy, Burchard, Burdick, Cain, Calkins 

 Campbell, Candler, Cannon, Caswell, Claflin, Clark, 

 Rush Clymer, Cobb, Cole, Conger, Samuel S. Cox, 

 Cravens, Culberaon, Cummings, Cutler, Danford, 

 Horace Davis, Deering. Denison, Dunnell, Dwight, 

 Eden,Eickhoff. Ellsworth, Errett, James L Evans 

 Fort, Foster, Freeman, Frye, Fuller, Gardner, Gib- 



son, Giddings, Goode, Hale. Hamilton, Eanna, Har- 

 mer, Harrison, Haskell, Hayes, Haziiiton, Hen dee, 

 Henderson, Hubbell, Humphrey, Hunter, Hunton, 

 Ittn-er, Jamss, Frank Jones, Jorgensen, Keifer, 

 Iveightlev, Kenna, Ketcham, Kiinmel, Lapham, La- 

 throp, laWbey, Loring, Luttr ell , Marsh, Mayhi 



J, HUVVlDUUj -L J.U.* I- C*HJV/J.ov/J..5 .. vi ^v>^ j. *-v+s*jm 



lips, Pollard, Pound, Powers, Price, Pugh, R 



J I f'n, _L UJlUlit^ j. V/UU.VA. j. v r v/vj ^ u0M*j ..>*> ***^J j 



Randolph, Reagan, Reed, William W. Rice. Roberts, 



G. D. Robinson, Ryan, Sampson, Sapp, Schleicher, 

 Shfcllenberger, Sinnickson, Smalls, Starin, Stenger, 

 Stewart, John "W". Stone, Joseph C. Stone, Strait, 

 Thompson, Amos Townsend, M. I. Townsend, 

 Tucker, Veeder, Watson, Welch, Harry White, Mi- 

 chael D. White, A. S. Williams, Andrew Williams, 

 0. G. Williams, Willits, Wren 140. 



NAYS Messrs. Aiken, Atkins, Banning, Bell, 

 Blackburn, Blair, Blount, Boone, Bouck, Bragg, 

 Bright, Brogden, Butler, Cabell, John W. Caldwell, 

 Carlisle, Chalmers, Chittenden, Alvah A. Clark, 

 Clark of Missouri, Clarke of Kentucky, Collins, Cook, 

 Covert, Jacob D. Cox, Crapo, Crittenden, Davidson, 

 Joseph J. Davis, Dean, Dibrell, Dickey, Durham, 

 Eames, Elam, I. Newton Evans, John H. Evins, 

 Ewing, Felton, Finley, Forney, Franklin, Garfleld, 

 Garth, Gause, Hardenbergh, Henry R. Harris, John 

 T. Harris, Hart, Hartridge, Hartzell, Henkle, Henry, 

 Herbert, Abram S. Hewitt, G. W. Hewitt, Hooker, 

 House, Hungerford, James T. Jones, John S. Jones, 

 Kelley, Ligon, Lockwood, Lynde, Mackey, Maish, 

 Manning, McCook, McKenzie, McMahon, Mills, Mon- 

 roe, Morgan, Morse, Muldrow, O'Neill, Potter, Pride- 

 more, Rea, Reilly, Americus V. Rice, Riddle, Rob- 

 bins, Ross, Sayler, Scales, Shelley, Singleton, A. 

 Herr Smith, William E. Smith, Southard, Sparks, 

 Springer, Steele, Stephens, Throckmorton, R. W. 

 Townshend, Turner, Turney, Vance, Waddell, Wait, 

 Ward, Warner, Whitthorne, James Williams, Rich- 

 ard Williams, Albert S. Willis, Benjamin A. Willis, 

 Wilson, Young 112. 



NCT VOTING Messrs. Ballon, Bayne, Beebe, Bene- 

 dict, Bland, Bliss, Buckner, W. P. Caldwell, Camp, 

 Douglas, Ellis, Glover, Gunter, Beni. W. Harris, 

 Hatcher, Hiscock, Joyce, Killinger, Knapp, Knott, 

 Landers, Martin, Money, Quinn, Robertson, M. S. 

 Robinson, Sexton, Siemens, Swann, Thornburgb, 

 Tipton. Van Vorhes, Walker, Walsh, Wigginton, 

 Jere. N. Williams, Wood, Wright, Yeates 39. 



So (two thirds not voting in favor thereof) 

 the motion to suspend the rules and concur in 

 the amendments of the Senate was not adopted. 



In the Senate, on June 6th, the bill making 

 appropriations for the support of the army for 

 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, was con- 

 sidered. 



Mr. Blaine, of Maine, said : " Mr. President, I 

 desire before the bill is read to make a very 

 brief explanation of its general features, which 

 may lighten the labor of Senators a little in un- 

 derstanding what it is if they will listen to me 

 for five minutes. 



" The total amount of the bill as it came from 

 the House was $25,029,671, but there were 

 $300,000 to be added to this for that amount 

 advanced to the Quartermaster's Department in 

 an appropriation made some sixty days since 

 for the purpose of anticipating the supply of 

 the posts on the Upper Missouri Eiver, so that 

 supplies might be sent up during high water. 

 So the total as the bill came from the House 

 properly is $25,329,671. The Senate Commit- 



