CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 





Jones, Knapp, Loring, Mctcalf, Powew. Reed, Ri<Mle, 

 Snpp, Stephens, TliornKur-li Tipton, TiH-k. r, \V:,l-li, 

 Wiimor, Michael D. White, Wigginton, Wren, Casey 

 Young 31. 



So the bill was passed. 



In the Senate, on March 1st, the considera- 

 tion of this appropriation bill and the amend- 

 ments made by the Senate committee on ap- 

 propriations was commenced. Among the 

 amendments was the following : 



After the word " prisoners," to insert : 

 And for defraying the expenses which may be in- 

 curred in the enforcement of the act approved Febru- 

 ary 28, 1871, entitled "An act to amend an act ap- 

 proved May 80, 1870, entitled ' An act to enforce the 

 rights of citizens of the United States to vote in the 

 several States of the Union, and for other purposes,' or 

 any acta amendatory thereof or supplementary there- 

 to." 



So as to read : 



For defraying the expenses of the Supreme Court 

 and circuit and district courts of the United States, 

 including the District of Columbia, and also for jurors 

 and witnesses and expenses of suite in which the Uni- 

 ted States are concerned, of prosecutions for offenses 

 committed in violation of the laws of the United States, 

 and for the safe-keeping of prisoners, and for defray- 

 ing the expenses which may bo incurred in the en- 

 forcement of the act approved February 28, 1871, en- 

 titled "An act to amend an act approved May 30, 

 1870, entitled ' An act to enforce the rights of citizens 

 of the United States to vote hi the several States of 

 the United States, and for other purposes,' or any 

 acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto," 

 $2,800,000. 



The Presiding Officer : " The question is on 

 agreeing to the amendment reported by the 

 Committee on Appropriations. Is the Senate 

 ready for the question ? " 



The Secretary proceeded to call the roll, and 

 the result was announced as follows: 



YEAS Allison, Anthony, Elaine, Booth. Burnside, 

 Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, 

 Chandler, Dawes, Dorsey. Edmunds, Ferry, Hamlin, 

 Hoar, Ingalls, Kelloger, Kirkwood, McMillan, Mat- 

 thews, Mitchell, Morrill, Oglesby, Paddock, Rollins, 

 Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Wadleigh, Windom 29. 



NATS Bailey, Baraum, Bayard, Beck, Cockrell, 

 Coke, Davis of West Virginia, Dennis, Eaton, Gar- 

 land, Gordon. Hereford, Hill, Jones of Florida. Ker- 

 nan, Lamar, McDonald, Mcrherson, Maxey, Merri- 

 mon, Morgan, Saulsbury, Thunnan, Wallace, Whyte, 

 Withers 26. 



ABSENT Bruce, Butler, Chaffee, Conkling, Cono- 

 ver, Davis of Illinois, Eustis, Grover, Harris, Howe, 

 Johnston, Jones of Nevada, McCroery, Patterson, 

 Plumb, Randolph, Ransom, Sargent, Sharon, Shields, 

 Voorhees 21. 



So the amendment was agreed to. 



Mr. Thurman: "Mr. President, I suppose 

 the next amendment is to strike ont the pro- 

 viso on line 2170 and ending in line 2203." 



The Presiding Officer : " The Senator is cor- 

 rect. The question now is on agreeing to the 

 amendment, which the Secretary will report." 



The Secretary : " The Committee on Appro- 

 priations propose to strike ont from line 2170 

 to 2203, in the following words : 



" Provided, That the per diem pav of each juror, 

 grand or petit, in any court of the United States, shall 



bo $2, and that the last clause of section 800 of the Re- 

 vised Statutes United States, which refer* to the State 

 of Pennsylvania, and sections 801, 820, and 821 of the 

 ili-\ i -fi Statute* of the United States, are hereby re- 

 pealed : and that all such jurors, grand and petit, shall 

 be publicly drawn from a box containing the names of 

 !<( !>-, tlian three hundred persons, possessing the 



qualifications prescribed in section 800 of the Revised 

 Statutes, which names shall have been placed therein 

 by the clerk of such court, and a commissioner to be 

 appointed by the judge thereof, which comnii 

 Hlmll be a citizen residing in the district in which 

 such court is held, of good standing and a well-known 

 member of the principal political party opposing that 

 to which the clerk may belong, the clerk ana said 

 commissioner each to place one name in said box al- 

 ternately until the whole number required shall be 

 placed therein. But nothing herein contained shall be 

 construed to prevent any Judge in a district in which 

 such is now the practice from ordering the names of 

 jurors to be drawn from the boxes used by the State 

 authorities in selecting jurors in the highest courts of 

 the State. All general and special laws in conflict 

 herewith are hereby repealed. That the several sec- 

 tions of the Revised Statutes of the United States, 

 from and including section 2011 to and including sec- 

 tion 2081, and all other provisions of law authorizing 

 the appointment of, or the performance of and duty 

 by, any chief or other supervisor of elections, or any 

 special deputy marshal, or other deputy marshal of 

 elections, or the payment of any money to any such 

 supervisor or deputy marshal of elections for any ser- 

 vices performed as such, be, and the same are hereby, 

 repealed." 



The Presiding Officer: "The Chair will state 

 the question. The Committee on Appropria- 

 tions report to strike out the clause which the 

 Secretary has just read. The question is on 

 agreeing to the amendment proposed by the 

 Committee on Appropriations striking out the 

 clause." 



Mr. Thnrman : " I ask for a division of the 

 amendment, and that the question may first 

 be taken on striking out, beginning at line 

 2170 and ending with the word 'repealed,' 

 in line 2194. Up to that word the provision 

 moved to be stricken out relates wholly to 

 juries. The subsequent part of the proviso 

 proposed to be stricken out relates to a wholly 

 different subject to supervisors of elections 

 and marshals. They are wholly distinct sub- 

 jects, and I ask that the vote may be first taken 

 on the jury proposition, beginning with line 

 2170 and ending with the word 'repealed ' in 

 line 2194." 



The Presiding Officer: "The Chair is of 

 opinion that the question is subject to a divi- 

 sion, and will put the question on agreeing to 

 the first branch of the divided proposition. 

 The question, therefore, is on agreeing to strike 

 out from line 2170 to and including the word 

 'repealed,' in line 2194. Is the Senate ready 

 for the question ? " 



The Secretary proceeded to cnll the roll, and 

 the result was announced as follows: 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Elaine, Booth, 

 TSurrisido, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of 

 Wisconsin, Chandler, Dawes. Dorsey, Edmunds, Fer- 

 ry, Hamlin, Hoar, Ingalls. Kellogg, Kirkwood, Mc- 

 Millan, Matthews, Mitchell, Morrill, Oglesby. Pad- 

 dock, Rollins, Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Wauleurh. 

 Windom 29. 



NAYS Messrs. Bailey, Barnum, Bayard, Beck, 



