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The other amendments being concurred in, on the question, 

 " Shall the amendment be engrossed, and the bill read a third 

 time ?" It was determined in the affirmative yeas 41, nay 1 



On motion by Mr. Hill, the yeas and nays being desired by 

 one-fifth of the Senators present, those who voted in the affirma- 

 tive, are : Messrs. Benton, Black, Brown, Buchanan, Calhoun, 

 Clayton, Cuthbert, Davis, Ewing of Illinois, Ewing of Ohio, 

 Goldsborough, Grundy, Hendricks, Hubbard, King of Alabama, 

 King of Georgia, Knight, Leigh, Linn, McKean, Mangum, Moore, 

 Morris, Naudain, Nicholas, Niles, Porter, Prentiss, Preston, Rob- 

 bins, Robinson, Ruggles, Shepley, Southard, Swift, Tipton, Tom- 

 linson, Walker, Webster, White, Wright. 



Mr. Hill voted in the negative. So it was 



Ordered, That the amendments be engrossed, and the bill read 

 a third time. 



This bill (No. 53) originated, as is usual, in the lower house, 

 and contained provisions for the naval service for the year 1836. 

 To it, various amendments were made in the senate, the last of 

 which provided for the expedition, and was as follows : 



And be it further enacted, That an exploring expedition to the 

 Pacific Ocean and South Seas be, and the same is hereby, author- 

 ized and directed; and that the President of the United States be, 

 and he is hereby, authorized to prepare and send out for that pur- 

 pose a sloop of war, and to purchase or provide such other smaller 

 vessels as may be necessary and proper to render the said expe- 

 dition efficient and useful. 



And be it further enacted. That the use of so much of the 

 appropriations for the support of the navy, and of the means and 

 facilities under the control of the Navy Department, as may^be 

 necessary and proper for that object, be, and the same is hereby, 

 authorized ; and, in addition thereto, the sum of one hundred and 

 fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, 

 out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. 



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