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had the state of the Union, generally, under consideration, particu- 

 larly the amendments of the senate to the bill (No. 53) entitled 

 " An act making appropriations for the naval service of the United 

 States for the year 1836," and that the committee had agreed to 

 the first, third, fourth, tenth, twelfth, and thirteenth of said amend- 

 ments, with an amendment to each ; that the committee had 

 agreed to the second, fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth,, and eleventh, 

 without amendment ; and that the committee had disagreed to the 

 eighth of the said amendments. 



The house then proceeded to the consideration of the amend- 

 ments of the senate to the said bill ; when the second, fifth, sixth, 

 seventh, ninth, and eleventh were concurred in; and the amend- 

 ments reported from the Committee of the whole House on the 

 state of the Union, to the first, third, fourth, tenth, and twelfth of 

 said amendments, were concurred in by the house ; and the said 

 amendments were then agreed to as amended. 



The house then concurred with the Committee of the whole 

 House on the state of the Union, in its disagreement to the eighth 

 amendment of the senate to the said bill. 



And the question recurred on concurring with the Committee of 

 the whole House on the state of the Union, in its amendment to 

 the thirteenth amendment of the Senate. 



And after debate, the hour fixed by the order of the 1st of April, 

 for the consideration of bills relating to the District of Columbia, 

 arrived ; when a motion was made by Mr. Cambreleng, that the 

 house do continue the consideration of the business before it, and 

 that Saturday next be appropriated exclusively to the business of 

 the District of Columbia ; this motion was disagreed to by the house, 



A motion was then made by Mr. Cambreleng, that the rules in 

 relation to the priority of business be suspended, and that the 

 execution of the special order for bills relating to the District of 

 Columbia be postponed during this day, and that the house do 

 continue the consideration; of the amendments of the senate to the 



