THE BILL. 297 



At the instance of Mr Linn, of Missouri, 



Mr. Southard moved to strike out so much of the above amend- 

 ment as is contained in the following words : " if, in his opinion) 

 the public interest shall require." 



On this proposition, Mr. Hill asked for the yeas and nays ; which 

 were ordered; and the question being taken on Mr. Southard's 

 motion, it was decided as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Benton, Black, Clay, Clayton, Davis, Ewing 

 of Ohio, Grundy, Hendricks, Hubbard, Kent, Knight, Leigh, Linn, 

 Naudain, Niles, Prentiss, Rives, Robbins, Ruggles, Shepley, Sou- 

 thard, Swift, Tallmadge, Tomlinson, Walker, White 26. 



NAYS Messrs. Hill, King of Georgia, Wright 3. 



The amendment of the house, as amended, was then concurred 

 in. 



HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES, May 10. 



The house proceeded to the consideration of the amendment of 

 the senate to the amendment of the house to the thirteenth amend- 

 ment of the senate to the bill (No. 53) entitled " An act making 

 appropriations for the naval service for the year 1836." 



The amendment of the house to the said thirteenth and last 

 amendment of the senate, is as follows : 



Strike out all of the two additional sections added by the senate, 

 after the word enacted, in the first said additional sections, and 

 insert as follows : " That the President of the United States be, 

 and he hereby is, authorized, if, in his opinion, the public interest 

 shall require, to send out a surveying and exploring expedition to 

 the Pacific Ocean and South Seas, and for that purpose to employ 

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

 as may be necessary and proper to render the said expedition 

 efficient and useful ; and for this purpose, 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 approp ated ; and, 

 in addition thereto, if necessary, the President of the United States 



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