Barton, Columbus Beach, Thomas Beesley, Henry L. Bonsall, Albert M. Bradshaw, Albert A. Drake, David Evans, Charles F. H. Gray, C. P. Gurnee, James L Gurney, Leonard F. Harding, William A. House, John Hunkele, Levi D. Jarrard, Farrand Kitchell, James C. Norris, Benjamin H. Overheiser, Theodore W. Phoenix, Albert L Runyon, Joseph F. Sanxay, William R. Sayre, William C. Shinn, Abel Í. Smith, John R. Staats, Henry W. Wilson, Nimrod Woolery-27.

NAYS-Messrs. Baber, Barry, Barton, Boyett. Bright, Caldwell, Cheatham, Clark of Jackson, Colville, Cox, Curl, Dunlap, Everett, Fleming, Glenn, Hampton, Harrison, Hinkle, Hornberger, James of Hamilton, James of Smith, Jones, Kee ney, Kelley, Kenney, King, Knight, Longacre, McGaughey, Morrison, Neil, Nicks, Nixon, Pearson, Rhea, Roach, Rose, Rosson, Russell of Rutherford, Saddler, Saunders, Sherrod, Slack, Smith, Spears, Steale, Stephens, Thomas, Tousand, TuckNAYS-Messrs. Leon Abbett, James W. Arrow-er, Walker, Warren, West, White, Wilson, Young, and Mr. Speaker Pearkins-57.

smith, S. B. Beraus, Ferdinand Blauck, William
Brinkerhoff, George E. Brown, Herman D. Busch,
Hiram C. Clark, James B. Doremus, Levi French,
Charles O. Groscup, William W. Hawkins, Henry
Hobbs, Henry A. Hopper, Charles O. Hudnut,
Samuel H. Hunt, John Kugler, John P. Lair,
John J. Maxwell, Mathew Murphy, Austin H.
Patterson, Abraham Perkins, Theodore Probasco,
Absalom B. Purcell, Hugh Reid, Jesse M. Sharp,
William Silverthorn, Caleb H. Valentine, D. H.
Van Mater, Samuel Whartman, Chauncey G.
Williams, and Eben Winton-32.

Rhode Island.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,* January 18, 1870.
YEAS-Mr. Speaker Benj. T. Eames, Messrs.
William T. Adams, Edwin Aldrich, William D.
Aldrich, Ferdinand H. Allen, Emor J. Angell,
Lucius C. Ashley, Julius Baker, John H. Bar-
den, William W. Blodgett, Baylies Bourne, Fran-
cis Brinley, Joseph F. Brown, Henry Bull, jr.,
John T. Bush, Ezra J. Cady, Thomas G. Carr,
John G. Childs, J. Hamilton Clarke, William H.
Clarke, James C. Collins, Davis Cook, jr., Sala-
din Cook, Edwin Darling, Daniel E. Day, Henry
F. Drown, Edward L. Freeman, Henry T. Grant,
George W. Greene, Richard W. Green, Mason W.
Hale, David S. Harris, Stephen Harris, William
S. Kent, Robert R. Knowles, William Knowles,
George W. Lewis, Nathan B. Lewis, John Love
land, Jesse Metcalf, Francis W. Miner, Arlon
Mowry, Jabez W. Mowry, George H. Olney,
Samuel B. Parker, Charles H. Perkins, DeWitt
C. Remington, William H. Seagrave, Ira O. Sea-
mans, William P. Sheffield, Orrin W. Simmons,
George T. Spicer, Joseph E. Spink, Horatio A.
Stone, Albert M. Waite, William R. Walker,
John E. Weeden, Joseph D. Wilcox, James M.
Wright—59.

NAYS-Messrs. George N. Bliss, Theodore P. Bogert, Raymond P. Colwell, Nathaniel B. Durfee, Edward Lillibridge, John C. Pegram, William C. Rhodes, Samuel Rodman, jr., Nathaniel C. Smith, Nathan T. Verry-10.

Tennessee.

SENATE, November 24, 1869.
The resolution ratifying the amendment was
referred to the Committee on Federal Relations,
from which it has never been reported.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,† November 16, 1869.
YEAS-Messrs. J. H. Agee, Baker, Boyd, Eckel,
Hunley, Layman, McConnell, McElwee, Scott,
Singletary, Snodderly, and Yoakum-12.

*Question postponed from May, 1869, as shown on p. 487 Manual of 1869.

The full names are not given here on account of inability to obtain them.

Texas.

SENATE, February 18, 1870.

YEAS-Messrs. E L. Alford, Thomas H. Baker, John G. Bell, W. H. Bowers, E. T. Braughton, Don Campbell, D. W. Cole, E. L. Dohoney, J. P. Douglass, W. Flanagan, S. W. Ford, A. K. Foster, A. J. Fountain, Matt. Gaines, P. W. Hall, Theodore Hertzberg, H. R. Latimer, J. S. Mills, W. H. Parsons, B. J. Pridgen, E. L. Pyle, Henry Rawson, G. T. Ruby, W. A. Saylor-24.

NAYS-Messrs. Samuel Evans, G. R. Shan

non-2.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 15, 1870.
YEAS-Messrs. J. O. Austin, J. A. Abney, C.
L. Abbott, M. L. Armstrong, H. R. Allen, R. A.
Allen, J. Abbott, J. D. Burnett, E. J. Becton, J.
P. Butler, D. W. Burley, T. J. Chambers, L W.
Cooper, S. Cotton, JR Cole, L. B. Camp, A. M
Cox, G. Dupree, W. W. Davis, A. Dorris, T. G.
Franks, C. W. Gardner, F. E. Grothaus, C. T. D
Harn, J. P. Hill, J. J. Hamilton, G. T. Haswell,
J. E. Hawkins, J. W. Johnson, C. Jenkins, M.
Kendal, John W. Lane, A. F. Leonard, W. J.
Locke, M. Manning, J. H. Morrison, H. Moore,
W. P. McLean, J. R. McKee, J. F. McKee, S
Mullins, D. Medlock, R. L. Moore, J. W. Posey.
W. C. Pierson, B. R. Plumly, W. Prissie, W. G.
Robinson, F. Schleckum, G. H. Slaughter, W. H.
Sinclair, W. Sherriff, W. B Stirman, E. L. Smith,
C. J. Stockbridge, B. S. Shelburn, J. Schutze, F.
Tegner, S. S. Weaver, B. F. Williams, H. W.
Young. J. B. York, H. C. Youngkin, R. Zapp, and
A. Zoller-65.

NAYS-Messrs. S. J. Adams, H. C. Ellis, W.
4. Gaston, W. E. Hughes, F. Kyle, B. B. Lacy,
J. H. Miller, E. L. Robb, T. E. Ross, J. G
Smith—10.

Vermont.

SENATE, October 20, 1869.

YEAS-Messrs. Grenville G. Benedict, Asa R. Camp, William Collamer, Lucius Copeland, George N. Dale, Albert G. Dewey of Windsor, Jerry E. Dickerman, William G. Elkins, Roswell Farnham, David Goodell, Ezra B. Green, A. B. Halbert, Harley M. Hall, J. H. Hastings, Charles H. Heath, William R. Hutchinson, James Hutchinson, jr. Rollin J. Jones, Jedd P. Ladd, George A. Merril William P. Nash, Franklin H. Orvis, William M. Pingry, Homer E. Royce, Robert J. Saxe, Hoyt H. Wheeler-26.

NAYS-0.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, October 19, 1869. YEAS-Messrs. David C. Abbott, Stephen Alden, Andrew S. Allis, Joseph Andrew, Lyman

NAYS-Messrs. G. W. Aiken, Patrick Barrett, Josiah F. Brigham, Almon L. Clark, Channing Hazeltine, Rollin W. Holbrook, Abial C. Palmer, Fred. Parks, James M. Peak, Thomas Pollard, James M. Soule, George Wooster of Marshfield12.

Virginia.

SENATE, October 8, 1869.

Anderson, William P. Austin, R. S. Beazley, J. YEAS-Messrs. Abner Anderson, William A. W. D. Bland, Charles Campbell, David G. Carr, A. R. Courtney, A. M. Davis, Thomas P. FitzD. A. Grimsley, Marcus A. Harris, F. W. Haspatrick, James Milton French, James S. Greever, kell, Charles Herndon, George H. Kindrick, T. N. Latham, Meriwether Lewis, William T. Martin, E. W. Massie, William P. Moseley, Frank Moss, Robert L. Owen, James Patterson, W. K. John Robinson, John E. Roller, J. Ambler Smith, Perrin, John E. Penn, Washington L. Riddick, Normand Smith, William D. Smith, Edgar Snowden, jr., Thomas E. Taylor, W. H. Taylor, George Teamoh, William R. Terry, Joseph Waddell,

Franklin Wood-40.

NAYS-Messrs. Abel T. Johnson, Isaiah L. Ly

ons-2.

Batcheller, John Bailey, jr., Frederick H. Bald- | Henry B. Williams, Horace G. Wood, Albert
win, George A. Ballard, J. Warren Barnes, Fay- Worcester, Pliney Wright, George W. Grandey,
ette Barney, George Barrett of Weathersfield, Speaker-196.
Jonas R. Bartlett, William H. Bebee, Julius B.
Benedict, George Benton, John Bigelow, Lewis
H. Bisbee, Saul Bishop, George O. Boyce. Caleb
R. Brewer, George B. Brewster, Sumner Briggs,
Asa Brigham, Charles W. Brigham, Jerome B.
Bromley, Ebenezer B. Brown, William C. Brown,
Horatio N. Bull, Oscar E. Butterfield, James Car-
dell, Hiram Carleton, Benjamin F. D. Carpenter,
Charles Chamberlin, Charles Chase, T. Abel Chase,
Howard Clark, Nathan S. Clark, Jason Clark,
Lewis Cobb, James A. Coburn, Mason S. Colburn,
Chauncey H. Conkey, David Cook, Edwin S. Cook,
Seth F. Cowles, Sumner Curtis, Ezra F. Darling,
Leonard W. Day, William Deming, Asa M. Dick-
ey, Jonathan B. Dike, Josiah B. Divoll, Chester
B. Dow, William P. Downing, Stephen L. Dutton,
Frederick P. Eaton, Alanson Edgerton, Ezra Ed-
son, Jacob Estey, Edson Farman, Jona B. Farns-
worth, John Farrar, Joseph C. Fenn, James K.
Foster, George P. Foster, Ezra S. Freeman, Barnes
Frisbie, John H. Gambell, Nelson Gay, David N.
Gibb, George Giffin, jr., Philip K. Gleed, William
Goff, George Goodell, George S. Goodrich, Henry
H. Goodsell, Marcus D. Grover, Emerson Hall, Jo-
siah L. Hamblet, John O. Hamilton, Samuel Har-
rington, Royal D. Hedden, Rufus N. Hemenway,
Charles Hewitt, Ansel L. Hill, Calvin Hill, Ly-
man G. Hinckley, Charles B. Holden, William C.
Holman, Benjamin A. Holmes, Lyman W. Holmes
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, October 8, 1869.
of Waterville, Joel Holton, Orman P. Hooker,
YEAS-Messrs. William H. Andrews, W. W.
Heman Hopkins, jr., John P. Hoskison, A. S. Arnett, John W. Ashby, George R. Atkinson, Jacob
Howard, Asahel H. Hubbard, Julius A. Hum-S. Atlee, Edmund R. Bagwell, William Bartlett,
phrey, Samuel S Hunt of Guilford, Loyal Hun-
tington, Elisha B. Hurd, Luther H. Hurlburt,
John V. S. Isham, Lyman Jackson, Andrew Jack
son, Samuel R Jenkins, Elias L. Jewett, John
Johnson, William Johnson, Charles H. Joyce,
George B. Keeler, Phineas A. Kemp, Isaac K.
Kenaston, Silas G. King, Aaron N. King, Harvey
N. Kingsbury, John Kinsley, Alfred H. Knapp,
Willard Kneeland, Melvin A. Knowlton, Charles
I. Ladd, James R. Langdon, Jabez W. Langdon,
Martin Leonard, Joseph P. Long, Joel Lyman,
Isaac A. Manning, Augustus M. Marsh, John L.
Mason, Nathaniel C. McKnight, Gardner Merrill,
Timothy C. Miles, Ephraim Moore, Ira A. Morse,
Lucius P. Mowry, Isaac J. Nichols, Luther A.
Nichols, Joseph Nickerson, Julius N North,
George N. Ober, Frank E. Ormsby, Carrol S. Page,
Paine, Harry B. Parker, James Parker,
Daniel P. Peabody, Francis Phelps, Horatio S.
Pierce, Milo Pierce, Joseph H. Pratt, Joseph Pur-
mort, Marcus S Reed, Philemon Remington, Ed-
ward J. Reynolds, Jotham S. Rice, Lorenzo Rich-
mond, Jesse J. Ridley, Henry B. Ripley, Oscar
P. Rixford, Abraham R. Ross, Noah B. Safford,
Charles A. Scott, George Severance, William H.
Silsby, Isaac M. Smith, Oliver Smith, Homer H.
Southwick, Eugene H. Spaulding, Marshal W,
Stoddard, Alpheus H. Stone, Cyrus W. Strong,
Andrew J. Taylor, Albin L. Thompson, Joseph
Underwood, Asahel Upham, Torrey E. Wales,
William W. Walker, Henry A. Walker, George
B. Warner, Edwin W. Washburn, Frederick A.
Way, Walter A. Weed, Merrick Wentworth, Far-
well Wetherby, Samuel E. Wheat, Eugene P.
Wheeler, Joseph W. Wheelock, Edwin C. White,
James E. White, Erastus Whitney, John Willey,

Henry Bell, H. M. Bell, Augustus Bodeker, Stith
Bolling, Henry Bowen, Henry M. Bowden, Philo
Bradley, Cary Breckinridge, William H. Brisby,
L. C. Bristow, Lewis H. Bryant, William A. Bry-
ant, Isaac D. Budd, John W. Bullman, Richard
U. Burgess, Robert C. Burkholder, Josiah L. Camp-
bell, J. T. Chase, M. H. Clark, A. B. Cochrane,
Walter Coles, Henry Cox, John B. Crenshaw, John
W. Daniel, Addison Davis, S. M. Dodge, John
Dugger, Isaac Edmundson, B. T. Edwards, George
Fayerman, L. H. Frayser, A. N. Fretz, J. H. Ful-
ton, W. J. Fulton, George K. Gilman, T. H. Gos-
ney, George Graham, G. W. Graham, George H.
T. Greer, Marshall Hanger, Benjamin N. Hatcher,
Job Hawxhurst, B. G. Haynie, Henry B. Hams-
berger, J. C. Hill, James Ŏ. Hensley, John Hen-
son, C. E. Hodges, John Q. Hodges, John M. Hud-
gin, Thomas P. Jackson, Reuben Johnson, B. F.
Jones, James D. Jones, R. G. W. Jones, A. M. Keiley,
James Keith, John A. Kelly, J. H. Kelly, Luther
Lee, jr., Frank W. Lindsey, James Lipscomb,
William Lovenstein, F. W. Mahood, F. L. Mar-
shall, Stephen Mason, Joseph H. Massie, William
Matthey, J. A. McCaull, Bernard McCracken,
William McDonald, William McLaughlin, Robert
A. Miller, David J. Miller, J. B. Miller, jr., Peter
G. Morgan, Samuel B. Morrison, John R. Moss,
Benjamin H. Moulton, Rufus A. Murrell, J. H.
Noble, F. S. Norton, Robert Norton, Alexander
Owen, David Pannill, Thomas C. Parramore, Rob-
ert O. Peatross, Cæsar Perkins, F. M. Perkins,
Robert B. Poore, John R. Popham, W. A. J. Potts,
William H. Ragsdale, George L. Seaton, Arthur
S. Segar, Thomas M. Shearman, John H. A. Smith,
G. H. Southall, S. V. Southall, J. C. Shelton, L. R.
Stewart, John R. Strother, Josiah Tattum, Wil

liam F. B. Taylor, John F. Terry, E. F. Tiller, | uel S. Lowery, Samuel T. Maddox, J. Warren
James C. Toy, David Thayer, C. Y. Thomas, John
R. Thurman, Smith S. Turner, George Walker,
James W. Walker, jr., William J. Wall, John Wat-
son, Watson R. Wentworth, D. B. White, Ellis
Wilson, William L. Williams, W. R. Winn, W. W.
Wood, B. L. Woodson, A. L. Woodworth, George
Young, Zeph. Turner, Speaker-132.
NAYS-0.

VOTES OF NEW YORK AND OHIO, THE FOR-
MER ON RESCINDING A PREVIOUS RATIFI-
CATION AND THE LATTER ON RATIFICA-
TION AFTER A PREVIOUS REJECTION.*

New York.

SENATE, January 5, 1870.
YEAS-Messrs. A. Bleecker Banks, Isaiah Blood,
John T. Bradley, William Cauldwell, Thomas J.
Creamer, Samuel H. Frost, Henry W. Genet, Wil-
liam M. Graham, John F. Hubbard, jr., Jarv. Lord,
George Morgan, Henry C. Murphy, Christopher
F. Norton, Michael Norton, George H. Sanford,
William M. Tweed-16.

NAYS-Messrs. George Bowen, William H.
Brand, Orlow W. Chapman, Augustus R. Elwood,
George N. Kennedy, Loren L. Lewis, Theodore
L. Minier, Abraham X. Parker, Allen D. Scott,
Francis S. Thayer, Norris Winslow, James Wood,
William B. Woodin-13.

ASSEMBLY, January 5, 1870,
YEAS-Messrs. Seymour Ainsworth, Orson M.
Allaben, Francis B. Baldwin, George J. Bamler,
Gershon Bancker, Daniel D. Barnes, James G.
Bennett, William G. Bergen, John J. Blair, John
Brown, Dennis Burns, Timothy J. Campbell, John
Carey, Owen Cavanagh, Hugh M. Clark, Wil-
liam W. Cook, William C. Coon, Henry J. Cul-
len, jr., John Davis, Daniel G. Dodge, Joseph
Droll, John F. Empie, John L. Flagg, Richard
Flanagan, Patrick J. Flynn, Alexander Frear,
Isaiah Fuller, Abraham E. Hasbrouck, Odell S.
Hathaway, Bernard Haver, John R. Hennessey,
Morgan Horton, Abraham Howe, James Irving,
John C. Jacobs, St. Perrie Jerred, William C. Jones,
Lawrence D. Kiernan, Charles H. Krack, jr.,
John L. La Moree, Thomas J. Lanahan, Edward
D. Lawrence, Thomas J. Lyon, Godfrey R. Mar-
tine, Peter Mitchell, James J. Mooney, William
W. Moseley, Michael C. Murphy, Owen Murphy,
William D. Murphy, Martin Nachtmann, James
M. Nelson, Dennis O'Keeffe, Edward L. Patrick,
Lewis S. Payne, James B. Pearsall, George W.
Plunkitt, Harry B. Ransom, Edward D. Ronan,
James Shanahan, Brinley D. Sleight, William
W. Snow, Robert R. Steele, Edward Sturges, Silas
Sweet, John Tighe, Hiram Van Steenburgh, James
Young, William Hitchman, Speaker-69.

Merchant, David M. Miner, David H. Mulford,
Daniel A. Northrop, Lyman Oatman, Julius M.
Palmer, John Parker, Jay A. Pease, James H.
Pierce, Henry Ray, William T. Remer, James
Roberts, Lee R. Sanborn, James A. Seward, Gus-
tavus Sniper, Thomas Stevenson, Nathan R.
Tefft, Edward C. Walker, George N. West, John
H. White, David E. Wilson, Orange S. Winans,
Anson S. Wood, Charles S. Wright-56.

Ohio.

SENATE, January 14, 1870.

YEAS-Messrs. John Bartram, James A. Bell, Abel M. Corey, Jerry Dunbar, Homer Everett, Moses D. Gatch, Michael Goepper, A. P. Howard, Homer C. Jones, Henry McKinney, Peter Odlin, Benjamin F. Potts, Joseph M. Root, Rodney M. Stimson, Worthy S. Streator, Deciers S. Wade, Thomas A. Welsh, Laurin D. Woodworth, Thomas H. Yeatman-19.

NAYS-Messrs. James O. Amos, Charles Boesel, James M. Burt, Lewis D. Campbell, John Cowan, M. A. Daugherty, James Emmitt, Samuel T. Hunt, Adin G. Hibbs, William H. Holden, James R. Hubbell, James B. Jamison, A. E. Jenner, L. B. Leeds, Nathan C. Lord, Hinchman S. Prophet, John L. Winner, John Woodbridge-18. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 20, 1870.

YEAS-Messrs. William Adair, R. W. Anderson, Bethel Bates, H. M. Bates, M. W. Beach, S. E. Blakeslee, E. Bogardus, A. H. Brown, Samuel C. Bowman, James Bradbury, George W. Brooke, John A. Brown, R. P. Cannon, A. J. Cunningham, H. W. Curtiss, R. B. Dennis, Joseph H. Dickson, William H. Enochs, Ed. H. Fitch, Samuel H. Ford, Robert C. Fulton, Thomas Geffs, Elijah Glover, Wilson W. Griffith, Samuel Hayward, A. Hill, B. L. Hill, George H. Hill, Peter Hitchcock, George A. Hubbard, William N. Hudson, Ellis N. Johnson, jr., Thomas F. Joy, E. F. Kleinschmidt, A. P. Lacey, John Little, J. K. Mower, A. Munson, W. O. Parker, William Park, John A. Price, William Ritezel, James Sayler, R. M. Stanton, George W. Steele, James A. Sterling, Jarnin Strong, jr., Samuel N. Titus, J. C. Ullery, N. H. Van Vorhees, M. J. Williams, William S. Williams, John P. Williamson, William W. Wilson, J. K. Wing, Alfred Wolcott, G. I. Young-57.

NAYS-Messrs. William T. Acker, William Armstrong, Isaac Anstill, R. P. L. Baber, George S. Baker, John Baker, Edward Ball, John Bettelon, Daniel J. Callen, William T. Cessna, Joseph R. Cockerill, James E. Chase, Levi Colby, William T. Conkling, Thomas A. Corcoran, James W. Devose, Ozro J. Dodds, Elias Ellis, E. H. NAYS-Messrs. Thomas G. Alvord, Isaac V. Gaston, Lewis Green, Thomas I. Haldeman, Baker, jr., Matthew P. Bemus, John Berry, Al-James H. Hambleton, S. M. Heller, John L. bert H. Blossom, Alpheus Bolt, William Brad ford, Samuel L. Brown, Volney P. Brown, William W. Butterfield, J. Thomas Davis, Clayton H. De Lano, John H. Deming, Jay Dimick, William H. Eaker, William M. Ely, Charles N. Flanagin, Charles Foster, James Franklin, George M. Gleason, James S. Graham, Stephen S. Green, Amasa Hall, Stephen S. Hewitt, Marcus A. Hull, James W. Husted, Eugene Hyatt, Richard Johnson, Leonard C. Kilham, De Witt C. Littlejohn, SamSee pp. 495 and 496, Manual of 1869.

Hughes, John D. Kemp, A. C. Kile, John Kiser, Jesse Leohner, John K. Love, John G. Marshall, Jason Mc Vey, William Milligan, Samuel R. Mott, jr., William Pace, Thomas W. Peckinpaugh, Michael V. Ream, James Robinson, Henry Schirck, Henry Schoenfeldt, John Seitz, Aaron B. Shafer, William Shaw, Lewis W. Sifford, Garret B. Smith, A. Soule, E. T. Stickney, W. Stillwell, John D. Thompson, E. M. Walker, A. Ward, John A. Weyer, Clark White, John C. Waldron, William R. Wilson, Hiram W. Winslow-55.

LIV.

LAND SUBSIDIES, 1827-1870.

Grant to the State of Indiana in aid of the construction of a canal between the Illinois river

IN SENATE, February 13, 1827. YEAS-Messrs. David Barton, Ephraim Bateman, Samuel Bell, Thomas H. Benton, Dominique Bouligny, Ezekiel F. Chambers, Dudley Chase, John H. Eaton, William Henry Harrison, William Hendricks, John Holmes, Richard M. Johnson, Josiah S. Johnston, Elias K. Kane, William Rufus King, Nehemiah R. Knight, John McKinley, William Marks, James Noble, The first grant of public lands in aid of the Thomas B. Reed, Henry M. Ridgely, Asher Robbins, construction of railroads was that made by "An Benjamin Ruggles, Horatio Seymour, Nathaniel Silsbee, Samuel Smith, Jesse B. Thomas, Calvin Willey-of land to the States of Illinois, Mississippi, and act granting the right of way and making a grant NAYS-Messrs. John Branch, John Chandler, Thomas Alabama, in aid of the construction of a railroad Clayton, Thomas W. Cobb, Mahlon Dickerson, Henry from Chicago to Mobile," in 1850.* W. Edwards, William Findlay, Robert Y. Hayne, Nathaniel Macon, John Randolph, Nathan Sanford, William Smith, Littleton W. Tazewell, Levi Woodbury-14. IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 2, 1827. The bill passed without a division, the yeas and nays having just before been taken on a precisely similar proposition, granting lands to aid in the

granted should have been sold, or the right of pre-emption should have attached, before the line of the road was definitely ascertained, agents appointed by the Governor of Illinois should select other lands; none of such lands, however, to be farther than fifteen miles from the line of the road."

Sec. 3 provided that the land which shall remain "to the United States within six miles on each side of said road and branches shall not be sold for less than double the minimum price of the public lands."

Sec. 4 reserved the right to the United States to use the said road free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.

101.

Mann, Oisamus B. Matteson, John A. McClernand Robert M. McLane, William McWillie, Charles S. Morehead, Isaac E. Morse, James L. Orr, John Otis, John S. Phelps, J. Phillips Phoenix, Charles W. Pitman, Harvey Putnam, William A. Richardson, Elijah Risley, John L. Robinson, Robert L. Rose, Abraham M. Schermerhorn, John L. Schoolcraft, Elbridge G. Spaulding, William Sprague, Edward Stanley, Frederick P. Stanton, Richard H. Stanton, Alexander H. Stephens, John L. Taylor, Jacob Thompson, John R. Thurman, Walter Underhill, Hiram Walden, Loren P. Waldo, John Wentworth, Hugh White, William A. Whittlesey, Christopher H. Williams, Amos E. Wood, George W. Wright, Timothy R. Young.— NAYS-Messrs. Henry P. Alexander, William S. Ashe, Thomas H. Averett, James M. H. Beale, WALTER BOOTHE, Armistead Burt, Joseph Cable, Joseph P. Caldwell, Lewis liam F. Colcock, Jesse C. Dickey, Milo M. Dimmick, David D. Campbell, David K. Cartter, Charles E. Clarke, WilT. Disney, Nathan F. Dixon, William Duer, Henry A. Edmundson, Alexander Evans, Nathan Evans, Örin Fowler, Thomas J. D. Fuller, Elbridge Gerry, Alfred Gilmore, William T. Hamilton, Moses Hampton, Hugh A. Haralson, Isham G. Harris. Harry Hibbard, Alexander R. Holladay, Jons W. HOWE, William F. Hunter, William T. Jackson, Andrew Johnson, George W. Jones, John B. Kerr, George G. King, PRESTON KING, Nathaniel S. Littlefield, Job Mann, Humphrey Marshall, James Mc Dowell, Edward W. McGaughey, Thomas McKissock, James X. McLanahan, Fayette McMullen, John McQueen, John K. Miller, John S. Millson, Henry D Moore, Jonathan D. The bill was introduced by Stephen A. Doug-Morris, William Nelson, David Outlaw, Richard Parker, las, of Illinois, reported from the Committee of Charles H. Peaslee, Emery D. Potter, Robert R. Reed, Public Lands by Mr. Shields, of Illinois, and John Robbins, jr., Thomas Ross, David Rumsey, jr. John H. Savage, Cullen Sawtelle, Robert C. Schenck, passed both houses by the following vote: James A. Seddon, Augustine H. Shepperd, Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Stetson, James H. Thomas, James Thompson, Abraham W. Venable. Samuel F. Vinton, Daniel Wallace, Albert G. Watkins, Isaac Wildrick, Joseph A. Woodward.-75.

Sec. 7 extended the provisions of the act to the States of Alabama and Mississippi to aid in the continuation of the Central railroad from the mouth of the Ohio river to Mobile.

The estimated amount of land inuring under this grant was 2,595,053 acres, all of which has been certified.

IN SENATE, May 2, 1850.

YEAST-Messrs. David R. Atchison, George E. Badger, John Bell, Thomas H. Benton, Solon Borland, Jesse D. Bright, Lewis Cass, Thomas Corwin, Jefferson Davis, Henry Dodge, Augustus C. Dodge, Stephen A. Douglas, Solomon U. Downs, Henry S. Foote, Samuel Houston, George W. Jones, William Rufus King, Willie P. Mangum, Jackson Morton, William K. Sebastian, William H. Seward, James Shields, Truman Smith, Daniel Sturgeon, Joseph R. Underwood, Isaac P. Walker-26.

NAYS-Messrs. James W. Bradbury, Andrew P. Butler,

SALMON P. CHASE, John H. Clarke, William C. Dawson,
William L. Dayton, Robert M. T. Hunter, Jacob W. Mil-
ler. Moses Norris, jr., Samuel S. Phelps. Thomas G. Pratt,
Hopkins L. Turney, John Wales, David L. Yulee-14.

NOT VOTING-Messrs Roger S. Baldwin, John McP.
Berrien, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Jere. Clemens,
James Cooper, John Davis, Daniel S. Dickinson, Alpheus
Feich, Albert C. Greene, JOHN P. HALE, Hannibal Ham-
lin, James M. Mason, James A. Pearce, Thomas J. Rusk,
Pierre Soule, Presley Spruance, William Upham, Daniel
Webster, James Whitcomb—20.

Of those not voting Messrs. Greene and Spruance voted "aye" on the same proposition two years before, and Messrs. Calhoun and HALE

voted "no."

IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Sept. 17, 1850.
YEAS-Messrs. Nathaniel Albertson, CHARLES ALLEN,
William J. Alston, Josiah M. Anderson, George R. An
drews, George Ashmun, Edward D. Baker, Kingsley S.
Bingham, William H. Bissell, David A. Bokee, Franklin
W. Bowden, Richard I. Bowie, James B. Bowlin, George
Briggs, James Brooks, Albert G. Brown, William J.
Brown, Alexander W. Buel. Lorenzo Burrows, Thomas
B. Butler, E. Carrington Cabell, Samuel Calvin, Joseph
Casey, Joseph R. Chandler, Chauncey F. Cleveland,
Thomas L. Clingman, Williamson R. W. Cobb, Orsamus
Cole, Moses B. Corwin, John Crowell, James Duane
DURKEE, Samuel A. Eliot, Winfield S. Featherston, John
Freedley, Meredith P. Gentry, Edward Gilbert, Willis
4. Gorman, Daniel Gott, Herman D. Gould, James S.
Green. Joseph Grinnell, Willard P. Hall, Ransom Hal-
loway, Andrew J. Harlan, Sampson W. Harris. Thomas
L. Harris, Andrew K. Hay, Thomas S. Haymond,
Moses Hoagland, Volney E. Howard, David Hubbard, Sam

Doty, James H. Duncan, Cyrus L. Dunham, CHARLES

uel W. Inge, Joseph W. Jackson, Robert W. Johnson, GEORGE W. JULIAN, David S. Kaufman, James G. King, John A. King, Emile La Sere, Shepherd Leffler, Horace

*Rep. Com. Land Office 1867, p. 253.

+Democrats in italics, Whigs in roman, Freesoilers

in SMALL CAPS.

The bill was signed by the President, Zachary Taylor, September 20, 1850.

Grant to the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

The first grant of lands made to any corporation to aid it in building its railroad was to the Union Pacific Railroad, in 1862, by an act entitled "An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes."

Section 1 creates the corporation and provides regulations for its government.

Section 2 provides "That the right of way through the public lands be, and the same is hereby, granted to said company for the construction of said railroad and telegraph line; and the right, power, and authority is hereby given to said company to take from the public lands adjacent to the line of said road earth, stone, timber, and other materials for the construction thereof; said right of way is granted to said railroad to the extent of two hundred feet in width on each side of said railroad where it may pass over the public lands, including all necessary grounds for stations, buildings, workshops, and depots, machine-shops, switches, side tracks, turnThe United States tables, and water stations. shall extinguish as rapidly as may be the Indian titles to all lands falling under the operation of this act and required for the said right of way and grants hereinafter made."

by, granted to said company, for the purpose of Section 3 provides "That there be, and is hereaiding in the construction of said railroad and telegraph line, and to secure the safe and speedy transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of war, and public stores thereon, every alternate