SEC. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy be directed to ascertain the sum due to Dakin, Moody, Gilbert, and Secor, if any, as he may find to be due to them under the contract dated August 4, 1852, for the lease of the dry-dock, Mare Island, California, and their outlay and improvements in providing accommodations to work the same, and that he make his report to the next session of Congress, It was determined in the affirmative. On motion by Mr. Dixon, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to amend the bill by inserting: SEC.. And be it further enacted, That the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose, be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment for marble furnished or in preparation for the new custom-house at Charleston, South Carolina, under existing contract with the government, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay such sum for such marble, or on account thereof, as shall be proportionate to its full value delivered under said contract: Provided, That the work on the said custom-house shall not be resumed without the authority of law, A question of order was raised by Mr. Pearce, whether the proposed amendment was in order under the 30th rule. The President submitted the question of order to the decision of the Senate; and On the question, Is the proposed amendment in order under the 30th rule? Yeas.... It was determined in the negative, { Nays... On motion by Mr. Simmons, 12 24 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Crittenden, Dixon, Durkee, Fitch, Foot, Foster, Powell, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Wilson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Bingham, Bragg, Bright, Clark, Clingman, Collamer, Doolittle, Fessenden, Green, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Lane, Latham, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Rice, Sebastian, Thomson, Trumbull, Wigfall, Wilkinson. So the Senate decided that the proposed amendment was not in order. On motion by Mr. Lane, from the Committee on Public Lands, to amend the bill by inserting: And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to adjust and allow the actual expenses incurred by the registers of the land offices at Oregon City and Roseburg, Oregon, for clerical aid in said offices: Provided, The same shall not exceed six thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, A question of order was raised by Mr. Hale, whether the proposed amendment was in order under the 30th rule. The President submitted the question of order to the decision of the Senate; and On the question, Is the proposed amendment in order under the 30th rule, (Yeas.... It was determined in the negative, {Nays. On motion by Mr. Lane, 11 24 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Baker, Bigler, Clingman, Dixon, Green, Hemphill, Lane, Latham, Powell, Thomson, Wigfall. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Morrill, Nicholson, Pearce, Rice, Sebastian, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wilkinson, Wilson. So the Senate decided that the proposed amendment was not in order under the 30th rule. On motion by Mr. Bigler, from the Committee on Commerce, to amend the bill by inserting: SEC.. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the accounts of the contractors for the erection of the United States marine hospital at New Orleans, Louisiana, and to pay the said contractors, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount that may be found to be justly due to them, under and in consequence of said contract, A question of order was raised by Mr. Pearce, whether the proposed amendment was in order under the 30th rule. The President submitted the question of order to the decision of the Senate: Is the proposed amendment in order under the 30th rule? On motion by Mr. Green, to amend the bill by inserting: To enable the Secretary of the Navy to carry out the conditional contract made by him with the Chiriqui Improvement Company and Ambrose W. Thompson on the twenty-first day of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, for the purpose of securing to the United States certain valuable privileges and rights specified in the said contract, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars: Provided, The said sum shall, as the President may elect, be paid in cash, or in the bonds of the United States having twenty years to run, and bearing six per centum interest, payable semi-annually. The said conditional contract is hereby approved, provided the following amended conditions explanatory thereof shall be added thereto, namely: The said contract shall convey to the United States, for the use of the Navy Department, such coves or interior inland harbors, suitable for the shelter and repair of vessels of the Navy, as may be best adapted therefor, and which are secured by the grants and privileges "in full property and possession," held by the said company and the said Thompson, and shall convey in fee or by renewable leases in periods of ninety-nine years, as shall be determined by the President of the United States, all the land required for coal and other stations, not exceeding five thousand acres on either side, with the right to cut and use the timber thereon for naval purposes, and shall convey the perpetual right to use such quantities of coal from the mines of Chiriqui for the Navy as may be required for the Gulf squadron, and a supply of coal for the Pacific squadron after a railroad shall be constructed from the Atlantic to the Pacific, at or near the harbors of the Chiriqui Lagoon and Golfito, and shall convey the right of transporting over the road all the properties and things of the United States government, and all persons in the employ or service thereof, free from tolls, during the period of the grant, so far as such right is given under the said grant; but this right or the right to use the stations on the Atlantic or Pacific shall not be understood to affect the sovereign right which New Granada or Costa Rica may have over the territory in which the grant of land and privileges are located. The said sum hereby appropriated shall be paid so soon as a contract shall be entered into, with guarantees of performance satisfactory to the President, for the delivery of supplies of coal in the quantities which may be estimated to be required per month at the station of the Chiriqui Lagoon at one half the price per ton which coal now costs the government at Aspinwall-providing also for supplies of coal at Golfito at one half the price which coal now costs the government at Panama: Provided further, That if, upon a reëxamination of the titles of the said Chiriqui Improvement Company and the said Ambrose W. Thompson, it shall be ascertained by the President of the United States that the grant of land “in full property and possession" on the Atlantic, and the grant of land for colonization within certain limits-"the territory therein conceded" —on the Pacific, which said grants meet at the summit of the Cordilleras, and extend from ocean to ocean, embracing the harbors of Admiral's Bay and the Chiriqui Lagoon, on the Atlantic, and Golfito and Golfo Dulce, on the Pacific, and other grants represented in said title papers, do not include and cover the right to improve or make a railroad over the said territory owned and held by the said Thompson and the said company, he shall then, in his discretion, withhold from present payment one hundred thousand dollars of the sum hereby appropriated, and cause the same to be transmitted in specie to San José, in Costa Rica, to be applied to fulfilling the conditions of the railroad grant or contract made under authority of the congress of Costa Rica by the President of that republic to and with Ambrose W. Thompson: Provided further, That the conditional contract, as amended and explained in accordance herewith, and the contract for coal delivery, shall be submitted to the President of the United States and receive his approval before they shall become binding under this act, A question of order was raised by Mr. King, whether the proposed amendment was in order under the 30th rule. The President submitted the question of order to the decision of the Senate. Is the proposed amendment in order under the 30th rule? It was determined in the affirmative; and, On the question to agree to the amendment, On motion by Mr. Clark, to amend the amendment by inserting at the end thereof the words: And provided further, That the assent of the New Granadian government shall be first had and obtained to this contract and undertaking before any money shall be paid, It was determined in the affirmative; and, On the question to agree to the amendment, as amended, It was determined in the negative, {eas... On motion by Mr. King, 17 25 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Cameron, Fitch, Green, Gwin, Hemphill, Lane, Latham, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Rice, Sebastian, Thomson, Wigfall. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bayard, Bingham, Chandler, Collamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, King, Morrill, Pearce, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. On motion by Mr. Rice, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of section 2, on page 14, the following: SEC.. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a suitable site in St. Paul, in the State of Minnesota, and cause erected thereon, under his direction, a suitable building for custom-house, post office, court rooms, and other offices of the United States. SEC.. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and ten thoasand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, The site and cost of the building shall not exceed the said sum of one hundred and ten thousand dollars: And provided further, That no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be used for the purposes mentioned until a valid title to the land for the site of said building shall be vested in the United States, and until said State shall duly release and relinquish to the United States the right to tax, or in any way assess said site, or the property of the United States that may be thereon, during the time that the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, Yeas. It was determined in the negative, {Nays.. On motion by Mr. Rice, 20 20 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Baker, Bigler, Bright, Cameron, Dixon, Doolittle, Green, Gwin, Hale, Hemphill, Johnson, of Arkansas, Lane, Latham, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Rice, Wade, Wigfall, Wilkinson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Douglas, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Harlan, Kennedy, King, Morrill, Pearce, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wilson. On motion by Mr. Kennedy, to reconsider the vote on the amendment proposed by Mr. Rice, It was determined in the negative, {eas.. On motion by Mr. Rice, Nays.... 18 25 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Baker, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Gwin, Hemphill, Johnson, of Arkansas, Johnson, of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Rice, Sebastian, Wigfall, Wilkinson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Bingham, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, King, Morrill, Pearce, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilson. So the motion to reconsider was not agreed to. On motion by Mr. Simmons, to amend the bill by inserting: SEC.. And be it further enacted, That the third section of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one," approved June twenty-three, eighteen hundred and sixty, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. On motion by Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, that the Senate adjourn, It was determined in the negative. On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Simmons, It was determined in the affirmative. On motion by Mr. Simmons, to amend the bill by inserting: SEC.. And be it further enacted, That to provide for the faithful execution of the fourth article of the treaty with Great Britain of the ninth August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and to secure the releases mentioned in said treaty, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Catharine C. Ward, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and Laura A. Stebbins, of Bangor, Maine, each the sum of sixty-six hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty cents; and to James A. Drew, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, and Rufus Mansur, of Houlton, Maine, each the sum of eleven thousand four hundred and one dollars; and to Edward Munroe, of Boston, Massachusetts, the sum of fifteen thousand eight hundred and eighty-one dollars and twenty-five cents; and to Benjamin Sewall, of Boston, the sum of five thousand two hundred and ninety-three dollars and seventy-five cents: Provided, That the said Ward, Stebbins, Drew, and Mansur, holding titles to the Eaton grant; and the said Drew and Mansur, holding titles to the east half of Plymouth township; and the said Munroe and Sewall, holding titles to the west half of Plymouth township, shall respectively execute, or cause to be executed, deeds of release, as required by the fourth article of said treaty, to the parties holding "possessory" or "equitable possessory claims" to lands in said Eaton grant and Plymouth township, as described in the reports made to the governor and council of Maine by Ebenezer Hutchinson and others, commissioners, under a resolution passed by the legis lature of said State on the twelfth April, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and the plans of survey, accompanying said reports, of record in the |