did, on the 31st ultimo, sign and approve bills of the Senate of the following titles, viz: S. 1112. An act granting a pension to John Sweeney. S. 1144. An act granting a pension to John W. Wright. A message in writing was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Pruden, which was handed in at the Clerk's desk, notifying the House that he did, on the 31st ultimo, sign and approve bills of the House of the following titles, viz: H. R. 181. An act to declare forfeiture of certain lands granted to aid in the construction of a railroad in Oregon. H. R. 7619. An act to release the reversionary right of the Government of the United States to certain lands in the city of Detroit and State of Michigan. H. R. 1565. An act to authorize the appointment of a commission by the President of the United States to run and mark the boundary-lines between a portion of the Indian Territory and the State of Texas, in connection with a similar commission to be appointed by the State of Texas. Mr. Moulton moved that when the House adjourns it be to meet on Wednesday next; which motion was disagreed to. Mr. Moulton moved that the House adjourn, And the question being put, viz: Will the House agree thereto? It was decided in the negative, Yeas 96 132 95 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Moulton moved that when the House adjourns to-day it be to meet on Wednesday next. Mr. Collins made the point of order that the said motion was not in order, for the reason that it had just been voted on and rejected. The Speaker pro tempore sustained the said point of order, on the ground that the said motion to adjourn over was not in order to be repeated unless other business had intervened, and held that the motion to adjourn was not intervening business. Mr. Hammond moved that when the House adjourns to-day it be to meet on Thursday next; which motion was disagreed to. Mr. William H. Hatch moved that the House adjourn; Pending which, The Speaker pro tempore, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the following messages this day received from the President of the United States; which were ordered to be printed and referred as follows, viz: To the House of Representatives: In response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of January 28, 1885, "that the President be respectfully requested to transmit to this House a copy of the recent appeal of Fitz-John Porter, together with the accompanying papers," I transmit herewith a copy of a communication from Fitz-John Porter, addressed to the President, from Morristown, New Jersey, under date of October 14, 1884, together with copies of the accompanying papers. EXECUTIVE MANSION, February 2, 1885. to the Committee on Military Affairs. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, the report of the National Board of Health for the year 1884. EXECUTIVE MANSION, February 2, 1885. to the Committee on the Public Health. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. The Speaker pro tempore also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House executive communications; which were ordered to be printed and referred as follows, viz: I. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief of Engineers of a preliminary examination of Puyallup River, Washington Territory; to the same committee. II. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers of a preliminary examination of Lewis River, Washington Territory; to the same committee. III. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief of Engineers of a preliminary examination of Willapah River, Washington Territory; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted Mr. James T. Jones for the remainder of the day. Mr. Murray, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to withdraw from the files of the House papers in the case of Abram S. Galbraith. The question then recurring upon the motion of Mr. William H. Hatch to adjourn, And being put, viz: Will the House agree thereto? It was decided in the negative, Yeas. 70 104 149 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are So the House refused to adjourn. Mr. William H. Hatch moved that when the House adjourns to-day it be to meet on Wednesday next. Mr. Collins made the point of order that the said motion was not in order, having just been rejected. The Speaker pro tempore overruled the said point of order, on the ground that under the well-established practice of the House, the said motion having been rejected, was not again in order until there had been "intervening business," and that the motion to adjourn over to Thursday, submitted by Mr. Hammond, was such intervening business. The question then recurring upon the motion of Mr. Hatch to adjourn over, And being put, viz: Will the House agree thereto? It was decided in the negative. So the House refused to adjourn over. Mr. Blount moved that the House adjourn ; And the question being put, viz: Will the House agree thereto ? |