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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
House Journal --TUESDAY, December 17, 1850.
The following petitions were laid on the Clerk's table under the 24th rule of the Houe, to wit:
Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
By Mr. Green: The petition of the register and receiver of public lands at Fayette, in the State of Missouri, praying for additional compensation for locating bounty-land warrants; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
By Mr. Giddings: The petition of citizens of Ashtabula county, in the State of Ohio, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Cleveland, through East Euclid, Mayfield, &c., to Meadville, in the State of Pennsylvania; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads;
Also, the petition of Alexander Weed, praying for a pension on account of inability incurred from wounds received in the military service of the United States during the last war with Great Britain; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions;
Also, the petition of citizens of Cuyahoga county, in the State of Ohio, praying for the repeal of the "fugitive-slave law;" which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. Grinnell: The petition of citizens of the State of Massachusetts, praying for a light-house at "Holmes's Hole" harbor, in the island of Martha's Vineyard.
By Mr. Thurston: The petition of citizens of the Territory of Oregon, praying that the town of Pacific City, at the mouth of the Columbia river, be made a port of entry and delivery.
Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Commerce.
The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances.
Mr. Bayly moved that the said report be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and printed; and also moved that the usual number of 10,000 copies extra be printed for the use of the House.
Mr. Vinton moved to amend the said motion by adding thereto the following, viz: "And also 1,000 additional copies for the use of the Treasury Department;" and the question being put, it was decided in the affirmative.
The question was then put upon agreeing to the motion as amended, and it was decided in the affirmative.
So it was
Ordered, That the said report be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and printed; and that 10,000 copies extra be printed for the
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use of the House, and also 1,000 additional copies for the use of the Treasury Department.
Mr. Morse rose, and announced the death of the Hon. John H. Harmanson, one of the representatives from the State of Louisiana, which took place at New Orleans on the 25th of October last.
And thereupon,
Mr. Morse submitted the following resolutions; which were read, and unanimously agreed to, viz:
Resolved, That this House has received with deep sensibility the intelligence of the death of the Hon. J. H. Harmanson, a member of this House from the State of Louisiana, which took place at the city of Near Orleans on the 25th of October last.
Resolved, That, as a testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, the members and officers of this House will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That the Clerk of this House be directed to communicate a copy of these proceedings to the family of the deceased.
Resolved, That the Clerk be directed to communicate a copy of these resolutions to the Senate; and that, as a further testimony of respect to the memory of the Hon. J. H. Harmanson, this House do now adjourn.
And the House accordingly, at 12 o'clock and 20 minutes p. m., adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 o'clock m.
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