656                JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 10

ecutrix of William M. Chauvenet, late of the United States Navy,
deceased;

Was read the second time, and                                       

Three-fourths of the members concurring, was read the third
time, and passed by yeas and nays as follows:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Harris,	Daniel,	Hauver,
Griffith,	Dail,	Wolfe,
Dorsey,	Frazier	Duvall,
Waters,	Thomas,	Silver,
Wilson of Calvert,	Scott,	Askew
Dowell,	Stubbs,	Reichard,
Stone,	Miller, Bowie,	Loughridge,
Rankin,	Corby
Wright,	Rolph,	Tower,
Cullings,	Timmons,	Wickes,
Heath,	Brengle,	Brown,
Roberts,	Davis,	Smith, of Car.
Toadvine,	Carper,	Buffington,
Lawson,	Grove,	Stewart—43.
Wilson, of Som.,
	Negative.—None.

The said bill was then sent to the Senate.
The Secretary of the Senate returned

The bill entitled, an act making appropriations for the year
ending on the first day of January 1857;                             

Endorsed "passed by yeas and nays with proposed amend-
ments:"

Amendments Proposed.

Strike out "fifty thousand" and insert "sixty thousand" in the
10th line of section first. In 38th line of the same section, strike
out "five hundred dollars," and insert "two thousand dollars;"

The question being, "will the House assent to the first amend-
ment ?"

It was determined in the affirmative,               

The question being, "will the House assent to the second
amendment?"

The yeas and nays were demanded and appeared as follows:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Harris,	Scott,	Jarrett,
Griffith,	Brooke,	Silver,