[155] Appendix B, No. [30.] In this number of the Appendix is a summary of the legislative history of the measure, from the introduction of Mason's bill, Jan. 4, 1850, to the signature of the act by President Fillmore, Sept. 18, 1850, with references to the records of Congress.
[156] Congressional Globe, 31 Cong. 1 Sess., 236.
[157] Senate Journal, 31 Cong. 1 Sess., 118.
[158] Congressional Globe, 31 Cong. 1 Sess., 248; Appendix B, No. [30.] The test vote in the House stood as follows:—
| States. | For. | Against. | Not voting. | Total. |
| New England States | 7 | 15 | 10 | 32 |
| Middle States | 9 | 33 | 21 | 63 |
| Interior and Pacific States | 16 | 27 | 8 | 51 |
| — | — | — | — | |
| Total, Free States | 32 | 75 | 39 | 146 |
| Border Slave States | 32 | 0 | 6 | 38 |
| Planter States | 45 | 0 | 9 | 54 |
| — | — | — | — | |
| Total, Slave States | 77 | 0 | 15 | 92 |
| — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 109 | 75 | 54 | 238 |
[159] Appendix B, No. [30.] For general discussions of the act, see Von Holst, III. 548-557, IV. 9-12, 20-29; Wilson, Slave Power, II. 302-329; Greeley, American Conflict, I. 210-221; Cooley's Story, § 1921; Lalor's Cyclopædia, II. 315-317; Bryant and Gay, U. S., IV. 397-401.
[160] For the text of the act, see Appendix B, No. [31.]
[161] Congressional Globe, 31 Cong. 1 Sess., Appendix, 1610.
[162] Congressional Globe, 31 Cong. 1 Sess., 1583.
[163] Congressional Globe, 31 Cong. 2 Sess., Appendix, 1051.