Mausoleum for Washington.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the report of the committee on the bill to erect a mausoleum for George Washington; and on motion to agree to the report, and to strike out, after the word "That," immediately following the enacting clause, the whole of the bill, for the purpose of inserting as follows:
"In testimony of the respect and gratitude of the citizens of the United States to George Washington, and for carrying into effect the resolution of Congress of the 24th day of December, 1799, to commemorate the great events of his military and political life, there shall be and hereby is appropriated a sum not exceeding —— thousand dollars, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated.
"And be it further enacted, That —— —— shall be and hereby are, empowered, to fix on a plan and make all contracts and engagements for payment of moneys, not exceeding in the whole the aforesaid sum of —— dollars; and to adopt all other measures necessary and proper for the due execution of this act, as to them shall seem expedient."
And it was agreed to divide the motion, and that the question be taken on striking out, which passed in the affirmative—yeas 16, nays 12, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson, Armstrong, Baldwin, Bloodworth, Brown, Cocke, Dayton, T. Foster, D. Foster, Franklin, Hillhouse, Langdon, Marshall, S. T. Mason, Nicholas, and Schureman.
Nays.—Messrs. Chipman, Greene, Hindman, Howard, Latimer, Livermore, J. Mason, Morris, Paine, Read, Tracy, and Wells.
Monday, January 26.
The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill for erecting a mausoleum for George Washington; and having agreed to the amendment reported by the committee, and filled up one of the blanks,
Ordered, That this bill pass to third reading as amended.