60th Congress > Senate > Vote 32
Sponsor: CLAY, Alexander Stephens (D-GA)
Description: TO DECIDE IF AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 18347, (5-27-08), A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SERVICE OF THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL 1909, IS IN ORDER. THE AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES THE POSTMASTER GENERAL TO USE SECOND AND THIRD CLASS VESSELS AT CERTAIN RATES FOR PAY FOR MAIL SERVICE, WHOSE ROUTES TAKE THEM TO SOUTH AMERICA, THE PHILIPPINES, JAPAN, CHINA, AND AUSTRALASIA. (P. 6129)
Original source documents: Congressional Record vol. 42-7, p. 6131; Senate Journal vol. 30-1, p. 440;
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