Mr. EDMUNDS. I move that the Senate now proceed to the consideration of the bill (S.No.453) to regulate the tenure of offices. The motion was agreed t;o and the Senate, as in ComWhole, proceeded to consider the bill. As originally introduced by Mr. WILLIAMs, it provided that every person, excepting heads of Depts, holding any office to which he has been appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and every person hereafter appointed in the same manner to any office, who shall become duly qualified therefor, should be entitled to hold office until a successor should be in like manner appointed and duly qualified, unless otherwise provided by law; and that when any officer, thus appointed, excepting judges of the U.S. courts, should during the recess of the Senate be guilty of misconduct in office, or for any reason become unable to perform its duties, in that case, and in no other, the President might appoint a person to fill the office by granting to him a commission, to expire at the end of the next session of the Senate, the evidence and reasons for the action of the Pres. ident in such case to be in writing, and filed in the proper Dept for inspection. It was also provided that the President should also have power in like manner to fill all offices not before filled, and all vacancies that may. pen during the recess of the Senate by death, resignation, or expiration of term, and not otherwise; but no appointment shall be made without the advice and consent of the Senate to any office filled after the session of the senate at which the temporary commission shall expire. But these provisions were not to apply to or interfere with any rules made by congress for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces. The bill, having been referred to the joint select comRetrenchment, was reported back with an amendment proposing to strike all out after the enacting clause and in lieu of the words struck out to insert: StTahtea, the very person (excepting the Sceretaries of of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, and of the interior, the PostMGenl, and the Attor ney General) holding any civil office to been go! by and with the advice wahnidchcohnesheanst of the Senate, and every person who shall hereafter be appointed to any such office, and shall becomeduly qualified to act therein, is, and shall be, entitled to hold such office until a successorshall have been in like manner appointed and duly qualified, except as herein otherwise provided. Sec. 2. Abife:, That when any officer appointed as aforesaid, excepting judges of the U.S. courts, and excepting those specially excepted in section one of this act, shall, during a recess of the Senate, betory shown, by evidence satisfac to the President, to be oof misconduct in office or crime, or for any reasonshall becomelegally.]" or incapable to perform its duties, in such case, and in no other, the President may suspend such officer and designate some suitable person to perform temporarily the duties of such office until the next meeting of the Senate, and until the case shall be acted upon by the Senate; and in such case it shall be the duty of the President, within 20 days after the 1st day of such next meeting of Senate, the to report to the Senate such suspension, with the evidence and reasonsfor his action in the caseand the name of the person so, designated to perform the duties of such office. And if the Senateshall concur in such suspension and advise and consent to the removal of such officer they shall so certify to the President, who may thereupon remove such officer, and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint another person to such office. But if the Senateshall refuse to concur in such suspension, such officer so suspendedshall forthwith resume the fungtions of his office, and the powers of the person so performing its duties in his stead shall cease; and the official salary and emoluments of shall, during such officer such suspension. belong to the person so performing the duties thereof, and not to the officer so suspended: Provided, however, That the President, in case he shall become satisfied that such suspension was made on insufficient grounds, shall be at any time before reporting such suspension to the Senate as above provided, to revoke such suspension and reinstate such officer in the performance of duties of his office. the SEC. 3. Abife:, That the President shall have power to fill all vacancieswhich may hap pen during the recess of the Senate by reason of death, resignation, expiration of term of office, or other lawful cause, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session thore after. And if no appointment by and with the advice and consent of the Senate shall be made to such office so vacant orofilled as afore said, during such next session of the Senate, such officeshall remain in abeyance, without any salary, fees, or emoluments attached thereto until the same shall be filled by appointment thereto by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and during such time all the powers and duties belonging to. officeshall be exercised by such other officer as may by law exercise. powers and duties in case of a vacancy in such office. Sec. 4. Abife:, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to extend the term of any office the duration of which is by limited law.