Mr. FESSENDEN. Very well. The motion was agreed to; and the bill (S.No.69) to provide for the revision and consolidation of the statutes of the U.S. was considered as in ComWhole. It proposes to authorize the POTUStotes, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint 3 persons, learned in the law, as commissioners to revise, simplify, arrange, and consolidate all statutes of the U.S., general and permanent in their nature, which shall be in force at the time the commissioners may make the final report of their doings. In performing this duty, the commissioners are to brin together all statutes and parts of statutes which i, from similarity of subject, ought to be brought together, omitting redundant or obsolete enactments, and making such alterations as may be necessary to reconcile the contradictions, supply the omissions and amend the imperfections of the origin text; and to arrange the same under titles, chapters, and sections, or other suitable divisions and subdivisions, with head notes hricfl expressive of the matter contained in such divisions: also with side notes so drawn as to point to the contents of the text, and with ref erences to the oriinal text from which each section is compile, and to the decisions of the Federal courts, explaining or expounding the same, and also to such decisions of the State courts as they may deem expedient; and they shall provide by a temporary index, or other citpedient means, for an easy reference to every portion of their report. When the commissioners have completed the revision and consolidation of the statutes they are to cause a copy of the same, in print, to be submitted to Congress, that the statutes so revised and consolidated may be reenacted if Congress shall so determine; and at the same time they shall also suggest to Congress such contradictions, omissions, and imperfections as may up ear in theoriginal text, with the mode in which they have reconciled, supplied, and amended the same; and they may also designate such statutes or parts of statutes as in their judgment ought to be repealed, with their reasons for such repeal. The commissioners are to cause their work to be printed in artsso fast as it may be read for the pressmnii to distribute copies to members of Congress, and to such other persons, in lim ited numbers, as they may see fit, for the purpose of obtaining their suggestions; and they shall, from time to time, report to Congress their regress and doings. The statutes so revised and consolidated shall be reported to Congress as soon as practicable, and the whole work closed without unnecessary delay. The commissioners are each to receive as a compensation for his services at the rate of $4,000 a year for 2 years, with the reasonable expenses of clerical service and other incidental matters, not to exceed $2,000 in the whole for such expenses. The 1st amendment reported by the ComJudiciary was in section 6, line 3, to strike out the word “four” and insert “ 5;” and after the word “for” strike out “two” and insert “ 3, ” so that the clause will read: That the commissioners shall each receivease om ensation for his service at the rate of S5, !DOa year or 3 years. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment was in section 6, line 6, after the word “ dollars” to strike out “in the whole” and insert “annually, ” so that the clause will read: 7With the reasonable expensesof clerical service naunadlloythfeorr isnuccidheenxtpael nmsaetst.ers, not to exceed$2,000an The amendment was agreed to.