Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-02-20

government Was looking to econora
forms, to attempt some reform i =
Partnent OF %expenees. It was his o,s
that the Office of The accountant IS 'aE
Ivy ought to be abolished, or at ans
some salutaryreiorm effected. n.
fore moved a resolution.
That the committee of Ways and n
be instructed to enquire into the ern'S
Icy Of abolishing the Office of accpsO
Of the navy, TO report by bill or o%
wise. VIZ
The house having taken the res1..
up for consideration.
Mr.. 7. Clay said that he had no IL.
on to the passage ofihe resolution Eps
would state, for The informaeio, ~
House, that the committee Of W,v.
Means had had The subject, together )
that presented by an enquiry into the w. ~
diency Of a~oolishing the Office of H.
countant Of the War department. has,
them, for some weeks past.
Mr.. Leibreplied that he was awar. i.
the subject was generally before the cay
| mittce Of Ways and Means; butthc HIM.
had been in session four months wiithors
ny report being made OF it. His obiectra
that this resolution should be passed y $
instruction to the committee to pay a n,s
Icu,ar and early attention to the subject
Mr. Nicholson moved TO amend he :,
Itioa BY adding to it, " and the Office Of
! accountant Of the War department" #
treason for this motion was that abil tO6
eject was introduced into the house tv|
years ago. Mr.. n. added that he was n
1.-THE opinion, that an infinitely better ,,
rangement couldbe made at the treasu,va
these Offices were abolished than if H.,
were retained.
DIR. Leib asquiesced in the amendmeH
The resolution, SO amended, was thu
agreed to-Ayes CT.
The bill making provision for the april.
cation of the money heretofore appropra.
ed tothe laying out and making public roads
leading from the navigable waters empty.
ing into the Atlantic to the Ohio river, wa
read the third time.
Mr.. Smile moved its p~ostponemens to
the first Monday in December, on tn
ground hat the measure was premature
as the fund had not become sufficient
productive to justify the taking am imms
diate steps.
Mr.. Jackson supported the bill, on til
ground, that Congress having pledge
themselves to appropriate the money, ther
was an obligation imposed upon them t
expedite the application of it, that the b.
nchcial effects expected from it mightb
sooner realised.
Mr.. Morrow advocated the postpone
ment ill the ext session. He was hostl
to the present bill on account OF the tram
fer of the power Of designating the route
to commissioner under the direction 9th
President; under the beiiefthat it woul
involve a great and useless expence.
After a few remarks from Mr.. Sloan
favor Of the bill, and from Mr.. Lyon
support of the postponement, the motto
to postpone was ncgatived-Ayes So
Noes A9-Wllen the bill passed-Ay
so.
Onmotion Of Mr.. Jackson, the title w
| varied, so as to read San act authorisIn
the appointment of commissioners to e
plore the routes most eligible Tor certa
roads, &c."
The House again resolved itself into
committee Of the whole--Mr. Varnum
the chaiv--on Mr. Bard's resolution to II
| posea TAX Often DOLLARS an 81
uSLAVE iu1portedinto the UntedStats
the debate on which, occupied the renal
der of'the sitting.
Mr.. Lucas supported, and Mr.. hoia1
opposed the resolution.
Mr.. Earle moved that the commits
shouldrise. His object was that, hayii
risen, they should be refused leave to
again, and that the resolution should
postponed to the first day Of May next
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