Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-03-07
G Q N @ r E. S S.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,
WEDNESDAY, Feb. %, 1904.

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ments OF the senate to the bill supplemental
~ to the act to incorporate the inhabitants
of the city of Washington, reported a re-
commentator to agree to the same.
On agreeing to the first amendment,
extending The duration of the incorporation
to fifteen years., instead of five, the house
divided-Ayes 5l--Noes IS, Messieurs.
Southland, Nicholson and S. L. Mitchill
having previously spoke in favor of agree
ing To IL.
The otheramendments were then 40 reed
to without q division.
THE BILL HAS THEREFORE,
PASSED THE TWO HOUSES.
An engrossed bill making appropria-
tons for the support of government for
the year 1904 was read "a third time and
passed.
The house went into committee Of the
whole, Mr.. !. c. Smith in the chair-on The
bill iron the senate providing for,he rccord-
ing, registering and enrolling ships or YES
seis in the district of Orleans.
The bill au'hOrises the i-ha6itanfs of
Louisiana on the 30th of April, and the
citizens ofthe United States residing there
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MIR. K. CriswoId moved TO strike out
the part of the provision that extends the
right Of registry 10 citizens OF the United
States.
This motion was advocated by Messrs.
r. Griswnld and Sloan; and opposed by
Messrs. Nicholson, Eus,is and Rodney
and was agrccd to--hyes 4a-Nocs
SO.
On which the committee rose and re-
ported he bill.
On concuTing with the vote of the COM
'nittee Of the whole on the amendment of
NJ. Z. Gr;swu.., a short debate, though
Of greater length, Than chat which proceed
ed, ensued in which the amendment was
supported hy Messrs. P. Griswold and
nana; and OPPOSED by Gfessrs. G. w.
Carnpbell, j. Clay, Nicholson and Var
hum; when the qnestion ,sas put and the
louise neeatived, by Yeas and Nays, The
Observation-Disclosures 9i--Nays 7e.
BY the advocates Of the amendment it
was commended, that, however proper il
might be. according 10 the stipulalions OF
treaty, 70 extend the right Of registering
their vessels to The inhabitants of Louisiana
at the time OF the cession, it was neither
just or obligatory upon Congress, to cx-
tend this right to citizens of the United
States IN the coded territory. while the ike
right under similar circumstances was re-
fused to citizens IN the Atlantic states.
This was unIusr, as it would enable Gill
zens in Louisiana 10 naturalize foreign bot
toms which they might have purchased on
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only in the ports Of Louisiana but also in
all th- ports of the United States; there
by amseling the rights of hose, who under
the existing navigation system, had obtain
ed registers.
On the other hand, the opponents of
The amendment declared their conviction
that it became the government 20 place
the citizens Of the United States on AN e.
quai footing with the inhabitants of Iouisi-
ana, and that The denial of rights to which
they conceived themselves entitled would
SOW much dissatisfaction among them. Il
was observed that the citizens, who had
gone to Louisiana, niust have had in view
the becoming inhabitants,an wouldthere-
fore feel themselves aggrieved IN being
denied the RIGHTS extended To the inhabi-
tants; and that the situation Of citizens
owning Spanish Or French bottoms prcvi-
Gus TO the sion, if inhibited from regis
tering them, wculj be peculiarly hard. as
great doubts were entertained whether
those vessels did not, together with the
coded country lose their naiiosei charac-
ter; and if that were the fact land IL was
believed to be so) such bottoms would be
Invested Of all the advantages and immu.
mites of American, Spanish, and French
bottoms.
On motion Of AIR. Mott the words soth
April" were substituted in the room of
" 2O,h Of Oecember"-His Object being
to place the citizens and inhabitants on the
sane iooiiag-- yes 45-Noes SC.
When the bill was ordered 10 a third
reading tomorrow.
a message was received from the Pre-
s'dent, containing statement ofthe aDpli-
cation Of money appropriated to the pub
lie Buildings, &c.
The house agreed 10 sundrv amend.
ments principally verba) Of the senate
to the bill TO amend The charter Of Alex
andria,-The bill has hnuiiy passed bod
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