Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-29
CONGRESS
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HOUSE OF REPRESEN FATIVES.
SaTURp AY. siNxrch 22.

A message was received iron the se.,c
nSse. slausg THAI they fad passed the bill
au,horising the imposition of a tonnage
duty by Inc city council OF Charleston
ihatthey had Likewise passed, with amend.
men,s. the bill 6xiag the compensation OF
the officers of The two houses and that,
they have disagreed to the bill relative to
thr DANISH brlgansine Henr'ck. 4
Nlr. Early was, at his rtqaest, excused
from serving OH the committee OF enquiry
into the conduct of Gideon Granger.
The sneaker laid before the house a let
Ter from the secretary of the treasury,
transmitting lis, of ali the bills drawn by,
the minister of the United States at Paris
under the convention of The SOth OF April,
1906. y
The house went into committee OF the
whole, Mr. Vafnum in the chair, on the
bill directing the secretary ct the treasury
20 cause 10 be Surveyed The coast OF North
Carolina between Cape Hatteras and Cape
Fear.
Mr. Cfswninshield advocated the pFin-
sS,2!e of the bM, and observed that he
hoped the measure contemplated by II
would be the commencement Of system
for surveying the whole coast, by which,
heahad no doubs, nany lives and much,
properly would. be saved.
The bill approprlases 5000 dollars tor
the survey.
No opposition having been made, the
.committee rose, and tke house ordered
abe bill 90 q third reaoing oa Monday.
The house went into committee OF the
whole on resolution tor altering the stand
ing rules of the house, 10 whira the house
Concutred. .
1ne house having agreed to consider the
bill from the senate for laying ous road
from Cunb arland, in the state OF Mary
laad, - the state of Ohio, Mr.. Leib nav.
edto postpone the bill indsfai,eg.
Mr. Clark supported this motion. sHe
5 thaughs there was 90, suG elent time to act
on the bli during this session. He de-
c!aredhis wish 10 be to- lay out.three roads,
oae from some poiut in Pennsylvania, one
On some paaB N RragfISSifasa, d ped d Imp.
IN the first instance, an adequate sum on
the middle road, aud afterwards aopro-
Priat'pg . like sum 60 each Of the other
roads. y
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Mr. Jackson gave concise history of
The fund frem which the making of roads
10 Ohio is to be effected; and stated his
opinion that, inasmueh asthe compact with
Ono, provided for the laying out "turn
PIKE or other roads," it would be- viola !.
too Of it lay out single road. Mr.. 7.
Tegretted tina, the subject had been SO long
Delayed, and observed that when II was
previously before the house, he had meant
TO offer resolution calling on the secretary
OF the treasury for the amount of the lands
sold since June so, 1902, in which pur
pose be had been frustrated BY an adjourn
mens. Fearing that the subject would not
TINS session be deliberately examined, from
us competition with other important OBJ.
jects, and believing thatthe bill contained
an excePtionab!e principle, he should con
cur IN the motion OF postponement.
Mr. Bedinger opposed the postpone
ment, and advocated the bill He observ
ed thar he was well acquainted with thu
Route contemplated in the bill, and he con-
sidered it the shortest and best FOR the
general interest Of the union. s.
MIR. r. Nelson likewise opposed the
pos;ponenent, s advocated the bill, whose.
object was, he thought, as important as
thar of any busiuessbefore the house. He
viewed The idea of the compact being vio-
lated by, 10 the first instance, laying out
one road Instead of three, a. strange and
unfaunded inasmuch as the LAYING out
cneroad did not supercede the right Of af
forwards LAYING out another Mr.. N. fur
iher advocated the bill as fixing route
most Convenient to the three states of
Pennsylvania, MARYLAND and Virginia. ~
MIR. Jackson said he wss NOT adverse
himself 20 acting on this business this SEES.