Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-04-09

enquire into the expectancy 81 lePeanp6
4, mach of the acts OF the United States
az authorize credit on the purchase OF
public lands,s made report.
Referred to-a corn.al,see of the whole On
Thursday.
A message was received from the Sc
nate. stating shas they had passed bin
received from the house of representatives,
10 repeal so much OF any act. or acts, as
authorize the receipt of evidences OF the
public debt, in payment tor Lands OF the
United States, and for other purposes re.
la,ive TO the. public -debs, with sundry a.
meudments.
These amendments were referred tothe
committee Of ways and means.
The house resolved itself into COM
ni,tee of the whole, Mr.. Gregg IN the
chair. on the bill from the senate, making
5proyision for tho compensation or witness-
,es who attended on the traat ot,FSAmuel
Chase.
The chairman stated that the amend.
smeu,, under consideration at the time this
bill was before the committee, was 10 H.
ssrs in the first section $. on the part ef the
! 7;uted, States" limoting the provision TO
the payment OF Witnesses On the pars OF The
United States. ).
On this amendment, the committee OIL
yided-- Ayes 39-Noes 50.
On motion of Mr.. J. {. Smith new
ssc.ion was introduced providing tor the
pay ment of any expeaces incurred ~ Or
der OF the managers. -,
The .committee rose and reported the
-s.i,, with these amendments.
Ike house immeaiatsly took up The
report.
.Oa concur.ing with the committee IN
their agreement 20 the amendment restrict
ing the provision 10 The payment OF the
witnesses summoned con the part OF the
United States" the yeas and nays were
taken; after few remarks made by MIR.
NJ. Williams against the amsnament, snd
were, Yeas s1--Nays 81
he house then concurred in the second
amendmen, when the bill was ordered 10
third reading on Monday-Ayes 62.
A message was received from lhe'seaate,
stating that they had passed the bib reeeiv'
ed from the house, entltied an act to co.,
,iauc In force an act entitled an act to au-
,hori.e the secretary OF war TO issue land
warrants, and Cor other purPoses--wiss'
snndry amendments.
Referred to the committee on public
lands.
Mr.. Gregg from,he committee on pub,
lie lands, 4sported- bill respecting the
claims to land in the Indiana territory and
the state OF Ohio, which was referred 20
committee of the whole on Thursday.
The house resolved itself lnto com.
tni,tee cf the whole, Mr.. <Varnum IN the
chair, on the bill 10 amend, 10 the cases
therein mentioned, the = Act 10 regulate
The collection of duties ON Imports and
tonnage"
This bill establishes the town or landing
place ofDarien into a port OF delivery
and contains the following provision In
the third section, viz. hat SO much OF
the ig.h section of the '.act 10 regulate
the collection of duties on Imports and
tonnage," as. relates TO the entry Of ships
or vessels arriving from the Cape of Good
Hope or from sny placr beyond he same;
and so mach Of The 77th sec. Of said
act as restricts the allowance OF draw I
back to goods wares, and merchandise,
exported from the districts of original
importation, or from those ports at which
vessels from the Cape of Good Hope
or any other place hey ond the same, are
permitted to make entry, shall be, an
hereby are repealed !"
The eaec, of the FIRST part Of this pro
vision would be admit TO enlry vessels
from or beyond the Cape OF GOOD Hope at
ang part Of entry IN the y. STATES.
Mr.. Clark moved to strike out the sec.
ton.
On this motion debate ensued, in
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