The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-02-09

"a"ucr 'S octorS ulreCteu, One-fOurth part
Tor the officers OF the customs, to be distribu-
ted as herein before set forth : & the remain
der thereof to the officers of such cutter, to be
divided among them agreeably to their pay.
find Hrovrded Hkeqvise, That whenever a
eizure, Condo mnatlnn and sale of goods,
wares or merchandise shall take place with .
In me United States, and the value there of
shaii be less than two hundred and fifty
dollars, that part OF the forfeiture which
, accrues to the u. States, or so much there
OF as may be necessary, shall be applied
t. the payment of the cost of rusecution /:
'snd De 1t farther fropided, That if any
IN er. or other person entitled to part or
share OF any OF the fines, penalties or foriei
lures incurred IN virtue o. this act, shall be
necessa as witness on the trial fer such
hne, penalty or TO, teiture, such officer or
Nher person, may be witness upon the
sad trial; but IN such a case he shall no,
receive or be entitled to any par or share
OF me SAID hnc, penalty or forfeiture, and
ne part or share to which he otherwise
would have been entitled, shall revert to
tue United States
Sec. 4. Ind be u further enacted, That
~hrn m hation shall repeal all statutes inn
posing prJmbitions. or laying coun ervailing
eue'es on importations into or expectations
from the Forts of such nation of any, article
sells OF he United States, on satisfactory
proof beng given to The President of the u.
oeates OF the repeal OF such laws, all acts of
me Onited States which prohibit exoortati-
ons from, or lay countervailing duties on.
'mPortatlons into the ports of the u. States
OF any article OF merchandise whatsoever IN
Vesseis OF such nation, shall be, and the
same are hereby repealed.
Inc Dill was twice read and committed.
IT.. .:,, FRIDAY. Feb. 1.
Pensation 10 John Eugene Leitensdorfer for
services rendered to the u. S. in the war .;th
Iripoli was twice read and referred m Nh.
committee of Claims ~ WY
W.T.. 4HorToW then presented the pet ion
ana documents of the said Lietensdorfer
which were likewise referred to the comm,
tee of Claims
Mr ROOF reported unfavorably on the ne
uuohs OF Sophy Yeaton. Richard wills n and
Ionn NELSON. The last was referred to a
committee of the whole House.
IHf VI OFFICERS, OF THE NAVY.
Nn nouon OF Mr.. 8asset the House re
AZ NJ user INTO committee of the whole.
M, MACON in the chair. ON the folIors;,n
bill o'o""S
m 6lLL in relation TO the tensions and ro.
mons Of The o6icers Of the .Navg.
6EH enacted, &c That he officers of
lie navy. when not in actual service. shall
receive the rations allow ed by law. excent
when iurloughed for definite peri'd of
time, with permission 20 leave the United
States 'eo
Sec.2 .dnd be it further enacted. Thar
masters commandant whilst Commanding a !.
ny OIL the vessels OF the u. S. shall be entitled
10 receive one ration in addition to those now
allowed by law.
Sec. 3. And be il further enacted. That
ma shipmen shall be allowed two rat,sns in
stead of one a. heretofore. "
oec, ana DC Hfurther enacted. That if
any oihcer OF the navy shall die nv reason
or wound received in the line of his div
leaving widow, or if no widow. child ar
cn'idren under six cen year, Of age. such
WIDOW OF II no widow, such child or Chill
ore''' Shaii De entitled To receive halt the
lnoh.i,y pay [" which the deceased was en-.
titied at me time of his death or at the time
OF receiving the wound: which allowance
snail Continue 10; and during the term nj
nVe years. But in case of the death or in
termarrlage OF such widow before the exn;
ration OF the said term of five years the half
pay for the remainder of the term shall 90
10 the child or children of the said deceased
ofhcer: Provided, That such half pay shall
cease on the death of such child n children :.
and the money required for his purnose
shall be paid out OIL the navy pension fund
under the direction of the commissioner ~
that fund.
A desultory conversation took place in re
lation 70 the provisions Of existing ,awc -.
This subject, &c.
MIR. Bacon, who with others was of on;n;op
that the emoluments OF officers of the navv
were already amply sufficient, as evinced bv
the numerous applications for any yacapcv
occurring in the naval service moved to
strike out the first section of the bill w;th a
view to make similar motion succcssivelv
In relation to every section of the bill
lhls motion was opposed by Messrs Bas.
set, Wright and Mitchill, OF the grounds of
the peculiarly OF the seaman's situation. b;s
habits uniting him from obtaining Iiyel;-
hood by any other avocalion, &c.
HE motion to strike out the first section
was carried, So to IS.
Mr.. Bacon then moved to strike ont the
I'd and Sd sec!ion--Carried
Mr. Smihe moved to strike ont the fourth
section OF the bill, not because he objected
toit IN principle, but because il was confined
TO ofhcers and did not propose to extend the
benefit TO seamen.
Mr.. BasSSt opposed the motion. and SIM
ported the section on he ground that it pro
posed TO extend TO the officers IF The navy
the same privileges as was extended m
those ct the army. If the section was not
sufficiently comprehensive, it was comos-
tent to any gentleman to propose amend
ments without destroying the section aItooa-
Their.
: Mr. Ptekman and other gentlemen Cd.