The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-01-31
itlOaess---Referred to commitcee of the
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.

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The House resumed the consideration of |
he unfinished business.
The motion for indefinite postponement
till under consideration
Messrs. Rhea OF Zen. Smile, Macon, and
cppes spoke largely in favor OF il, and
Messrs Quincy. Stanley and M'Kee against
About S o'clock
The question was taken, and carried in
he affir native.
The following was the state of the votes.
fEAS-Messrs l.. j. Als,on, Anderson, Ba-
con, Bard, Barry, Bssse,. Bob, b ,yd, Brown,
Butler. Calhoun Cheves. Clay, Cochran. Craw.
lord, Cuts, Dawson, Desha, Eppes, Frank in,
Cannot, Gsrdner, Gholson, Goodwin, GRAY, Hol.
land, Johnson, Jones, Kenan, Kennedy, Love.
lyle, Macon, NJ KIM, M'Kinley, Milchiil Mont
& lmery, N. r. Moore. T. Moore, Morrow,
Mumtord, Newton, Porter, p Porter, Rsa
otP Rhea OF Richards, R,nggold, X ane,
Sage, Sawyer, Seaveg Seybert, Smi.i, c. Smi h
5. Smith, Southard, Troup, Turner, Van Horn.
Weakley, Whitehiil, Winn, Witherspoon, AMI
Wrght-65.
NAYS. Messrs. Allen, w. Aston, Bipelow.
Bia,sdeii, breckenridge, Campbell, ]. C. Cham,
heriain, w Chamberlin, Champion, Chit,enden.
Davenport, Ely, Emott, Fiadley, Fisk, Gardc
mer' Garland, Goldsborough, Gold, Hale, Ha-
ven, Hester, Helms, Hubbard, Huity, Hunting
don, Jackson, Jenkins, Key, Kn;ckerbacker,
Lewis, Livingston, Matthews, McBrvde. Nc
hee, Miller, Minor, Moseley, Ne wbold, Nichol-
son, Pearson, Pickman, Pitkin, Potter, Quincy.
Randolph, Summons, Scudder, Shaw, sheifey,
Smeit, ]. Smith, Stanford, Stanley, Stephenson,
Sturges, Swoope, Taggart, Tallmadge, Thomp-
son, Van Dyke, Van Rensselaer,, Wheaton and
Wison--64.
. here were absent OH this vote, eleven mem.
bers, viz Messrs. Burwell, Crist, Cook, Clopton.
Cobb, Livermore, Lyon, Root, Ross, Tracy and
Whitman of whom Messrs BurweIl. Crist.
COOK, I.Yermore, Lyon, Ross and Whitman are
h"o', and Tracy were absent from indisposi,, ION
and other causes
January o.
The bills from the Senate for the DISCHARGE
OF Nathaniel F. Fosdick from his imprison-
ment, and tor the relief of VIM. Mills. were
severaily read and committed.
Mr.. IaHnai. ge obtained leave of absenc
from Monday next for the remainder of the
session.
Mr.. y. Porter presented the memorial
and petition nt sundr, citizens of Philadel
Phla against the law auihoisng the Post
Othce tn be kept open on Sunday.-Rcferred
t. tie committee on Post Offices md Post
r Ids.
Mr.. Macon gave notice iha, he should ON
vi 5"day Call up tor consideration the ESQ
N amendn ent to ,ne co.'s itu!ion.
BANKS IN DIS 'RICT OF COLUMBIA
On motion of MIR. Van Horn,
The House resolved j. self into a Commit
tee OF the whole MIR. Bassett. in the Chair
on the several bills for the incorporation n,
Banks in the District of Columbia
ne bill for continuing he charter of the
BANK OF Alexandria was frs taken up, and
srne through without opposition
The bill TO incorporate The Bank of Wash
ington was next taken up.
various amsndmen were proposed &c
MT. moor said tina; thu bill proposed a con-
tract between the government & individual S.
III any advantage was to accrue from il to
the individuals on tie one part i, ougI. al
so to accrue reciprocally to the government.
Onquest nably the grant of charter TO the
Bank would raise the value of tn IF stock We
ny considerably. He therefore moved the
following as an amendment to the bill
And provided also, that the President
and Directors of said Bank sh al pa, tn
the commissioners of the city of Washington
the sum of $4,000 dollars for the imprev,.-
ment OF the roads and bridges III said CIV.
Mr. Pan Horn said he cid not know whe
Their 1t was necessary to say any thing in ON
position to this motion, but he would state
how Mar land had managed matters in this
KIND. instead ofrequiring bonus from the
banks, they had generally become subscri-
be heir stock. Virginia was also a
stoc khoider in her bank. On each Size of
the district, therefore The states, had not On
ly Incorporated banks without receiving nre-
miums therefor, but had assisted their ci
tizens IN establishing banks. AS to the TAX
To be levied on the district. MIR
Van Horn said he hoped the House were so
strongly impressed with sense of the JUS
lice due to he district, that they would no,
accede to the proposition. The people of
the district had no other body han congress
10 whom they could Look for that attention tn
their welfare which other pa is OF the union
from state legislatures.
MI. M'RfDt said he felt very little dispo-
sition TO interfere in this business bu !,
seemed to him there must be some ny i'm
proper in the amendment---for, from what
they had iately heard o. he benefits of a
bank, the government ought to pay the stock
holders so, 900 dollars for the institution of
the bank, instead of the stockholders paw
ing them.
Mr.. Root modified hi, motion so as &c leave
he sum blank. The conduct of Mar, land
might influence the gentleman from Mary
and ~ his vote but The legs ature OF N. |
York had taken the boon, had received 100 |
ley for giving charters, and applied it T., |
Useful purposes, to the supptr; IF common |
school But even Mary land derived a pro
it from the course i took because it had |
lie privilege of receiving prof on so much |
)t their stock without any OF the trouble--
# no case. however, had heretofore occur
ed an opportunity now offered to set tie