The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-02-12

rem fsr ehich he shall have Been eler,ed, shsly
be .Pbo. to an office, place employment
der tie lmfhority Of fhe a. S until tie expiration
Of THE Pyesidenfiai reys in which such person shi
have been Senator or REPRESENTATIVE afos-
said"
The question on the adoption of Mr.. kA-
6n,a's amendment was decided by Yeas & NSs
Yeas ~, Nsys 81.
The Yeas and Nays on the question of its go
ing to a third reading stood as follow
YEAS. Messrs. l.. j. Aston, Bassett, BIB,
Bigeiow, Blasdell, breckenridge, Buryell,
Butler, Calhoun, ]. c. Chamberlain, w. Cam
berlin, Champion, Cheves, Chittenden, Coch
ran, Crawford. Desha, Ely, Emott. Erpes,
Franklin, Gholson, Coldsborough, G o1wyn
Gold. Gray. Hale, Haven, Hubbard, Hufty.
Huntington, Jackson, keenan,, Kennedy, Rnick-
| erbscker, Lewis, Lyle, Macon, Matthews. NJ
bryde, M'Kee, M'Kialy, Minor, Montgomery,
Morrow, Mosely, Newbold, Pearson, 'Ptkin,
Potter, Quincy, Rea, (Pennsylvania) Ringold,
Roane, Sage, Seybert, Shaffey. Smell, Smile,
9. Smith, S. Smith, Stanford, Stanley, 3turges,
Troup, Van Dyke, Van Horn, Wheaton, White
hill, Whitman and Witherspoon,-71.
NAfS.-Messrs. w Aston, Anderson, Boyd,
Brown. Clay, Cuts, Findley, Fisk, Cannot,
GARDENER. Gardner, Garland, Hester, Helms,
Holland, Jones, M Xxi i'm, Mitchill, N. r. Moore,
Mumford, Nicholson, B. Porter, Rhea,
N~''"'J RNSbatuSs INOOts SammOnS, SCuuQtr.
Seaver, Shaw, ]. Smith, Southard, Taggart,
thompson, Tracy. Turner. Van Rensselaer,,
Weakly, Wilson, Winn and Wright-4O.
discussion here arose on the question, whe-
Their the majority of two thirds, mentioned i'm
the constitution, was necessary on all interme
date questions or only on the final vote to pass
the engrossed resolution.
Messrs. Wright, Boyd, and Rbea of Tennes-
see, were OF opinion that two thirds were neces-
sary IN any stage of its progress, and Messrs
Macon, Iroup, Shelley, w. Aston, and Mitch
ili and Cheves maintained the contrary posi-
ton.
The house adjourned without coming to de-
cision on this point.
TusspAr, Feb S.
Mr.. Seyoeyt presented the petition of sundry
linen weavers of Phi!adelphi., praying the i'm.
position of additional duties on foreign importa
tons OF that artcle-Referred to the commute.
of commerce and Manufactures
MIR. Cheoes from the select committee repor-
ted the bill to incorporate the Bank of Washing
ton; which was referred to- the commute e of the
whole, to whom was referred the bill for incor-
porating the Bank of Potomac.
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
The house resumed the consideration of the
unfinished business of Yesterday.
The Speaker having decided that vote oftwo-
thirds was required TO pass the resolution to !.
third reading, well on its final passage
Mr. Randolph appealed from. the decision OF
the Speaker.
Much desultory discussion took place on this
appeal On the one hand it was sud that a uues-
| ton on engrossment could not determine the
sense ofthe House on the final passage of he re
| solution and that as an agreement by majnri
| ty oftwo thirds to have the resolution engrossed
| would not have rendered another vote by two
| thirds unnecessary, reason and analogy would
dispense with any thing more than majority on
oraN nnA =
it was commended tat as by the constitution the
majority on question to amend was changed
toa vote oftwo-thirds and as vote of a bare
| majority IN ordinary cases against biil's going
10 third reading would destroy the bill so in
this case vote of a majority Gas prescribed and
defined by the constitution for this particular
case would have the same effect, and conse-
quently that vote of twoIhirds against the re
solutions going to third reading would totally
destroyit
| The Speakers decision was confirmed by the
| House, 81 to So
| CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE
| CANAL.
| The House resolved itself into committee
OF the whole on the bill for the sale and grant OF
certain quantity oflandt the chesapeake and
Delawa!n Canal Company
NJ Efpes moved 20 strike out the first sec.
| ton of the bill, and spoke in support ofthe ma
| tioI.
MIR. Vdrnanr spoke in favor of the motion:
Mr. Yam Dyke replied to Mr. Eppcs.
| The committee rose without coming to deci
sion and the House adjourned
| "WEDNESDAY, Feb. S.
Mr. EPpes, from the committee of WAYS ane
Means, reported a bill authorizing loan of mo
ney, not exceeding --- dollars which
was twice read and committed.
ADDITIONAL DUTIES,
Mr. ERpes reported a bill laying additional du
ties on goods, wares, &c: imported. CThe bill
goes 10 ia, additional duty OF - per cent
OIL the permanent duties, and an additional dut,
often per cent. on all importaions in foreign yes
sels.a Twice read and comm tied.
| The House went into committee on the non
intercourse law. Further details in our next
Nothing conclusive done .]-Nat. Int