The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-02-22
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Against the mo,ion fer indefinite postpone
mont. 1t was said that three ot the judges
h~u been here several days, ard no others
VIE expected that they might proceed. to
decide on Gases arising within the district of
Coiunbia, sb,ch were Important and pres
sung, and IRON postronement OF a decision
IN when great injury would arise that
there was also some very important cases,
Which would sui!tr rom delay, and which
the parties would {, nsent to have determined
by these three judges that no injury could
arisc from such cases in which the parties
had Tue option Of deferling n decision till an
otheryea, that the JUDGES who were pre-
SEN were gentlemen 81 the highest charSc
tie, IN whom unlimited confidence might be
placed. &c &c.
he question: was decided by Yeas and
Nays rs :ooN
s. SEAS--Messrs. Allen, l. Aston w
A.s,on, Anderson, Bard, B'5b, Blaisdell,
Is yd, Br.ck n,Idge Brown, Bui'weil Butter,
Calhoun. Cnevcs, Chi tenden, Clay. Coch,
ran. Cook, Crawford, Gu is, Daw ,oa, Desna,
F,ndey, Ii X, Franklin, Gannett. G rner
Garland, Gholson, GoodvyD. G ray. h,ister,
Holland, Hufty, Huntington, jackson john
son, Kcnan, Kennedy, KniCke back i,
Lewis, Lyon, Lyle Macon, Matthews
M oryde, NJ Kce, M'Km, M'K,uley, MI
Ter, Montgomery, T. More. Morrow Mum
ford. Newboli, Ne. tor, Pearson. Power
T.. b, ort,r, Quincy, Randolph, Rea ot Pen.
k"ea OF 'er. Richards, Ringguld, Roane,
koo', Ross, Sage, SAN mons. ocudder Sea-
ver. j aw, SmvI,, S1die G. smith, 5. omiSh,
. iii, I'd, Stanford, Swoope thompson,
Tracy, Ircup, Iune;, Van Dyke, Van
Horn, Whiiehill, Wilson, Witherspocn--
50.
NAYS-Mc ssrs. Bacon, Bassett, Bigelow,
Campb. l., G. Chamberlain w Chamber
liz, D>verpoFt Ely, Gold, Hale, Haveu,
jenk'ns, Livermo (, Love, Mrinoi Pick
man, P'tkn Potter, Strrscs, Wheaton,
VI ni.msn, Wrishl--22,
NAVY EOSPIT AIS.
On motion o. Mr.. Ba.gest, The House re
solved 'tse't into :, committee OF tn whole,
MR PITKIN III the chail On the bill for es-
taOilshing Navy Hospitals.
o. motion OF MIR. Bay8ett the bill was a
m med n the l., sec,l1n, 80 as to appropri-
&c SO 600 dollars, nut OF he Navy fund :
ione, t. the puriJ SIS al the bill
Tie bill was reported as mended, and
ordered to be engroSscd tor third read
Ing.
Several orders of the day were called for
The House resolved itself into a commit
Zee o, the whole, MIR. PIrKIN in the chair,
an the bill Tor the relief OF Peter Audran
ne committee rose and reported the bill
which was ordered toa third reading
The House resolved it's 1t into c,mmi,.
tee OF the whole, on the bill rela,,ve 20 the
distribution OF the laws, les, &c The
bal WAS reported with amendments, ana or
deed 10 a third reading.
The House adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. IS.
On mot ion OF Mr.. Macon ne House Gun
sldered M amendment OF the Senate TO the
Bill enabling tne people OF Orleans to iorn,
CONSTITUTE and state government &c
which had been objected to by this House
ano towh'cb The Senate adhered The a.
mendment, the insertion OF the word
"~hi'e, confined the suffrage IN the cleo.
hcn e re convention 10 free -" white" per
soTs.
Mr.. B0SSctt moved that the House should
recede from their determna ion To r. ice
the Amendment Messrs. PuindeXt r. M
CO, Gholso.i, Shehey and Eppss were N ia
Vor OtreceClng, AMI MessrS. onilie, Dawson
Fisk and Pickmar opposed it
Inc que on WAS on moNon OF Mr.. Pick
man, t2ken b. Yeas and Nays.
Fer recediug 60
Against il -
Nv. hoot, from the committee On thai
par Oh the Presidcn S NJ. ssage, respecting
the Militia, rCport>d - a bill n,re cHectual-
ly provide IT,, armng and disc Ipll,ing the
.M.ata 81 she L. So
he bill fr he relief o. Peter Autlrian
the bill for Sc blishing Navy r sp tails and
the bIl for di>p">Ing OF cer,eiu copies OF
tn, laws t'eais, &c. relative t. TIC pubic
lands, were severaI!y read a third time anc
pissed.
The bill from the Senate, for the relief Of
Ellen. Rollins wss twice read and re
fe ,c, t. ,hc con n.ittce OF Commerce. aud
NJ ufacures.
The bill fo- the removal Of the land Off.
ces d Nashville, l.. and Canton. o. AVID at,-
thcr:sing the register and receiver o public
monies to attend he sale If lands in the dis
trict east OF Pearl river, was returned from,
the Senate, with amendments, which were
in part agreed &c.
On motion of MIR. Johnson he House re
solved itself into Committee OF the. whole.
on the bill for establishing trading house
with the Indian TRIES which WIS reported
with amendments and ordered TO a third
reading.
The House resolved itself into commit.
tee of the whole, on the bhl directing The
Secretary Of state to csus to be u,ade a cen
era index to the laws OF the u. S. and to be
printed and distributed.
The bill authorrsts 10000 copies The
bill was reported and ofdered to a third
reading
o. motion Of Mr.. Yen Dixie, the House
resolved Itsel! ito a committee ~ Inc Whole
Mr BAssET IN the Chair, on the bill author
Using the sale aid giant of a cCNaintract g,
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