The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-02-08
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Saturday, Fe6raGrv /.


Saturday, February /.
The bill to alter the time of holding the
District Court for the district of Connec-
ticut, was read the third time and passed.
A message was received from the Senate,
Informing the House that they had passed
the bill authorship the President of the u.
States to accept and organize certain vol
unteers corps, with an amendment, to which
they request concurrence.
The House took up this bill and the
amendment being stated, it was concur
red with without division. The amend
ment was to reduce the appropriation for
carrying the object of the bill into effect,
from three million dollars to one mil
lion.
ION motion of Mr.. ID. r. WMHams, the
House took up the unfinished business of
yesterday, which was the bill for CHASING
and arming the militia. The question be-
ing on the engrossment of the bill for a
third reading,
= Mr.. Widgcry moved to postpone the
bill Indefinitely. Motion negatived SIS to
zo
On motion of Mr.. Marvel, the appro-
priation in the bill was reduced from 400,
900 to 2QO, 900 dollars annually.
..GzJ. King moved to strike cut the word
.tfirty-one, to insert in it's place the word
thirty fUe so as to make the Junior Class
of the militia, by whom the heaviest part Of
militia duty is to be performed consist, of
persons over twenty.one years of age and
under thirty-fve. This amendment was
negatiyed, there being only Al votes in it's
favor.
Mr.. Fmdiey assigned the reasons which
would induce him to vote against the bills
being cngrossed, which shall be gwen in
course.
If. T4Hmadge wished the committee
would suffer the bill to lie on the table till
Monday. He had necessarily been detained
from the House since this bill came under
consideration, and had not, therefore, been
able to pay to it that attcrftion which he
wished, and which would enable him to
vote Understandings upon it. He moved to
this effect, and the question was car,ied5l
TO- As.
On motion Of Mr.. Bacon, the House re-
solved itself into committee of the whole,
hlr. MACON i'll the chair, on the bill ma
king appropriations for the support Of gov
emmett for the year 1912; aud having gone
through the bill, it was reported TO the
Hoasc, taken up and agreed to, except in
relation to an appropriation tor All addition
alcompcnsation to the Clerks in the several
departments not exceeding fifteen per cent.
III addition to the sums allowed by the act
entitled I" An act to regulate and fix the
compensation Of Clerks, Scc.'' IL pa dollars
and 35 cents.
Mr.. .AfstoH moved to strike out this ap-
preparation in Committee OF the whole and
the motion was negatived by the casting
vote OF the Chairman only. When the bill
came before this House, Mr.. A. renewed
his motion, in which he was seconded BY
mr.. IaLLmadgc. The motion was opposed by
1fessrs. Bacon, NnchiH, JYAiams and
Wrighk.
f. Those opposed to making this allowance,
urged that If the salaries fixed for the
Clerks ofeach department were not suffi~
Gent they ought to be increased, though it
was believed they were ample, without this
allowance that this additional compensate
oil was believed to be bestowed chiefly OIL
favorites, and not according to the extra
business performed. The supporters of this
allowance said, that it hid been made for a
number of years that the salaries would be
Inadequate without it; that its distribution
vas lett with the Heads of tue Departments
who certainly might be safely trusted with
vt thar it served TO reward faithful and ex-
eraordinary services, and that having made.
tie allowance tor a number of years, it
would be hSrd now to deprive The Clerks of
this part OF their compensation.
The question on striking out this appro-
priaUou from the bill, was Carried 40 to ~.
4he following were the yeas and nays:
YEAS--Messrs. Aston, Archer, Batey.
Brigham, Brown, Butler, Chittenden, Coch-
rau, Condit, Davenport, Davis, Dinsmoor,
lily, Fitch, Green, Il. Hall, .. Hall, Huff
~, Hyneman, Jackson, Kent King, La
sock. Lcfeyer, Little, Livingston, Lyle,
M'Bryde, M'kce, M'kin., MctcaIf, Nor