Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-03-02
CON CIR ES S.
HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES,.
February "a.
T HE LOAN.

Onmotion of Mr.. Bacon the House vert
into committee, MIR. Bassett in the chair :;
on the subject of WAYS and Means, when
the bill authorizing loan for a sum not ex-
ceeding millions of dollars, was ia
ken up. And the bill having been read thro'
the blank for the amount the loan was fill
led up with ELeUen Millions IF Dollars, and
the blank for the time after which the Uni
ted States shall be at liberty to reimburse
the sum loaned, was hlIcdNyith twelyeyears.
The committee then rose, and the House
concurred in the amendments. On the
question" Shall the bill be engvossed for a
third readings" The Yeas and Pays were
called, and the question ascrrried, SIS to %.
The Yeas aud Nays were
YEAS-Messrs. Aston, Anderson, Ar
cher, Bacon, Bard, Bassett, Bib, Rlacklcdge,
Boyd, Brown, BurWell, Butler, Calhoun,
Cheves, Clay, Cochran, Condit, Crawford,
Dawson, Desha, Dinsmoor, Earle, Emott,
Findey, Fisk, Franklin, Gold, Goodwin,
Green, Grundy, B. Hail, o. HaJl, Harper,
Halves, Hufty, Johnson, Kent, King, La
cock, Lefever, Little, Livingston, Lowndes,
Lyle, Macon, Maxwell, Moore, M'Bryde,
M'Coy, M'Kee, M'Kim, Metcalf, Morgan,
Morrow, Nelson, New, Newbold, Newton,
Ormsby, Pickens, Piper, Peasants, Pond,
Porter, Potter, Qnincy, Ringgold, Rhea,
Roane, Roberts, Sage, Sammons, Seaver,
Sewer, Shaw, Smile, G. Smith, ]. Smith,
Stow, Tracy, Troup, Turner, Van Cort-
laudt, Whitehill, Widgery, Wright.-86.
NAES-Messrs. Baker, Bgelow, Brigham,
Champion, Chittenden, Davenport, Fly,
Fitch, Goldsborough, Gray, Jackson, Key,
Law, Lewis, Minor, Mosely, Pearson, Pit
kin, Ridgely, Rodman, Stanford, Stewart,
Sturges. Tagsart, Taliaferro, Wheaton,
White, Wilson.--2S.
On motion ofMr Bacon, the House agreed
that they would Tomorrow take up the re-
port of the committee of Ways and Means,
in relation to the contemplated taxes.
February 26.
Mr.. Dawson, from the committee to whom
was referred the petition Of the Urseline Nuns
of New Orleans, reported bill to authorize the
Secretary of War to exchange lands with the
Urseline Nuns Of the city of New Orleans which
was twice read and committvd
Mr.. Seybert introduced the following reso-
luton:
Resolved, by the Senate and House Of Rep
reese rfdtives ofthe United STATES If Az,1erica in
Congress assembled, That the President of the
Senate and Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives, foT the time being, be, and they are
hereby authorised TO grant the use of the book S
Supreme Courts of the United States, at the
times, upon the same terms, and under the
same restrictions as members Of Congress are
allowed the use of said books" Twice read &
ordered to be read third time tomorrow.
WAR TAXES.
On motion, the House again resolved itself in
% a committee Of the whole, Mr. BAssETr in
the chair, on the Report Of the Committee of
Ways and Means in relation TO Revenue when
all the resolutions reported by the committee
were agreed 70 by considerable maiorities.
without much debate, viz.
1. One hundred per cent. on the present i'm.
post duties
3. a retention Of 25 per cent. on all drawbacks
9. Additional tonnage duties, viz. on vessels
licensed for The coasting trade or hshesies 20
cents per ton a year on AL other vessels
owned BY citizens OF the United States Is
cents perton; on all foreign vessels s 25
cents per ton.
a. Twenty cents per bushe on imported salt.
s Duties on licenses 70 distl spirits, viz.
on stills employed in dis;illiug from foreign
materials = cents per gallon ON The capacity
Of such stills on stills employed in distn-
ling from domestic materials, where there is
ono or more stills Of more capacity together
than 80 gallons, 50 cents per gallon en- tire
Capacity Of the stu Oh stills solely employ
cd in distiiiiug spirits from fruit, At the rate
OF i've dollars on each still YEAR; on other
s,ills employed 10 distiliing spirits from any
domestic materials, Ut the rate Of IS dollars
on each stijl year.
o. Duties on licences ~ retailers Of wines,
spirits and foreign merchandise, Including
tavern-kcepcrs, 90 the following rates, VIZ.
II in towns, &c. containing more than 100 "a
miiics--on retailers Of foreign mcrchar1isc.
including wines and spirits, SIS. Retailers
Of wines alone = 20; OF spigit5 alone $50 OF