Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-02-16
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Reported tor thr alexandria Gazette.
MONDAY, february Is
Mr.. Morrow from the committee
on the public lands. reported bill
allowing further time for delivering
evidence TO claims to land in the ter
ritOry of Missouri. Il for other pur-
poses. Read twice and referred to
a committee Of the whole house.
SUSPENSION OF THE NON
IMPORTATION.
Mr.. Cheeyes. from the committee
Of ways and means, made the fol-
lowing report -
The Committee Of Wcys g Means
REPORT,
That they have deemed it to be
their duty. that the public service
may net suffer and that the Table
rredit may he duly supported. to
look be, ond the was and means of
the present year. and to take into
consideration The revenue which may
be wanted To-! the year tStl. That
an estimate OF the probable amount
ofthe reyrnae which will accrue I'm
der existing laws and be rereiva lie
within that year. i,as been submitted
10 Congress in the annual report of
tie Secretary sf the Treasury made
during the present scss;On-ihat.
comparing the amount thereof with
the suns which will probably be re.
q:;;rcti b, prudent regard to the
pnali- credit. it appears to ts.> com
m;tiee in''ispensahy necessary TO
make a further proyision-I'ha this
may be done by a partial suspension
Of the non-impoftatiOn acts: which
vii! not greatly lessen their injnri-
ons Effects upon the eGeu;y. by an
additional duty on foreign tonnage
and by the imposition Of inieTEGt
fG.rsS and Gnties-Ihc' in ti.ir o,
pinion. oil 'hcse means zcli &c aeres
sGry 10 SIMPLY The rGrcnac schi"h 'eW
b. 1cunieu-ihat Ills in,:'Tac,icah'e
dariaS the present session consist
emily with a due attention to Tie u
tier business cf She na!lGH. 10 enact
the laws necessary 20 embrace The
last men;ione.' object. bet that this
may be done wi!:tout difficulty and
without a d,la, which will be III
furious either to The pahlie ere
dit or tie Public service. BY an
earlier meeting Of tongress than
tIse constitutional period. which it
! will be the duts of Congress. or the
executive branch Of the government
,c fix AT supl. time as shall be DEEM
ed most proper and eNpedlent-Thtt
il is. howcver. necessary that tie
suspension ofihe noai,nporta,ion acts
which is contemplated. should be e.
narted 1T the present session ofCnn-
cress. and for this purpose another
| imnosition Ct additional duties on To-
reign tonnagc, they beg leave TO re-
port Il bill.
They also report herewith cor
yesrentience between the Secretary
CT The Treasury ard the Committee
on the subject Of this report.
a bill partially to suspend for :: a
limited time the several acts prohl-
biting impor,a,ions from Great BIZ
tain and her dependencies. ai.d ofthe
woduce and manufactures thereof
to Law additional duties and for other
nuynoses. which WAS twice read an'
i; referred 10 committee Of the Whole
house for Thursday next.
| TREaSUKF DEPARTMENT,
7fh Fe5ruary, 1913.
| S}R-I have the honor 10 SUOMI
| the following answers to me ques
tons in your letter Of the Sd inst.
4. IL is believed, for the reason
stated in my letter Of the 10th Jun
last to The committee OF ways an
means, that the amount ei Iefena