Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1814-12-15
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Friday, DECEMBER 2

HFioay, December g.
Tic speaker laid before tie Iropsa
letter from the secretary of tie Treasufg
IN reply TO one from the Speaker reonirin,
a warrant for money to ,letray the cha,rss
OF THIS House, apprizing him that, the an.
preparation on this head being exhausted +.
further provision therefore by law W.
necessary. The letter p9as ordered 10 -
on the table, on the intimation of Mr. Iny.
ham that the committee Of Was anil
Means were about to act on tie subject.
a report was received from the Nayg
Department of the contracts made by thar
Department with individuals for the ,v,
past years.
A repc" was also received from Tia
same department. on the petition of tia
President and Directors of the Eas,e,n
Branch Bridge. The report states ths,
the bridge was destroyed at sile instance Of
Gen. Winder, but by the, agency Of the
Navy department, and Under Tie ia,rned
ate supegintendance of Capt. Creighton.
This report was, on motion of Mr.. lsw;,
OF Va. ordered to be referred To- the com.
nittee Of Claims
On motion of 5sr, Jennings, a cali was
ordered to be made on the COMMISSIONS
OF the General Land Oiics for an a..
count of the sums accruing TO tie Treasu.
ry, In each collection district, for the sale
of public land by forfeiures, and whether
such sorieitures have occurred more fire..
quently ON limited or extended purchases
The bill directing the staff officers of the
army to comply with the acquisitions Of ma
val and marine officers IN certain cases.
the bill to provide for the widows and or.
phans OF volunteers or militia t@he NAV die
or be killed in the service of the Uni
ted States ; and the bill authorising COM
position with private bankers in lieu Of the
stamp duty. were read third time, passed
and sent to the Senate for concurrence.
TREASURY NOTES, &c.
The house on motion of 4Ffr. Eppes OF
Va. resolved itself into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Breckenridge of Va. in the
chair, on the bill supplemental to the act
authorship loan for Is millions and the
act lately passed authorship loan Of 5
millions for the service Of the current
year
THE first section Of the bill authorizes
the Secretary of the Treasury, with tie
appreciation of the President Of the Uni
ted States, to accept Treasury Notes to be-
prepared, signed and issued for and in lieu
Of SO much of the sum authorised to be
borrowed on the credit Of the United States,
by the 25 million and million loan acts,
as has not been borrowed or otherwise en-
ployed in the issue of the Treasury Notes
according to law, provided the whole a.
mount SO to be issued shall not exceed
100000, and applied to the same use as
the loans so authorised were intended to
be applied.
The second section authorizes the issu-
ing of Treasury Notes in like manner fora
further sum of three millions, to defray the
expences o. the War Department for the
remainder of this year, and enc million
for the Navy Department..
The third, toHrth. Yftk and sirth see
tons provide these Treasury Notes shall
be in the same form and possess tliesams
qualities as the Treasury Notes already
authorized, be redeemable in tie same
manner, appropriates money therefor, &c
as well as for the expenses of issuing and
distributing said notes and for Furnishing
counterfeits thereby
MIR. Eppes read letter he had recelv
ed from the Secretary of War in relation
to the deficiency of appropriations IN that
department from which it appeared that
though it was impossible to al sertain with
precision at this time the numb OF mill
tia in service during the past summer, there
was little doubt but their expenses would
greatly exceed the appropriations made for
those objects.
On motion of Mr.. Eppes, the blanks
in this bill were then filed with three nil
lions for the military department, one
million for the naval department., and o.
Their sums for the expenses Of Congress, Sc
And the committee rose and reported
the bill which as amended, WIS ordered
to be engrossed for third reading.