Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-04-17
CONGRESS.
IN SENATE,
Iuesday, Art ..

of trans citing the business of Congi ess,
recommending the following resolutions, to
wit
ResolUed, That on the adjournment Of
, any Congress, the unfinished business, to
wit-0,l.s. resolutions, ana reports of ON
mittees, shall remain at the ne Xt session Of
the same Congress in the same stu ;ticn
they were III ~ the time of adjourn
ment.
RESOLVED. That it shall be the duty Of
the clerks 81 tie respe Give Houses to keep
docket of the busine in the order in
which it ispresented, and TO preserve all
the documents end papers in relation to it :;
and it shall be the duty of the proper Off
GERS to preserve for the use of the Houses,
those left upon the tables Of the members,
so that they may be ready for re delivery
and use at the ensuing session Of the same
Congress.
The resolves have been twice read.
Thursday, .4hrH II.
The several bills, thirty in number, this
day passed by the II. OF L representatives..
were severaly read and passed to a 2nd
reading.
.eThe resolution for printing the laws of
the United States concerning naturaliza-
ton, was read third time, passed, and
sent to the House of Representatives for
concurrence.
ne Senate resumed the consideration
OF the bill TO increase the compensation of
Certain officers of he government.
A motion was made Ky NJ. Talbot to
strike out so much OF the bill as re'ates to
the increase of the salaries IF the JUDGES.
Circuit and District, of the United States
on which motion the vote was rs fol-
lows
-Yeas.5. Nays 20
On the question to order the bill
to third reading, the vote was as fol.
lows
YEAs-Messrs Barry, Brown, Degge.t,
Fromentin, Hunter. Lacock, Macon,
Morrow, Roberts, TAFT, Turncr, WI
liams.-l2
NAyS--Messrs. Barbour. Chace. Con-
Dict, Dana. Call I'd, Go dsbor ugh, Ma
son, OF n. H. Mason of Va. Ruggles. San
ford, Talbot, Thompson, Varnum, Wells
IL
So the bill was rejected.
Leave was gwen to bring in several bills
tomorrow.
Friday. hyrR u.
The resolution moved by Mr.. King, for
allowing Mr.. Sanford, of the Senate, to
give evidence before committee Of the
II. of Representatives,, was taken up and
agreed to.
The bill concerning the District of Col
umbia authorizing the introduction Of
slaves into the District of Columbia, the
property of persons Coming to reside here
was read third tire. On the question:
Shall the bill pass:" the vote was as
follows:
Yeas IS, Nays 16.-
The bill making further provision for
military services. during the late war, was
read third time. On the question of its
passage, there were for it IL votes a
gainst it 13. Subsequently, this vote
was rc-considered, and there were for the
bill II against it $3.50 the bill was pas
sed.
The Senate receded from is amendments
to the general appropriation bill, (which
amendments favored the clerks in the pub
lie officcs.]
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Thursday, At,rA IL.
MIR. Newton from the committee of
Commerce and Manufactures, reported
bill making appropriations for rebuilding
lighthouses, and for completing the plan
of lighting them on the plan of WinsIow
Lewis, for placing heaDous, &c. to pre-
serve Little Gull Island. and for surveying
the coast of the United States, which was
twice rad and committed.
The bill to re warl with 100,O 900 dollars,
The captors of certain Aigcrlne vessels,
was called up by Mr. Forsyth, N whose
motion it was ernended by strik ng ont the
words in considcrati N Of the Tor and
promptitude with which the capture was
effected :" and thu bill was then ordered
to be engrossed for third reading.
NATIONAL CURRENCY.
The bin reported by the Currency
Committee to compel specie payments
wars, on motion of Nj. Calhoun, recon-
mitted to the select Committee for the
purpose Of making some amendments in
ita details.
In moving the re commitment, Mr.. Cal
houn remarked that the modification in
tended, was to expunge feature (the high
tutieS) i'll the bill, which If retained would
probably require more discussion than, at
this late period, the House would be wiliirg
to devote to it, and that it would perhaps
be better not to agitate tae question du
ring the present session.
The bill respecting the Navy Pension
Fund, passed through n committee of the
whole house, and was read third time K
passed.
The IIcsse, in the course Of the day, re-
fused, on the call of Mr. HugeT, to take
up the report Of the joint committee on the
subject Of the remains Of General Wash
! ington--
q joint resolution requiring the Secre-
tavy of State, once IN every two years, to