Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-04-03

hension or change would produce and II
was advocated by the mover, who said 1t
the act passed without Limitation it would
be still liable to repeal at any time, by
majority of Congress, and present pro-
tection he had understood was all that the
manufa :turers wanted, &c. After which
the amt ndment was rejected by large
majority.
The committee then rose. and report
ed the bill and amendments, which were
ordered to lie on the table and be print-
ed.
Mr.. Hardin moved resolution fixing
the future hour uf meeting during the ses-
sion. at ten instead of e2eDen O'Clock.
The resolution was opposed by Mr. HUI
bert, and supported by Mr.. Hardin, and
adopted by considerable majority.
Tie House then went into committee of
the whole, Mr.. Jackson in the chair, On the
bill supplementary to the act laying d.
rect tax.
Mr.. Gnldsborough moved that the as
SCISSORS should be compelled to attend two
full days in each County in Their several
districts, instead Of one day which mott
on was negstived without division.
Mr. Nelson of Va. moved to strike out
the proviso which makes the seller of
slave after the purchaser has entered such
tax as well as the purchaser-whichm mo-
tion was az eed to.
After sume Intellectual attempts to amend
the bill:
MIR. MLean of Ky. offered an amend
ment, the object of which was to compel
the assessors to attend at each courth house
i'll their respective districts, IS well when
the counties exceed six, as when they do
not-which was agreed to without objecti-
OIL.
The committee then rose and reported
the bill as amended. The House concur
red in the amendments, aud the bill, as a
mended, was ordered 10 be engrossed for
| third reading.
The committee ofWays and Means OBJ
! tanned leave to sit tomorrow during the
session OF the House and then the House
| adjourned.
| FRIDAY, March %.
| The House then resolved Itself into q
| committee of the whole, Mr.. jackson in
the chair, on thu bill to allow additional
compensation to the district Judge of the
| southern district of the state of n. YORK
for performing the judicial duties in both
| districts in the state.
| This bill gave rise to some discussion
not on the propriety of allowing the com
| pensat on proposed, but on the expedien-
cy OF adopting some course by which the
Judge of the Northern District, CJadge
Talimagel should be compelled either &c
perform his official duties or to resign
and not permitted to hold a sinecure OF
iice.
MIR. Clay tho't it would be better to meet
the question ia ry 1T once, by enquirng
into the conduct of the offending Judge
than to get round it by allowing extra
compensation to tie Judge who perform.
| the duty of both.
Mr.. Nelson said, that the enquiry had
not devolved on the Judiciary committee
nor had they conceived it their duty to en-
ter into an examination Of the conduct oil
| the Judge of the Northern District; but
they had incidentally become acquainted
with his improper conduct; and Mr.. n
said he believed he ought to be turned out
OF office. That consideration, however
ought not to throw an impeachment in the
way of this bill, because former law had
enjoined on the Southern Judg- IVAN Ness
to perform those extra duties, if recessa-
ry, and he ought to be compensA ted there
| for.
Mr.. Stanford had some doubt as to the
constitutionality of voting a temporary 10
crease of salary to a Judge. He doubted
whether, if the comp psation Was alloy
ed, it could with propriety afterwards be
reduced and for the purpose of entering
into the enquiry of general increase Of
salary to the Judges, he moved that the
committee rise.
Mr.. Belts remarked that Judge Tall
mage was incapacitatc by bodily infirmi
ty from performing his official duties, and
that he had not received the larry fol
some time, &c. to which it was replied by
Mr.. Grosvenor and others, that that fac
was immaterial, as the Judge had CLAIM
to the salary and could at any time demand
and receive it, &c.
The necessity Of an enquiry into the
neglect OF Judge Tallmadge, WIS alst
urged by Mr.. Grosvenor and MIR. Hopkin
| son.
The committee then rose, ayes S., noes
81, obtained leave to sit again, & the bill
was laid on the table.
The house went into committee of tht
whole on the bill for the relief OF BENJAMIN
and John Tyler, of New Hampshire, Mr.
Breckenridge in the chair the committed
rose, reported progress, was refused leave
to sit again---and the bill laid OH the ia
bic.
| The remaining orders of the day were
suspended, on motion of Mr.. Nelson of Va
| and
| Mr.. Nelson then submitted the following
| resolution
| Resolved, That committee be appoint
| ed to enquire into the Official conduct OF
| Matthias b. Tallmadge, one Of the District
| Judges of the State of New York, and tc