Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-01-04
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Monday, Dec. 30.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Monday, Dec 30.
a number Of petitions were presented
and referred amongst them, Il memo
rial, presented Nv the Speaker, from the
Legislature OF Mississippi Territory. no
ticed above in the proceedings Of the Sen
ate; also, by Mr.. Condei, the petition OF
sWnjry manufacturers az bar iron, in
New-jerSey, PRAYING such an increase of
duty on imported irona as will enable ,hcm
10 continue their business; also, by Mr..
LattiHsore, ihepe;i;ioh OF sunlry members
Of the Mississippi Legislature, PRAYING
the division OF said territory into two
parts, and that the western part thereof
he admitted into the union as IN indeDen-
dent STATE
Nix. CteppsN, from the committee on
pensions and revolutionary claims. made
uniavora5le reports on The petition Of. ia
cob ;iernand, ON thcprtition of amhert
Robinson, on the petition u John IYoff.
cnthe petition ofCapt. Daniel Jones, and
OF the petition Of David Davidson; which
reports tatter an Intellectual attempt to law
the second and last on the table, were
sereraliy CcnCurred in by the House:
an'i the committee was, ON motion oi Mr..
ChappeI, discharged from the further
consideration OF the petition of Thomas
Newell.
Mr.. Conaict, from The committee on re-
sisai and unfinished business, reported in
Part list of37 bills, remaining uniinisll-
ed at the close Of the last session, in var;-
Gus stages of progress.
Mr.: IUcker, from the committee on the
District of Columbia, reported a bill to
incorporate the subscribers to the
Franklin Bank Of Alexandria. NOW called
the Real Estate EanlS) and for other pur
poses, which was twice read and commit
ted.
NJ. PlcvsaHs. from the committee on
Naval Affairs, made ii detailed report on
'he petition Of Thomas l. All II. repre-
sentative Of Nm. II. Allen, late comman-
derof the u. s. brig Argus, and the sur
WING officers and crew OF that vessel,
&c. concluding with a resolution untavn-
rabie 70 the petitioners. The report and
resolution were, on motion of Mr.. Smith
OF Md. ordered TO lie on The table. and
be printed.
Mr.. Caitoun offered for consideration
tire following resolution
hcSOIced, That the committee Of WAYS
and means be instructed 10 enquire into
the eXped!ency of repeating so mech of an
act, emitted An act further TO amend
the several acts for the establishment and
regulation OF the Treasury, War, and Ma
" Departments" passed the sd of Marcia.
1869, as authorizes the President of the
United States 10 transfer appropriate
ous.
.Alr. crifola supported the proprietv OF
his motion, by remarking briefly on the
evils, great evils, he said, which resulted
TO the pubic interests from the practice.
particularly in tie War Department, of
permitting funds 10 be diverted from one
OBJECT o. appropriation and applied Ia d
neither. He urged the necessity of APP
plying remedy, and that was to compel
in the Departments d rigid adherence 10
specific appropriations.
After some observations from Nessrs.
Johnson OF Ky. Smith of Md. Lowndes
and Pickering, respectively, principally
explanatory of the present and former
practice OF the Departments, but general
~ acqulescing in the prOprety OF enquiry
The resolution was agreed 10.
On motion OF MIR. baltimore, the com
m,tlee on Pensions and Revolutionary
Claims were directed To enquire into The
expeeiiencv OF placing Robert J. Low
~, first lieutenant of the Amite troop
81 Mississippi Dragons, on the Pension
List
On motion Of Mr.. Le,sis, the commit
zee on tne OSt-Oiilce were directed 10
enquire into the prOprety Of increasing
The compensation Of the Post Master at
Aldie, in Virginia.
On motion OF Mr.. II. Nelgon, /, was re-
solved, to direct select committee 10 en-
luire into propriety of further extend
Ing the time for locating Virginia military
land warrants, aud for returning tie sur
veys thr~con to the general lanl-oi!ice
and also 0ffuTthcr extending the time 10
complete the surveys and obtain tire pat
cnis fer lands under Virginia resolution
warrant s-".ti icaFe to report by bill OF
Otherwise.
fhe Speaker laid before the House
statement from the War Department
the same as that noticed above in The pro-
cee3lngs OF tie 5caate-which was order
81 to be printed.
On motion OF Mr. I1.OmaS,
Re,oicsd, That The COMMITTEES on the
Fubiic Lands he Instructed To- enquire in
to the expediency Of adopting such re-
striciions as viii be calculated TO prevent
the formation accompanies to monopolize
Public Lands IN the Mississippi Territo-
rs.
ORDER OF TIE DAY.
The House then resolved itself into
committee Of the whole, Mr.. Conoiict i'm
tie char, on the bin to amend the act au-
thoriZiHg Tie payment for property lost
captured or destroyed by the enemy,
vlile ia the military service Of The 4. s.
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