Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-03-20
From the Mar M'sI'igsncsr.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF r! PR ENIAJ'VFS.
TuesSay. March II.


Sir. PoindeXter, igcm the Comm tee
Of Private Lard Claims, reported bill
authors NC the rene ual Of land var
ant lost by Gener.i Moses Porter; hich
bill was twice read, and ordered to be
engrus.ed 10 third reading
Mr.. M'Lane, from h Committee Of
Commerce ard Manufactures, made an
uufs,orable report IN the petition # Ele-
aver Nickerson, which va, read and con-
Cured in
The bill authorizing the election e
Delegate from ne territory OF Michigan.
was read the second time, and (af'er N
Intellectual a'tsnp- by NJ Taylor TO send
it to e COMMITTEE Of the whole) it va. or
dered to be engrossed for third read
, iag.
The I'll from the Senate respecting
certain reservations of land in On0. Sc
! apart by the original rsn,rsct for the
suppa't OF reiieIon-and the BIZ f' III
the Senate 20 allow additional sasry am
clerk hire to the surveyor { the Illinois
and Missouri ter itoris. we're se,eraIiy
twice read and referred.
The joint res luton from the Senate,
directing the publication andsiisiIibutiou
of the Journal. &c. Of the COW, ton
which formed the constitution, uas read,
the third time as amended by his House.
passed, and returned To The Senate, for
concurrence in the amendments.
The HOgse then, on motion at Mr..
Tayor, proceeded I" consider the amend
ment To the rules and orders e the house,
submitted by him on the I0,h ms
/ Mr.. Ta,lor exclaimed the advantages
which he conceived would result TO the
business Of legislation by the adoption #
this ruie-the particulars in which it
differed from similar proposition offered
at a former session by Mr. Hopkinson,
its exemption from the objectionable iea-
ture, Of the former proposition, Jc
/ Mr.. Hopkinson supported the pr posi-.
, ton, and briefly rrcapItuiated to- Ghne-
cessary repetition o! labors Of commlrtees,
&c. when it would prevent, the erpedi.
ton which it would produce IN acting on
the public business, &c.
The proposition was then agreed to,
without division, as follow:
After six days from the commence.
ment OF q second or a subsequent session
of any Congress, all bills, resolutions,
and reportSwhich originated in the house,
and at the close Of the next preceding
session remained undetermined, shall Ue
resumed and acted Oh in the sane man.
ner as # an Adjournment had not taken
place."
On motion Of Mr.. Forsyth,
Resolved that the committee on the ju'
dietary be instructed To enquire into the
expediency Of altering 80 much Of the
laws now in force Tor regulating the ter
ritorial g,vernmens Of the UhItet
States as require, freehold property II
the territories respectively, as a qualIti
cation for lfice.
Mr.. Desha offered the following re-
solution, ahich was az ICED tu:
! Resolved. HAT the report Of the com
mittee OF public expend ures, on the ne
MORALS ami account, It %. James 0
ma. Qua tie, Master u. neral, r.ad F,D
Is, 1877, aud laid uph the table, be re
ler,ed to the A,turney Genera! oi The u
nited STATES.
u motion Of Mr. Merrill, the commit
tee on post oficas were instructed 10 en-
qu,re in,n the expcdlency Of 'ac'easIns
The CON- en- alum ol the Postmaster =
Bennington, Vermont.
The bill making an apPrOp, iatiOn 70