Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-02-04

M. Pomeroy, OF John ChlcRe ng ana 1oh''
NJ. Noyes. of Capt. John Burpham, OF John
Campbell and Alexander Day, and OF
James Reynolds which were ordered to lie
on the table.
On motion of Mr.. Silsbee, il vas,
RESOLVED, That the President i the Unit
ted States be requested to lay before this
house an account Of the annual receipts oil
Hospital money, under the acts OF fully l6th'
I79e, and March Cd, 1899, mp to the 96th
Feb, 1911 /; and from that period an account
OF the annual receipts, under the tlrst men
toned act, to the Both Sept. 1919, distin-
gushing the districts within which collect
ed also an account Of the annual expendi-
lures of said Hospital money, the districts
within which expended, the Hospitals erect
ed, the places where, the regulations under
which expenditures are made, the present
state Of the Marine Hospital Fund, and how
invested.
Resolyed, That the Commissioners of Navy
Hospitals be directed to lay before this house
an account of the,'annual receipts of Hospi-
tai money. under the act of March Cd, 1899,
from the 26th Feb. 1911, to Sept. Goth, 1919,
together with an account of the annual ex-
penditures of the same, the Districts with
in which expended, the hospitals erected,
the places where, the present state of the
Navy Hospital Fund, and how invested:
~Npm OF THE CONSTITUTIONS.
Mr.. Baldwin of Pennsylvania, offered the
following resolution, which was twice read
and committed to a committee iof the whole
house.
Resolved By the Senate and House Of Re
personalities of The United States Of .4merlco
in Congress Assembled, two thirGs of both
houses concurring, that the following amend
ment to the constitution OF the United States
be proposed to the Legislatures Of the several
states, which, when ratified by the several
Legislatures Of three fourths Of the states. shall
be valid to all intents and purposes, as Fart
of the said constitution
That Congress shall make no law to erect
or incorporate any Bank, or other monled
institution, except within the District of CO.
lumbia. and every bank, or other monied in
s%titulion which shall be established by the
authority of congress, shall. together with
its branches, and Offices of discount and de-
post, be confined TO the District Of Column
bia.
The committee on the post office and post
roads were instructed TO enquire into the ex-
pediency of establishing the following post
routes
On molion of Mr Shaw-irom West Stock
bridge, Massachusetts,, through Richmond
to Lebanon, in New York.
On motion of Mr.. Allen, Of New-York-
from the village of Moscow, N. York, thro'
those of York, Caledonia, and Scottsyil!e,
to Rochester,
On motion of Mr.. Cook-irom the Illinois
Sabine, in Gallatin county, TO GoIconda, in
Illinois. I'm
The bill from the Senate, to provide for
procuring, in future, accurate returns OF the
OF the United States, was
read the third time and passed.
The ehgrosed bill TO alIer the times Of
holding the CourtSo of the western district Of
was read the third time, passed,
and sent to the Senate for concurrence.
THE MIssoURI BILL.
The house then again resolved itself into
a committee Of the whole, Mr.. Baldwin in
the chair, on this bill Mr.. TayIor's motion
to impose on the proposed state, a r%estric-
ton respecting slavery, being still under con-
sideration.
Mr.. Smyth, of Virginia, resumed the argu-
ment which he commenced on Friday, "a
the restriction, and spoke until near 6
when
On motion OF Mr.. Reid, the committee
rose, obtained leave TO sit again ; and
The house adjourned.
Tuesday, Feb. /.
The Speaker laid before the house a repor,
Of the Secretaryof the Treasury, on the sub
Jet of prohioiting the importation of cotton,
w%oollen, 4. iron Manufactures, and his OPT
MON Of the effect such prohibition will have
on the revenue /; made in obedience TO a re-
colntiDp IF tho house Of tia n ,,}tino