Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-01-04
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w EDNEsDAY, Dec.

seat.
Mr.. Palmer submitted the following res
olution. which was agreed to the nexi
day:
Resolved, That the committee on Com
MERGE and Manufactures be instructed to
enquire into the expediency OF allowing
importations free Of duty, OF the raw stone
from which oil stones are manufactured, 10
the United States.
The Senate, then. OH motion oil MIR.
Williams, of Mississippi, proceeded TO
class. by lot, the Senators from the state
of Alabama when Mr.. King having
drawn No. 2, placed him in the class
whose term of service expires on the dtil
March, 1928; and MIR. Walker, drawing
No. 8, was, of course, placed III the class
whom term Of service expires on the 4th
OF March, 1925.
THURSDAY, Dec. %.
Mr.. Mason offered the follo- ing reso-
ton for consideration:
Resolved, That the committee on the
judiciary be instructed TO enquire into
expediency of prescribing by law the
mode of uuartering soldiers during war 10
the houses Of citizens, when the public
exigencies may make it necessary, and
the mode by which private property may
be taken for public use; designating par
ticularly by whose orders property may
be taken, the manner Of ascertaining It's
value. and the mode by which the owner
shall receive. with the least possible de-
lay, the just compensation to which ne is
entitled by the constitution Of the United
States.
MONDAY, Dec. 81.
The resolution offered some days ago,
by MIR. Mason, for instructilg the proper
committee to enquire into the expediency
Of providing by law, regulations under
which soldiers shall be quartered in time
Of war, was taken up and agreed TO.
TUESDAY, Dec. %.
Mr. Logan, Of Kentucky, submitted the
following resolutions for consideration
Resolved, That, as the content aud hap
p;ness Of the people cannot be expected,
under collisions and the want OF harmony
between their governments; that, there
fore. the committee on the Judiciary be
instructed TO enquire whether provisions
may not be duly made, by law, for the re-
moval from any state OF the branches OF
the Bank Of the United States, upon the
request Of the legislature of such state
except during those periods Of war, when
the public good and the exigencies Of the
nation shall otherwise require.
Resolved, That the said committee be
also instructed TO enquire whether the
charter Of the bank Of the United States
cannot be SO amended as that any citizen
Of the United States may obtain informa-
ton. from the bank or its branches, OF the
amount of debts due, OF which shall have
been contracted therein, by any person or
persons whatsoever, either as principal or
endorser.
And that, in order more effectually TO
guard against the partialities and farorit-
ism into which institutions of the kind are
SO prone to run, and to prevent, in some
degree, as consequence thereof, sacrifices
of property, aud the reduction Of civil
and political rights, Resolved, That the
said committee be further instructed to
enquire whether provisions cannot be reg
ularly made by law, for requiring thatfrom
and after the --- day Of 49, the pro-
Der officers of those banks shall certify to
this government the names, NTH The sans,
of all persons or firms, indebted in their
respective banks, where the amount shall
exceed the sum of -- dollars, and the
duration Of those debts shall have been
for a greater length Of time than
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MONDAY, Dec. 81.
Mr.. Holmes, of Mass. from the select
committee appointed on the subject, report
ed bill providing for the admission of
the District Of Maine into The Union, OH
an equal footing with the original states.
On motion OF Mr.. Whilman, it was
Resolved, That the committee on Revo-
iutionary pensions be directed to enquire
as TO providing by law for the application
for pensions, under " An act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land
and naval service Of the United States in
the Revolutionary War; approved March
18slSi8, by guardian, in case ofthe inca
pacity Of the person entitled thereto.
On motion Of Mr.. Shaw, il was
Resolved, That the President OF the
United States be requested to lay before
this House, at as early day as may be
convenient, an account Of the expenditure
of the several sums appropriated FOR build
ing Notifications, from the year 1916, to the
year 1910, both MISUNDERSTANDING the
places at which works Of defence have
been begun, The magnitude Of The works
contemplated at each place--their present
condiiion--the amount already expended,