Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-05
HOUSE OF RI pRESENTATIvEs.
MONDAY, JANUARY

The Speaker communicated To the House d
letter from the Secretary of War transmit
| ting, M OBEDIENCE TO resolution of this House
statemeEt of the puhiic expenditures on The
military academy al West Point, the number
and names of the cadets educated there from
each state, sc and esiinalr OF the sums
necessary for the support of said institutlon
for the next three NCars
| Op motion Of Mr. Si[sbee II was
ReS01red That the President OF the United
| States be requested TO Law before this House
dn account OF the anHnal receipts of Hospital
money, under the acts Of Juh lUln i7yS and
march I'd 1899 M to the Goth February, 1911 ;
| ana from that period an account OF the annual
receipts, under The fIrSt mentioned act, TO the
| 5Oih september 1919 dI>tin uishiug the dis
tricts "lihlu winch collected also anaccUunt
OF the annual expenditures ui sad Hospital
money, the districts witbE winch expended,
the Hospitals erected, ;he places where, the
regulatIonsundcT "hIc eX eudtures are made
Tie present state Ut Tie Marine Hospital fund :,
aud how Invested.
Resotred, That the commissioners OF Navy
hospitals be tl,t ected To- iaN b,!UTe This House
an account OF the annual receipts OF Hospital
money, under the act Of March I'd, 1893, from
me 2Oih February, 1871, TO September 3Oih
1872 together vain an account OF the annual
expenditures of the same The districts within
winch exp nded !the hCspItas erected, 1hC
places where, the present state OF tho Navy
HopitaI Fund, and hos invested.
DIR. Bai9Lrin, of Pennsylvania offered the
following resolution, winch was twice read
and commltted.iota roD mittee Of the whole.
ReSOlred, By the Senate and House of Repre-
sentdireS ~ the United StUtes Of Americd IN
Congress assembled, Two thirds of both Houses
concurring, that the following amendment 10
the constitution OF the United States be pro-
posed TO thelLeg>laiures of the several states :;
which when ratified by the Legislatures of
three fonrths OF the states, shall be valid 10
all Inlents ana purposes, as part OF the said
constitution
That Congress shall make no law TO erect or
incorporate any Bank, or other monied institu-
ton, except within The District of Columbia,
aud every Bank, or other mOnied Institution,
which shall be established by the authority OF
and Offices of discount and deposite, be con-
hued 10 the District OF Columbia.
The bill from tic Senate, 10 provide for
procuring, in future, accurate returns Of the
foreign commerce of the United States, was
read the third time aud passed.
lae engi ossed bill to alter the times OF
holding the courts Of the western district OF
Virginia was read The third time, passed and
Sent 10 lie Senate Tor concurrence.
HE MISSOURI BILL.
The House then again resolved itself into a
cOmiBIttee of the whole. BIr BdidriR ia The
chair. on this biIl-Mr. Tdyior's motion 10 in,-
pose on tie proposed state, y restriction res
pccting slavery, being still under consdera-
ton.
MIR. Smyth, of Va. resumed the argument
which he commenced OH FRIDAY. against the
restriction, and spoke until near q o'clock
when,
On motion of Mr. Reid the committee rose.
obtained leave TO sit again; aud
Tie House adjourned.
TUESDAY FEB I
The Speaker laid before the House a report
Of ,hg Secretary of the Treasury, on the sub
jcct of prohibiting the importation 0f cotton,
woolen aud iron manufactures, aud his Opin-
ion Of the effect such prohibition will have
on the revenue; made 10 obedience to d
resolution of the House, Of the 9TH ultimo.
The Speaker also laid before the HOnsc a
letter from The Secretary of the Treasury,
transmitting copies of the receipts and expeu-
ditures of the United States, for The year
1915
These communications were ordered TO lie
on he table, and the first TO be printed
MIR. PiHdaH moved 10 amend the standing
rules Of the House, by adopting the following
proposition:
Stenoeraphers who may he DESTROYS TO
report tbe Debates shall, previous 10 their
admission 90 The tables within the House.
So ~ shat they will truly. aud according to
the best Of their knowledge without addi-
tlOu, dinlDHtiOn, Or alteration. report the
Debates, or 90 much thereof rs they shall az
any time publish that IN every such report,
they will, so far ~ il practicable, adhere rs
we'll TO the Language az to the purport or ril-
stance OF The remarks made 10y the members,
ana tliat they will moi iWpOrtnue any member
for or receive from any member directly or
indirectly, advice orany written note or memo
Tandum with intent therefrom TO make any
such report"
The proposition lies on the table one day of
course.
MISSOURI BILL.
The House then araip went iuto committee
oi the whole, MIR BGhiciR 10 Tire chair, On this
Jil-ibe proposed restriction Iill under
G p.idefaion
Nr. Kcid, Of Georgia addressed the Honsc
~ speech Of about half 81 hour, against the |
reduction
Nc Ciaee6. Of New Hampshire, followed, |
on the Other side OF the question aud SPOKE |
SCOUT an hour Ir favor Of the restriction
Mt DorSc. Oi Massachusetts, succeeded, on |
'e ,ho s'dc ADD advocated the restriction
Icar helf an hour.