Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-04-01
HOUSE OF RErRRsENrATIvEs


.oftbc sale or loan of gunpnwder maj.
by the Ordnance Department to tls
firm in the year 1918; which was or
dered to lie on the table. s
TIE House took up and preceedcd h
consider the resolution submitted ),
M. Taylor on the 2stlrinst. prescrii.
ing an order for the consideration d
business referred to committees Of The
whole; and the said resolution being
read at the Clerks table, and modifed
by tile mover, was agreed to by tie
House as follows:
Resolved. That the business eferNd
to the COMMITTEES Of the whole HoSe
shall he called for consideration in ths
following order -
i. Private bills which have passd
the Senate. and have beer reportcdh
vorably by a committee Of this Hous.
3. Private bills reported by comma.
tees Of this House.
s. Bills and resolutions of publ
nature.
4. Bills which have. passed the s.
nate, and have been reported agaiw
by committee Of this House.
S. Reports unfavorable to petitios
ers.
Resolved, That the Clerk, under tie
direction of The Speaker, do arrange tie
business in the preceding order for b.
morrow.
The Speaker laid before the Hous
a letter from the Secretary of Wa,
transmitting report on the pe,ition&
James Greer which was ordered b
lie on the table.
The House took up and proceed to
consider the bill from the Senate, emf.
tied I" an act further to suspend for a
limited time the sale or forfeiture d
lands for failure in completing the pay.
mcnt thereon"
Ordered, that the said bill be read.
third time tomorrow.
On motion of Mr.. Williams, of III
Carolina
ResoIved, That, when this House al
iourns, 1t will adjourn to meet at 10 D.
clock in the forenoon.
Mr.. Nelson Of Va. moved that The
House do now proceed to consider tile
resolution submitted by him on the Esd
inst. for the appointment Of a joint CON.
mittee to consider and report what bu.
siness is necessary to be done before the
close of the present session /;
And, on the question, will the House
now proceed to consider the resolution
1t was decided in the negative.
On motion Of Mr.. Abbott,
Resotred, That the committee on The
judiciary be instructed the enquire into
the exPediency of passing law point.
ing out under what circumstances, and |
by what means private property may
be taken for public use, under the y
Emergency Of war, and regulating thu
manner by which just compromising
may be made for the same; also to pre-
scribe the manner in which soldiers
may be quartered' in any house without
the consent OF the owner, in time d
war.
The House resolved itself into
Of the whole on the state 81 /
the Union, aud, after some time spent
therein, Mr.. Speaker resumed de
chair, and Mr.. Taylor reported that 1
the committee Of the whole had, &C.
cording to order. nad the state of tho \
Union under consideration, and direct.
ed him to report their agreement Obs
resolution submitted by sir. Cobb, Oh \
the Gath Of January last, proposlEN
an amsndment to the Constitution
the United states, to prohibit the &E
pointment of members Of Congress
offices, with amendments as, alsk
their agreement to the resolution OF o.
Senate ..proposing an amendment to t
Constitution Of the Omitted States, ad
resp cts the choice OF Electors of Pa;
sident and Vice President of the u
and the election Of Representatives
the Congress of the e. States"
The House took up and proceeded
consider the report OF the committed
the whole upon the state of The UniG b
whcreupon it was q
Ordered, that the said resolutit
scveraliy lie on the table.
On motion Of MIR. Smith Of MAJ
land, d
Resolved, That the committee on N