Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-05-05
SENATE.

Tuesday, May 2. Y
On motion of Mr.. Dickerson, il was or
dered that the committee of commerce and
! manufactures, to which had been referred
| the tariff bill, have leave TO sit this day
during the sitting Of the Senate.
Mr.. Trimble, of Ohio, laid upon the ia
| BILE the following resolutions
| |. Resolved, That the Secretary OF war
cause to be prepared and laid before the
Senate, at The commencement OF the next
session of Congress, plan for employing
! the ar.ny in making minute and accurate
survey OF the inland frontier of the United
/ States, together with an estimate of the ad-
ditional expense which may be annually
+; required for that object.
e., Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Navy cause to be prepared and laid before
| the Senate, at the commencen ent OF the
next session of Congress, a plan tor en-
pIoying the navy in completing minute
and accurate survey of the coast OF the Y.
States, together with an estimate OF the adj
! ditional expenses which may be annually
required for that object.
! 5. Resolved, That the Secretary of the
| Treasury cause tc be prepared and laid be-
fore the Senate, at the commencement OIL
/ the next session of Congress, statement
| Of the money which has been annually ap-
proprated and paid, since the year l775,
/ for surveying the SEA coast. bays, lniets,
bartors and shoals, and for erecting, sup
plyirg. and keeping in repair, hight houses.
! beacons. and bouys, and torthe purchase OF
the ground upon which the same may have
! been erected.
Mr.. Roberts presented the memorial OF
sundry merchants OF Philadelphia, against
an increase of the duties on imports.
The bill from the other house, to pre-
vent the commanders and other officers in
the naval service of the United States, from
accepting of any present, or emolument OF
any kind whatever, from any king, prince.
or foreign state, and for other purposes"
was twice read by general consent, and re-
ferred to the naval committee.
The resolution offered yesterday by Nlr.
Peasants. respecting navy regulations, was
taken up and agreed to.
The report of the committee on naval
affairs unfa favorable to the petition OF Archi-
bald B. Lord, was taken up and agreed TO.
Mr. Lloyd presented the memorial of sun
dry merchants and others. of Baltimore,
praying the exclusion 0: South American
privateers from the Chesapeake bay, and to
designate certain ports tor their entry
which was referred to the committee OF To-
reign relations.
I, The bill to revive the powers Of the com
misssioners for adjusting land claims in the
district of Detroit, &c, was taken up and
further considered, in committee OF the
whole. and ordered to a third reading as
was also the bill for the relief of the heirs
of Henry Willis.
| The bills from the other house for the re-
lief of the heirs Of AbUab Hunt for the
relief of John M'Grew and others and for
the relief of Elkanah Finrey, were several
ly read the third time, passed, and return
ed to the other house.
| The Senate spent some time in commit
lee on the bill concerning invalid pension
ers after which the bill was lad over un-
! til Tomorrow.
The bill tor the relief of Louis Joseph &c
Beauleu, captain in Pulaski's legion, jim
tie revolutionary war, praying to be pla-
ced on the pension list under the act Of
March, 1918, was taken up in committee of
the whole. The bill was so amended as to