Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-05-04

ways and means. reported bill for d.
liefofthe representatives OF Conrad IT,
deceased; which was twice read ard S
mitted. wy
The amend ment OF The Senate 10 a.
for the relief of Christopher Miller ~
kenup and agreedto.
DISTRICT BANKS.
The House took up the amendn,.
Of the Senate to tile bill concernioa a's !
bapks OF the District of Columbias a'
Mr.. Mercer moved that tie b..
disagree to the amendment; which 1' ~
tion was negatived; and then 'uO
The House agreed to the amend
Of the Senate, without division Nu'tl
The bill from the Senate pr...
certain privileges to the ocean ~,
ship company, of New York, was ss -
third fime. '"aa
The bill was opposed by Mr.. MI4,,
Of Ken. who moved to recom,nit "a
bill, and by Mr.. Foot, and wac .u u'
ported by Messrs. Gross of N. ys esP'
and Newton; and after some re,0s s.|'
from Mr.. Smith of MARYLAND. S1s
wished further time to examine tha laI
1t was recOmmitted.
THE TARIFF.
The engrossed bill to regulate Il.
dnties on imports and tonnage, v,s
read the third time.
Mr.. Baldwin remarked, that if vonl,
be recollccted the bounty on niclIs
fish exported had been increased !,
committee of the whole, in consequene.
of an increase of the duty on impOtsd
salt-the duty on salt had subsequent,
b, EN- reduced, but it had been omitted
at the same time to make CORRESPOND
ing change in the bounty on picked
fish. He presumed there could be i,
objection now to make this amendment
and moved that the House agree there.
to by general consent, (by which only
an amendment can be made to a bill in
the House, Oh the third readig.)
The motion was objected to, and d
course failed.
Mr.. Rhea then rose and spoke about
an hour against the passage of the bill.
Mr.. Slocumb of North Carolina, mo-
we'd to recommit the bill, with instrc.
tons to reduce the duty on imported.
ron in bars, &c. from l25 cents to Is
cents.
This motion produced debate Of
considerable duration, touching coca.
sionaIly on the general merits of tie
bill, as well as On the expedieDcy Of
committing the bill for the purpose pro.
posed.
The motion to recommit the bill was
advocated by Messrs. Slocumb, Piuck.
ney, Silsbee, Mercer, Nelson, Of Mass.
ijorton, Smith, of n. G.. Li,crmor,
Floyd, Holmes, and Foot, and was Op.
posed by Messrs. kinsey, Smith, Of
Maryland, Baldwin, Storrs, Sergeant
and Grass of n. Y. The debate con.
tinued until about four o'clock, when it
was negatived by yeas and nays as fol.
lows:
For the recommitment 70
against it, 80 !
Mr.. Foot OF Connecticut. then moved
that the bill be postponed until the hH!
day of the next session, and FOLLOWED
MS motion BY some general remarks a.
gainst tie bill.
The question on postponing the oIll
was decided in the negative, by yeas
and nays, by the following vote:
For the postponement Is
Against 1t, 80
The question was then taken on 'h'
passage of the bill, and decided IN llS
affirmative by yeas and nays as p'
lows:
For the passage 81
Against it, IS
So the bill was PASSED, and SEW
to the Senate for concurrence.
Mr.. Rich made motion to recOhs'.
der the vote by which the amendment,
of the Senate to the District Banks Oil
was this morning agreed to ; but OelOi'
the question was taken, a motion va
made to adjourn; and about five o'cl''A
The House adjourned.
1t was stated in our paper of Nona''
last, that Mr.. BALL made the secOn'
motion, in committee, to reduce the ua'