Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-15

MIR. Strother captured of the mover,
whether las object WAS 10 raise the pen
sion al the prlNates to that oi The othcers,
or 10 reduce the pension OF The officers To
the same amount as that OF tie privairS Z
MIR. Cannon SAID that would be a queS-
,lOu for the committee IL determine,
should The resolution pass, andi wbich
their report upon The subject would here
after bring before this House for lis deci-
sion.
The question was then taken on the
adoption al the resolution, and decided
IN The ncgGtire, ~ 10 20.
On motion OF Mr.. Hendricks, il was
Resolred, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be instructed 10 lay before this
Honsc an annual statement of the num-
Der of acres OF land sold AT the several
land offices from their institution to the
30ih Sept. 1919; OF the monies accruiug
and the monies received from such sales |;
of the sums due the government and un
paid, and OF the sales or iorfeitures for
non-pay keeping separate that part
of The statemea, winch relates TO The
states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, for
merly The North Western territory.
Mr.. HreUdrd, OF South Carolina, Offer
ed a resolution, with preamble exp!ana
tory of It's object, for directing The ju-
dietary committee To enquire INTO the
expediency OF making further provision
by law tor giving TO The judicial proceed
ings. g.. OF each state, the same fleet
In all The states, as In that in winch they
originated.
A motion was made by Mr.. Liuerm0,e,
| 10 strike out the pr amble, aud decided
III tli' Hegaiive.
The house having divided on the a
doPtlOn OF The resolve, the votes for and
| against /, were equally divided and The
| Speaker voted against il, solely on the
ground of form and practice, neither ol
which were IN favor OF pretixing pream
bles 10 resolutions of enquiry.
SO the resolution did not pass.
On motion of MIR. Fuller of Massachu-
sets, II was
Resolved, That the committee on Nava
| Affairs be instructed to consider the ex'
| pcdiency of so far modifying the act, es
tablishing a Board Of Commissioners OF
| tia Navy, as 10 make the Secretary ftht
Navy, for the time being, the presiding
officer OF that Board and also of so linn
ltlng the tenor of the commissions of the
members thereof, as TO secure the accu-
mulailng experience and talents of oul
| Naval commanders III that Department
| by a periodical rotation in Office
| On motion of MIR. COsks, of Tennessee,
| il was
ReSOlUed, That the Secretary of War be
directed 10 report 10 Tins house the terms
| on which the contract had been made fol-
furnishing transportation to the troop:
ordered OH the expedition TO the Mandau
villages on the Missouri river, and also i
any, aud what oiherierms may have been
proposed for furnishing the same, and by
whom made.
The bill from the Senate for establish
ing circuit court in and for the Dis'rrct
of Maine, was twice read. Mr.. Home.
wished il, as being wholly unobjectiona-
Bile, to be ordered AT once Ia have thiru
reading. But MIR. Lowndes objected, tina
The bill was of too much importance &c
Justify the house with dispensing, in re
gard TO it, with the usual forms of pro
| ceedlng. The bill was then, without op-
position, referred to a committee OF the
| whole.