Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-01-11

the census, when the SupeTHCial CoHleHt " |
any county or parish shall exceed forty
miles square, and the number Of inhabitants
in said parish or county shall not exceed
two thousand FIVE hundred, the assistants
shall be allowed, with the appreciation ofthe
Judges of their respective districts or terri
tories, such further compensation as shall be
deemed reasonable, provided the same shall
not exceed three dollars for every fifty per-
sons by them returned.
The committee then rose, reported their
proceedings, and the bill and amendments
were ordered to be printed
The bill for the relief of ]. B. c. Lucas
passed through committee of the whole,
Mr.. Hill in the chair and
The bill for the relief Of Clement B. PEN
rose also passed through committee Of the
whole, Mr.. Tomiinson in the chair.
These claims produced good deal OF a
minated debate in committee, and were both
ultimately ordered to be engrossed for
| :hird reading and, at late hour
The House adjourned.
Friday, January7
Mr.. Rhea, from the committee Oh Pen
sions and Revolutionary Claims, made unia-
yorable reports on the petitions of William
D. Beall, James Royal, Smith P. Slocum,
and John Payne the three first Of which
were concurred in, and The last ordered to
lie on the table.
Mr. Williams, of N. c. from the commit
tee of Claims, made unfavorable reports on
the petitions OF Lawrence Muse, Moses Hoyt,
Luther Chaplin, and ofJames Turk and Tho
mas Henderson. all of which were ordered
| 10 lie on the table except the last named,
which was concurred in.
The Speaker laid before the House let
ter from the Secretary of State, transmitting
his annual report OF Patents issued, which
was read, and ordered 10 lie on the table.
On motion of Mr.. Storrs, it was
Resolved, That the Secretary Of the Trea-
sury be directed to lay before this House a
statement of the amount paid in each year to
the Marshal of the District of Columbia, for
the expenses of holding Courts within the
same, since the assumption of jurisdiction
by Congress over the said District, together
with the amount paid, during the same Pc
Rod, TO the Circuit Judges thereof
On motion of Mr.. Cooke, it was
Reso'Ued, That the Secretary of War be
directed to report to this House the sums Of
money which have been actually paid since
the peace establishment, to the General Of
fcers and their staff, who are attached to the
Army of the United States, specifying par
ticularly on what account, TO whom, and
when, paid.
Mr.. Butler, of N. II. moved the following
resolution
Resotved, That the committee on the Pub
lie Lands be instructed TO enquire into the
expedency otgranting to each state a tract
OF land. not exceeding one hundred thou
sand acres, for the endowment of an Univer-
sity in each state.
The House having agreed to consider the
resolution,
Mr.. Butler remarked that this proposition
was not new; that it was before the House
at the last session, when report was made
on 1t, but not acted On. 1t was an enquiry of
much Importance, in many points of view,
and be hoped his resolution would be adopt
ed.
On,nption of Mr., Edwards, OF Connect
cut,
Resolved, That the committee on the ju-
dietary be instructed to enquire into the ex-
pediency of amending or repeating the act
passed on the 18th of April, 1914, entitled
an act to lessen the compensation for mar
shals, clerks and attornies in the cases there
in mentioned"
The Speaker laid before the house let
ter from the secretary of the navy, transmit
ting the annual report of the commissioners
of the navy pension fund.
The speaker laid before the house another
letter of the secretary of the navy, transmit
ting the information required by the resou.
ton of the 2Ist ult. in relation to the intro
ducton Of slaves into the United States and
of the measures adopted TO prevent the same.
Both these communications were ordered
to lie on the table and be printed
No., i,,o1 81. L.