Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-03-20
HOUSE oF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Tuesday, March IA

"e""uy suuTCH Ia.
Mr.. Smith of Maryland presented
petition of sundry merchants and under
writer's in the city of Baltimore. in tta
State of Maryland, praying to be- i'm
Identified for spoIiations committed on
their property on the high seas Nv
French ~cruizers, between the ypar,
1898 and 1898, under the authority If
illegal orders and DEGREES issued by tIs
government of France ; their claims Il,
pom which for redress were relinquisb.
ed by the Government of the United
States i'm the Convention of the sotb
September 1900 and the petition wac
ordered to lie on the table.
MIR. Smyth of Va. from the commit.
tee on Military Affairs, reported The
following bill:
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives. IF the United States Of
america IN Congress assembled, That,
SO much Of any act as unites the mill.
tary academy with the corps of engi-
neers and subjects the professors, assis-
tant professors, and teachers, mot be-
ing ofic ers of the army of the q. States)
and the cadets of the said academy, to
martial law, shall be, and the same is
hereby repealed.
And be it further enacted. That tho
superintendent and professors, or a ma
joIity of them, shall constitute a court
fer the trial OF cadets charged with con-
DICT u%nbecoming a gentleman, insubor-
dnation, neglect of duty, or other Of
f nee against law or morality, and may
sentence any cadet found guilty, accord
ing to the nature of the offence, to be
censured, suspended, or dismissed from
the Academy.
And be it further enacted, That the
President of the United States shall
have authority to appoint visitors of the
said Academy, to direct examinations
and reports to be made, to prescribe the
curse of instruction which shall be OBJ
served, and to make rules for the regu-
latlon, management, and control of the
said Academy.
And be it further enacted, That eve.
ry cadet hereafter to be admitted, shall
be healthy and we'll formed, and snail,
together with his father or guardian,
sign a promise in writing that he will,
if he shall be appointed an officer in the
army Of the United States, serve five
years, unless sooner discharged i; and
on failure to perform such promise, the
cadet so failing, and lis father or guar
dian, shall be jointly and severally LA.
bic to pay to the United States the ez-
pense of the education of such cadet.
The bill was twice read and commit
ted.
On motion of Mr.. SloCumb, the com.
mittee on the judiciary was instructed
to enquire and report to this House,
whether any, and if any, what measures
are necessary to be taken for the great,
err security of debts due the CnIleo
States in consequence of certain loans
of powder, lead, and other munitions
belonging to government, having Dsen
made to private citizens by any object
of the United States.
On motion of MIR. Cobb it was
d. Resolped, That the President OF th
United States be requested to comInum'
cate to this House any information
which may have been received by ''
Department of State, or other ExtCui
tive Department, of the amount u
claims of the citizens of the OnlV'a
States for Spanish spoliationS Upon
their property and commerce, or 'a0j %
for which the Spanish government -
held responsible.
On motion of Mr.. Campbell, a Co"
mittee was ordered to be apPoIn'eu "
enquire into the expediency OF PROV
ding by law for the satisfaction Oh u"' =. D
Gated warrants which have lSsleu 10
officers and soldiers of the Virgin" ' %O
continental establishment; anu '|
for emanatlon of patents in cases "ps
locations have been made and pS''DN
not obtained. uu
Mr.. Bloomfield submitted the lOIO"
ing resolution: u.oI
Resolred That Brigadier Gele
Boyd, of the army of the United o''I be
in the late war with Great Britain
admitted within the House of RepfeS''
t~atives. nr
The said resolution being read, MI