Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-02-22

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trust for him or for his use Or hs"..o
or on his account. undertake, e r'asa't
hold or enjoy, in the whole o. il ''u'''
any contract or agreement hereasrN' '
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or with any person authorized to ms s'
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and if any clerk or person hold;"a0
office under tho government of ,%ssS$
States, directly or indirectly. L;m s T.
or by any other person in trust lDr 81.
or Tor bis use, Or benefit. or on Lis "'N
Count, enter into, accrp, of. Or ,rs
fur, undertake. or execute, any NV NV
contract or agreement, on the uho,.
in part, every such clerk or ofg,r,
offending shall. for every like oTena'
upon conviction thereof bcf,.r .
court of The United States. Of IL. t a.,
ritories thereof, having cosnizancS % I.
such offence. be adiudged guilty NJ
misdemean"r. and shall DO fined n"
Thousand dollars. and also be do, n"I
incapable ofholding any appointment"
office under the government of The r
States !; and every such contract ss
foresaid, shall moreover be aLsoIO,eI.
void and of no effect Provided. n,,,:
thcless, that, in all cases where anx
sun or sums of money shall have brs.
advanced on the part of the q. STATES
in consideration of any such Contra,
or agreement. the same shall Je forth
with repaid {; aud. in case Of DELAY
refusal to pay the same, when dpmsrdr
ed by the proper officer, of the depart.
ment under whose authority such con.
tract or agreement shalt have bee,
made or entered into. every such Der
son SO delaying or refusing, tpgcthe
with his surety or sureties, shall b.
forthwith prosecuted at law for The IT.
covery of any such SUN or sums of mo-
ney advanced as aforesaid.
The bill was twice read and commit
ted.
The House then resumed the consl.
deratiun of the report of the committee
of the whole on the bill to fix the com.
pensa,ion of the officers of the army.
Mr.. Case moved to strike out th,
who'll of that part of the bill which re-.
lsses to the pay, &c. of the Officers AM
Cadets Of the Military Academy, aut
substitute therefor several new sections
the principle features Of which, as r.
lates to the cadets, were, that the nun
Der should BE- reduced to 100, by allos
ing vacancies to occur until they g&
down to that number; that there shall
be one cadet from each Congressman
District in the United States, one cadet
from the District Of Columbia, and one
from each Of the territories, whose com
pensatiOn shall be at the rate of "a,
dollars per annum, and two ralions eacI
per day +; that there may be admitted
into the Academy 100 persons Other
than cadets, provided they conform to
all the rules Of the Academy, and sup.
port themselves during the term Of
their education, &c.
MIR. Cannon moved to amend tbi,
amendment by striking cut the ratious,
with vie" of adding in lieu Of them,
a certain sum to the annual allowance
in money.
This motion was negatiyed ; and
The amendment of Mr.. Case being
supported by himself and opposed BY
MIR. Cooke
The question was taken on agreeing
thereto, and decided in the negative.
Mr.. F. johnson, of Kentucky, pro
posed an amendment to the bill, indi
Gated by him on Friday lat. to strik'
out the whole of the bill except tha
part which relates to the Military AGA
deny.
This motion was negatived, without
debate.
Mr.. Cannon. expressing his regre
at having failed in his several motions
to amend this bill, said he would make
one other effort. He therefore moved
to amend The part relating to the pay o
the cadets, so as TO allow them 90 dol
lars per anaum instead of i44, as pro
posed by the bill.
Mr.. L. spoke at considerable length
in support of his proposition.
Mr.. WarfieldrepIied to Mr.. Cannon
and the question being taken on Mr.
Cannon's motion, it was decided in The