Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-01-30
CONGRESS-.

HOUSE or REPHESk NTATIVEs.
fuESDAN Ian %

Commerce, reported b.ll, for the relief
, oi Alexander Elmslir anu Samuel Clark
son, merchants OF Philadelphia ~ hich
| VAS twice read and committed.
Mr.. Mercer, from HE comuiitee for the
district OF Columbia, made the following
report
The committee fur The district OF Co
! luh,bia, 10 whom Mas referred The Tesolu-
lion mstructing them la enquire Into the
| expectancy otproyidmg by law, 10 secure
! mechanics, ai1i Nthcrs, payment Tor Tho lr
labor aud materials, la erecting any house
! 90 other bull ling eithin ;he district 0.
Columbia. by giving theGI IA hen tSereon,"
have bad The same under consideration,
and respectfully report:
HAT uudci The cAiSiiug laws of the L :.
| States within the disiriei OF Columbia,
| security, %nal"sous t" lbai contemplated
| by The resolution, may be provided, by
| special contract Iii every case, wherein
amy house or building is about 10 be
erected, against auy loss winch ANY me
cDanlc or merchant contributing labor OF
| materials towards The erection The, eof
| might sustain from The failure IF The pro-
! prietor 10 pay voluntarily therefor vine
lheT for Tits. or auy other, reason, exist
| Ins ln ihr Institutions or stale Of society
| ct Tie district ut C"!G mbla, no complaint
10 Congress by petition of oliier~ise ia,
e>eI been made, Dy any Of tie inhabitants
| al thc district, uf "ay detect OF their pre-
| sem Laws, III rvlatiOn 50 tho object for
which ihe resolution OF the House oil Rep
| gesentdiiveS suggests a provision.
The committee therefore recommend
10 the housr al representatives the adop
too 4 tue following resolution:
Reso!red, lnai ii is IN eNpedieni To make by
id", riOvISlo" Suggested by the aforesaid
solution.
This report MAS real. and the resolution
was cencurIetl IN by the house.
Mr.. Cook submitted The following reso-
utiD n, winch was read aad ordered 10 lie
on the table:
EeS0lUed, That The committee of elections
be instructed 10 inquire whether auy, and II
any whdt, aiierdtiOus are necessary to he
made IN The law, entitled An ac reiatIve to
| the eleciiOu Oi President aud Vice Pres ident
o! the Uniteu Siaies, auu declaring the Of.
| fceT " 10 shalt acc IA President. in cases of
vacancies lH lie offices both OF i, esident ana
Wee PreSident, aud also whether it be eA
ptdleHt 10 enci ease the compensation OF any
OF the persons appointed 10 tTaDs,EiI The votes
of the eiecuon al President and Vice Piesi
dent OF ihe y. ,.
HI. SiOrfS submitted the following reS>
| oluIion
ResOIred, Tina, the Secretary or the Treasury
be dsTected 10 report 10 tais House d States
| ment OF tue monies now in the Treasury, or
coi.ecic d al any place which are applicable
10 the redemption OF the siock erected by The
act, providing tor tie decentralization vi
certain claimants OF pnDiic lands h., The Mis-.
sissippi TelFiosT passed March 81 1874
TINS resolution was read, anu LAID en-
liz table one day Tor consideration.
On motion ot Ms. CyOireH, il vas
ReN0Ired, That The committee on public
lands be instructed 10 iIlnIt lUto Tie expe-
diency OF granting 10 ,ke state of Alabama, all
| The uIsoid Islands al the / enGt sSt- II,cr tie
proceeds OF which shall he aPp.ied 10 the ims
pfoVemeht OF Ihe Iavis alton OF said TiveT.
| Mr.. SMITH OF Mary land, sub mitied the
| following Joni resolution
Resolred by the Sr,ate &c. That the recruits
ing service Tor The army be suspended ion
and dgring the rreSeui year, ana until the end
OF the HeMt session OF Congress.
Tins resolution was read twice, and
| ordered 10 be cngr0ssed aud read ihird
Tine.
REDUCTION OF THE ARMY.
The eHgrOssCd bill 10 redu, c and fix
| The military peace establishment OF he
| u. States, was read the third lime, and
The question was sisted-shah II pass
upon which debate arose, wherein MIR.
Clay cane oar ina speech Is cOusidcia
bic length, liz favor OF the bill.
DrbalP having terminated,
The question was fakeD-sha!l the bill
| pass aud decided ~ the Affirmative
| yeas 100, noes IS.
| FAMILY OF COMMODORE PERRY.
| The house went into committee of the
! whole OIL bill Tor the relet Of tIie ia :
mlly Of the late commodore Perry the
bill having been amended, il was report.
ed 80 the house, when the amendments
we're eoucuTred in.
The bill was then further amended
and ordered 10 be cugrOssed aud read a
third time Tomorrow, by yeas and
nays
For The engTOssmeni, 70
Against Ike cngrossment, 62
And the House adjourned.
Wednesday, Jan. o..
At the usual hour of meeting, but
few members being present, when the
Speaker took the chair, Mr.. Brush
moved that there be call Of the house.
! The object Of a call, az it is technical
~ termed, is, to place on the Journal
the names Of the Members present,
whence may be inferred the names of
the absentces. After some converse
ton on this motion, in the course of
which It was suggested, that the guam
tity of business before the committees
required them to sit sometimes beyond
the hour Of meeting, and it would be
harsh to record them, whilst thus engt-
ged as absentees, &c. Mr.. Brush con.
scented 10 withdraw his motion.
Among ibe papers offered during the
, presentation II memorials to-day, was
the following, presented by Mr.. Broom,
of Kentucky.
Whereas it is represented to the present
y General Assembly, that many negroes and
persons OF color, the property Of citizens Oh