Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-01-16
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Saturday. January +,

HOUSE OF REPREsESTATIvEs
Saturday. January 1,
On motion of Hendricks, it W.,
Resdred. That the committee q,
judiciary be instructed to inquir. :
the expedienc. of providing b, lavs
the decision Of cases arising vi%;t
States ip which there is 10 Civ" Il
Court, and where the District Jrt.
from an! cause, Elay decline to ,I.}
dictate.
Mr.. Reid then rose. ard after,
troductory speech ofconsidersLlcI...
(Which will be further noticed b.,s ~ \
ter offered the follow ing resolmi''
for consideration: I
Resolred, That it is the duty q a. /
Speaker. underline rules Of the b"s
to examine and correct the Journals
The house.
Resolved, That the house poss,s
the right to inquire into and decid.n
on the propriety of any corrtaia
which may be made by the Speaker, &
Resolved. That the erasures nall
by the Speaker in the journal Of h
18th OF January are alterations. ~
not corrections. inasmuch as the Jova
nal, in its original form, correspo,sE
with the fact intended to be Jrscrib4M
viz: that a petition from the Senates
House of Representatives of the ST..
of Missouri was presented bya nc,
Der from S. Carolina.
The preliminary question being put, Hhp
tber The House would DOW proceed tocn
slider these resolutions, il was decidedtt
yeas aud nays, in the negalive-,yes Il
noes 90.
The speaker laid before the house l,ns
Of the secretary Of the treasury, trsnsnh3
ting, 10 pursuance OF a resolution Of II
house Of representatives Of the Goth ultiu
information Of the number Of French rem
which have arrived and are expected ,or /
rive, in the present year,in the river St. Y
rvs, since The Isl of July last.
The speaker also laid bef,re the hous
letter oil The secretary OF the treasury, Trad
uniting statements Of payments made at d
treasury during The year 1890 for The d.
charge of miscellaneous claims, not o,hs.
wise provided for Of payments made, d
ring the same year, for The discharge oiSd
demands, of a civil nature, as are not pp
ded for; statement OF contracts made Isi
tive to oil, lighthouses, buoys, stakessei
&C.. a statement Of contracts and purchase
for ,he revenue during the year 1919; and
statement OF expenditures on account Of sd
and disabled seamen for the year 1919
These communications we're severally Il;
ierred to committees, and ordered to b.
printed.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Tracy o.
Thursday last, vas, on his motion, lakeng!
and agreed to.
Dir. Robertson, of Kentucky, after a lev
remarks on the propriely Of the enlur
which be was about TO propose, submitis
The following resolution for consideration
Re,otred, That the committee OF ways 40
means be instructed 10 enquire whether az
and, if any, what, Offices in the civil Dc
parlment OF government, may te abollshs
without prsjudice TO he public interest; en-
also whether any Of the salaries or cOmpen
satiops now allowed by law 10 the olhesl
and other persons employed in she SAID q
vii department, and. il any. what. aud
What extent, may be, consistently with Jul
tice and sound policy. reduced.
Mr. Culbre,h. after observing that it b.
been his intention TO offer similar motto
himself, if no other gentleman had done 81
moved to amend the resolution 50 as 10 II
fer the enquiry to special committee +"
stead Of the committee Of ways and mean
deem ing the latter committee not eomPe'e'
consistently With due attention to i!i 0.
nerous ordinary duties, TO bestow on lo'
subject the necessary attention.
The motion 10 amend the resolution, o'o
on discussion gilmore than an hours con
tinuance, on the question whether II W.
better TO refer the enquiry TO The commute
Of Ways and Means, select committee
to the committees seserally appointed On u
expenditures Of the different department
which last course was suggested by !"
Snyth. OF Va. Nessrs Culbreta, Rooel
son, Smith. OF Nd. Storrs, smyth, Of v
Foot, Gross. Of n. Y. TrimbIe and u"
des. joined in The debate, which refers
principally to he duties OF different comm, J,
tees OF the House, their nature, &c. anu ="
possibility II diseLargins fully and props
ly the duty proposed BY this resolution
After two unsucces .luf motions 10 lay tne