Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-04-05

st<ucOUs anu fSOtCftc.
The question being taken on Including the
claim of the Winters in the amendment re-
ported by the land committee, was decided
ny yeas and nays, in the negative-yeas g.
nays &c.
! The question was then taken on agreeing IL
the substitute reported by the committee, aa-
thorizing the claimants under de Maeon
Rouge's title TO file petition of right, and was
decided in the affirmative, by yeas and ma VS.,
as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Benton, Brown OF Lou. Eaton, Edwards
Elliott Gailard, Holmes of Miss. Johnson Ken Johnson
., Lou King of Aab King OF n. York. knight, Lowre
Stokes Taylor, Thomas, Van Dyke, Williams fAliss.2s
%vo;, Barton Bo1rdan Brown Of eslc
Macon, Morril, Ruggles, Smith, Van Buren, waker--i4
The amendment was then reported to the.
Senate, agreed to, and the bill ordered to be
engrossed for third reading.
The engrossed bill to provide for the col
lection of the duties on imports and tonnage.
IN Florida, was read the third time. PASSED
and sent to the House of Representatives fnr.
concurrence.
The Senate spent short time on Executives
business ; and then adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
AS soon as the. journal of yesterdays pre-
ceedings was'read,
Mr.. EUsTIs addressed the chair and stated
| the vote was taken on the resolutions RELATIVE,
10 the recognition Uf'the independence of the
late provIncesof Spain in South America, and
that he wished To record his vote thereon.
Onfhs proposition the unanimous consent ns
the House was required, to dispense with thu.
rule whichprOvides that no member shall l,,.
entitled to vote on any.guestion who was NOT
within the pV of TIE house when his name
was called: and some COW ersation took place
N m he avn ri, e, 4
form the course Of which,
MIR. TAYLOR quoted the case of the Decla
ration of American Independence, To which,
were affixed the names of several members
VINO We're not present when the same was IL
greed to, bat came in afterwards and were al
lowed To subscribe it. The case now before
the house, If not analogous, was as little likely
to be drawn into precedent, as that.
Mr.. COOKE quoted the case which occurred
yesterday-in which, member coming i'm ac
Ter ms name had been called, was yet allowed
by unanimous consent To record his vote as
though he had been present On this occa-
sion, Mr.. c. commended, the same liberaIity
ought tn be extended to dl who were absent.
Ihese considerations prevailed with the
mouse, and, by unanimous consent leave was
granted to Mr.. Ettstis, and aIsu TO Messrs.
Reid, Dickinson, dlaiinok, .u'Du6ie, .Ne,o, Scott
and Eddy, for similar reasons, and they seve
rally voted in the affirmative, when the vote.
was declared to be-yeas 1877, nayI.
Mr. WRIGHT requested similar liberty ia
Mr. Reed nf Maryland, who was necessarily
detained by sickness, but it was decided by
the chair, to be impossible to grant such liber-
ty to member not present.
MrRHEA, from the committee on Pensions
ana Revolutionary claims, reported unfavora-
bly upon the petition of Martha Youngs and
others which, on motion of Mr. Mercer. was
ordered to lie laid on the table
MIR. MIANE, from the committee on Nayai
Affairs, made the following report:
The committee on Naval Affairs, to whom,
was referred the resolution of the House al
Representatives OF the 4tlI Instant instructinS
them to inquire into the expediencv of mod
Tying the act, entitled, 4" An act for the gradual
increase OF the Navy of the United States" SCI
as To require part of the annual approprii
tion to he expended in the construction of ves-
sells OF AN inferior force tothnse now auih0riZt
ed by said law 60 be built" make the FOLLOW
ing report:
That, by the act above referred to, passed
the 29th April, 1915, the sum of one millions
OF dollars per annum was appropriated for the
gradual increase of the Navy of the United
States; and the President of the United States
was authorized to cause to be built nine ships.
to rate not less than ~ guns each and twelve
SHIPS TO rate not less than Al guns each, in
Guiding one "a and three a. gun ships autho-
riZed by previous law. The President was
also authorized to procure steam engines and
all the impcrishable materials necessary for
building and equipping three steam batteries
and, by the 9TH section of the act, it was pro
vIded that Z" the moneys appropriated by this
act shall not be transferred TO any other object
of expenditure" BY the act of Sd March.
1921, instead of the appropriation contained ia
the original act, the SUM of S 100000 per an
nun, i3r SIX years, was appropriated to carry
IutO effect the purposes of the said act and
that the whole of this sum will he required TO
complete Tie objects contemplated by these
acts mat, pursuant 20 the Instructions and
objects oithese laws, there has been built and
eqWpt one shipOf the line, viz: the Column
bus and that there has been built &, launched
three ships of the Fine, viz the Ohio, IN.
North Carolina, and the Delaware, and one
lrighte at Washington, the Potomac thai
there is now on the stocks, built aud ready Us
launch, one ship Of the line at Bostun-tnat
there are now Oh the stocks, nt-,rly finished
one ship Of the line at Portsmouth, n. II, one.
lrlSae at Philadelphia, and one frgate at New
furk-tbat there is on the stocks, about half
finished; one ship Of the ike at Gosport, Va
that preparations have, for some time past.
been making, for putting on the stocks, one
ship OF the line at Boston, one frigate AT New
\ ork, one frigate At Portsmouth, N. ~. and
one frisate at Washington, and that the Frame,
and nearly al the timber, and other material.
have been provided for building one ship OF
the line at Philadelphia, one frigate at WASH
ington, one ffigate at Boston, and one frigat.
at NOrfolk-that the live ok frames, and
nearly all the other timber, and two steam Ell
gines' nave heen provided for twO steam bat
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