Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-14

sf tho Score pf ssass 81 Wsiahi SV I
Alessssss, made : report. the Object = 3
which Is "a reconmend the adoptior !.
che following resolves: "
e Rssolusd, By the Senate and Hon.. !.
Representatives. ofths Uni,sd Sta,s. =
Amsrico in Congress assembled IT,
the President Of the United State. +. s
quested fifthe consent Of the governm.s.
Of Great Britain shall be given th.r. ~
tscause TO be traced on . rod Of pl.,in.
the yard Of the year 1901, which s. !. !,
in the.Rritish exchequer: TO cahss 10 r
made Of platina pound ofthe wei,h,;
yacuo OF the English ayoirdupois p O
and that he also cause to DO mad.
Whatever material he shall deem be,, 60
standards Of those measures, . se.,.l -
tho same capacity - the standard W.
chester bushsl, and also vessel Of ~
same capacity ~ the standard wine o.i.
lon of England. ."
sRssolusd, That the Prssiden. be r.
quested to cause to be made, for dist;
button among the states and territori,.
and for tho purpose of verifying ~.
weights and measures used therein no.
deIs of the yard, on which shall b. tr,
ced it's divisions Of feet and inches. mn
dels Of the bushel. half bushel. Quart.
bushel, orpsck, thirty second part Of
bushel or quart. models Of the vino pal
Ion, of the wine quart and pint; rn.del,
of the pound, half pound, quarter pound
Of the sixteenth Of pound or ounce ::
the seven thousandth part Of a pound q,
grain, models Of the pennyweight 0.
twenty-four grains. Of the scruplc or "a
grains, and of the apothecary's dram 0,
60 grains; models Of the weight Of p,
pounds. of IS pounds, of SO pounds. and
of 100 pounds; that these models o.
weigh, and measure be formed, within.
utmost practical exactness, from Ii.
weights and measures procured unas,
the authority ofthe foregoing resolution.
and that the number to be procured q
each shall not exceed
The report, together with the resou,
tions, were committed to committee
Of the whole house.
Mr.. Alexander asked and obtained
leave of absence for Mr. John Randolph
for the remainder Of the session.
On motion Of Mr.. Hill, it was
Resotued, That the Committee of Com
merce be directed to inquire into the e,,
pediency of having the coast Of Florida
surveyed, 80 as to have an accurate chart
thereof made, delineating thereon thseu.
trance of all tho rivers and harbour
the islands, rocks, shoals, and reefs, IN
the neighbourhood Of the coast, as well
on tho side ofthe Gulph Of Mexico, as OIL
tho Atlantic side of tho Peninsula; and
that observations be also made with re-
ference to sites for light houses.
On motion Of Mr. Cook, it was
Resolued, That so much of the repor.
Of the Secretary ofthc Treasury accom-.
panying the correspondence laid before
this House onNthe 18th February last BE-
tween the Secretary and tho sever,
banks in which the public moneys ,ri
sing from the sale of public lands weu
deposited, as relates to tho increase d
the compensation of the Receivers Of
public money, and to the making Of pro-
visions to enable the government to rem
der certain deposits Of uncurrent bank |
paper available hereafter, be rsferrsdto |
the Committee on the Public Lands
Mr.. Buchanan called for the consider.
alton of the joint resolution from the S.
nate, TO fix time for the adjournment Of |
the present session, (the first Monday IN F
April next
On the question to consider this reso.
luton, the Ysas and Nays were required
by Mr. Mercer. Mr.. Condict then mo-
we'd to lay the subjecton the table, (inOr
der to avoid what he considered an inter
ruption, to no useful purpose, Of the re-
gular business ofths House, Thsysa'
and nays were ordered also on this mo-
ton, which Mr.. Condict then withdrew
1.-TWO questions of order were dscldsa
by the Speaker on this occasion, worthy
Of being recorded, being important
precedents.
!. It was questioned by Mr.. Taylor
whether it was in order to move to 'ag
on the table a motion to consider ape
position now lying on the table. 4"
Speaker decided that motion to !ay any
proposition on the table is in or4sr.
Q. A motion was made by Mr. War
worth, to proceed to the Orders q Nv
Day, with view to overruling the n.y.
ton now presented. The Speaker saw
that he had more than once eDtertalnsa