Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-04-12
FRIDAY, APRIL 5.

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Several bills, heretofore received from the
other House, and referred to committees. were
rcpnited without amendment.
The Senate again took up the resolution
submit ted by Mr.. HOLMES of Maine, on the
XII INST. and having modified The same, they
were adopted, in the following form:
heSoirea, That the President of the United States
ne requested to communicate to the Senate the ex-
penscs OF building each vessel of war built az each
navy yard or oi,rr piNce in the United States a.,to
r'zed ny the act Of the Cd January isJI5>and the
acts SUI Elementary thereto Distinguishing in>sacb
srs.1' So nui the expenses of timber, iron "copper"
coruaSr, hemp, cioi, and other materials the
amount paid agents or s,,perine ndeuts snecfy;nc
hc'r Games the amount paid for labor partcuIariz.
,"g the sums paid 20 carpenters mast makers, boat
ou''uerS, mockmakers, blacksmiis, armorers, cauk-
ers, gun carrage makers, swyers sail makers. and
rigg"ts, and other laborcts
Eesofred, That the President of the United State.
ne requested 10 communicate 10 the Senate the
names, number, and grade of Tie officers and the
nuuber Of NEE belonging to the navy. emnloyed in
anu aaac"eu to, each navy yard and ezcb naval sta.
on y" NC unie Stntes, with the services enc! has
perforated, and the compensation each has received
!" pay, raons, aad other emoluments during the
TWO ia8 years, ending on the first of January last
nc'u"'hg Inc value Ut the benefit TO any officer for
me use or Improvement of any public property
heSotred, That the information reun;red nv Tho n,
""oVe resoiuiionshe furnished 10 she Senate M the
commehcement oil The nexi session of Congress
Inc senate according to the order of the
day, took up the bill supplementary to the
act OF last session, s. for The relief of the p,,r-
chasers fPubIic Lands" Ito extend The time
10 September, 1892, in which purchasers NAV
avail themselves of the provisions of that
act)
MT. THOMAS explained the reasons which
induced the land committee to report this bill
and The considerations which rendered its pas
sage reasonable and proper.
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this subject. ""
Messrs. BroYn of Ohio, johnson of Ken
lucky, Barton, and Uaiter, severaly advo-
caIeu the justice and expediency of this bill,
urging the shortncss Of the time allowed. after
me passage OF the late act, for the purchasers
10 D. make the necessary application 10 the land
ohhces, the injustice of excluding great por-
ZION Oh them, who were actually unable In
make application in time, after the necessary
instructions and forms reached the difI.ren,
land Offices, in preparingand Forwarding !, b;cb
much of the time allowed by the act was con-
sumed, and leaving very little for con,pli-
ance with the law, by those Cor whose relief IL
was attended, &C.
On motion of Nc. KING of N. Y. wbo
wished gentlemen to have time 20 compare tb,.
provisions of this bill with those of the act of
last session, the bill was postponed to Tuesday
next.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MI. WRIGHT gave notice, that he should
on Monday next, ask leave TO introduce n bin
10 erect monument to the memory ofths
"te Baron dc kaIb, in the city of Annapolis. n
An cn5rossed bill TO revive and continue
~ 'orce certain acts concerning the allowance
oi pensions upon n REIMBURSEMENT of bo,,ntv
lands, was read n third time and passed
bill from the Senate To designate ,b.
boundaries Of land districts, and for lin. estah-
lishment Of n land Office in the state of Ind.
ana; bill for the establishment of an add.
uonai land office in the state of Illinois and
bill to perfect certain locations and sales or
public lands III the state Of Missouri we're
twice read, and sevcrally committed to the
committee on the Public Lands.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Ghe house ths11 resolved itself into =. co,,
mittee VI tho whole ON the unfinished bus;r,..ss
OF yesterday. (the general appropriation hill !
Nc. ToNLINsoS in the chair.
Nh. COcKE rDevcd TO strike euf tho nro
vision for the additional compensation to the
clerks ~ the Office Of The Superintendent ,,f
Indian Trade, rs slowed by the act the Sefb
OF April, 1919" The msti0n was supported
ny tie moter, and Mr. WILLIA4fs Of N. C.
aud carried by Il large majority
Mr.. Cooke moved to strike out The cqause
for the payment Of balances due to officers
OF the old internal revenue and direct tax ),
bat, after some explanation by Mr. SMfrn Of
Md. The motion was Withdrawn.
The clause providing for the salaries of
foreign ministers being under consideration
Mr. mALLARY suggested that he was moi
satisfied that 1t was necessary to send a minis
ter to Lisbon, and that Charge d'AFaires
would perhaps he sufficient lie therefore
cs'lcd Tor Information cn the subject fen the