Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-01-22
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
December /.
On motion OF Mr. Cook,
Ordered, That the petition of Adam
Haskin, heretofore presented on the 10Th
December, 1920, be also referred to the
Committee on Pensions and Revolutions
airy Claims.
On motion of Mr.. Cook,
Ordered, That the petition OF James
M Farand, Hampton Pankey, and VIII
liam Frizell, heretofore presented on the
10Th December, 1890, be referred to the
Committee on the Public Lands.
Ordered, That the report ofthe Regis
, ter Of the Land Office fer the district OF
Edwardsvii.e, upon claims exhibited un-
der the act of the 5th May, 1920, for
the relief Of the inhabitants of the village
of Peoria, laid before. this House en- the
| 10th January, 1921, be referred to the
| Committee on Inc Public Lands.
| On motion Of Mr. Cook,
Ordered, That the petition Of the heirs
Of Peter d. Ruber, deceased, presented
on the Sd OF March, 1917, and the peii-
ton of John Edgar, presented on the lo;h
ofJanuary, 1920, be referred to the Com
mittee OH Private Land Claims.
! December IL.
Mr.. Cook presented petition of Ro-
bert Blean, praying compensation OF a
house belonging 20 him, contiguous to
the military academy a. West Point,
which was taken down and converted to
public purposes &, said academy.
Eecem5er 10. sa
Mr.. Sloan, from the committee or
Elections, reported q resolution untavor-
able to the pee:t.on Of M.ttAe. Lyqn,
con.es,ins tie right CT Jssass Woodsnn
BATES to q scat in the Hcuss Of Repre-
sentatlses Is Delegate from the fsrriio-
Inv of Arkansas.
The resolution was adopted, and lsav G
| given TO the petitioner to withdraw his
petition.
December 20. w
Mr.. Pankia, from the committee en-
Pubic I.anr!s, reported unfsvorxsly up
on The petition Of Daniel Parkison ;
Which report was concurrea in by the
ITouse.
.nr. F.rreHy rose and moved TIE con-
sideration Of the resolution he submitted
yesterday, calling on the Secretary ofthe
Treasury K copy CT the repcrt made
BY tie Cen. nissioners appointed to view
the Cumbcl land road.
| NJ. FcveNy, in brief, observed that
his only object, in Offering the resolution
was % obtain informa,cn Off manner
/ in which the contracts had been exc
cutea, and tie condition in which the
contractors left the road. His attention
was turned to this subject, by the rrso-
luton offered this day, ny an honorable
gentleman from Kentucky, Suggesting
the propriety ofrefcrring to a commit
tee 10 inquire INTO the expediency q
granting money to repair this road. The
report of the mmissio,srs ought to be
! laid before this house before it acted CT.
that subject, and it would show whether
the erea, object Of ns,lonai utility Ms
lceuntry had in view, ives Obtained, OF
whether it suhservecl the purpose of in
lividual emolument speculation.
TVS resolution was ihen adopted.
TIE three resolves submitted by Mr
7ria5ie on Saturday last, rc.atiye TO the
saryev and contraction oet',e Cumber-
land Road, from Wheeling to the Mis-
sissippi, were called up for considers
twn. ei
/ The first resolve was adopted.
| On the second and third resolutions,
touching the completion Of this national
| highway -
! Mr.. Farrelly was desirous Of laying
1 them on The table till The Information re-
quired by resolve (submittcd by him)
should be obtained from the executive.
AS large sums of money bad been ex-
/ pended on this undertaking, the fullest
Information was necessary to legis!aie
understandingly.t
Mr.. 7-imble said he was anxious for
an early investigation on this .opic, and a
committee appointed, that time may be
allowed for investigation. He adverted
to the opposition to his proposed inqui-
ries, which he said sorseiimies came
from the very quarter that most bene-
fitted by the road. lie said2it was but
the other day that a petition had been
presented to this house for the allows nc G
of drawback on exportation ofcordage
manufactured from Russia hemp; which
petition was referred to committee e.
While an inquiry was going on into that
subject, Mr. 7. wished that an inquiry
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