Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-05-03
from ZIG .vafonsi I,,teLiigereey.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRES ENTATiVES.

WI .seUtOH from me committee on C3.1-
mercr, reported bill to provide (nr The APP
pointment of Deputy Collectors of the Gus
ton;s-which was twice read, and after some
observation from Mr.. n. ordered to be cnsroys-
ed tof third reading
.Ir. EuSiiS from the Committee on Militia
ry Affairs, To whom was referred bill from
the Senate TO repeal the 18th section of an act
To reduce and fix the military peace establish
ment, passed March ., 1921, reported the same
without amendment-and the bill was ordered
to third reading
Presidential Districts Proposed
Mr.. Montgomery Submitted the following joint
resolution fnr consideration
Resolred by lie Senate and house Of Repre-
sentatues Of The United States If .lneric,t In
Congress assembled, That the following propo-
sltion shall be submitted To the legislatures
OF the several states, amendments TO the
national constitution, which, il ratified by
three fourths of the said legislatures, shall
Immediately thereafter he valid, TO all inents
and purposes, as part of the said constitutions
I. The United States shall he divided into
t'sur sections, 10 be styled Presidential Sec
tons, in the following manner, viz: Maine
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, Vermont, and New York, shall
constitute one,-Nrw Jersey, PENNSYLVANIA,
Delaware, Maryland. aud Virginia, shall con-
stituie anothcr-Norih Carulina, South Caro-.
lima, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
and Tennessee, shall constitute auother-and
Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missou-
ri, shall constitute another.
.. That Immediately after the next election
of Il President of the United States, the said
sections shall be designated ny numbers in the
following manner, viZ.-the residence of the
person recently elected as President, shall be
determined by the joint vote of the Senate
and House ut Representatives Of the United
States, aud the section within which he resides
as citizen, shall be styled tiic First Presiden-
tiai scclion--and the number of each of the
otl.er sections shall be determined by lottery
draWnby the President o. the Senate and Spea-
kcr of the House nf Representatives in the pre-
scnce of the Members OF the two Houses, in
the Hall of the Rcprrsentativrs--and there
after each section shall hc designated by.its
number SD drawn.
8. That forever after the seriions are so
designated, President of the United States
shall be elected from the sections respectively
III rotation, the first being ii citizen of the Sc
cond section--the second election to be of "A
citizen of the third, and SO on to the highest
number; and then of the first, and SO on as
before mentioned in regular rotation.
4. That any State hereafter admitted into
the Union shall be considered as a part of
that section on which il binds by the greatest
ex tent of its boundary.
5. That whenever it is ascertained by the
Census of the United States that any section
contains double the represented numbers of
the section containing the lowest represented
numbers, such section shall be divided by Con-
gress, and the numbers of each determined by
lottery as before directed, the one section Ia
king the fermer number and the other IL high
er number.
This resolution having been read
Mr.. NJ. said he did not expect TO cali ND
this proposition for consideration until the
next session Of Congress. He submitted il
now to bring it To- the view Of the House and
OF the NatiOn-and however laughable il
might appear to some gentlemen, he consider
cd 1t very serious matter. He did not say
how be should himself vote upon il, hut he
considered it an affair OF great moment, well
worthy of being considered, as well by the
members OF this House as by the people gen
crally--and unless an entire change should be
made IN hls views Of the subject, he should cali
II mp ut the next session.
The resolution WAS ordered to lie on the Ia
bic accordingly.
Mr.. Graham gave notice that he should, on
Tuesday next move for the consideration of
the bin reported by the Committee on the
suppression Of the Slave TT de.
COMPENsATION BILL.
Mr. Hardin called for the consideration of
Inc on reducing the compensation Of Senators
aud Representatives in Congress, &c.
Mr.. WGiCorM called for the yeas and nays
on the question which were taken according
~, and resulted as follows: Yeas i23, Nays
80.
80 the House agreed to consider the same;
and the first section Of the bin bring under
after long, general, and point
cd debate, the house adjourned at 4 O'clock, |
Without taking any question Of importance.
The necessity ofrrtrenchnent was allowed on |
all sides 10 be cxpcdient
MONDAY, APRIL 90.
~ SENATE.
The resolution offered nv Mr. Noprr nm |