Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-10

and that SAID committee have te9ve % tcss
port by bill or otherwise:
Alter some serationsfrom Nj. John.
son, of Ken. Knight, Otis, Lanman Ma
con and oyris, il was laid on the table.
Mr.. Lsnman communicated to the So
Male preamble and sundry resolutions Of
the Legislature OF Connecticut, declaring
Il erpedient for Congress to retrench the
public expenses, and particularly SO TO re-
duce the per diem allowance Of members.
Of Congress to the former sum Of six dol.
lars; and the communication was read.
/ The .engrossed bill for the relief Of
Thomas Shields was read third time,
passed, and sent to The other house for
Concurrence
A message was received from the Presi-
dent OF the United States, transmitting
report ofthe operations Of the mint for the
last year; which was read.
The President laid before the Senate a
letter from the Secrssary OF the Navy,
transmitting a list of the Clerks employed
in the Navy Department. and their re-
spective salaries. The bill for the relief
of John Coffee was considered as in COM
mittee Of the whole, and ordered to a
third reading.
The President laid before the Senate
the memorial of the Legislature OF lndi.
ana, praying Of Congress the grant of
FIVE or six thousand acres of .untillabIe
land, contiguoust to the town Of Vincehnes.
TO be used as town common, which
was read and referred.
THE CUMBERLAND ROAD.
The bill providing fur keeping in re-
pair the national road from Cumberland
to the Ohio, was taken up. and having
been read
Mr.. Chandler remarked that be did not
find in the bill any provision tor cases
where persons might forciby pass the
gates without paying the toll required.
Mr. R. M Johnson, OF Kentucky, said,
that the expediency of such 4 provision
bad not escaped the committee; but they
concluded that, as such clause would In
volve question OF constitutioaality, and
of course OF some difficulty, it would be
better to avoid the impeachment which it
might present, by reporting the bill in the
naked form in which it was presented,
and leave to future legislation such
provision, if itshouId be found neces-
sary.'
Mr. Macon thought this much more like
a money bill than the resolution just Or
dered to lie on the table; for this was, in
fact, a tax levied on every body that
travelled on the road. He rose only to
make this remark, without going into the
merits OF the subject.
On motion of Mr.. Johnson, of Ken.
lucky, the blank lett in the bill for the
salary of the superintendent OF the road
was filled with 900 dollars.
Mr.. Eaton hoped The Senate would con-
sen ito postpone the further consideration
OF he bill for some days. Ii presented
question which required deliberations
He had seen enough and heard enough
latterly about state rights, and it was
proper to proceed cautiously to the adOp-
ZION OF any measure which might possibly
produce further collision with the states.
he moved that the bill be postponed TO
next Wednesday week. which motion pre-.
vailed, and
The bill was postponed accordingly.
The bill granting to the state oil Louisi-
ana the right of pre.emption to tract of
land in the county of Point Codpee, tor
the use o! schools in that county, was next
tsken up; and, after some discussion as to
the propriety of acting on this bill before
the genera! question OF granting to the old
states portion of public land for the per-
pose OF education. was dscided-in which
Messrs. Dickerson. Thomas, Eaton Lloyd,
and, Blown took part.
The bill was postponed temporarily
Ayes l6, noes Is.
The Senate spent some time on Excu-
tive business, with closed doors, and
then
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,. !