Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-19

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tee l5ommerce, reported hin =
she Senate concerning the nsv;a. IRON
and commerce of Florida, withea a.0a
mendment, which was committaS .
committee Of the whole on the .t.,. ~ :
the Union. 81
Mr.. F johnson from the Comm;,,..
on the Post Office and Post Road. ''es
ported unfavorabIe upon the ra,r.,, rs
petitions of Lewis n. Smith and N.~u
More, which reports were seyerall, oa
Cured in wy
Mr. f Johnson, from the sauna n
mittee, reported unfavorabls uron WI. -
petition of Nehemiah Huntington -, .ns
on motion of Mr. Hubbard, wa. o "alcs
ed to lie on the table. ss''
Mr. Newton, Of Va. from the Cor..
tee on that part of the President. n
which relates to our commercial ;a %'s'
course with foreign nations, and n. sr'
rioas petitions on the subject efcomm. '
ciaI restrictions $50 called) mad. .
port, which. on motion Of Mr. N W..
committed, and. on motion ofMr cn.a
man, 1000 extra copies were ordsr, I' !.
be printed.
This report. which is ofgrsat lena,,
fl05 quarto pages) concludes with =.
following resolutions: Wv
ResolUed, That tho act concsrn;n,
.vigation, passed the 18th Of April isI s
and the set supplementary to the -,
concerning Navigation, passed 18th a.
May, 1920; aad. also, the act lsyino :.
tonnage duty on French vessels. Da.s,s
the 18th of May, 1920, made nece.s,v
to countcrvail the restrictive system, .
Great Britain and France, and for Tho
protection Of the navigation and com.
merce of the United States from min.
RES. are still, and, as long as those sd.
yersary systems shall continue, must b.
necessary to protect from injuries tia
same great interests. and ought not to b
repealed.
ResolOed. That the government ofths
United States. having uniformly decla.
red and avowed its attachment to the
principles of free commerce, and having
in the treaties which it has formed and
agreed to, with foreign nations, anc in
i,s relative acts, adhered to them, should
DO the last to abandon them, and esps.
cially 1t time when every just and en-.
lightened nation is conforming its com
mercial policy to an accordance with
those principlssI
Mr.. Smith, of Md from the commit.
mittee of ways and means reported the
following bill.
Be 1T enacted blythe Senate and Hous
Of Representatives IF the United State
Of America IN Congress assembled,
That the act passed the Sd Of March 1917
entitled San act to continue in force an
act, entitled IAN Act further to provide
for the collection. OF duties, on imports
and tonnage, passed the Sd of March,
1915, and for other purposes' be, and
the sameis hereby declared to be made
perpetual.
The bill was twice read & committed.
MIR Rankin from the COMMITTEES 90
tho Public Lands, reported bill pro.
viding for the examination of titles Of
land in that part Of Louisiana situated
between tho Rio Honde and the Sabi.
rivers. which Was twice read and com.
mit'ed.
Mr.. Williams of N. C from tho Com.
m:ttee of Claims, reported unfavorably
upon the petition Of James Goddard;
which was concurred in.
MIR. Williams from the same come
mittee reported unfavorably upon tho
petition Of Gates Heyt and James
Hatch, which on motion of MI. Wal.
worth was ordered to lie on the table.
MIR. Williams, from the same com.
mittee, reported bill for the relist Of
Cornelius Hewson, which was twice
read and committed.
Mr.. Plumer, of N. H from the com.
mittee on the Judiciary. reported 3 bill
for the relief of James Green, which
was twice read and committed
MIR. Williams moved that the Com
mittee of Claims be discharged from
the further consideration of tho pet-
ton Of Jacob Clement, and that tho pc.
titioner have leave to withdraw bis
petition; which was agreed TO-
Mr. Blackledge, from the conmltsss
on the Public Buildings, sde tho fol-
lowing report:
The COMMITTEES on the Public Build
ings, to whom was referred tho res"
luton Of the 9th inst. instructing tho"
to enquire whether such on alteration
can be effected Of the Hall now occu'