Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-28

,b;ch were more than made up
sueDt'es Il followed, therefore, thai
3 {I.t Pennsylvania, as q s!sse' can " ,ha
"ai.se declare that she luiniled' 10 inc
PIsasonnle manner, all her federal obi
rOs' YET there vas a very large pro-
gsileus' Il her citizens fined as delinq ,ent
Potliuu From the letter OF the Secre-
nfIht Mar, of Feb. IA, 1921, 1t appear
tafY y !, ont of niue states, on the citizens
ed bI;cb militia fines were assessed, and
Of a;gbt of which returns have been re-
rom the fines assessed Oh citizens OF
es' e- amount TO a larger sum than
SsaSa Gres assessed on the citizens OF Sc
sao of The states;
Isu .ssessment on Penn
1~ ,Iyania amounted to D.243,609 "a
Kew Hampshire, New
VI York. Maryland. Virgin
J Ohio, Kentucky East
Tennessee, Vest enDes-
see, 10 <4V,oso r.
.l,agether. within the years, 1878,
b ard 1915; and, strange and wonder,
80. Il may appear, not one cent OF that
,o ,mount assessed on citizens of Penn
S ssso;a has yet reached the Treasury OF
~ Waited States. Ii is within my own
SS".owledge. said Mr.. B. that very large
ms If this money have been collected
SS,,6e deputy marshals, and much distress
-. he4n spread over the country in levy
=, these fines from The poorer classes of
,Ss citizens within our state 1t is very
".mr,l that every state 10 the Uuioo, pr
,;sI,rly Pennsylvania, should be anxious
i've tie darkness which hangs over this
..b;sct dispelled, and the guilty age0ts
sya,,ed 10 the light OF day. Ii IS possible
tb,t by an investigation mething may be
"samed; if not, the authors OF the shame
mi lands which have been perpetrated
vii I've dragged from the concealment IN
which they now Turk. On the 4th Dec.
,89O. at the Instance of a gentleman from
Pennsylvania, a resolution was passed by
Ibis house calling on the secretary OF the
,,easury for information on the subject,
vhicbfor some cause or other remained un
answered. but on the g Jan.I82l, was re-
neyed. And, said M: B what answer
has been given to it? 1t consists of six
clauses answer to which would embrace
all toe information we desire The an
sssr 10 the lst is the letter from the pre-
san, Marshal, which Mr.. b read; from
which be said, it appeared that almost s
years had been sufere t0 expire since To s
communication, aud ii does not appear
that any me ssures have been taken TO Sc
cure the books aud papers.
The department could therefore tommu-
nicate no information IN the subject. The
second question, how much money had
beeD received into the re1sury, on &C
count Of these fines, was easily answered:
not a cent had been received. The bird
ouerv the department - unable to answer,
except that D 367t 80 IN the hands OF the
present marshal; and d 3546 90 in the
hands Of Lewis DeGebach, Que OF bis de-
pq,es in Bucks county. The 4th query,
as to the names OF the deputies and the
surelies OF the marshal, was not answer
I'd. Indeed, i, appeared that the depart
menl never either Inquired or knew who
we're the s~ureties OF the marshal, or who
were his deputies or suTetieS. 1t appeared
further, that no action had I'VE yet been
iastitlted az aInst the marshal CT his depu-
lies on these boads, except against n OF
tie deputies. The object, therefore, MIR
B, said, OF his resolution, vas TO obtain
the information which the fo.mer We e o.
the house had failed to procure. &c &c.
The motion Of Mr.. b. was read. aud,
according to the rule OF the house, lies on
the tSle for one day.
Dit. S'eling of n. Y. offered for consi-
deration The following resolution:
RsyotvsG, That the Secretary Of the
Treasury be directed to report to this
house the number ofland offices establish
ed by law in the different States and Ter
%rltOnes, designating the number and Ices
lion III each State and Territory, the an-
hual expense to the nation OF supporting
sal land Offices, the amount of money re-
Gelved at each during the years 1920 aud
1921, and whether, in his opinlon, the
public good requires the increase or dimi-
nuilOa OF said land offices, or any altera-
n'n ~ toe cstionOi The same; and any
Increase IS required, in what State or Ter
n'ory the same ought 10 be located
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