Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-12-31
On motion Of Mr. Wilt,

Resolved, That the COMMITTEE
Affairs be instructed to inon;ye ~, VI Military
dlsncy OF allowing to the officers Of tho s eAps.
salary OF stated sum of money per year s;rmys
OF pay and enoluments. as now sII ,' instead
law. ahoWed by
On motion of Mr.. sibley, it Wa.
ResolUed, That the COMMITTEE "as
Lands be instructed to inquire into the rublic
ency OF authorizing the Secretary of tn. eS1ped'
ury to locate in tracts, of not less thar feas.
tire sections each, in any part of the ,s Two en-
OF Michigan where the public lands shan 'HaOry
been surveyed, quantity of land eouaI u nave
entire township OF six miles square, Which one
reserved and granted to the territory Of M Was
gan, for the use of seminary of lean; nii'G'
the act OF Congress of the 18th of Nav 10y
and that said committee do also INQUIRE ;rt t'Vf;
expedien ~ of providing, by law, for II" 'V Tue
ing cfsaid lands, when located, as well Is %as'
lands reserved in each township in said tss, ne
ry, for the use of schools, and the protect;n HO.
the same against waste and injury, BY trs, Uu q
or otherwise. spas
ResotUed, That the COMMITTEE m p.,,.
Lands be instructed to inquire into the o. eOIe
ency OF erecting new Land District IN rt ~
territory of Michigan, to embrace the l,nds I I
ing in the Saguiha county of Lake Huror y
which the indian title has been extipgusb..1"
On Motion Mr. MCoy, twas
ResolUed, That the Committee of Claim,L.
instructed to report bill, in addition 70 ,Ss
act for the prompt settlement of pubrc ,'
counts, and for the punishment of the cr;m.o<
perjury
Mr.. M'Coy stated his object to he ia
get before the House again bill which
was before Congress at former ,e..
sion, but was not acted upon for want
of time
On motion Of Mr.. Rogers, it was
ResOlyed, That the Committee on Post Or
fees and Post Roads be instru cted to inouns
into the expediency of establishing post routs
from Milford, Wayne Cou nty, Pennsyvani,
to Mount Pleasant, by Fitzimons, Lsckaway.
en-, and Bethany, in said county.
Revolutionary Canadian Refugees.
Mr.. Walwortb submitted for cOnsid.
Grafton the folow.n resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee On Rews,l
and Unfinished Business, be instructed to in.
quire into the expediency of reviving and con.
tinuIng in force, for further time, the acts Of
the 9TH OF April, 1898, and ofthe Oath of Feb.
ruary, 1910, which provide for the reliefof the
refugees from the British Provinces of Canada
and Nova Scotia, agreeably to the resolutions
Of Congress, ofthe Esd of April, 1888, anG tn,
18th of April, 1885.
Some opposition appearing to this
resolution
Wr Walworth stated the object oft.
In the year 1888, the Old Congress, by
resolution, promised TO make provision
for those persons who were obliged to
take refus Sc in the United States during
tho war of the Revolution In 1855,
this pledge was renewed in the same
manner, Nothing was done towards
the redemption of these pledges until
the year 1898, when law passed for
their relief, the duration of which was
limited to two years. In consequence
of the shortness Of the Limitation a
great many of those who were entitled
to relief did not obtain it. In 1910 the
law was revived for another short
term of time, and then suffered to e1'
pire, before some Of these persona had
ascertained that such law had ever
passed. He wished this law to be now
revived, that three or four Of bis con-
stituents, who had no knowledge OF the
law whilst it was in force might now
obtain the benefit of it. Mr. W, said,
he could not see any just reason why
the United States should establish
statute of limitations in bar Of equta-
bic claims against the government.
He himself knew one person who was
driven from his home during the Rev.
olution, and sacraficed all immense
property, who was now IN his
SEVENTEEN year pining in want. i'
was for the relief of such objects as this
that he wanted the bill passed.
Mr.. Bassett suggested that, II INC
cases were SO few, it would be mGcn
better to act upon them individually
instead of passing any general la" up
on the subject. He was not an ao'O'
cate for an act of Limitation further tina"
it was necessary to guard the govern
ment against impositions, but Iiml'ai ).
ton to claims seemed in that polh' :"
view to be necessary.
Mr.. Walworth said, he could not un'
dertake to say how many cases 'n'FI
were in other parts of the On''sI
States. 1t was not on the indIVlGu'ts
cases that he relied for the ground "
his motion, but it was the prlnl pc "
the case that he spoke of. Whe,no.
there were one, two, twenty OF wv wv
hundred cases, it WAS the duty o. wv
rovar.mepi IN nrovide for them. IHP