Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-07

by the " geudcm ~ who examined the Land Offices
IN tiic siic o'Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri,
IN the year l3ol " hy Virtue %! letters OF credit To
ccivcrs Of public moneys, oroihrrwsc, aud what sum
now remains IN the hands or t.qt geneinnn lie
counted Tor, far te Secretary ascertain he
specifying the times when, and per sons f,on,
whom such sever nj sums may have been received -
and also thai, he state who WAS appointed TO examine
ha land offices in Michigan territory IL the Year 1921;
whether that duty was performed, and, it not, why
1t WAS omitted.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the
following communication from the Treasury
Department which was ordered To- lie on the
table:
Treasury Department,
LIST February, 1892.
SIR In obedience to Il resolution of the
House of Representative of the 22d ultimo
directing the Secretary ofthe Treasury TO fur
nish the House "with- the annual statement
of the transactions of the Bank of the U. s.
for the year S2i," ! have the honor 70 inform
the House IN no such statement has ever
been rendered by the Bank To this Depart
mcnt.
The statements received by the Depart
meut, which approach the nearest to that
called for by the resolution, are those render
| cd semi-annually, upon which the semi-annu-
al dividends are declared. Enclosed, | sub
NIT those statements for the year 1921 and
also the monthly statements for the months
of June and December, of the same year.
| These monthly statements are merely alb
| stracts of the several accounts on the face of
the hooks of the Bank and its offices. The
! statements for those months are Submitted in
connection with the semi-annual statements of
| profit and loss, because they furnish the ma
tcrials from which the latter are formed
| L remain, with respect, your most Obedient
| servant, WIN. III. CRAWFORD.
| The Hon the Speaker OF the
House ofReprcseniatives.
| Mr.. CASSIDY submitted the following reso-
buttons
| Resolved, That the Committee on the Ju-
dietary be instructed TO inquire into the expe-
diency of authorizing the Secretary of State
to cause the public laws, resolutions and Or
ders, passed during the present session and
that hereafter shall he passed by Congress,
and also, all public treaties that shall be here
after entered into and ratified by the United
States, TO be published in such number of the
public newspapers lin addition to the number
IN winch the same are AT present authorized
ny law In be published) as may be requisite in
the District of Columbia, and also in each ot
the several States and Territories the United
States.
| Resolued, That The said committee be also
instructed 10 inquire into the expectancy OF
making provision by law for the publication
OF the private acts passed during the present
session-and that hereafter shall be passed by
Congress-in such number of the public news
papers of the said district, states and terrific
into the eXpedicncy of extending the newspa-
per publication of Indian Treaties.
And The question being taken thereon, the
resolution was rejected.
| APPORrlONMENT BILL.
The House resumed the consideration of
the bill to apportion the Representatives a.
mong the states according To the fourth cen
sus-Mfr. CoCKE's motion made yesterday 10
reconsider the vote of the preceding day on
inserting $4,000 still pending,
The SPEAKER having pronounced this mo-
non not To be IN order, according TO the rules
Ofthe House.
Mr.. EDWARDS, of North Carolina then re-
newed the motion which he made yesterday
to recommt the bill to a select committee
with instructions to strike out 10000 and in
sert 1900, which he followed with few re-
marks.
After some debate.
Mr. ALEXANDER, for the purpose of put
ing an end to the discussion, which he thought
had continued long enough to elucidate every
| point Involved in the question before the
House, called for the precious question, which
precludes further debate.
| The House refused 10 sustain the calI-aycs
| So, noes %.
Mr.. RANDOLPH rose TO make motion
which would supcrsede that of Mr.. EDWARDS,
and which was to recommt the bill to the
committee of the whole House, for the p,ir-
pose of endeayOring to obtain the insertion of
a similar ratio. This motion Mr.. r. sustained
in speech ofconsiderable length.
| A debate ensued on the notion which con-
tinued more than an hour-the recommit-
mcnt being supported by Messrs. Randolph,
Burrows, and Cushman, and opposed by
Messrs. Cambreleng, Warfeld, and Nelson, OF
| Md.
| The question was taken by yeas and nays,
and was decided in the negatire as follows:
For the rccOmmitment rs
Against it 100
The question then recurring on the motion
made by Mr.. EDWARDS, Of North Carolina.
to recornmit the bill to a select committee,
with instructions to increase the ratio TO
$4,000.
| Mr.. RANDOLPH moved to amend the motion
| by striking out 1900 and inserting $4,000.
and followed his motion with some explanato-
ny remarks.
| After some debate, in which Messrs RIcH.
CoNDICT and RANDOLPH, engaged. the uues-
ton was taken by yeas and nays ou the pro-
posed amendment to insert $4,000, and was
negatives, as follows:
For the amendment G3
Against it III
Mr.. RIcH then offered n substitute for thr
instructions, directing the committee " so TO
amend the bill as to provide that the House
of Representatives shall be composed of
- members, to he apportioned among the
several states IN the Union, agreeabIy TO the
rule prescribed by the constitution, and, as
near as may he, according TO the population
in each state'
The question was taken, without debate, on
MIR. Rlcn's motion, and was negatiyed with
out division.