Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-12-12
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.

After the presentation and reference Of
petitions, twenty-three in number
On motion Of Mr.. Mallary, Of Vermont
il was
ResoIUed, That the Committee on Revolt.
tionary Pensions be directed to inquire into the
expediency Of allowing such persons who may
have been stricken from the Pension Roll, 10
make new application, and be placed thereon,
on complying with the acquisitions Of the pen.
sion laws of 1918 and 1920.
On motion of Dir. McSherFy, Of Penn.
it was
Resstvcd, That the Committee on the Pub.
tic Lands be instructed to inquire into the ex.
pediency of extending the provisions Of the act
for the relief of the purchasers of the public
lands, passed on the I'd of March, 1921, so as
to permit all such persons to avail themselves
ofits provisions, as have not heretofore done
so.
On motion OF Mr.. Cook, of Illinois, it
was
Resolved, That the Committee on the Pub.
lie Lands be instructed to inquire whethera.
ny, and if any, what alterations or amendments
of the aSL entitled " An act providing for the
correction of errors in making entries Of land
at the Land Offices" are necessary to be made
so as to relieve in all cases where such reid
may be ust and proper.
On motion OF Mr.. Smith, OF kentucky,
it was n.
Resolved, That the Committee on the PoS
Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire
into the expediency of establishing post route
from Perry Court House to Mount Pleasant
in Harlan county, Kentucky.
On motion OF Dir. Stevenson, the TePCI'
of the Committee of Claims, made al lns
last session. adverse to the petition, oil IA,
thaniel Childers, was re-COmmlIted 10 Toe
Committee Of Claims, with additional a0''
uments, favorable to the claim.
On motion OF Mr.. Butler, the Report o.
the Secretary of War, on the petition o.
Moses BursiI. was referred to the COmnn3
tee on Pensions and Revolutionary GIalI ISi
On motion OF Mr.. Smith, OF NC. Inc UI;
reported by the Committee OF ways snu
Means at the last session, entltIee ~
act supplementary to, and to amend sn aY@
entitled an act 10 regulate the coIIsCuo5I
of duties Oh imports and tonnage, Pd',e~
March 2, 1899, and TO repeal an ac' , ;Ts
Elementary thereto, passed April ~ lU 1S,
and tor other purposes ;" vas Tec9 Mo.
ted to the Committee Of Ways ana Ng i"m
Aletter was LAID before tie HGTse, nvy
the first Comptroller Of the liea aanys
transmitting a list of balances on tne O We
of receipts and expenditures, when" when DAt 70
been due more than three years, prior "
3Oth Sept. last also, a list o. oa,'" m.
standing on the books Of the revenue ,,~ ~
settled by the Collectors o! the Cg'''N
during The period before TenioG l,.;s;,o,,
On motion of Mr.. Johnston, OF L I1n 'nbab.
Ordered, That the petitions OF sund'y e,,teOi
itants of the parish OF Ouachita, IN Tue c,lled
I,ou;s,ana. owners of tract of land s .tan
Hastrop's Grant, and others on Their o USi o
heretofore presented on the 9Th aho INN
Januarv. 1922. be referred to select Gum
tee AID u.,,r,. n,Lane. hghan, 1. 1o,5:,
ro ANU Of Tenn Tenn' and Blackledge were aPPo"'
ed the Committee. ..lpndet
On motion OF Mr. TrimbIe, The t.nieod
Cor roll) of orders Of The day, a. and Of
Al the close of the last session. vas
courss at the commencement OF w" f tue
ordered to be reprinted for the use y
house. ,,orIEs.
On motion of Mr.. BasseN, spU o.
then resolved itself into a cT M.w. Yors
the whole, Mr.. Taylor, OF .Lo hill re-
being called to the chair, on sn ne,nipg the
100 =, the last session, "concssfN'''
disbrrse ment of public moI'es'
The bill having been reau- Of The CON-
MIR. Bassett, as a nem ni lin stated ne
miitee which prepared this 1 wa, founded
Ii views " s % T ras been G1.o . s
ss DE-? degree q ss sIeS 80 a y
e eas s s,' to take away any psssDn
; 'e 1bisb could Re mace -