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

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= 80. tested by the House without much
o., % of time, as the materials for ma.
, w. the experiment are are at hand,
81 the Architect will bs ready to exc
' snts the work promptly. Should the
. Gu" concur in the views of the COM
,;ttes. they would recommend the e.
1 Lotion of the following resolution:
~ Rssolvsd, That the architect of the
pahlic Buildings cause to be made the
sn,riment recommended in the sc.
.ompanying report.
The report was agreed TO.
The house then took into considera-
INN the resolution submitted yesteE
,.rday by Mr.: Stewart, relative to the
regularity of the Wessera Mail, and
adopted the same.
On motion of Mr. Sloane, it was
RsssIped, That Philip Reed. who con.
,..t, the election of jeremiah Cosden.
returned member of this house. be
osrmitted to appear within the bar, and
bs heard in supporto his petition during
me discussion of the report of the COM
mttee of Elections on said petition.
Mr. Mercer laid on the table the fol-
living resolution:
Resolved, That the following be ad
ssd to the standing rules of tn House:
SThat, after any bill or resolution
,h.ll have been debated for more than
three hours, in each of three successive
DAVIS, either in committee of the whole,
q, in the House, unless such bill or
resolution shall have been finally dis
oOsed Of, no motion for the committee
70 rise, or the house to adjourn, shall
be in order before o'clock
The Speaker laid before the house
further communication from the Trsa.
sury department., on the subject OF the
public land Offices, sc. in conformity to
resolution of this house, which on
notion of Mr.. Sterling, of n. Y. was
referred to the committee on the public
Lands,
An engrossed bill for the rslef of Jo-
nthan \, Bailey, was then read third
tine and passed.
CONTESTED ELECTION.
The House then resolved itself into a
committee of the whole, Mr. Butler in
the Chair,J on the report of the commit
tee Of Elections, on the memorial of
Philip Reed, contesting the election of
jeremiah Cosdsn, returned as one of
the representatives of the present Con.
gress from the state of Maryland.
This report, after an examination of
the statements of the two parties, and
the evidence by which they were sss-
tanned, comes to the following conciu-
Z siOn:
"From a full, attentive, and delibe-
rate examination of the case, in all its
points and bearings, the committee are
impelled to the conclusion, that the sit
ting member cannot, consistent with the
constitution of the United States, be al
4 loved to retain a seat in this House,
snder the proceedings of the Governor
land council of Maryland That the
testimony IN relation to the two votes
Injected in district No. /, of Kent coun-
8N, proves that these tickets were not
fraudulent, and that they ought to have
lesn counted at the poll of the memoir.
sist, from whom they were given; and
4 that the vote allowed to him in district
No.2, Cecil county, ought to be deduC
Ted from his poll, as being clearly an il
1 legal vote Therefore by adding to the
I poll Of Pnillp Reed, the memorialist, two
votes improperly rejected In Kent Coun-
1S, and deducting one therefrom, for
that improperly allowed in Cecil county
he will have majority of one vote
ser the n memner.
The paper marked A. is the answer
sfthe sitting member to the prayer and
arguments of the melnorlalist.
/ The following resolutions are submit
I'D,
4 ResoE1ed, That Jeremiah Cosden Is
Dot entitled to a seat in TINS House.
1 Resolved, That Philip Reed Is emitted
Ioa seat in this House.
But the most important part OF the
nasOning on which this report is found
I'd, is the following,
"Fhecommittee, being of opinion that
the power thus virtually exercised by
The Governor and Council of Maryland
nappointing Representative to the
Congress of the United States, by cast
Ag lots where each of the candidates
lad an equal number of votes,) is con
1eary to the express provisions of the