Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-02-04

bird reading; and having been
ier Ted engrossed, it was read q third
rePo no unanimous consent, passed,
um' .Ot TO .hs House OF Representa-
' sas for concurrence.
n's' lotion wac made by Mr.. Chand-
oostoone the bill to Monday,
fE IN mo,lon was agreed to; and the
senate adjourned.
JANUARY 81.
A. Williams, Of Tenn. from the
n;,tee on Military Affairs, report
bill to establish national aEm0ry
:" the western waters
Oh NJ smith, OF Md. agreeably to no.
asked aud obtained leave, aud in
WI iced bill maSing an apProprla-
.'Y Of lOo, ooO dollars a year, Joe ten
"O" f,r the gradual armament OF the
y', ADDRESSES Of the L. States; which
M twice read and referred.
IL, Chandler submitted the lo'lo"'
r,soiurion tor consideration
g.ohsd, That the President OF the United
NO r.ouested to cause TO be LAID before
nate a statement OF the number ana size
1ns 20, mortars, and loSltzers, necessary
4 "I.,rmament ui the tUrtresseS o;the United
M -" ,,hirh nave been erected since the inst
Tn. 1913, as well as those which have
aa' I;,ected to be built and not vet compile
'',,h an estimate of the sun necessary TO
"' the expense OF purchasing such arma-
also. an estimate Of the SUN necessary
~, pnrchas,ng sacn quantity OF sno' dno
Is Of every desPcr'p:i1n, Is may De tnous"'
'..s.sary tor the fogtresse' oeio?e h'eh'io"eu'
I.,;,,n,,in, the necessary armament 'or eae"
fortress.
rhs SENATE adjourned TO Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
Nr y, n.st., Of > =. appeared ana
took lie seat. ,
on motion Of Mr. Little, 1t was
p..oj,.,L That the committee on Revo'u-
=, Pensions be instructed to inquire INTO
W. sEoed,ency OF placing Peter Clare. SOL
1;er ofthe French army, who served uu''ns
,he Revolutionary war, on the roll OIL Peh''onS'
IA nouon of Is. Ca noreieng. all
A.. documents connected with the claim
:; RaaomarcnsIs' heirs. were ordered
20 DE printed.
IN motion Of MIR. Lathrop, it was
p, oy,ed That the committee OF Revisal
and diminished Business, be directed TO consil
DO the expediencv of continuing IN force tor
E,r,hertime. an act passed 18th February, 1917,
Untitled {. An act reviving and extending the
r;ue allowed for the redemption OF land sou ior
direct taxes in certain cases.
Mr. Chambers. of Ohio, submitted
f,r confederation the following resolu-
ton: g..
Re,oIred. That for the remainder OF the
,rrsr,t session, the regular hour Tor the meet
nav of this House shall be IL O'Clock, a NJ
The question on agreeing to this re-
awe WAS Determined IN the sfnr ma
tive, 6S to 62. -,
So the House hereafter meets at IL
o'clock
The House then again resumed the
confederation Of the bill to amend the
Revolutionary Peosion Act.
The discu.s.un o! AIR. Taylor's a
msndment. which WAS under cons,dera-
ton when the House yesterday adj
iourned, was resumed.
The third section of the bill Is as fol-
lows:
THAT pensions granted upon other and dii-
G,rent schedules than those heretofore eXhioI-
ed ov the same applicants, shall commence
from the time such schedules shall be hled IN
court: Proriled, That no pension, under TINS
act, shall commence before the passage there
o..
Mr.. Taylor proposed to amend it by
adding thereto The following:
mTbat all other pensions hereafte, to be al
loved, shall commence from the time OF COM
pletins the testimony"
On the question 80 agree to the a
nenimeat iG was determined in the
affirmative and, thus amended,
The bill was ordered to be epgrossed
AMI cad thu time.
And the House ad journed.
JANUARY 80.
The resolution OF MIR. Ruggles yes
:erday laid on the table, requesting
from the President OF the United states
Information ia relation to the running
OF the boundary iins between the Cni-
ted States and British provinces, tor
which provision is made III the 9th ar
hcle of the treaty Of Client, and also,
what progress is made with running
the line, under the fth article OF the
treaty with Spain, concluded 22d Feb
ruary, 1919, was taken up and agreed
20.
Mr.. Rankin submitted the following
resolution, which, calling for intorma-
noD, lies one day:
R,soired, That the President of the United