Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-05-04

! MIR. III. Johnson, of Lou. submitted new
! bill, as substitute for the one now before the
Senate L, provides for the establishment of {
regular and uniform Circuit Court system, en-
tircly distinct from the Supreme Court. Mr.
| J. stated that he was in favor OF the alncndmen
offered by the honorable member from Kentuc
ky, and he only offered this proposition to th,
cons Iteration OF the Senate, in case that Of th,
genteFhan from Kentucky should be rejected.
| Mr.. Barbour varied his motion, and the bill
| and amendments were ordered to lie Ola the tn
BILE.
The bill ''to repeal, in part, an act to author
izc the territory of Alabama to form a consti
| tuition and establish Il state government" wa
read the third time and PASSED. On motion .
Mr.. Lanman, the title was altered, in order I,
renderit more comfortable to the bill, as amcnd
ed. 1t is now entitled can act to grant the as
sent of Congress to an act of the Legislature .
the state of Alabama"
The Senate then adjourned till Tomorrow.
WEDSEspAY, Apri, 90, 1921.
In pursuance of notice given yesterday, Mr.
Benton asked leave 80 introduce the following
bill
A Bill 10 sell and dispose Of tie refuse lands 5c-
longing 10 The United States.
! Be 10 enacted, Sc. That the lands beongi NC
to the United States, which have been hereto
fore, or shall be hereafter, offered at public sale
and shall remain five years thereafter without
being sold at the minimum price of one dollar
| twenty five cents per acre, shall be again of
fered at public sale, but shall not be sold for a
less sum than fifty cents per acre.
SIC. ?. .4nd6e IL further enacted, That any
head of family, or young man above twenty
one years ofagc, or widow, being citizens of the
United States, may demand and receive from
the Register and Receiver of the proper Land
Office written permission to take possession of
and settle upon, any half quarter section of
land which shall remain unsold for having been
offered for sale at the minimum, price of fifty
cents per acre, and upon inhabiting and cult
waiting the same for three successive years, shall
be entitled to receive patent therefor, do.
nation from the United States.
SEC. 3. And be ii further enacted, That the
lands which shall remain unsold, after having
been offered for sale at the m'niniuna price OF
fifty cents per acre, may be sold at private sale
for that sum, at any time before permission shall
have been granted TO settle on the same.
In asking leave TO introduce this bill, Mr..
Benton said this was not the time TO discuss it
probably the time would not come during the
present session. In that event, what was done
now wou!doperate notice for the next ses-
| sion; would turn the minds of the Senators To
the changes contemplated, and would prevent
the necessity of delay. He believed that Il
| change in the manner of selling public lands
was called for both by the voice of the people
and the interest of the government. By the
present rule, said Mr.. b. the good and the BAL
| land are held at the same price. The best can
he got for 81 % per acre: the ,corSt cannot be
had for less. The minimum price of s. % pc,
acre for all sorts OF land was arbitrary and un-
Just. II was unjust TO the people, because ii
prevented them from getting the inferior land
| at fair price; unjust to the states, because il
checked their population, and deprived them o
their right oftaxation; unjust to the nation, be
cause it prev ented the public Treasury from re
cevng the money which such land was worth
and for which it would sell. The continuanc,
of the rule would give to the United States tl,.
tabled position of the dog in the mangcr. Tn,
rule should be changed. The United States i
a great land seller, and she should follow lii,
practice of all other sellers; she should appor
ton her price to the quality other land. When
4 quarter section has been offered for years al
81 25 per acre, and nobody will give that sum
it is proef that it is not worth il, and justice to
| the people, the states, and the Treasury, re-
quires that it should be offered again at les.
price. The bill introduced assumes fifty cents
per acre, as the second minimum at wll,ch sucl
| lands should be oifered and ii proposes to give
away, without price, to such poor persons q:
may be willing to take and cultivate them, the
refuse lands which will not sell for that sum.
| The leave was given to introduce the bill
which was read, and ordered to be printed.
| y message was received from the President OF
! the United States, communicating information
! i'll conformity to resolution of the Senate, re-
/ specting moneys borrowed from the several
| states during the late war, and the amounts OF
| interests allowed thereon. The message wa.
read, and ordered to be printed.
/ MIR. ii. Johnson, of Lou. submitted the fol
! lowing resolution, which yshs read, and laiC
over for consideration:
s'ReSolycd, That the Postmaster General b,
directed TO report to the Senate, at their mex
session, the nearest practicable post route from
New Orleans to Washington City"
| Mr.. Seymour presented the petition of Ger
tain millers on the Canada line, praying the in
PRODUCTION of some provision in the Tariff bill
to allow the inhabitants on the other side of Oh,
said line to come to their mills. Referred {,
the Committee on Commerce and Manufac
/ lures.
THE TARIFF.
The Senate then proceeded to consider, il
committee of the whole, the bill from the EIous,
of Representatives, to amend the several act
! for imposing duties on mports,n together witt
the amendments proposed thereto, by the Com
mittee on Commerce and Manufactures of til,
Senate.
The FIRST was upon agreeing to The insertion
Of the following proviso
provided also, that tie provisions of tbi
act shall not apply to, or be enforced against
importations of goods from ports or places east
ward Of the Cape of Good Hope, or beyond Cap
Horn, before the first of November next ensu
ing"
Mr.. Dckerson and Mr.. Lloyd, of Mass. OK
planned the object of the amendment; and it wa
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