Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-03-09

| for vaccine mattcrto be supplied with packet,
forone dollar, sufficient to vaccinate hive FAINT
lies y which was twice read and committed.
On motion of MIR. Cooke, it was
Resoired, That a Committee be approximations
quire hat No. ofpublic lotsmthc City OF WASH
mgton have been sold by the agents of the us.
| when sold by whom, to whom, X for what price;
what part OF the purchase money has been paio
the amount due, and when payable; whether tho
debts are well secured, and whether all the mo
ncy received has been applied to objects autho-
rized by any existing law; how much thereof
has been paid into he Treasury; and what dis
position has been made OF the money placed iii
The hands of the late Superintendent of the City
for disbursement; and that said Committee have
power to send for persons and papers.
On motion of MIR. Wilson, OF 5. &. was
Resotccd That the Committee ON the Post
Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire
into the cxpcdiency of establishing post route
from Augusta Georgia, to observation-disclosures,
and Pcudleton Courthouse i'll :. Caroiina.
On motion of Mr.. Stewart, il was
,iesotrcd, That the Committee on the Post
Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire
into the eSpedicncy of establishing post route
from jefferson, in Green county, Pennsylvania,
through CarInichaeltown and Mdsontown, to
New Geneva, in Faycttc county.
REVISION OF THE TARIFF.
The House then resolved itself into a commit
tee of the whole on the bill amending the sever
al acts laying duties on imports.
On number of the details of thi, bill debate
arose, of which, from want of space, it IS irnpos-
sibe for us to-day to present any thing more
than the results. We hope, however, to give an
outline of what was said in future paper.
| On motion of Mr.. Tod, Chairman OF the Com
] flln In u.
by striking out from the list of articles excepted
from the operation OF the provso in the first sec
ton, the words 9 hannels, bailcs, and other I'M
millcd woolien." THE first section lays OH all
manufactures ofwool, duty of 30 per cent. al
valorem until 1st June, 1928, and 50 Is after
wards, with proriSo, from and after 3Gth June,
1924, all woollcr otis, (eXccpting carpets and
carpcting, blankets, fnneis, bIises, ard other
,umilied rOOticn or worsted OF stuff goods the
original cost of which, at the place whence i'm
ported with the addition of 10 per cent. shall be
less than 1901 cents per square yard, shall, with
such addition, be deemed and taken to have
cost that sum, and shall be charged with duty
accordingly
On motion of the same, the following items
were also stricken out
ssscythes % cents each.
ssgridirons and griddies, 20 cents EACH"
| ''On frying pans, % cents EACH" and insert in
lien thereof 81 cents per lb.n
To the article laying duty of % cents per
gollon on linsced and hempsced oil, was added
the words rape seed" (oil.)
The word eighty, in the first proyisO of the
| first section, above quoted, was altered to 40 !;
so as to make the minimum price of woollen
goods on which the duty is to be charged 40
cents per square yard.
The second proviso, in the same section, is
stricken out. twas in the following words:
That all fannels and baiZes, and all other I'M
med wooilen cloths, CLOTHS of which wool
shall be a component material excepting carpets
| and carpetng and blankets, the original cost OF
which, at the place whence imported, with the
addition often per ccntum, shall be less than for
ty cents per square yard, SHALL with such additi-
on, he taken and deemed tohave cost forty cents
per square yard, and shall be charged with duty
accordingly.
The third section was SO altered as to read as
follows
On wool, unmanufactured, duty CT 90 per
cent. ad valorem, until LIST June 1925; after
wards, a duty of 25 per ccntum al valorem, UNI
HI lst June, 1926 afterwards, duty Of 80 per
centum, ad vllorcm, until lst jane, 1927 af-
forwards, duty of35 per centem ad vaiorcm,
until 1st June, 1925; afterwards duty of 40
= per centum ad yaldrem, until Ist June, 1929 6
afterwards, duty of45 per ccntum I'D valorem,
until 1st of June 1880; and after that time, a
duty of so per centum I'D valorem P,Ucided,
That all wool, the actual value of which, at the
place whence imported, shall not exceed 10
, cents per pound, shall be charged with duty OF
per cent. ad valoren, and no more.
THIS sect ion was farther amended, by inserting
after the words 1coot at,mnnvyfacured, the words
:: the original cost ofwhich, at the place whence
imported, shall not exceed 10 cents"
The above are all the amendments which our
Reporter was able distinctly TO hear and under
stand. He is under the impression there was
another, in relation to flour fso, it shall be no.
ticci in cur next.
A message was received from the President OF
the United States, by Mr.. Everett, his Secreta-
~, transmitting, in compliance with resolution
= ofthe House of Representatives, of LIST March
1923, information of the number and position o
the permanent Notifications Ofthe United States
Also, transmitting the informationrequircd By
a resolution of the 9Th uitimo, in relation to tht
Report Of the Register OF the Land Office, in The
Eastern District Of Louisiana.
IN SENATE.
FRIDAY, March 5, 1924.