American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-05-09

Washington. Nays.
a very interesting report, accompanied BY sew,
raj doc uments, and introductory to a series OF hin
was yesterday made, in the Senate, by Mr.. Benton
from committee appointed to inquire into the ~.
pediency OF ducing the patronage of the Execu,.
Government of the United States. The subiectand
The report together were deemed of sufficient i'm.
poraDce by the Senate to order six thousand ey,r.
copies of the report and documents to be printed
The report and the bills will of course, be publish
in the newspapers as soon as they can. Mean.
while, the nature OF the report may be understood
in part, at least, from the following general state
men, of the objects Of the several bills:
One OF these bills proposes to provide, that, Irom
and after the LIST day of Dec. next, the number n
papers selected to publish the laws Of the United
States and public advertisements, shall not be le
than three IN each State, and may be equal 10 half
the representation of each State in Congress. in
each Territory, one and, in the District OF Column
ba, three the selection to be made by the Senators
and Representatives from each Stale, and the Dele
gates from Territories; the papers in the District
OF Columbia to be selected by the Secretary of State
he giving the preference to those papers having the
greatest number Of actual subscribers.
| Another Of the bills provides for securing in Of
flee faithful collectors and disbursers of the revenue
and to displace delauers, by requiring the Ples
dent lay before Congress, in every four years
commencing with the first week in January next a
statement of the accounts OF all the officers under
the authority of the Executive Government, who
hold offices charged with the collection or disburs.
ment Of public moneys, who shall have failed 10 &C.
count for such moneys before the 3Oth September
preceding; their offices 10 be vacated, from he
period Of such information being communicated 10
Congress. 1t also provides, that, upon the nomina.
ton oil officers fill the vacancies occasioned byre.
movals the President shall stale the reasons for such
removals and 1t repeats the act Of May Is, 1890,
limiting the term OF Office OF certain officers.
| A third of the bills provides, that no person shall
receive the appointment of Postmaster, where the
emoluments exceed a certain amount per annun,
except upon a nomination OF the Presdsn by and
with the advice and consent of The Senate.
| A fourth of the bills provides, that the appoint.
ment Of Cadets to the Military Academy, shall be
apportoned among the several States according TO
the whole number OF Senators and Representatives
in Congress from each State: the appointments to
be so made hat one cadet shall be taken from each
electoral district or, from each Congressional dis.
trict, and two from he State at large, il not divided
into electoral districts that one shall be appointed
from each Territory, and - from the Dstrietoi
Columbia.
A fifth provides for the appointment OF Midship.
men in the Navy IN manner similar TO the appoint
ment OF Cadets, as specified above and directs that
no person shall receive the appointment OF Midshp
man, unless he he over fourteen, aud under twenty
one, years OF age.
The sixth end last bill provides. that the commits
sions of the officers Of he Army and Navy shall no
longer be made oUt to continue IN force during
the pleasure OF the President" but TO continue in
force during good behavior; - and that no officer
shall hereafter be dismissed The service, bu, BY
sentence of Court Martial. or upon an address to
the President, by both Houses of Congress-.
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