Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-04-05

Use the Commissioners OF the Public Buildings,
to cause the fronts Of certain public lots and
open spaces, to be paved at the expense OF the
Government of the United States.
The engrossed bill "providing for the cree
ton Of Penitentiary in the District OF Column
bia; Jail in the Town of Alexandra; and for
repairing the Jail in Washington CIty;' was
| read third time, and passed by large major
| ity
The following is The Bill in ertenso:
A bill to provide for the erection OF Peniten-
tiary in the District of Columbia, and tor O.
Their purposes
"Be ii enacted, &c. That the President Of the
United States be, and he is hereby, authorized
and required to appoint three Commissioners.
whose duty it shall be to select proper site In
the District OF Columbia, on which to erect
| Penitentiary for the said District.
Sec 2. find be ii further enacted, That as soon
| as the said Commissi oners shall have selected
the said site, and the President Of the United
States shall have approved thereof, it shall be
the duty Of the Commissioner of the Public
Buildings, to cause to be built thereon, OF sub
stantial materials, a Penitentary for the said
District, sufficiently large to contain one hun
dred and sixty separate cells, and other neces-
sary apartments for the residence of the Keeper
of the said Penitentiary, and other purposes, on
! plan to be approved by the President OF the
| United States; and enclose the same in secure.
lv walled yard, Of suff lent dimensions TO allow
room to employ the convicts who may be there
| confined, at any kind of labor which may be
| found most pr ohtable.
l. Sec g. find be IL further enacted, That, for the
purpose of defraying the expense Of erecting
the said building, there is hereby appropriated
the sum offorty thousand dollars, to be paid
out of any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated.
Sec. 4. and be Hfurther enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the said Commissioner of the
Public Buildings to canse the present Jail, in
the City of Washington, TO be so altered ard
repaired as to make it suitable, convenient
healthy, and comfortable Prison for the use Of
the City and County of Washington, for the
making and furnishing Of which repairs the
sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appro-
priated, to be paid out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. $ ind be it further enacted, That the said
Commissioners shall also select site in the
County of Alexandria, for a County Jail, on
which it shall be the duty of the Commission
er Of the Public Buildings to cause a County
Jail for the use Of the City and County Of Al
exandria, to be erected and finished on a plan
to be approved by the President ofthe U. States
And there is hereby appropriated, for the build
ing of the said Jail, the sum of ten thousand
dollars, to be paid out Of any money in the
Treasury. not otherwise appropriated"
The engrossed bill to regulate the accounta-
blity for clothing and equipage issued to the
Army of the United States, and for the better
organization Of the Quartermaster's Depart
ment," was also read the third time and passed.
Tbs following joint resolution from the Sc
nate, was twice read, and motion OF Mr..
| Cook Of Illinois, was referred to the Committee
| of the Whole House on the state OF the Union
| Resoiyed, by the Senate and House of Repre-
| sen,atives Of the United States in Congress as
sembled, two thirds Of both Houses concurling,
That the following amendment TO the Consti-
tuition Of the United States, be proposed 20 the
Legislatures Of the several States; and which,
when ratified by the Legislatures of three
| fonrths of the States, shall BE- valid TO all in
| tents and purposes, as part Of the said Consti-
! tuition
"No person who shall have been elected TO
the Office of President of the United States
a second time, shall again be eligible TO that
office"
On motion Of Mr.. 1saacs, of Tennessee, the
| Committee on Roads and Canals were instruct
| ed to enquire into the expediency OF causing
survey to be made for canal around the Mus
| Gle Shoals, in the ennessee River.
Mr. Mercer, Of Virginia, laid a resolution on
the table, directing the Secretary of State to
| lay before the House copies Of the dispositions
Of Gilbert c. Russell and Francis W. Arm
strong relative 10 the origin of the claimants,
and the disposal, of the cargoes Of the slave
ships Constitution, Louisa, and Mariana.
Mr. Drayton, of South Carolina, submitted
! the following resolutions, which were referred
10 the Committee of twenty-four members, ap-
| pointed on Mr.. Nc Duties Resolutions:
lst Resolved, That the Constitution be so
mended, that if no candidate for the Presidency
Of the United States, shall receive ma ority OF
the whole number Of votes in the primary Col
leges OF Electors, that the candidates having the
two highest numbers on the list. shall again be
voted for in the same manner as at the first bal
lot, the votes at the second ballot to be counted
by States; and that the Election for the Vice
Presidency Of the United States shall, under the
same circumstances, mutat'S mufandfS, be con-
Quoted in the same manner, and be regulated
by the same principles.
3D. RESOLVED That no one who was an Elec-
tor OF the President and Vice President, in the
primary Colleges, shall be an Eector at the Sc
cond Election