Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-02-27
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
:CoND SESSION.
WNpNEspAY. FERnuAaY oI. -

WEDNESDAY, FEBnUAaY 81, 1927
MIR. Li,'ie presented rIeuo5i.i of the MAYOR
aud City Conncil Of Baltimore for a reimburse
Inens OF moneys eXpende!fd in defensive opera
tons during the late war with Great gr,siu-
Laid on the table.
Ms. Johnson of Me- Yo.s, rre.ente.i memo
rial OF Merchants and ciiizs IS Of the Cry OF New
York against Tie Practice of opening in. Pos,
Office on Sundays LAID the table.
MIR. Moore of Alabama, from he Committee On
Private Land Claims, reported bill for the re.
lief OF the heirs OF Jeremiah Birkey, which WIS
twice read, AMI made The order for tomorrow.
The Committee o. Roads and Canals wa. dis,
charged from the consideration OF the the petition
Of Sl,s Smith, and leave given TO sithtlray
the same.
The 10 lowing resolution. move, on the 18Th
instant, by Mr.. Fonlinson, was callel up, real.
and agreed 10 by th. House.
RcsO!cei, That The Secretary Of War he d;.
recied 20 lay before this iiot,e the Report OF
the Engineer employed to MIX an examination
! and survey of S'uga,urk Hnbor anil River. un
der authority of The act passed. the 70 OF May
last.
On motion of aIr. Mercer, i, YVES
ResOiret, That thrcs thousand cop;cs of tbe
report and accompanying docuren's from the
United States Board oi Internal Impr, .cment,
! relative 20 he con emrls'r., road from The CTS
, 81 Washington 10 B'i''io, in The ale OF New
York be printed.
Mr.. Allen OF Tennessee. E ON the Committee o.:
Revolutionary CilIn~, TO winch had been rc'errei
the bill for III. relief ni the representatives. al
! Patience G2'don. widow, deceased, made repori
reeom'nen ts that the bill he rejected.
The bill oas then committed Tor 20 .norrovy
TERRITORIAL. GOVERNORS.
Mr.. Conway, iosics~te from Arkansas, sub
miuej for consi Ierafon lie following:
Res0irci, Thai the Committee ON the 'Pe,ri-
tories be Instructed 20 iHqfre into the expeIi~nry
OF authorizing some competent persons TO dis
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The Arkansas Territory, in The ab.ence OF the 90
vernon am! Secretary of said Territory, who ara
alone authorized by existing laws, to perform said
dItIe4
AIr. Conway remarked tha, it was entirely
from Sc; SC Of duty to his constituents, that lie
offered The resolution which he had ia.i submitted
to the consideration of the House. Last hummer
the President Of the United States granted uer-
mission TO Governor lz'rI, az he had been in
ormei, 10 visit Philadelphia This Winter, for th,
purpose OF Attending TO his private business. ~
Oc'oI"r, he believed II wa, the Governor left
the Territory, and left Mi. Critenden the Sc
creiary, 10 discharge he duties OF the Executive
Department. This morning he hal received let
iers from the Terfro y, informing IN that the
Secretary and Acting Go-e'i"r sat gu, on tbe OH
January, fJr dis ,acc, aud complaining that there
wa M one IN the country au horized discharge
he q ties Of Secretary or Governor His obisct
IN offering The resolution before the House, Hss 10
bring the subjer, before Congfess that a,y rnjcht
be passed To guard against ANY evil which might
grow out of a similar state of things IN future
will be rscoilocied by At least some Of The mem.
bers Of this House, that the GDysrnof anil Sec. e.
iary were bo'h absent in the Winter Of 1873 e. 2f.
and 'ha, the Ind ans awaited themselves Of thas
opportunity 20 kill several citizens of the Terri
tory. He alluded TO Msjor Wsiborne, and several
other ersohs Who killed by the Usage Indians
The citizens 10 pat of the Tcuiiory arr IN a
great degree d.readsGt upon ths marcy Of the
Indian, at Az times, for tbsn ss.ety. ~ tie ab
sencs OF tie only pcFsoss who as ayliosize3 b !
law to order oat toe militia foT pqx3,es u 10
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