Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-30

state, in their petition, that the auction system
as now conducted, is ruinous 10 the regul'r
merchants and will, it Congress do not intrrposC,
transfer the whole trade Of he %ci;yinto the hands
of fore 'grers-twot thirds of the importing bus
mess is now incorporated by them, and ;rans-
acted rhroug' the hands OF Auctiunccrs, who
act IS ageuts foi foreign merchants. The Pc
,rion was ordered to lay upon the table, and be
printed.
pBBI.IG DEBT.
Mr.. M'Duffe, from the Committee Of Ways
and Means, reported i bill to hasten the extin-
gnIshmeni Of the P.b;ic Debt, which was
twice read, ard comn,iued.
The said bill is ~ follows:
"BeH enacted, &c. That whenever there shall
be, at any .ime alter an adjournment Of Cons
GEES, in any year, a surplus OF money in the
Treasury, above The sums appropriated for the
service Of such yea not including the unexpcnd'
ed balances Of appropriations for previous
Vt ars, the payment Of which, To The Commits
>ioucrs of the Sinking Funo, will yet leave in
the Treasury at The end of the wear, a balance
equal 10 two millions Of dollars, to meet the a.
furcsaid unexpcnied balances, then such sur>
| Plus NAV, in the discretion uf the Secretary Of
the Treasury, tie carried 10 the Sinking Fund,
and applied to the payment Of The public debt,
| ~ ~ 't'ANT "''
alton Of the Treasury will best permit"
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
On motion Of Mr.. Van Rensselaer,, Chair
man Of the Committee on the Publ Building,
the House went in'o Committee Ut tie Whole
on the State Of The Union, Mr. Little in the
Chair-and took up the bill m~klng al appru-
priarion for completing the Pubic B iidings.
After some time spen, in the discussion of
this bill, the Committee Of the " hole rose,
ard reported The bill 10 the House. After a
Sigh alteration, changing the time Tor the ex-
| "p,ratirn Of the duty Of architect. from h 3ist
Dec, mber, 1928, TO The 4th Marc, 1929, the
| bill was ordered 10 be cngrossed for a third
reading, in the iollowing form
"a Bill making appropriations for the Public Build
mgs; and for other purposes.
BE ii enacted, &c. That lie following sums Of
money be, and the same hereby are, approp,i-
| a,ed, br paid out Of any money in the Treasury,
not otherwise appropriated, for the following
| purposes: that is TO say:
For completing the work remaining to be
done, on and about the Public Buildings, fifty
six thousand four hundred dollars.
For the cost Of a building loi, aud other ex-
pendi,ures for the Jail at Alexandria, ore thou
sand six hundred and nine dollars and sixteen
cents.
For the completion Of the Peniten,iary in
| the District OF Colombia, twenty two thousand
three hundred aud eighty seven dollars and
ninety seven cents.
For defraying The expense OF a building near
the NAVY DEPARTMENT. on, thousand Two hun
drel ard sixty one dollars, eighteen cents.
For an entrance door way into the Capitol,
from the TOP Of the terrace on the Western
front. three thousand one hundred and twenty
one dollars, ten cents.
Sec. . Ind be ii further enacted, That the
Commissioner Of the Public Buildings b., and
he hereby is, authorized and empowered TO
cause to be built, an Engine House, for the
accommodation Of the Franklin Engine Com
pany. under suitable conditions 10 secure he
faithful performance Of The work. and 10 pros
cure an HydrAuliah Engine, and the requisite
appur,enances OF the same; and that the sum OF
$4,000 be, and the same is, hereby, appropri-
ared, 10 be paid out OF any money in the Urea
surv, not otherwise appropriated, 10 deiray the
expense Of the same.
Sec 3. and be it further enacted, That, from
and after the an day Of March, 1929, the Of
fee Of Architect of the Capitol shall cease and
determine, and that the said Architect shall,
on said day, deliver up, TO the COMMISSIONS
Of he Public Buildings. all the books, plans,
accounts, vouchers. and all othsr papers and
things belonging TO his said Office; and the said
Commissioner shall take charge of, and supcr-
intend tho Public Buildings, and perform such
o,her duties as may be required OF him by law;
and tina, The said Commissioners be required to
reside near the Capitol
Sec. 4. 6nd be II further enacted, That The
regulations Of the City of Washington, for the
preservation Of the public pesce and order, be