Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-01-30
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HOUSE OF REPRESEN rAIIVEs
FRIDAY Jan. %. lS3O

I Committee on A r.
Iar' reported the following bill, which vas read FIRST
and second time, committed to COMMITTEES Of tho
"hoie Rouse Tor morrow, and ordered to be printed
OH making appropriations for certain expenditures
on account OF the Engineer, Ordnance, aud Quarter
master's Departments.
BE =" enacted 6y the Senate and Hsuse of Represeri.
atoes % me Oh,ted States Of .dneTicd in Congress
assembled. That,hs following sums be, and The sams
are hereby, appropriated. to wit,
For the erection Of barrack, and the putchase Of
sand dollars. 49,
For the payment ofths land upon which the barrack,
are erected at Houiton, in the State of Maine Al :
hundred and twentyn dollars and one cents
FOR the completion Of the barracks at New London
aud Tor poriico TO the officers quarters two thousand
Ave hundred dollars.
For barracks, quar'ers hospital aad store AZ
e'reen Bay, fifteen tbeu,snd dollars.
For the completion o. Jefferson Barracks in the State
Of Missouri eight thousand seven hundred and thirty
Eve dollars. 10y
For the erection Of store -hou,e Tor IN. Subsistence
and Quartermaster's Departments at Baton Rouge.
three 'hsusand five hundred dollars
For the erection Of barracks at Key West and for
ditcing draining, and clearing the grouna require
lars. $50 ~
Lake, and thence to Fort Wnnebago two thoi,sa nd
dollars.
For the completion Of the military road in the State Of
Maine, ,irty thousand dollars
For the purchase of five AMI half acres Of Iand a.,
the use OF lie National &fDofy Springfield in Mas.
sachuset's, two ihousand two hundred dollars
he
National Armory at Spring field, in Massachusetts,
sixteen thousand dollars.
For the National Armory at Harper's Ferry, Virgin.
IN, viz: For extending the walls and embankm men q
which convey the water from the Potomac river 70 IN.
works, nine Thousand three hundred dollars, for erect.
ing forging shop, tilt hammer, and new work shop
SIX thousand hive hundred dollars; for the erection oil
ten additional dwelling houses for the workmep ten
thousand dollars; for stating the roof. OF the
workshops three thousand two hundred dollars; for a
OF one acre Of ground adjoining the workshop
nd Toll
For the purchase OF five acres Of land adjoining tho
Arcnal al WatertowD, Massachusetts, five hundred
dol ars
For the armament Of new fortifca,ion. viz: Fer adj
diiion TO the amount usually appropriated for tbi, oh.
ject, one bunGr and fifty thousand dollars; for proc
ring gradually supply OF salt pctrc and birthstone
to be laid up in store for future use, forty
dollars.
For the erection Of military laboratory and work
shep at West Point, two thousand Eve hundred dol.
Sec. g. find be il further enacted. That the forego
ing sums shall be paid out OF the moneys in the
Treasury, not otherwise appropriated
Mr.. Draylon, from the same Committee asked 10
be discharged from the further consideration ths ps
ton Of certain officers Of the Army; and the same wa.
referred TO the Committee on public lands.
Mr.. Wicklifs, from the Conamit,e on Retrsnchnep emit
reported bill 10 prohibit HE use of secret serpies pfo.
ney IN time Of peace, and Tor other purposes, which
was read hr't and second lime made the order the
day for Tomorrow in Committee Of the Whole House,
and directed 10 be printed
The House then went into the consideration Of the
resolution o Mr. Blair Of South Csrolns, on the sub.
Jsct Of the West Point Academy; & the question was IA
ken on Mr.. Dorsoy's amendment strike ont 'na,nes
IN several instances, which, upon dyison was ne "a.
tived-ayes 50, noes so.
The next question on the motion Of Mr. Condct,
10 strike out the words and such have Withdrawn,
or have been dismissed from the Institution On this
subject and on The motion to strike the succeeding
clause, show many have been in said Academy, whose
faihers or guardians were members Of Congress, and
how many such are there" considerable discus.
sion took place, in which Messrs. Crockett, Condict
Haynes, Ingersoll, and Tucker, participated Both
these PROPOSITIONS, however, TO strike out, we're lost
and
Mr. Test then proposed, an amendment; to add
the words, and how many leave the Institution an.
nually." This, alec, was neg ,ved aud the question
recurrsd on the resolution, amended.
Mr.. Wicklifs proposed verbal amendment. to in.
sert after the word "House in the second line Of the
resolution, the wofds in each and every year." Mr..
W. briefly gave his reasons for the amendment, and II
was adopted by the mover (Mr. BlsirJ as niodhcs.
lion.
Mr.. Everett OF Massachusetts, said he WIS hot dis.
posed 70 discuss the merits Of the resolution and he did
not feel inclined to oppose placed in unobj
bic shape. He said houevery there was another claus