Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-19

House.
Mr. Craig submitted an amcnimcn, to tho amend
ment; to add tn it the words-"with allowance of
ten p"r cent flr variation from the .'irnct line "
Mr.. De Witt moved to lay the whole sutscc, on
the table.
Ga this morton Mr. Chiffon demanded the yeas
and nays They were ordered hy the House, and.
being taken stood as follows:
YEAS Messrs Bnchanan, Coleman, Coul or. De
Wit, Dickinson. Edward Everett. Gorham, Green
Gnr!ey, Hammons TInds Hoffman. Hughes. Jen-
ming, Cave Johnson; Lcavitt. Lcpcr. McIntirc,
Miller, Oycrtnn, Shields, Vance. Vacuum Vinton,
Camp. -. White, Edward d. Whic-o6,
NAYs-Mcssrs. Alexander Aston. Anderson. An.
gel. Armstrong. Arnold. Bailey. Moves Barber John
S. Barbour ringer. Bates. Baylor, Bell, James
Blair, Bockrc, EGon, D,u!in, irodhead. Grown
Burgess Bntmnn, Cah"Nn, C'mbrclcnr, Campbell.
Carson. Chandler, ChI.ls, Chiffon, Claiborne CLAW
Clark, C"ndjc. Conner. Cooper Cowlcs Craig,
Cane GtGwfrd. Crockett. Creighton. Crochcron,
Crow'n.hicld Daoic', Davenport. John Paws. w r.
Davis. D"herry, ID my. Desha Dnllridre Dorsey
Dranor Drayt"n. Duncan, Dwight. Eager. Earll
Ellsworth George Evans, Joshua Evans Horace
Everett tind'ay, Finch Ford, Toward. Foster,
Fry, Gather, Gilmore. Gordon, Greuncll. Hall.
Halscv, Harvey, Hawkins, Hedges, Holland. How
srd, Hubbard, Huntington, lhrie. Inrersol Thomns
Irwin. Will m w Irwin. Jarvis. Johns. Kendall.
hhnnon l\'ncaid: Perkins King. Lamar, Lea, Lee
comp'c, Lent, '"tcher. Lewis, I.nvall In npkn
Lyon, Ma%ec, Aal!ary, Martndalc. Martin Thomas
Maxwell, Lewis Maxwcl. McCreerv McCov. Nc
Dul'c:: Mercer, Mitchell. Mcneil. Muhlcrbnrg, Nor.
ron, NuCS"is, ieaFce PettlS. tICrSSn, pOik, Ram
soy, Rnrd'lph, Reed, Rencher, Richardson Roarc.
Ros", Eussri, Sanford, Scot, WIN B Shepard.
Aug IL Shepherd Sill, Smith, Speicht. Richard
Spencer. Srrigg, Stanberrv, Standefer W. l.. Storrs
Strong, swan, Swift Pnylor, Test Wiley Th"np
son, John Thompson. Tracy Trpzvant. Tucker
Verpsnck Washington, Weeks, Whitt.cscv Wick
life Wl!dN, Williams, Wilson, Yanccy, Young
$50.
suhm tod By Mr.. Craig.
Mr.. Bailey handed to The char Tho C,l',,y;r.r
which he was dcsirous Of submitting as 4 substitute
ior the original amauimcn':
Strike out after the words "RcsolvcG THAT" and
insert, sn "a TO make it read
Resolved. That tho fn|ns.iT+S 10 n,1cj ~ tIo
standing ii.ia5 81 ThG House
1t shall be the duty OF the Committee NJ Accounts
to report 10 'he House, durng the first session Of
each Congress. n statement Of the d.-tnncn of th,
residence or each M"nb"r from he s ~ ~ Govern
mcnt; which statement, when approved bv tho IIousa
sh1Il o. 'ho rl" for calculating the mileage of the
members.
Bnt, it was declared to be ont Of order
Mr. Craig assigned his reasons for Offering lis.
amendment Some members lived on or near tho
direct lne-o'hrrs did n"t-ard it his object To
paw to those who did net. addition Of ton per
cent tn n" usual allowance for ma1Gc
Mr. Chiffon opposed the amnn1mcn'-fa bill WIS
passed containing such provision it wuu'd be Civ
ing an advantage IN those members who lived on tho
direct line Of travel 20 he Sea- Of overumout nr
ten per cent. tlo'c who had % travel over
mountainous country, nndh circujtous route
The GneStion was then Dut tho amendment
PROMISED by ir Crnig. and decided in the negative
The Question then REQUIRED the adoption of'he
amendment proposed nv NJ Hall. and i; was decided
in the affirmative. ts follows:
fEAs-6Ie@srg. Alex nder. Alien. Aston Arm
strong John s. D'rhour. Ba,rng"r Bates. Raylo-
Bell; james Blair Bnckee, Bors' Bouldn, Broad
head Brown. Camb-e!cng. Carson Chandler. Clai-
horne. Cny. Cox. Come. Coorcr Craig. Crawford
CroC heron. Daniel. Davrnpor', John Davis w r.
Davis, Denny Desha: Draper. Dudley. Duncan. Ia
ger Esrll, Horace. Everett. Ford. Forward, Foster
Fry, Gather Gordon, Hall, Hslscy. fIanmons. Hsr-
rey Hodges, Iofin, Hubbard. Iro. Thomas irwin
Jarvis. Richard ". Johnson, Cave Johnson Adam
King. LsTna-. Lea. Lncomoe. Lent Letcher I.ovall.
Maxwell, Lewis Maxwell. IcCoy NcDufie Miller.
Mitchell. Mnne!. Mu.lenburg. Nuckols Pearce
Potter Powers. Ramsey. Reed Roncter. Richard
son. Roanc. Scott. Wn. Shepard. Aug II Shcp-
perd, SH. SDei-h', Richard Spencer. Spriqg Stan
berry. S,andefer SutherIlnd. Swami. Swift. TaIla-
.erro, Taylor, Test, Wev Thompson. Trczvant
Tucker Earnum, Vorp'onck. Vin'on. Washington.
Wayne, Weeks. Wickjffo, Wilde, Williams, VII
son, Wingate, Yancey--li4
NAYs-NTessrs. Anderson. Angel Arnold. Bailey
&oyes ! Barber, BarnwcI, Beckrnan Buchanan.
Burgcs, Butnan, Cahoon, Campbell, ChilJs Clifton
Clark, Coleman CondIct Coulter Cowes, Crane,
Witt Doddfidge. Dorsey. Drayton, George Evans
Joshua Evans. Edward Everett, Fndlay Finch
Gilmore, Gorham, Green. Grrnncl Gurey Haw-
tns l.nds Holland, Howard, Hughes, Hunt, Ingcr-
SUI, ~ Il" lFEHl' J'BniH9-' johns. Kendall. KIN
caid, Perkins King, LoGvti, Leipor Lewis, Mar,ic-
dale, McCrecry McIn'ire, Mercer. Norton, Over,on,
Petiis, Person. Polk, Randolph. Russell. Sanford
S""lds. Semnes, Smith, Ambrose Spencer. Henry
x Stor,s, WIN L. S'orrs, Strong John Thomson
Pracy, Vance, Whirtlrs9y, G. p. White, Edward y. /
White. YounE-GO.
So the amcndmon; adopted, in the words fol-
owing:
Resolved, that the Committee on .hc Public Ex-
o"ndiiures be, and they hereby instructed 10 70
port to this House bill; making it the duty of the
Secretary Of tho Senate and the Sergeant at Arms of
.e House OF Representatives, with tho aid Of the
Post Master General a. the end Of every session To
make an estimate, nearly possible, Of the ac,n.
III distance. lin direct re) ofIhn residence Of each
member Of the Senate House Of Representatives, and
Delegate Of Territory. from the Seat Of Govern
nen; and that the mileage sfMembcrs Of Congress
30 computed and their accounts or travelling be
settled. according TO such csinatr."
Mr. Vance and Mr.. Bates both wished N propose
urbcf amendments; but they were declared 70 be
)ui Of order
Vhnt propo-e Cd By Mr. Vance wnq ~ f1iov.: That
he Secretary NJ the Senate AMI Cicark ofttc Ilrrea
IF Rcprcscn atIyos BE- directed ~ publish, At the
;"mm"nc6mant Ut each Congress, in two or The