Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-02-07

AFr. lay inquired whether the hi would crrisinl,
come up Tomorrow, IL postponed 70 day.
The Speaker said II not crrtain whether tho bill
would or would not up t1-lnorrow. re ver,
thirty forty bills the table which would have rccc
dcncc
Mr.. Lay said the committee would accent tl, amend
mcnt proposed by. the member from ln,ana (slr Kin
nard).
MIR Wafdwcll thought thu bill had better be-. postnouc.
until tomorrow; nIiry could accrue from 81 slig
delay and he thought was due u every ycni..,,a,
VINO desired inf rna ion that the subject should lie owe
until he could procure it,
MIR. kinnard again inquired whether the hill won,
come up tomorrow, # postponed
The Speaker replied, that it would take its place anon.
the bills ON The carudar II mg BE- reached
or II NIGH, not be- reached tor a fortnight
MIR. Kinnard thought there was M, GOOD reason fol
sidcrcd now
The question on postponcmcnt was then pu.-Ycas
GO. noes -.
There being no quorum present Mr. Ca,obrl,ng call
read. >
Mr., Canbrclcng enqurcd, if-thc bill had been com
mittcd,
The Speaker said il had not
Mr. Cambrclcng said IT struck him that the bill ougl
to be committed; he thought coudnot be- passed with
out commitment Ii proposed the creation of ar agent
and necessarily carried an appropriation with ii.
Mr. Lay could not that the bill necessarily in
VOWED an appropriation. In reference to commitment
similar bill had passed the House the day before yes
tcrday, without commitment :.
The Speaker said, he could not perceive from any
thing on the face of the BILL that commitment was ne
ccssary.
Mrs Ewing hoped the bill would no, be postponed
The provision III this ball necessary the interest,"
OF the people of Indians and it was essential to ,ye Of
irct to laws ut present existing. There was nothing in
the bill which required either commitment or postpone
inent II gentlemen desired TO signalizc themselves
they could speak agans, Lut he hoped they would moi
do 1T by indrccton. lie hoped the bill would pass Il
merely gave the Secretary of War power do that whel
he had declined to do.
The question postponencnt was then taken and
carrcd-ayes 65, noes 81;
So the further consideration Of the bill was POSTPONED
until tomorrow.
Mr. Wise, from the Committee ON Naval Affairs re
ported bill to authorize the Secretary of the Navy Ia
cause to be constructed Steam Prov Ship; which wa.
read twice and committed to the Committee Of the Who'll,
House on the state of the Union.
The Speaker presented TO the lIeusr, the following
report from the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund:
NAsnINoToN, February ID 1895.
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund respect
spcctuly report To Congress, that The measures which
have been authorised by them subsequently to the last
Report of 9Th of February 1884, far as the same Ina
been completed, fully detailed in the Report of the
Secretary OF the Treasury, dated the Sd Of this present
month"; aud IN the statements therein referred to- which
axe herewith transmitted and which is PRAYED may be
received as part of this report
The commissioners also submit TO Congress that a:
the object for which the Sinking Fund and the Commits
soners of the Sinking Fund were constituted has beer
accomplished, both be discontinued as is propose,
in the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury above
mentioned.
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