Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-01-28
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

tIOOSE VI n lttsSCtN n 49,
BANKS IN TIE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
MI. ". Is. Shepard, from the Committee OH The DIS
trjcl of Columbia, reported 4 bill 10 incorporate the sun
scribers TO the Bank Of the District of Columbia, anu 10
1encw Inc charters of the existing banks therein; which,
| having been read twice, Mr.. S. moved that lis luFiiier
consideration be postponed Till wednesday week.
Mr.. Mann OF New York moved 10 commit 1t to 4 COM
miuee OF the Whole House. !! bill 10 charter banks, he
said, should be conlnlllled II any onl 'equ'feu e0"'"'''
ment.
mi,,inu this bill, as ii contained no appropriations.
Mr.. Ca,ntrelens hoped the bill would be committed,
for il was one of great magnitude, and would lead IL Il
| lenrlhy debate whenever Il came up tor acl!un.
Mr.. Shepard could sec no necessity Tor committing
The bill. nor did he believe il could lead 10 a prutrnctcd
debate. He expressed his apprehension that II II vas
| committed il would no, be reached.
AIR. Mann, OF New York. eX plained, that he made
the motion because the bill was one that from lis naiure
required commitment, but lie was himself not thcn aware
| low lie should vote on il, being igEorant ct lis provisions.
1t ought, however, 10 go where it could he debated.
hr. Shepard withdrew his proposition. and the oil
! was committed TO 4 Committee OF the &hc!c on the
slate Of the Union.
On motion of hr. Toward, the Committee Of the
Whole on the stale Of The Onion was discharged from
the further consideration Of the chill respecting dlscilm-
mating duties upun Dutch and Belgian vessels aud their
catgoes, and to refund 4 part IN the Belgian vessel An.
| tonius,' and The same, on Mr.. HIS. rHotinsl, "as recon-
United TO the Committee OIL Foreign Atalrs
Mr.. Cambrclrng, i:om u" Committee OF Ways an!
/ Means, reported Il bill for the relief Of ltobrr! Dickry CT
New York; read twice aud committed.
NATIONAL BANK
Alr. CaInhrelcng under instruction .r0m The Commit
Tee Of Ways and Means, moved that that committee be
discharged from the further consideration o! the memo.
rial Of the Board OF Trade OF the city q! Aew YORK: pray
ing Congress to incorporate n national bank, and that
the memorial do lie Oh the table: (which was agreed TO,
nc1n GiSs.
Nj. Lane, from The Committee for The District Of Co
lurh,i1, reported the following resolution
Rcsoircd. That the Clerk be directed to pay out of
the contingent fund of the House, Tie amount due 10 the
person c!apioycd under The resolution ot the I'd 81 June
List. for his services; and the C expenses incurred by hun
in preparing Il statement Of Imprisonment Tor debt, IN
tn District Of C"lnmG!a; in c%mp'iaircr with sad ''S"-
luton; or SO much as shall be deemed reasonable by the
Committee Of Accounts.
The resolution was read, and retired 10 The commit
tee Gf Accounts.
Mr.. Pa,tun, from the Joint Committed on The Library,
reported the following joint resolutiou; which was read
twice aud COMMITTED.
EcsViefd by the S:aGic and HOusc Of Representatives. Of
Tie ih!ttd 5nies ej .imericn en- C"nsress ESSENTIAL, Tint
the Joint Committee on The Library be, aud they are
hereby, authorized and empowered to contract for and
purchase, at The sum Of thirty thousand dollars, the ma
nuscrip!s OF the late Mir. Madison, referred 10 in a letter
from Mrs. Madison TO the President of tie /. states.
dat d 18th November, 1880, and communicated in his
!nrssagc Of the ih Of December, lc3G, c%oncfdlng I" Mrs.
Madison The light to Use copies Of the said manuscripts
in foreign countries as she may think I'll.
Tie Speaker laid before the House i letter from The
tio". John y. Aias"n, %rrsigning his scat in Congress;
which was ordered to lie on The table.
Nh. Bell renewed his notice Of motion 10 bring IN II
bill to secure the freedom Of elections.
Tie : Speaker laid before The House 4 communication
from the Secretary Of War, transmitting 4 report OF the
contracts made BY that department in the year le3G;
which was laid Oil the table and ordered 10 be printed.
STATE Of MICHIGAN.
! The House then resumed the consideration OF the
"hiil providing for the admission of lie State OF Michi-
gan into the Union, upon an equal footing with Tie or.
ginal States" the bill being on lis tt!d scading.
Mr.. Vandcrporl, who was entitled 10 the floor, address.
ed The House at length, in advocacy Of the bill. and was
I replied 10 by Mr.. Slorcr.
the debate was further continued BY Mr.. Touccy in
support Of the bill.
Sir. Mann Of n. York, said il must be within The re-
collection Of every one that this question had been dtci.
died. on Il Iurinrr occasion: after u lengthy debate, and an
arduous trial. Now, for one, Mr.. II. believed the State
OF Michigan was entitled 10 come into the Union, under
the conditions prescribed in The bill under considerations,
and he did not think there was any thing Ike a general
wish either 10 prolract the debate or to extend 1t much
further; tie less 50, as the session was fast drawing Ia a
close, and nearly all The important business Of the ma
ton remained Enacted on. He thereitr re demanded the
previous question.
Mr.. JenIfrr moved acall Of the House.
MIR. Evans moved that The House adjourn.
Mr.. Briggs inquired Of The Chair, whether if lie
House should then adjourn, the motion of the gentle
man from Nrw York, would not Le the pending cues.
tiIE to.HIulrnw.
The Chair replied in the affirmative.
The House then adjourned; ayes e3. noes 81.