The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-17
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! In the House, Thursday, the morning hour
was occupied by the consideration of the reso-
| luton offered some time since in relation to
Virginia land warrants. Mr.. HALL, Of Yer
mont, in an exposition Of the amendments
which he offered, consumed the whole OF the
morning hour.
Mr.. FILLMORE moved the printing Of 5000
extra copies of a tabular statement Of tariffs,
| from 1916 including the rates proposed by the
different bills at the present session. VIM. CosT
| JOHNSON moved as an amendment that a copy
taken from the journals of both Houses-of
the yeas and nays on all tariff bills should be APP
| pended to the table.
! A long, noisy, and confused debate ensued.
The reading of the tabular statement was de-
manded, and the clerks commenced the per-
Torrance Of the duty But, after a short time
had elapsed, the motion for reading was with
drawn.
motion 10 lay the whole subject on the ia
BILE, was negatived by vote of SO to ia
Mr.. Johnson's amendment was carried with
out division. and on the motion to print 5000
extra copies for the use of the House, 1lS voted
in the affirmative, and SO in the negative
Mr.. COOPER, of Georgia, moved reconside-
ration Of the vote just taken, and delivered a
speech of some length IN explanation. His
motion was negatved
The Apportionment bill was then taken up,
and the question of agreeing with the Senate
amendments discussed. Mr. ADAMS was in
favor of insisting on the House bill. Mr. BRGGs
moved a committee of conference. On the
subject long debate ensued, principally on the
question of the alleged undemocratic interfer-
ence Of the Senate in the numerical ratio fixed
by the popular branch of the Legislature.
In the Senate, Mr. WOODBRIDGE presented a
memorial from citizens Of Adrien, in Michigan,
asking for an appropriation for the improvement
of the harbor at Monroe, in that State
Mr.. BUCHANAN presented three memorials
from Delaware Northampton and Montgomery coun-
ties, Pennslvania-a' nunerously signed, asking Tor
the imposition of such duties on foreign manufactures
will protect domestic industry also the resolutions
of the Legislature of Pennsylvania insructing the
Senators and requesting the Representatives from that
State to their influence to procure the passage Of
the Apporonment bill at early day as possible
Also, a memorial of the Board of Commissioners of
requesting Congress to establish a marine railway in
the port of Philadelphia He desired to call the spe-
cal attention of the Committee on Naval Affairs to
the memorial The port of Philadelphia was free
from worms, which were SO destructive in Southern
ports, and vessels he believed could be built there on
cheaper terms than anywhere else in the country
| The skill Of the Philadelphia shp-builders and the
excellence of the vessels constructed by them were
known to every Senators and yet while these facts
could not be denied he regretted say that the navy
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had been very much neglected by the Gene
| raj Government He trusted that this would no
longer be the case, and that his friend from Va Mr.
Archery now at the head of the Committee on Naval
Affairs would take the subject under his special pro-
lection and would recommend that the request of the
memoralists should he granted
The memorial referred to the Committee on
Naval Affairs.
Mr.. SMITH, of Indiana, from the Committee on
the Public Lands, reported the bill for the relief of
Charles I'll, Anterior, with an amendment, which
which was concurred in by the Senate also the
House bill allowing further time complete the issu
ing Of warrants for military land bounes to the nom
commissioned officers and soldiers of the late war with
Great Britain and making provision for satisfying the
same, with an amendment striking out all after the
enacting clause and inserting the original bill as re-
ported by the Senate, which was concurred in and
the amendments ordered to be engrossed and the
bills to be read a third time.
Mr. CONRAD, from the Committee on Public
an act for the relief of Clarke Woodrooi which was
ordered to a second reading
The bill for The relief OF Francis q. McCauly was
read a third time and passed.
The following bill from the House to extend for
limited PERIOD the present laws for laying and collect
ing duties on IMPORTS was taken up and read. fol-
lows
BE enacted by The Senate and House Of Representa-
tire Of the Uniisd States Of 1merca Congress assem-
bed That all laws in actual operation the lst of
| June, 1912, regulating and fixing the amount
and rate of duties to be levied and collected on goods
wares, and merchandise imported into the Uni ed
States, and prescribing the mode of collecting the
same and all provisions relating thereto shall CONT
and be in force they existed that day until
the first day Of August, eighteen hundred and forty
two at which time, if there shall be no further e-
gi.lation on the subject, the laws shall be the
if action had been had anything in the act enti-
tied A." An act to modify act of the fourteenth day
of July, one thousand eight hundred and thrty-two
and all other acts imposing duties on mportsn APP
proved March second, eighteen hundred and thirty
| three, to the contrary in anywisc Notwithstanding
Provided That nothing herein contained shall suspend
the distribution OF the proceeds of the public lands
anything herein contained and anything contained in
the provso to the sixth section OF the act approved
| fourth September eighteen hundred and forty-one,
entitled An act TO appropriate the proceeds of the
sales of the public lands and to grant prescription
rights, to the contrary notwithstanding,