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HOUSE OF REPRESEN rATIVES OF
THE UNITED STATES
December 90, 1918.
MIR. King, Of North Carolina, Inow
Senator from Alabama.1 presented a pc
tition from sundry inhabitants of North
Caro- ina, praying the aid AMI patronage
Of the General Government in opening
an inland navigation. which shall con
meet the waters of the Chesapeake Bay
with those of St Mary S liyer in the
State of Georgia.
This petition was committed to the
committee Of the whole House on a bill
to subscribe for stock in the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal Company.
January 81, l8l4.-Mr Peasants OF
Virginia presented a petition of inhahi
tants OF the STATE Of Virginia, PRAYING
the all and patronage OF the General
Government in opening an inland navi
cation from the waters Of the Chesn
peake Bay 10 st MAry's rlvsr in the
State of Georgia The petition was re
ferred to the same Committee Of The
who'c House to which the petition pre-
sented by Mr.. King was referred.
January 4, l8l4.-Mr Troup,of Geor.
gla, presented a petition Of inhabitants
OF the Stale Of Georgia, for the sams pur
pose as above, which was also referred
to the anne Committee Of the whole
ouSe.
February go, 49l4.-Mr Gordan, OF
sc. presented q similar petition Of CHI
zens Of that State.
March 10, lSI4-The speaker pre-
sented a similar petition from other citi,
zens 0 fSouih Carolina.
March l, lSl4.-Mr Murfree, OF
North 9 .~rolina, presented a petition Of
inhabitants of the State of North Caro- i.
ma for the same purpose as above.
This petition was referred to a select
Committee, consisting of MIR Murfree of
North Carolina, Mr. Richard Stoc ton, OF
New Jersey, Mr. John Calhoun ,ofSouth
Carolina, Mr. Charles ] Ingersoll, of
Pennsylvania, and Mr. John W Tayler,
Of New York.
Mr. Macon, Of North Carolina, also on
the lSt Of March, 1914, presented a pc
tition presented by him on the 29lh De.
cember 1913, and it was referred to Mr.
Murfree's select committee.
March l2, 1914 Mr. Murfree, from
the select committee, reported a bill au-
thorizing the President to cause cert9in
parts Of the coast Of the United States
to be surveyed, which was twice read,
and committed.
April IL, l6l4.-The bill was consid
cred in committee Of the whole House,
was amended, and ordered to be engros.
sed, and read a third time on the next
day.
April l2,lsl4. The bill was read the
third time, and passed land it is believed
without opposition from any quarter
The following is a copy Of the Bill:
No. 50
March l2, l8l4.-Mr Murfree, OF N.
T., from a SOLICIT committee on a memo
rial Of citizens Of Virginia, North Caro-
lima South Carolina and Georgia, re-
ported the following bill which was read
he first and second time, and committed
TO a committee Of the wlole House on
Wednesday next.
ABILL.
AHthorisiag Tie President % cause Ger
tain parts Of he Coast Of the United States
10 be Surveyed.
BE Il snaeled By the Senate and House
Of Representatives. If the United States
in Congress assembled, That the Presi-
dent be and he is hereby authorized 10
cause the several portages between the
navigable waters on the Coast Of the
United States, from the river ST. Mary's
to the Hudson, 70 DO accurately surveyed
by one or more persons to be appointed
by him, for the purpose Of ascertaining
the most eligible sites for Canals bet.