Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-04-14
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The House of Representatives has refused to make
appropriation for the conn of the National Road
in either money or lands.
On the 3rd Of April, the House resolved itself into
Committee of the Whole for the purpose of consde
propositions extend this road the Mississippi
The LIST of the bill first read, appropriates
hundred thousand dollarstie money be expended in
tho States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. This section
Mr. Wick proposed to strike out and substitute land to
be disposed of by under tho authority of the several
States respectively the proceeds be exclusively applied
the completion of the Cumber and Road in said States
the quantity TO be distributed follows
To the State of Ohio, three hundred and forty four
thousand the State of Indiana, nine hundred
and thalsa nd sisy rarr e1ehty
three aud sixty acres and to the
of Missouri million three hundred and thirty
thousand eight hundred and thrtytwo which said
lands hereby granted to the said States Of Ohio Indiana,
Illinois and Missouri shall be selected by agents. be
appointed by the Governors of States respectively. And
the selections, when made, shall be reported to the Com
missioner of the General Land Office
Mr. Yell of Arkansas, proposed the following anne nd
ment:
BE further enacted That said road shall be conn-
ued to ST. Louis. Missouri, through the States of Nssou
RI and Arkansas the nearest and most practicable
to San Antonio in the State of Texas and for the
petion Of said road the States of Missouri Arkan
there granted to each of the States the pur
pose aforesaid $4,000 Of public land
ed by the Governors of the States aforesaid
to be disposed of by the Legislatures thereof for the
completion of said road in said Sates-that being the
quantity of public land granted to the State of Ohio
and above the quantity granted to the other States
of this Union
"And be it further enacted, That the of $4,000
be, and the is hereby appropriated out of
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
pete the said Cumberland Road in the State of Texas
Mr. Wick expressed the opinion that there
chance for the passage of bill making appropriation
in money for the road Mr.. r. Smith for the bill in
either shape; Mr.. schenck speech full argument
and information, entered at large into examination of
the subject and opposed the amendment of Mr.. Wicf,
advocated ar apDro ton he Urea Mr.
C. Smith would prefer the grant of land he pledg
cd himself that if the grant made Indiana would
complete the road within her limits
Messrs. Payne and Yanccy of Alabama, opposed the
bill, and without definite action the rose
Mr. Boyd offered resolution stop the debate
bill in half hour after the House shall go
mittee it.
A motion to lay this resolution the table deci-
ded in the negative-yeas 81, nays Sc. No
\ then made to adjourn. On this the yeas
and nays called for and takenyeas So nays 81
lost. A call Of the House made.
Mr. Ashman that the House do adjourn.
Mr. Jones of Tennessee called for the yeas and
and the call receiving second the question decided
in the afirmatve-ycas So nays So. And the House
adjourned.
On Saturday, April 18th, the Speaker announced the
first business be the resolution offered yesterday, by
Mr. Boyd, to end the disc the Cumberland Road
bill in thirty minutes after should up
committee Of the whole.
Mr. Sche mex to point of order The resolution
proposed to limit any who might obtain the floor on
the bill TO half hours speech He wished enquire
if a member who obtained the door had not a vested
right to occupy it one hour
The Speaker said it competent for the House to
modify the resolution
On motion of Mr. Boyd the resolution changed so
to allow two hours for discussion-and
luton was agreed to- Yeas a. g. when the House
proceeded to the consideration of other business
On Monday. April 9th the House resolved itself into
Committee (Mr. McCelland, of Michigan in the Chair,
and resumed the consideration of the Cumberland Road
bill.
Mr. Robert Smith supported the bi because the road
had been commenced. If were a thing. not COM
msnced, he would oppose it.