Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-22
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

| On motion Of Mr. SIBLEY, the House went into Com
mttee of the Whole the Of the Unon Mr. STAN
TOM of Tennessee in the chair and resumed the consd
Grafton of the bill of the Senate entitled An act relating
to the salaries of officers Of the Territories OF the United
States and to repeal the proviso in the act entitled Ar
act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic
pense of the Government for the year ending the 3Oh
june, 1882 and for other purposes approved March
8, 1851
After considerable debate the bill was amended as
read foowsthe two first sections upon the recon-
mendaton of the Committee Territories, having been
substituted for the two first sections of the original Sc
nate the third section having been added on motion
Of MIR. JOHNSON, Of Arkansas
That whenever any officer Of either of the Territories Of the
United States shall be absent thereom and from the duties
of his Office salary shall be paid him during the year in
which such absence shall occur unless good therefor
shall be shown to the President of the United States who
shall officially certify his opinion OF such cause to the proper
accounting officer of the Treasury to be filed in his office
Sec. q And be further enacted, That the provso contain
ed in an act entitled AN act making appropriations for the
payment Of the evil and diplomatic Of the Govern
for the year ending the heth day of june eighteen
hundred and one relating to the officers Of the Territories
of the United States be and the is hereby modified
authorize the payment the salary of any officer therein
named Notwithstanding such officer have been absent
from such Territory and his official duties for than sixty
days Pordd The President Of the United States shall
W officially his opinion that the absence of such officer has
been for good and sufficient
Sec g. And be IL further enacted That nothing in the said
provso in this shall be construed to prevent the
payment of the salaries Of the chief Justices associate justice
and Secretary of State of the Territory Utah. who
report to the President Of the United States.
The BILL as amended, laid aside to be reported to
the House with the Recommendation that it do pass.
The committee next proceeded to consider the bill to
and establish the boundary between the State of Texas
and the Territories of the United States
Mr.. RICHARDSON moved to fix the sum to and
establish the boundary at $685. 0O The whole survey
would cost $21l 0O0 but $4,000 would do for present
purposes.
The motion of Mr.. RICHARDSON agreed to, and then
the bill laid aside to be reported to the House with
the recommendation that it do pass.
The bill making further appropriations for the con-
struction of certain roads in the Territory of Minnesota
was then taken up.
Mr.. SIBLEY explained the bill, stating that it was
founded upon estimates Of an engineer furnished by the
War Department The only change which had been made
had been made by himself he had taken the response
bty of cutting the estimates down to about onehalf
He thought it quite much as Minnesota should ask
of Congress the present session He therefore hoped
the bill would be laid aside be reported the House
debate of considerable length took place the bill,
when
1t laid aside to be reported to the House with the
recommendation that it do pass.
The committee then took up the bill relinquishing to
the Territory of New Mexico all the right ttle and nte
which the United States may have certain real
tate within the corporate limits of the city of Santa Fe
New Mexico.
short debate took place. when the bill laid aside
be reported to the House with the Recommendation that
ii be recommtted to the Committee on Territories.
The following bills were then taken up and laid aside
to be reported to the House with the that
they do pass:
bill to amend act entitled " An act to settle and
adjust the expense of the people of Oregon in defending
themselves from attacks and hoses Of Cayuse Indians
in the years S47 and 1S4S approved February TO- 1851
bill to reduce and define the boundaries of the mill
ary reserve the ST. Peters river the Territory of
Minnesota and the rights Of actual settlers
thereon.
The committee then and reported its action to the
House.
And the question being upon the bills reported from the
committee,
On motion, the House adjourned.