Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-29
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
SATURDAY, MAY %, 1852.
The SENATE did not sit to-day.

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Mr.. HALL, from the Committee on Public Lands
reported bill appropriatng additional public lands fol-
common school purposes in the Territory of Minnesota
which read twice, and referred to the Committee
the Whole on the state Of the Union.
TERRITORIAL BUSINESS
On motion of Mr.. RICHARDSON, the House then went
into Committee Of the Whole the state Of the Union
Mr. STANTON, OF Tennessee in the chair and proceeded
to consider the bill to provide for the protection of the
Territories of New Mexico and Oregon.
Mr.. PEASLER, who reported this bill from the Com
mittee the Militia, addressed the committee in its IA
p On motion Of Mr.. RICHARDSON, the bin was ther
amended include within its provisions the States
of Texas and California.
Mr. JONES' Of Tennessee, moved to add to the bill .
clause directing the expense Of arming the militia in Ore
gon, New Mexico, Texas, and California to be betrayed
out Of the $500 900 annually appropriated for arng
militia of the Union generally.
Mr. j. made few remarks in favor of the amendment,
and Mr. VENABLE followed on the other side, when
The amendment agreed to.
The bill then laid aside be reported to the House
with the accommodation thatit do pass
The committee next proceeded to consider the bill to
amend the act to establish the Territorial Government Of
Oregon. stl s
when
1t was laid aside to be reported to the House with the
recommendation that it do pass
The bill to authorize the President Of the United States
designate places the PORTS
for the collection districts Of Puges Sound and Umpqua
in the Territory of Oregon and to fix the compensation
Of the collector at Astoria in laid Territory, then
taken up and laid aside to be reported the House with
the Recommendation that it do pass
The bill to provide for additions clerks and extend the
sessions Of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of
New Me1np was next taken up, whsn-
Mr. SOLDER addressed the committee in favor of the
bill, and Mr. HEBARD spoke agains. it.
Mr.. GORMAN moved an amendment, providing for the
compensation of the three commissioners who drew
code of laws by which the Territory governed when
first coming under the United States Government.
Messrs. GORMAN, WEIGHTMAN, and STUART adj
vocated the amendment, and Mr.. DUNHAM opposed it,
when it was agreed to.
The bill, amended, then laid aside to be report
ed to the house with the recommendation that it do pass
The committee next proceeded consider the bill APP
proprane additional lands for school purposes in the
Territory Of Minnesota.
Mr.. HALL made some remarks in favor Of the bill, and
then it laid aside to be reported to the House with
the recommendation that it do pass.
The committee next took up the bill TO amend act
entitled An act to create the office of surveyor general of
the public lands in Oregon and provide for the survey
and to mate donations the settlers of the said public
lands"
The bib having been amended in various particulars
Mid aside to be reported to the House with the
commentator that it do pass.
The committee then and reported its action the
House. (
Mr. RICHARDSON asked that the House take up NM
consider she Territorial bills reported formally from
the Committee Of the Whole the state of the Union
| The House however, adjourned.