Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-01-29
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


On motion Of Sr. sTRATToN, under suspension of
the rules the House proceeded consider Senate bill for
the relief Of Abigail Stafford, when
IL was read three times and passed.
Mr. CLARK, by consent, in pursuance Of notice, intro
duced bill to grant certain quantity Of land to the
State of Iowa. for the purpose Of aiding said State in the
construction Of railroad from Davenport via Muscatne
to Council Bluffs, on the Missouri river in said State
which read twice and referred to the Committee
Public Lands.
On motion of Mr.. HARPER, by consent Senate bill
granting pension to Mrs Ann c. Belknap taken up,
read three times and passed
On motion Of Mr.. WASHBURN, under q suspension of
the rules the House took up Senate bill for the relief
Of Nathan Weston r late additional paymaster in the
United States army and 1t was read three times and
passed.
Mr.. GoRMAN, by consent, from the Committee on Mi
ary Affairs, to which referred Senate bill for the
relief Of Francis Gardiner reported the same back with
amendment; which agreed TO, when
The bin read the third time and passed.
Mr.. CARTIER by consent from the Committee Pa
tents reported bill regulating the reports Of the Patent
Office, and providing for IN additional officer therein
which was read twice.
Mr. c. explained that this bill proposed TO do what
not done in the Patent Office 1t proposed to make
ineligible mechanical report Of the transactions OF
that Office. Every gentleman Of the fact that
the contents Of the mechanical report Of the Patent Office
uninteligble for want Of any mechanical de-
scrpton Of the patents which the great design Of
the report This bill proposed to remedy this difficulty
by furnishing outline draft for this purpose providing
for the employment Of engraver at twelve hundred dol
lars year, which to be paid out Of the patent
fund.- and Of the Treasury. This subject had been
under consideration in the Committee Of Patents for
than eight months and this the FIRST opportunity he
! had had Of reporting it to the House.
Mr. JONES' Of Tennessee, moved to commit the bin to
the Committee Of the Whole the state Of the Union be-
ieving that it should be examined before finally acted
upon.
| The motion disagreed to; and the bill was then
read the third time and passed.
| On motion Of Mr.. JOHNSON, Of Arkansas, the House
proceeded consider Senate bill to confer John W.
Quincy member Of the Stockbrdge tribe Of Indians,
the rights Of citizenship Of the United States, and for
| other purposes; when IL was read twice.
Mr. ORR, considering the bill unconstitutional moved
| that IL be laid on the table.
Mr. JOHNSON said that, some gentlemen seemed to
think the bill unconstitutional he would move to amend
it by striking much thereof proposed to uaturaze
John Quincy, only retaining that portion Of it which al
| lowed him to hold property.
i Mr. ORR then withdrew his notion when
i The amendment agreed to- and the bill read the
third time and passedthe title being amended so as TO
| read a bill for the relief Of John W. Quincy.
considerable number Of Senate bills taken up,
read twice. and referred but before dsposng Of this
| business
4 The House adjourned.