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Ordered, That the titles be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk do carry the said bills to the Senate, and ask their concurrence therein. An engrossed bill concerning costs in certain cases, was read the third time, and, being on its passage, it was,

On motion of Mr. Wright,

Ordered, That the said bill be recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions so to amend the same, as to make the minimum of damage on which costs shall be allowed, one hundred dollars.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill for the relief of John Jenkins; and on the bill for the relief of William Kendall; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr Ingham reported the last mentioned bill without amendment; which was then ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow; and it was

Ordered, That the committee of the whole House be discharged from the further consideration of the bill for the relief of John Jenkins, and that it be recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill for the relief of Sarah Chitwood; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Foot, of Connecticut, reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to

morrow.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill for the relief of certain distillers of Berks county, in the state of Pennsylvania; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Condict reported the same without amend

ment.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to

morrow.

Mr. Foot, of Connecticut, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had presented to the President of the United States for his approbation, the enrolled bill, entitled " An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish, for the use of the territory of Arkansas, an abstract of the military bounty lands lying within the same."

And then the House adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1823.

Another member, viz. from Pennsylvania, Daniel H. Miller, appeared, was qualified, and took his seat.

On motion of Mr. Crowninshield,

Ordered, That the petition of Isaac Collyer, heretofore presented on the 15th December, 1821, be referred to the Committee on Com

merce.

Mr. Eddy presented a petition of Abiel Brown, a soldier of the army of the Revolution, praying to be placed on the pension list; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. Tomlinson presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the village of Mill river, in the town of Fairfield, in the state of Connec. ticut, praying for an alteration in a post route; which petition was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Morgan presented a memorial of the Chamber of Commerce in the city of New York, praying for the establishment of a uniform system of bankruptcy, for the United States; which memorial was

ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Holcombe presented a memorial of Augustus F. Cammann, of the state of New Jersey, praying for the aid of the Government in working a copper-mine, lying in said state; which memorial was referred to a select committee.

Mr. Holcombe, Mr. Day, Mr. Poinsett, Mr. Swan, and Mr. Richards, were appointed the said committee.

Mr. Randolph presented the petition of a number of pensioners of the United States, now assembled at the city of Washington, adopted at a meeting of said pensioners, of which meeting Thomas Cox was chairman, and Daniel Palmer, secretary, praying for an increase of their pensions, respectively; which petition was referred to the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

On motion of Mr. Garnett,

Ordered, That the petition of Joseph Janey, heretofore presented on the 10th December, 1817, be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Gist presented a petition of Thomas Porter, of South Carolina, praying for a grant of the bounty in land, as also to be paid the retained bounty, in money, to which he conceives himself entitled, for services as a soldier in the army, in the late war with Great Britain; which petition was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Gurley presented a petition of Philemon Thomas, on behalf of himself and the military force which was under his command, in the capture of the Spanish fort of Baton Rouge, on the 23d September, 1810, praying for a confirmation of the grants of land, made by the revolutionary government of West Florida, to himself and his forces, for their gallantry and good conduct in the capture of the fort aforesaid; which petition was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Owen presented a petition of James Earles, in behalf of his wife Betsey; of John Boone, in behalf of his wife Raine; of Henry Conway, on behalf of his wife Zilpha; of Elisha Tarvin and Elijah Tarvin, heirs and representatives of William Tarvin, sen'r deceased; praying for the confirmation of their title to a tract of land, derived from the Spanish government.

Mr. Owen also presented a petition of William Stringer, administrator on the estate of Francis Stringer, deceased, praying for the

confirmation of a claim to a tract of land in the state of Alabama, called a donation right.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. Richard, of Michigan,

Ordered, That the petition of the trustees of the church of St. Anne, heretofore presented on the 13th of December, 1822, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs; and, that the petition of John Baptiste Jerome and others, heretofore presented on the 12th December, 1821, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill, entitled An act for the relief of Thomas W. Bacot;" also, a bill, entitled “ An act concerning discriminating duties of tonnage and impost;" in which last mentioned bill they ask the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew.

Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, from the Committee of Claims, in obedience to an order of the House, reported a bill for the relief of Garret Fountain; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Little, from the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Eliza Dill, daughter of the late Major General Arthur St. Clair; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Little, from the same committee, to which have been referred the petitions of Ebenezer Lord, James Royal, Moses Bursiel, Adam Cooper. Eleazer Scott, Levi Hathaway and Andrew Gorrell, reported a bill concerning invalid pensioners; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Gazlay,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the title and right of the United States in and to one township of land, reserved for certain purposes, in the contract entered into with John C. Symmes, as mentioned in the laws passed in 1792, and 1803, relating thereto.

On motion of Mr. Gurley,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be directed to inquire into the justice and expediency of granting to actual settlers in that part of the state of Louisiana lying east of the Mississippi and island of Orleans, a right of pre-emption to public lands, in the same manner, and for the same period of time, after possession thereof by the Government of the United States, as was granted to such settlers in the late territory of Orleans, after possession thereof, as aforesaid.

On motion of Mr. Moore, of Kentucky,

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing ports of entry and delivery at Louisville, Kentucky, Cincinnati, in Ohio, and St. Louis, in Missouri.

On motion of Mr. Lee,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Newtown Trap, in the county of Frederick, to Sharpsburgh, in the county of Washington, Maryland.

Ordered, That the bill for the continuation of the Cumberland road, be committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the petition of Sarah Easton and Dorothy Storer, with the accompanying documents.

The bill from the Senate, entitled "An act concerning discriminating duties of tonnage and impost," was read the first and second time;

And a motion was made by Mr. Cobb, to amend the said bill, by inserting, after the word nation, where it occurs the first time in the 4th section, these words," the independence of which has been, or hereafter may be, acknowledged by the United States." This motion was disagreed to by the House, and it was

Ordered, That the said bill be read a third time to-day.
Engrossed bills of the following titles, viz.

An act for the relief of William Kendall;

An act for the relief of Sarah Chitwood; and

An act for the relief of certain distillers within the county of Berks, in the state of Pennsylvania;

Were, respectively, read the third time, and passed.

Ordered, That the titles be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk do carry the said bills to the Senate, and ask their concurrence therein. The bill from the Senate, entitled "An act concerning discriminating duties of tonnage and impost," was read the third time, and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk do acquaint the Senate therewith.

A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Mosher, his private Secretary, as follows:

To the House of Representatives of the United States:

I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents, containing the information requested by the resolution of the House, of the 19th inst. relating to the condition and future prospects of the Greeks.

Washington, 31st Dec. 1823.

JAMES MONROE.

The said message was read, and ordered to lie on the table. The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of the Levy Court of Calvert County, in the State of Maryland; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Taylor reported the agreement of the committee of the whole House in the resolution recommended in the said report, viz:

"Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be granted."

The question was then taken, to concur with the committee of the whole in their agreement to the said resolution,

And passed in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Sloane,

Ordered, That, when the House adjourns, it will adjourn to meet again on Friday next.

And then the House adjourned.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1824.

On motion of Mr. Burleigh,

Ordered, That the petition of Pelatiah Littlefield, heretofore presented on the 17th February, 1825, be committed to the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Stewart presented a petition of Mary Clark, widow of John Clark, late a captain in the army of the United States, praying that the pension granted to her late husband may be continued to her.

Mr. Neale presented a petition of Jesse Thompson, of the state of Maryland, praying to be restored to the Revolutionary pension list, from which his name has been erased in consequence of the estimated value of his property.

Mr. White presented a petition of Joseph Fitzgerald, of the state of Kentucky, a soldier of the army of the Revolution, praying to be placed on the pension list.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Locke presented petitions of inhabitants of the towns of Sterling, Barre, and Dana, in the county of Worcester, in the state of Massachusetts, praying for the establishment of a post route.

Mr. McCoy presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Pocahontas, in the state of Virginia, praying for an alteration in a post route therein mentioned.

Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the town of Ripley, in the state of Ohio, also praying for an alteration in a post route therein mentioned.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Sibley presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the town of Leicester, in the county of Worcester, and state of Massachusetts, praying that measures may be adopted for the more effectual and permanent protection of the manufacturing interest of the country.

Mr. Miller presented a memorial, having the same object in view, from inhabitants of the city and county of Philadelphia.

Ordered, That the said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee on Manufactures.

Mr. Ellis presented a petition of James Bell, of the state of Pennsylvania, a pensioner under the act providing for persons wounded

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