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The said resolution was read, and ordered to lie upon the table one day, under the rule.

Gn motion of Mr. Allen, of Tenn.

Resolved, That the Postmaster General be directed to lay before this House a list of the post offices, designated "distributing offices," in the several states and territories; also, the duties required to be performed by deputy postmasters at such offices; with the regulations adopted for securing a direct conveyance to letters, &c. destined for offices on intermediate post routes.

The said resolution was read, and ordered to lie upon the table one day, under the rule.

On motion of Mr. Mercer,

Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of associating with the Military Academy at West Point a school of instruction for the midshipmen of the Navy of the United States.

Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of securing, in the medical department of the Navy, the benefits of professional skill and experience, by a due apportionment of the pay of the surgeons and their mates, to the time of their actual service, and by requiring an examination, by a board of physicians, of all persons applying for admission therein.;

On motion of Mr. Wickliffe,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reviving, and continuing in force, the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act for the relief of the purchasers of the public lands prior to the first of July, 1820 "

On motion of Mr. Wayne,

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be directed to inquire into the expediency of imposing a duty on wheat imported from any foreign country, or its dependencies.

On motion of Mr. Stewart,

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing Bartholomew Maloy, an old soldier, on the pension list.

On motion of Mr. M'Kim,

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be directed to inquire into the expediency of permitting all goods, wares, and merchandise, imported, to be secured in warehouses, or other approved places, at one port of entry in each state of the United States, without payment or securing the duties thereon at the first entry thereof. On motion of Mr. Jennings,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Charleston to Salem, in the state of Indiana.

On motion of Mr. Hayden,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a mail route in the state of New-York, from Geunessee, in the county of

Livingston, through the town of York, and thence to Caledonia, to intersect with the Great Western Mail from Albany to Buffalo.

On motion of Mr. Stewart,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Cumberland Road be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making a suitable appropriation for the erection of a bridge over the Monongehala river, where the said road crosses the same, at Brownsville.

And then the House adjourned.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1823.

Another member, to wit: from New York, Albert H. Tracy, appeared, was qualified, and took his seat.

Mr. Dwight presented a petition of Vassal White, of the state of Massachusetts, a soldier of the army of the Revolution, praying to be placed on the pension list.

Mr. Cambreleng presented a petition of Hugh Stevenson, of the state of New York, late a soldier in the army of the United States, also praying to be placed on the pension list.

Mr. Cambreleng presented a petition of Margaret M'Keon, widow of James M Keon, deceased, late of the army of the United States, praying that some provision may be made for the relief of herself and the bereaved children of the deceased, in consideration of the gallant and meritorious services of the deceased, in the late war with Great Britain.

Mr. Wright presented a petition of William Anderson, of the state of Ohio, praying to be placed on the pension list, or that some other relief may be granted to him in consideration of services rendered in the navy of the United States, in the war of the Revolution.

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

The following petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and also referred to the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, viz:

By Mr. Sibley, the petition of Levi Hathaway, presented on the 17th of December, 1821.

By Mr. Forward, the petition of Samuel Young, presented on the 17th of December, 1821.

By Mr. Randolph, the petition of Edmund Booker, on behalf of the heirs of Captain James Foster and Lieut. Robert Foster, officers of the Revolutionary army, presented on the 11th of December, 1822.

On motion of Mr. Tomlinson.

Ordered. That the petition of Gurdon Wells and company, manu. facturers of straw bonnets, presented on the 3d of January, 1825, be referred to the Committee on Manufactures.

Mr. Cambreleng presented a memorial of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the city of New York, praying, for reasons set forth at large in the memorial, that the ground on which castle Clinton and the bridge leading to it now stands, and also, the ground conveyed by them to the United States, on each side of the said

bridge, together with said castle Clinton, as the same now stands, may be re-conveyed to them; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Moore, of Alabama,

Ordered, That the petition of Holden W. Prout, heretofore presented on the 3d of January, 1822, be referred to the same commitee. Mr Cambreleng presented a petition of William Blagrove, of the city of New York, praying to be credited with a balance which he alledges to be due him for services as a clerk in the Navy Department, on a judgment which has been obtained against him at the suit of the United States; which petition was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

On motion of Mr. M'Coy,

Ordered, That the petition of John Armstrong, heretofore presented on the 1st of April, 1822, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Vinton,

Ordered, That the petition of George and John Salady, heretofore presented on the 10th of February, 1823, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. Tucker, of Virginia,

Ordered, That the petition of James Steptoe and others, heretofore presented on the 24th December, 1822, be referred to the same com mittee.

Mr. Mercer presented a petition of Ambrose Vasse, of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, praying to be allowed and paid the interest on the sum awarded him under the act passed for his relief, on the 15th of May, 1820; which petition was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

The Speaker laid before the House sundry documents in relation to the contested election of Jared Williams, one of the Representatives for the state of Virginia; which were referred to the Committee of Elections.

Ordered, That the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of Lewis Joseph de Beaulieu and Sewall Fullam, and that they be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. Little, from the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, made unfavorable reports on the cases of Dennis Scott, Alexander M Nish, and William Pew; which were, respectively, ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Robert Farley; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Webster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Alexander Mactier; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Webster, from the same Committee, who were instructed to inquire into the propriety of giving concurrent jurisdiction to the Supreme or Superior Court of law, of the respective states, in cases

arising under the act, entitled "An act to extend the privilege of obtaining patents for useful inventions and discoveries, and to enlarge and define the penalties for violating the rights of patentees," reported, that it is not expedient to make such provision; which report was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Hemphill, from the Committee on the Cumberland Road, reported a bill for the preservation and repair of that road; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Crowninshield, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom the subject has been referred, reported a bill for the relief of Sarah Perry; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

The resolution submitted yesterday, by Mr. Mercer, was taken up, read, and agreed to by the House.

The resolution submitted yesterday, by Mr. Allen, of Tennessee, was taken up, read, and also agreed to by the House.

On motion of Mr. Plumer, of New Hampshire,

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing, by law, for the final settlement, on principles of equity and justice, of the claims of the state of New Hampshire against the United States, for militia services during the late war with Great Britain.

On motion of Mr. Strong,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a Surveyor's Office in each of the states and territories in which the public lands of the United States are situated.

Mr. Allen, of Massachusetts, laid the following resolution on the table, for consideration on to-morrow, viz.

Resolved, That the Postmaster General be directed to lay before this House, a statement of the number of miles of post roads, existing by law in each state and territory, for each of the three years next preceding the first of April last; the number of miles of said road whereon the mail was actually carried in each of those years, together with the yearly expense of transporting the mail; the yearly compensation of postmasters, and the incident expenses thereon. Also, a statement of the amount of postage which accrued in each state and territory in each of those years; the yearly receipts therefrom; the yearly balances for and against them, respectively, and the balances of postage which accrued in each of said years, now due and in

arrears.

Mr. Kent moved, that the House do come to the following resolution: Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of making such an appropriation of the public lands to the purposes of education, in those states to which no grants have yet been made, as will correspond, in a just proportion, with the appropriations, which may have been made heretofore, in favor of those states; and that said committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise.

The said resolution being read, was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Rankin laid on the table the following resolution, for consideration on to-morrow, viz.

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to furnish this House a particular statement, containing the names of any Receivers of Public Moneys in the land offices of the United States, who may have failed to make their returns and payments of public money, according to law, or when required by the Treasury Department; the amount due from such Receivers, severally; the time when the same ought to have been paid to the Government; the measures adopted to punish any such delinquency and coerce the payment; and the names of the places where such offices are situated.

Mr. Owen laid on the table the following resolution, for consideration on to-morrow:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to lay before this House a statement of the sums of money that have been received in the Treasury from the two per cent. fund, payable on the sales of public lands in the states of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, designating the yearly and total amount paid in from each of said states; and how much money has been advanced by the general government, for the re-payment of which these funds, or any of them, are pledged; also, the yearly and total amount in each of the above named states, arising from the three per cent. funds payable on the sale of public lands, and what sums, if any, have been advanced to each of said states, of the three per cent. funds.

On motion of Mr. Van Wyck,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the propriety of repealing that part of the law, passed in 1822, establishing a post route between St. Augustine and Pensacola, in the Floridas.

Resolved, That, inasmuch as the Postmaster General, in his report, states, that, unless otherwise instructed by Congress, he must necessarily, in the fulfilment of that law, close a very disadvantageous contract, that it be advisable for the committee to report specially, and as soon as convenient.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole House on the bill for the relief of Charles M. Collier; 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 order of the day for the House to resolve itself into a committee of the whole on the bill to procure the necessary plans, estimates, and surveys, upon the subject of roads and canals, being called, it was

Ordered, That the order of the day for the House to resolve itself into a committee of the whole on the said bill be postponed until the tenth day of January next.

And then the House adjourned.

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