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of the Pennsylvania line of the army during the revolutionary war with Great Britain.

On motion of Mr. Marion, and seconded,

Resolved, That the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of continuing in force the act passed on the twenty-eighth of March, one thousand eight hundred and six, entitled "An act declaring the consent of Congress to an act of the state of South Carolina, passed on the twenty-first day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, so far as the same relates to authorizing the city council of Charleston, to impose and collect a duty on the tonnage of vessels from foreign ports."

On motion of Mr. Goodwyn,

Ordered, That the petition of John and William Bell, of Petersburgh, in the state of Virginia, presented on the twenty-fourth of December, one thou. sand eight hundred and six, be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

Mr. Mumford presented a petition of the sugar refiners in the city of New-York; whose names are thereunto subscribed, to the same effect with a petition of the sugar refiners of Boston, presented on the twenty-seventh instant.

Mr. Newton presented a petition of the sugar refiners in the town of Alexandria, to the same effect with the petition last stated.

Ordered, That the said petitions be severally referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufac

tures.

On a motion made and leave given by the House, Mr. Newton, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, presented, according to order, a bill authorizing the accounting officers of the Treasury department, to give credit to certain collectors of the customs for allowances paid by them to the owners and crews of fishing vessels, which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and com. mitted to a committee of the whole House, on Friday

next.

Mr. Fisk, from the joint committee for enrolled bills, reported, that the committee did, yesterday, present to the President of the United States for his approbation, an enrolled bill, entitled "An act respecting the ships or vessels owned by citizens or subjects of foreign nations with which commercial intercourse is permitted."

On motion of Mr. Lyon,

Ordered, That the representation of Thomas Paine, of the city of New-York, presented on the fourth of February, one thousand eight hundred and eight, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Say presented a petition of Hannah Foster, of the city of Philadelphia, praying to be allowed the pay and emoluments due for the services of her deceased husband, William Crater Foster, who died in the service of the United States whilst a soldier in the New Jersey line of the continental army, during the revolutionary war with Great Britain.

The said petition was read, and referred to the Committee of Claims.

A motion was made by Mr. Rhea,(of Tennessee) and seconded, that the House do come to the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands do inquire into the expediency of laying off, and describing by certain metes and bounds, a tract of country to which the Indian title is extinguished, within the limits of Louisiana, and to include all the settlements within the said territory, and of having the said tract of country laid off into townships and sections, half and quarter sections, agreeably to the several laws heretofore made for surveying the public lands of the United States; and also to inquire into the expediency of granting one quarter of a section

to every free male white person who now resides thereon, or who will within years, actually improve and reside thereon.

And on the question that the House do proceed to take the said proposed resolution into consideration, It was resolved in the affirmative.

A motion was then made by Mr. Rhea (of Tennessee) that the said resolution be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands,

And the question being taken thereupon,

It was determined in the negative.

A motion was made by Mr. Lewis, and seconded, that the House do come to the following resolution:

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of removing from WestPoint, the corps of Engineers, constituting the military academy, to the city of Washington; and that leave be given to report by bill or otherwise.

And on the question that the House do proceed to take the said proposed resolution into consideration, It was determined in the negative.

Mr. Johnson, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred on the twenty-seventh instant, the petition of Joseph Savage, made a report thereon, which was read and considered:

Whereupon,

Resolved, That the prayer of the petition of Joseph Savage, is unreasonable, and ought not to be granted. Mr. Gardenier presented a petition of Hill Sturges, of Green county, in the state of New-York, pray-. ing to be placed on the pension list of the United. States, in consideration of injuries sustained whilst a soldier in the Connecticut line of the continental army of the United States, during the revolutionary war with Great Britain.

The said petition was read, and referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Bacon presented petitions from sundry in habitants of Plymouth district, in the state of Massa

chusetts, whose names are thereunto subscribed, to the same effect with a petition from sundry other inhabitants of the said district, presented on the twentyfourth instant.

Ordered, That the saia petitions be referred to the Committee of Elections.

Mr. Bacon also presented a petition of John Pitman, of Providence in the state of Rhode Island, praying the renewal, for a further time, of his patent right to a machine for manufacturing cordage.

The said petition was read, and referred to Mr. Bacon, Mr. Stanford, Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Swoope and Mr. Miller, with instruction to examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

On motion of Mr. Bacon,

Ordered, That the petition of Robert Elwell, of the district of Maine, presented on the nineteenth of February, one thousand eight hundred and eight, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On a motion made by Mr. Bacon, and seconded, that the House do come to the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to prepare, and report to this House at their next session, a plan for the application of such means as are within the power. of Congress, for the purpose of protecting and fostering the manufactures of the United States, together with a statement of the several manufacturing establishments which have been commenced, the progress which has been made in them, and the success with which they have been attended; and such other information as in the opinion of the Secretary, shall be material in exhibiting a general view of the manufactures of the United States.

The said proposed resolution was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Richards presented a memorial of the manufacturers of hats in the borough of Reading, and state of Pennsylvania, to the like effect with the memorials

from sundry other manufacturers of hats, before stated, which was received, and referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

The House proceeded to the re-consideration, agreeably to their vote of the twenty-sixth instant, of a resolution proposed by Mr. Randolph, in the words following, to wit:

"Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire and report, whether monies drawn from the Treasury, since the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and one, have been faithfully applied to the objects for which they were appropriated, and whether the same have been regularly accounted for."

And the same being again read at the Clerk's table, was, upon the question put thereupon,

Agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That Mr. Randolph, Mr. Macon, Mr. Smilie, Mr. J. C. Chamberlain, Mr. Seaver, Mr. Howard and Mr. Southard, be appointed a committee pursuant to the said resolution.

On motion of Mr. Nelson, and seconded,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of making provision, by law, for the relief of the infirm, disabled and superannuated officers and soldiers of the late revolutionary army, and of the present army of the United States; and that the committee have leave to report by bill, or otherwise.

Ordered, That Mr. Nelson, Mr. Blaisdell, Mr. Baylies, Mr. Matthews, and Mr. Sheffy, be appointed a committtee pursuant to the said resolution.

On motion of Mr. Dawson,

Ordered, That the letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the chairman of the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, relating to a removal of the office of the collector for the district of Tappahannock to Fredericksburg, be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

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