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proceedings of congress .
Ih the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES of
the UNITED STATES.
(Continuedfrom No. 155. J
Monday, July 13.
THE reading of the engroiTed bill for .re
gulating the collecficu of the import
Was portioned till to-morrow.
Upou motioii it was voted, that the report,
of the committee upon the memorial of An
drew Ellicott, surveyor, lhould be taken into
colideratiun. The report was accordingly
read : It rtated, that the survey ordered by
Congress of the lands ceded to the United
States in 1786, ouMit to be completed forth
with, and that the lurveyor be reimbursed the
expenceo he had already incurred in the pro*
iecutton of the bufine.s.
The House then, on motion of Mr. Scott,
refoived itlelf into a committee of the whole
upon the Hate of the union, to take into con
sideration the state of the weftern territory.
Mr. Boudinot in the Chair.
The report of the committee appointed on
a former difeudion of this fubjett, was theu
yead, and js as follows :
Refoived , That it is the opiuion of this
committee, that an atl of Cougrefs lliould
pass for eitablilhing a Land Office, to regulate
the terms 01 grauting vacant and unappropri
ated lands in toe weitern territory.
After debate, the question upon the report
of the commiitee was taken, and palled in
the a dir mauve, v
A refqlve, which provides that the land
oth:e lhould be placed under the direction of
the Governor of the weftern territory, was
them read. ■
Mr. Vining then moved, that the propor
tion lliould lie on the table till to-morrow,
and that the committee should life—rthis mo
tion obtained; and the Speaker returned the
Chair, r - ; j /• -V 0 1
Mr. Vi'ring moved, that the report of the
committee appointed to take into considera
tion the compenfajiou proper to be allowed to
the Pielident, Vice-Trefident, Senators and
ReprefetUatives, of the United States, for
their services, Should be taken up ; this mo
tion was agreed to. ■ Tuis repor ; lfated, that
ap,ooo dollars per annum be allowed to the
President, exclusive of the expences of an
house, furniture, iccretanes, clerks, carri
ages, horses, &c.
Mr. Lavorence cbferved, that he should
not take upon him to determine.whether the
sum mentioned in the report was lntfipsent or
not—the Conrtitution dates, that the Fiefi
<leut Avail receive an adequate allowance,
which he has a r ight to dispose of as he pleases.
He pointed out the impropriety of fpcc.fying
particular objeth for which allowances were
to .be made, and said that the compeufation
lhould be made in a gross sum ; he therefore
moved, that thofc parts of the report which
refpetfed particulars, with the twenty tbuu
fand dollars, lhould be struck out, anJ the
sum left blank.
A variety of obfcrvltions followed this
motion, Vvluch was at length earned in the
affirmative, and the article in the tepon now
fluids thus 1 , ~ ,
Re/tlvtd, That the VrendetU ‘>f ‘he United
fl'We mooUtil did.
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fetdices, to be f>aid in quarterly payments.
Adjourned.
Mr. Ames, of the committee on eleftions,
made a partial report on the coutefled election
of the itatc of New-Jersey, which was laid
on the table.
Mr. Fitz/tmons moved for leave to bring in
a bill to provide for the government of the
wetferu territory, agreeably to the ads and
ordinances of the late Congress. Objections
were -made by Mr. Carrol and Mr. bioue.
it .was oblerved,-that it was improper to pro
ceed to enfoicc particular ordinances of the
late Congress, as it might involve a diffi
cult queltion, whether all such ads as were
not so re-efUbliilied could have any force or
operation. • Thisqueftion was iufportant, and
if it came before the House, there was not
time now to dilcuis it. Giving this leave, it
was said, would be fandioning thole ads that
might be improper or impolitic to continue,
which the House ought not to do without ex
amination. «.If a la*.' of this Congress was
necell’ary to give efficacy to the inftitur.iun* of
the old, the whole lubjed ought hje taken up,
and i'onie general prt/vilion made. «■
.On the other hand was urged the uncertain
and unlettled Hate of the wcltern territory 5
the apprehensions thit prevailed tliere, that
they had no legal, regular government, au
thorifed by the United States. This was on
ly a present measure, and if an eilabliilnnent
upon different principles lliould be ueceffary
in future, it could be effeded.
A motion was then made to refer this pro
polition to a special committee, winch was
. negatived. ' .
Mr. Smith (S. C.) moved to strike out
the words ‘ agreeab.y to the ordinances of
Congress, ** which was carried.
Mr. Benjuti then moved to firike out the
former words of the motion, and that a com
mittee lliould be appointed to bring in the bill.
This was carried, and Mr. Fitzfunons, Mr.
bedgwick and Mr. Brown, were appointed.
) .Another motion was then made by Mr. Fitz
finions, that a committee be appointed to bring
in a bill providing for the fettle incut of accounts
'between the United btates and individual
Itatcs, agreeably to the ads aud ordinances of
the laje Congress : This was a!f<* agreed to,
and Messrs. Baldwin, bturgis, and Mr. Smith
(S. C.) appointed as the committee.
Adjourned till n o’clock to-morrow.
- IVedr.ejday , Inly 15.
The House met, and .00k up, for a second
reading, the report of the committee of elec
tions, refpefting the contested election of
New-Jersey. The objeft of report was, to
obtain inftruflions and power from the House
to proceed to obtain p »1 of fbc fatls It rtc.l
by the petitioned, relative to unfair and ille
gal proceedings during the laid election*.
The petitioner* in favor of the lilting
'Member* had applied to be heard by cotmfel,
whether the fact, if proved, were material
to invalidate the election; aud whether the
Houle had, cortitutionally, cogiiiiuuce of the
execution of (he election law.
A Img debaie tpok plirh on a motion
made by Mr. Bcufon, to hear the petitioners
by cotmfel but when the Houle wne coming
10 a decrnau the tuvtiwh w** wi k
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It was then proposed that the House em- .
power the committee to fend for such persona,
papers and records, as they deem expedient ;
but, on the quedion being put, the raotioa
was negatived. . -
y Another motion was made to autborifethe
coinmittee to fend a com mil** on into New-
Jecfey lor taking depositions ; but this met a
• fate funilar to the former.
It being under Hood that the committee were
to proceed 10 obtain proof in such manner as
they rtionld deem expedient, the-bufiuefs was -
finithed for the ptclcnt, anti the House then
adjourned*
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/ Vburfday, July id.
The House met agrreeably to adjournment;
Mr. Fiizfimons reported a hill for eltablifh
ing an ordinance of the late Congress refpeft*
ing the wcHern territory.
The House went into a committee on the
bill for cttabliiliiug light-houses, aud regulate
ing pilots.
Mr. Bsudifut ix tin Ch ic. > .
The bill provides that each Hate may, on
application to the Secretary of the Treasury,
and a cefiion of such spots as inay be propee
for building light-houses, have power to ella
blirti as many as shall be thought neceffiry.
i he expeuces to be defrayed from the Fe
deral 1 rcafury, and paid in advance.—Add
that pilots may be eHabliffied in each Hate,
by law, fubjeH to the revuion and controul
of Congress
Mr. Fueler moved to flrike out the whole -
bill except the enabling clause, aud to fubfli
tuie another which he laid on the table. *
The principle of this Was to place the eflj
blilhment of both lighi-houfes and pilots in
the liaikU>, and under the controul of the Hate
governments, the former to be supported by
the appropriation of a certain proportion of
tnc duty on tonnage of veiTels, not exceeding;
fix cents per ton —and in case that were infuf- /
hcieut, that each Hate Ih >uld have power
Uy an additional tonnage duty on all veffela
entering the ports where fucb houses were e
lected, an j that pilots lliould be under the
direction of the Hates. •
This morion occalioned some debate.
Mr. Fitzfunons laid the whole of thefepro
viHohs were unconHitutional, and entered in
to a variety <of reafoniug, to prove that they .
weie inadequate to the object. The coufli
tution, he laid, in giving the regulation of
commerce t» Congress, had conferred every
power winch was incidental and necefiary to
it —That regulations refpeefing light-houfet
and pilots were a part of the commercial sys. .
tern, and had been given up by the Hates.
The mem* of providing for defraying the
expeuces of them, by the Hates laying an iin- -
poit, was also unconfUtotional. The provi
lions were inadequate, becaule t..ere were •
many bght-b»ufcs ertabliihed, and there might
he many more, in places diHanr from any
h-tuour, 00 the extremetics of .cape*, dec.
Anahit ihele arguments it was rameuded .
by Mi. Tucker and Mr. bmith, ( -.0.) that
me bill was an infringement on the lights of
lutes —that ihefc eiWhliflimeiiis were not ue«
ccffiarily incidental to the power of commerce
1 —that the requiring acc lmu to the United
Hue. nf Inch pieces as were proper for die
building of hgbMioofet was an improper in* >
linichmvm upon the temtori.4 luriMiTiati •
*1 th< iU,«*, kud ,< viiy wJi-oa i'o
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