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On these amendments, and on the merits the bill itself, much debate took place, in which Messrs. Kelly, Smith of Maryland, Taylor of Virginia, Van Buren, Macon, and Noble, largely participated.
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Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which the subject was referred, reported the following resolution; which was read:
Resolved, That the Attorney General be requested to collect and arrange in one bill, all the acts of Congress now in force relative to the courts of the United States, and their administration of justice thereon, and report the same to the Senate at their next... Continue Reading
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On the question of concurring in this amendment a debate arose of considerable extent—Messrs. Holmes of Maine, Elliott, Macon, Van Buren, and Chandler, supporting the appropriation, and Mr. Lanman opposing it, chiefly on the ground that the act was, at this time, premature and unnecessary. The amendment was agreed to without a division.
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Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, offered an amendment for the purpose of appropriating the sum of twenty-nine thousand one hundred and seventy-eight dollars for completing the barracks and other public buildings at Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana, and explained at some length the necessity of the appropriation, and earnestly enforced the adoption of the amendment.
Mr. Holmes, of Maine, and Mr.... Continue Reading
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Mr. Van Buren presented the petition of Archibald Gracie, of New York, stating that property belonging to the petitioner was seized by the French, at Hamburg, in the year 1807; that the capture was without ground, and that the property, without any trial, or civil process whatever, was appropriated to the purposes of the French Government; that the claim is one of a nature the most manifest, and... Continue Reading
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Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the bill supplementary to an act to relieve certain persons from prison, with the amendment thereto, as adopted by the House of Representatives.
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Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which were referred, on the 10th instant, the petitions of Jonathan H. Lambdin, William Hill, and Abraham V. Matson, reported a bill, supplementary to the act, entitled "An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt;" and the bill was read twice, by unanimous consent.
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Mr. Van Buren then introduced the following resolution:
Resolved, by the Senate and House of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following amendment of the Constitution of the United States be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States:
The Electors of President and Vice President of the United States shall be chosen by the people of the several States, in... Continue Reading
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Mr. Van Buren, of New York, rose and said, that pursuant to the notice he had heretofore given, he would now ask leave to introduce a resolution proposing an amendment of the Constitution of the United States on the subject of the election of President and Vice President of the United States. Should the permission he asked be granted, it was his intention further to move that the resolution he... Continue Reading
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The allowance of interest was opposed by Messrs. Lanman, Holmes, of Maine, Macon, and Van Buren, on the ground that the claim had not been before presented, and that the same principle which had been adopted in the settlement of other claims, of a similar nature, should be preserved in this case.
The question having been divided, the motion for striking out $23,500 prevailed; but, before question... Continue Reading
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Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a resolution directing the Seeretary of State, to report to Congress concerning the expiration of laws, reported the following resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading:
"Resolved, That there be added to the Standing Committees, consisting of five members each, directed to be appointed at the commencement of... Continue Reading
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Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, on the 29th ultimo, the petition of John Hall, made a report, together with a resolution, that the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted.
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The bill for the relief of Josiah Hook, junior, reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, was taken up, as in Committee of the Whole. The bill provides for the payment of $1,165 to Josiah Hook, junior, collector of the port of Penobscot, in Maine, as indemnification for a judgment obtained against him, for the seizure of some cattle, within his district, during the late war, which he had reason... Continue Reading
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Mr. Van Buren presented the memorial of Frederick De Peyster and Company, and others, merchants and underwriters, of the city of New York, praying indemnification for the illegal seizure and condemnation of their property, from the year 1793 to 1800, under the authority of the French Government. The memorial was read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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The report of the Judiciary Committee, unfavorable to the petition of John Hall, was taken up for consideration. Mr. Van Buren stated that the petitioner was a paymaster in the service of the United States; that he had become a defaulter to a considerable amount, and was now imprisoned in the State of Missouri; that the committee could see no particular reasons for extending relief in this case;... Continue Reading
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On motion by Mr. Van Buren, the Committee on the Judiciary, who were instructed by a resolution of the Senate, of the 9th instant, to inquire into the expediency of certain additions to the index to the laws, were discharged from the further consideration thereof.
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Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act to alter the times of holding the district court at Mobile, in the district of Maine," reported it with an amendment; which was read, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate.
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Mr. Van Buren gave notice that he should ask leave, on Thurday next, to introduce a joint resolution, proposing an amendment of the Constitution of the United States, on the subject of power of Congress to make roads and canals.
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Mr. Van Buren rose, in pursuance of notice given on Wednesday last, to ask leave to introduce a joint resolution, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, on the subject of the power of Congress to make roads and canals. He said he was as much opposed as any man, to frequent alterations of the form of government under which we live, but he would make no apology for... Continue Reading
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Leave was then granted, and Mr. Van Buren offered the following resolution, which was read, and passed to a second reading:
"Resolved, &c., That the following amendment of the Constitution of the United States be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States:
"Congress shall have power to make roads and canals; but all money appropriated for this purpose, shall be apportioned among the... Continue Reading
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Mr. Van Buren presented the petition of Conrad Ten Eyck, of Detroit, in the Territory of Michigan, praying indemnification for a quantity of merchandise, of which he was plundered by the Chippewa Indians, during the late war; and for which it was their intention to provide, by a supplemental article of a treaty, concluded between the said Indians and the Commissioner acting on behalf of the... Continue Reading
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On motion, by Mr. Van Buren, the Committee on the Judiciary were discharged from the further consideration of the petition of James Hunter and John P. Williamson, presented and referred on the 30th December.
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Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act to repeal, in part, an act, entitled 'An act to lessen the compensation for marshals, clerks, and attorneys, in the cases therein mentioned," reported it with an amendment.
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Mr. Van Buren, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the legal representatives of John Michael, deceased," reported it without amendment.
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Mr. Van Buren presented the petition of Thos. W. Clerke, and others, aliens, in New York, and of R. Riker, and others, also of New York, praying a modification of the law prescribing the terms of naturalization; which were read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer Oliver and others, directors of a corporation called the New England Mississippi Land Company, &c., reported as follows:
1st. That, by the articles of agreement and cession of the 24th of April, 1802, between the United States and the State of Georgia, it was agreed that the United States might (... Continue Reading
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