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H. op R.
HISTORY OF CONGRESS.
Naval Peace Establishment.
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January, 1823.
Mr. McCoy, from the Committee of Claims,
made a report on the petition of Loudon Case,
accompanied by a bill for his relief; which bill
was read twice, and committed to a Committee of
the Whole.
Mr. Plumer, of New Hampshire, from the
Committee on the Judiciary, to whom the subject
was referred, reported a bill concerning patents;
which was read twice, and committed to a Com-
mittee of the Whole. The bill is as follows:
" Beit enacted, Ac., That, in all suits instituted, after
the passage of this act, for the violation of the rights
of patentees, their executors, administrators, or assigns,
under the several acts of Congress concerning patents,
costs shall be allowed such patentees, their executors,
administrators, or assigns, in all cases where the sum
recovered by them or any of them in damages shall
not be less than fifty dollars."
Mr. Tod, from the Committee on Manufac-
tures, laid before the House a statement exhibiting
a view of the duties as at present imposed on cer-
tain imports, compared with the duties proposed
to be imposed on the same articles by the bill now
pending before this House for the more effectual
encouragement and protection of certain domes-
tic manufactures; which was referred to the Com-
mittee of the Whole on the state of the Union,
having under consideration the aforesaid bill.
Mr. Wright, from the committee appointed on
the petition of Doctor James Smith, upon the
subject of vaccination, reported " that, perceiving
no other purpose in the petition than the enact-
ment of some law on the subject, and believing
legislation thereon to be inexpedient, they beg
leave to be discharged from the further considera-
tion thereof."
The report was read, and agreed to by the
House.
The resolution submitted by Mr. Lincoln on
the 17th instant, and laid oil the table under the
rule, was taken up, read, modified, and agreed to
by the House, as follows:
Resolved, That the Secretaries of the Departments
of State, the Treasury, War, and Navy, be directed,
severally, to inform this House what newspapers,
journals, and other periodical publications, charts and
instruments, maps and prints, are taken at the public
expense in their respective departments: Also, to fur-
nish catalogues of all books which have been pur-
chased at the public expense in their respective de-
partments, stating the titles and prices of such as
have been procured each year, during the last six-
years.
Mr. Rich submitted the following resolution,
which was agreed to and ordered to lie on the
table one day.
Resolved, That the President of the United States
be requested to cause to be arranged and laid before
this House a digest, showing such changes of the
commercial regulations of the different foreign coun-
tries with which the United States have intercourse,
as shall have been adopted, and come to the know-
ledge of the Executive, subsequent to the formation of
the digest communicated to the Senate on the 7th of
December, 1819.
On motion of Mr. HunxAN-nEz, the Committee
on Public Lands were directed to inquire into the
expediency of vesting so much of the public lots
and houses within the city of Peusacola, in the
Territory of Florida, as may not be required for
the use of the United States, in the City Council
of said city, and for its benefit and improvement.
On motion of Mr. F.Johnson, the Committee
on Naval Affairs were instructed to inquire into
the amount of annual expenditures in support of
the marine corps; the number of officers and men
composing that corps; what services they render
to the United States ; also, into the expediency of
reducing the number, or of abolishing the same.
Mr. Mallary moved the following:
Kesolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be
instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing
for an equal selection of midshipmen for the Navy,
from the diiferent States of the Union.
In submitting this resolution, Mr. M. said his
object was to attach every part of the nation to
that essential arm of national defence, the Navy,
by giving to every part of the nation an interest
in its prosperity, Ac. so far as that effect might be
produced by the equal distribution of the offices
among the population of our country. Such a
distribution, he believed, would have the further
effect to strengthen the Government. With these
j views, he hoped to be indulged in the proposed
inquiry.
The resolve was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Rucgles, the House took up,
and proceeded to consider, the report of the Se-
cretary of the Treasury on the petition of Abra-
ham Snyder: whereupon, it was ordered that the
petition and report be referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.
The Speaker laid before the House a Message
from the President of the United States, transmit-
ting a report of the Secretary of the Navy, re-
specting the cost and expediency of fortifying
Thompson's island, or Key West; which were
referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
NAVAL PEACE ESTABLISHMENT.
Mr. Fuller, from the Committee on Naval
Affairs, to which was referred the Message from
the President, upon the subject of a Naval Peace
Establishment, made a report thereon, accom-
panied by a bill to fix and render permanent the
Naval Peace Establishment of the United States;
which bill was read twice, and committed to a
Committee of the whole House on the state of the
Union. The report is as follows:
The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was
committed the Message of the President of the United
States, transmitting a plan for the Peace Establish-
ment of the Navy of the United States, communi-
cated at the present session of Congress, respectfully
report:
Before the late war between the United States and
Great Britain, several acts of Congress, at different
periods, established the amount and character of the
naval force which was then deemed commensurate
with our national resources, and adapted to the state
of our relations with foreign countries, existing or an-
ticipated. The changes, however, were so frequent,
and the efforts to increase our naval strength were so
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