...the second time, considered and adopted. A motion was made by Mr. W. Forster, and read as follows, viz. Resolved, That the committee of ways and means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of passing a law to graduate the duty paid by retailers of foreign merchandize. Laid on the table....

...RIVES'S RESOLUTION, WITH MR. BAttTLETT'S AMENDMENT. DECEMBER 29, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of discontinuing the annual appropriation heretofore made for defraying the expense of such surveys...

...made, so that foreign manufacturers may derive a benefit from the misfortunes of our own: Therefore, Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the justice and expediency of levying an increased duty of ten cents per bushel ou all salt imported into...

...distinctions between children of the same family alike unreasonable, unjust and unconstitutional. Therefore, Resolved, That the committee of ways and means, be instructed to inquire into the propriety of repealing the act relating to collateral inheritances. Laid on the table. A motion was...

...ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. On motion of Mr. Cook, of Illinois, it was Rfiolvrtt, That the committee of ways and means be instructed to inquire Into the expediency of requiring all payments ot'money out uf the treasury of the United States, to be paid directly I...

...moved to amend the same by striking out all thereof, after the word Resolved, and inserting1, " That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation adequate to the purchase of the reservations made in favor of the Creek...

...orders, are on whole or half pay. [Adopted on .Monday.] On motion of Mr. Martin it WHS Hewhvd, Thai the committee of ways and means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reducing the duty on manufactures of silks, imported from Europe. Sir. Гш/ов moved the following...

...where the said road crosses the same at Brownsville. On motion of Mr. MtKim, it was Reiol-ved, That the committee of ways and means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of permitting all goods, wares and merchandise imported, to be secured in warehouses or other approved...

...and means committee. On the same day, Mr. Clark, of Johnson, offered a resolution to the effect "that the committee of ways and means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of purchasing the law library of Mr. J. Grant, for the use of the State, and to report by bill or otherwise."...