Resolutions. is hereby authorized to cause the sea-wall aforesaid to be repaired, and the pier aforesaid to be erected, by contract, under the direction of the collector of the district of Portsmouth, if, on the report of such persons, he shall deem it necessary. And the President is further requested to communicate to Congress, at their next session, the result of so much of the examination and survey, as relates to the expediency and practicability of building the sea-wall aforesaid: Provided, That no money shall be expended in erecting the pier aforesaid, until the jurisdiction of the site thereof shall be ceded by the State of New Hampshire to the United States. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That a sum, not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars, is hereby appropriated for the purposes aforesaid; to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1821. An Act to amend the act, entitled "An act to provide for taking the fourth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, and for other pur-poses." Be it enacted, &c., That, instead of the time pre scribed in the above-recited act, in which the marshals and their assistants should perform the various duties assigned them by the said act, the same is hereby enlarged to the first day of September next. Approved, March 3, 1821. An Act authorizing the President of the United States to remove the Land Office in the district of Lawrence county, in the Territory of Arkansas. tions, suits, process, proceedings, commenced, or to be commenced, or now pending in said district court, and liable to be discontinued, or suffer prejudice, from the foregoing alterations, may be returned to, and shall be continued to, the district court to be holden in pursuance of this act, in such manner as that the same shall suffer no discontinuance or prejudice by virtue of this act. Approved, March 2, 1821. RESOLUTIONS. Resolution providing for the admission of Missouri into the Union on a certain condition. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Missouri shall be admitted into this Union on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever, upon the fundamental condition, that the fourth clause of the twenty-sixth section of the third article of the constitution submitted on the part of said State to Congress, shall never be construed to authorize the passage of any law, and that no law shall be passed in conformity thereto, by which any citizen, of either of the States in this Union, shall be excluded from the enjoyment of any of the privileges and immunities to which such citizen is entitled under the Constitution of the United States: Provided, That the Legislature of said State, by a solemn public act, shall declare the assent of the said State to the said fundamental condition, and shall transmit to the President of the United States, on or before the fourth Monday in November next, an authentic copy of the said act; upon the receipt whereof, the President, by proclamation, Be it enacted, &c., That so much of the act, enti- | shall announce the fact; whereupon, and without tled "An act making provision for the establishment of additional land offices in the Territory of Missouri," as requires that the land office for the district of Lawrence county shall be established at the seat of justice in said county, shall be and the same is hereby repealed; and the President of the United States is hereby authorized to remove and establish said office at any suitable place within the said district. Approved, March 2, 1821. any further proceeding on the part of Congress, Resolution providing for jails in certain cases, for the safe custody of persons committed under the authority of the United States. Resolved, &c., That where any State or States, having complied with the recommendation of Congress, in the resolution of the twenty-third An Act to alter the times of holding the District day of September, one thousand seven hundred Court in the Northern District of New York. Be it enacted, &c., That the district court of the United States of America for the northern district of New York, directed by law to be holden at Utica, shall hereafter be holden at the same place on the last Tuesday of August, instead of the third Tuesday of May, in each year; and that the court directed by law to be holden at Albany, on the second Tuesday of November, shall, instead thereof, hereafter be holden at the same place on the last Tuesday of January in each year. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all ac and eighty-nine, shall have withdrawn, or shall hereafter withdraw, either in whole or in part, the use of their jails, for prisoners commited under the authority of the United States, the marshal in such State or States, under the direction of the judge of the district, shall be, and hereby is, authorized and required to hire a convenient place to serve as a temporary jail, and to make the necessary provision for the safe-keeping of prisoners committed under the authority of the United States, until permanent provision shall be made by law for that purpose; and the said marshal shall be allowed his reasonable expenses, incurred Resolutions. for the above purposes, to be paid out of the Treas- States be authorized to cause such number of asINDEX ury of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1821. Resolution authorizing the President of the United States to cause astronomical observations to be made, to ascertain the longitude of the Capitol, in the City of Washington, from some known meridian in Europe. Resolved, &c., That the President of the United tronomical observations to be made, by methods which may, in his judgment, be best adapted to insure a correct determination of the longitude of longitude the Capitol, in the City of Washington, from Greenwich, or some other known meridian in Europe, and that the data, with accurate calculations or statements, founded thereon, be laid before Congress at their next session. Approved, March 3, 1821. TO THE PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE SECOND SESSION OF Mr. King laid on the table sundry resolu- 250 referred to the Committee of Foreign Affairs 376 Auctioneers, Mr. Sanford presented the memo- Alabama and Mississippi, a bill for the better rial of the, of the city of New York, re- regulation of certain land districts in the States of, &c., read 306 monstrating against the imposition of re- 142 read a second time, and referred 331 Avery, Park, Mr. Lanman presented the peti- reported without amendment 339 tion of, referred 26 Belden, Ezekiel P., Mr. Dana presented the pe- - 238 Mr. Hunter announced the death of 130 131 355 121 Business of the session, a resolution from the 124 136 140 reported without amendment ordered to a third reading read the third time, and passed Bettis, Drury, the Committee of Claims dis- charged from the petition of 396 House of Representatives for a joint com- read, three times, passed, and a committee report of said committee laid on the table 367 377 386 V Cathcart, James Leander, Mr. Wilson presented ordered to a third reading 239 the memorial of, referred 24 read the third time, and passed 242 a bill explanatory of the act for relief of, read 140 Columbian Society, a bill to incorporate the, read 27 read a second time 143 read a second time, and referred 32 ordered to a third reading 239 reported without amendment 36 read the third time, and passed 242 the bill recommitted Cathey, Matthew B., Mr. Eaton moved that the reported with an amendment Committee of Claims be instructed to in- ordered to a third reading 150 read a third time, and passed 151 claim of 147 Commerce and Manufactures, appointment of agreed to 149 the standing committee of - 20 an adverse report from said committee 248 Compensation of Members, Mr. Burrill commu- read, and concurred in 250 Catlett, Hanson, Mr. Roberts presented the pe- nicated a resolution of the Legislature of of the 10 tition of, referred 140 an adverse report thereon 249 referred to a select committee 41 Central Bank of Georgetown and Washington, report of said committee 253 Mr. Horsey presented the petition of, re- Columbia 252 Chadwick, Levi, Mr. Ruggles presented the pe- tion of, referred 326 the committee discharged 399 Chambers, David, Mr. Ruggles presented the pe- tition of, referred the committee discharged 306 Chandler, John, of Maine, attended remarks of, on the rejection by the House of Representatives of the Missouri resolu- the resolution of inexpediency, read ment, letter from the Secretary of War a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, Contracts, a letter from the Secretary of the a similar report from the Quartermaster 190 247 - 254 - 150 185, 355 a similar report from the Postmaster_Gen- 252 Chaplains, on motion of Mr. Morril, the usual Chase, Philander, Mr. Ruggles presented the petition of, referred 119 135 Chatard, John B., Mr. Johnson of Louisiana pre- 136 petition 347 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, Mr. 121 the committee discharged - 396 10 Cooper, Daniel, Mr. Ruggles submitted a resolu- agreed to a bill for relief of, read read a second time laid on the table Cote Sans Dessein, Mr. Thomas presented the 268 289 359 362 396 Choctaw Nation, Mr. Holmes, of Mississippi pre- Lands 183 said committee discharged 393 Cousens, E., and other, Mr. Holmes of Maine, 136 presented the petition of 140 an adverse report thereon read, and concurred in 237 Mr. Holmes submitted a resolution instruct- resolution agreed to Claims, appointment of standing committee of 189 Coxe, Daniel W., Mr. Williams of Mississippi 30 128 - (See Maison Rouge.) 399 |