...Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Nelson reported, that the committee had had the said amendllcsolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing tiie executive authorities of the several states and territories of the United States, respectively,...

...Frederick Falley, which was ready and ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Whitman, Resolved, That the committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of altering the time of holding the district court, now by law holden at Portland within and for*the District...

...clerks, and marshal, for their attendance in the circuit court of the District of Columbia. Resolved, • That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of repealing so much of the laws in relation to the fees of clerks and marshals of the several judicial...

...accordingly. THURSDAY, APRII 18, 1822. Mr. Morril submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of passing a general law, requiring all persons who are authorized to receive or disburse the public moneys...

...troops, allied with the American army in the war of the Revolution. On motion of Mr. Brent, Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of so amending the laws of the United States as to abolish " imprisonment for debt." Resolved, That the...

...of Virginia, by leave of the House, submitted for consideration the following resolution: Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of defining by statute all offences which may be punished as contempts of the courts of the United States....

...meeting of the board of supervisors of the county of Chautauque. On motion of Mr. Fitch, Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of abolishing the office of overseer of the poor, in the several towns of such counties as have established...

...general of the army of the United States, for the use of his bureau. On motion of Mr. Draper, Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of defining, by statute, all offences which may be punishable as contempts of the courts of the United...

...of Virginia, by leave of the House, submitted for consideration the following resolution: liesobed, That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of defining by statute all offences which may be punished as contempts of the courts of the United States....

...Virginia, by leave of the House, sub milted for consideration the following resolution: Jleso/red, That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of defining by statute all offences which may be punished as contempt! of the courts of the United States....