Mr. WILLEY. It is in these words: “34. That ovarygift, sale, or deviseoflnuds to any minister, public teacher, or preacher of the gospel, atisosnu, ch, or to any religioussect, order or denomina or to or for the support.use, or benefitof, or in trust for any minister, public teacher or preacher of the gospel, ns‘Such, or any religioussort. order, or denomination: and 'ery gift or sale of [code or chattels to go in succ ssion, or totake placeafter the death o the seller or owner, to or for such support, use, or benefit; and also every devise of goods or chattels to or for the support, use or benefit of an minister. public teacher or preacher of the scape us such or on religioussect, order or denomina‘tion. without t a leave of the Legislature, shall be void: except always any sale, gift, lease or devise of any antity of land not exceedingtwo acres.for a Ullllfell, meeting, or other house ofworship, andfor a burying ground, which shall beimproved.‘on, ioyed or usedonly for luch‘purpose, orsuch sale, gift, lease or deviseshall bevoi.” I The act of1801, “ concerning the DistCol, ” contains this clause: “That the laws of the State of Maryland, as they now exist, shall be and continue in force in that part of the said District which was ceded by that State to the U.S.” When this bill was originally introduced, in a conference with the Senfrom Maryland, [Mr. Jonssox, ] he suggested that perhaps there ought to be some limitation upon gifts and devises for religious uses. It was concluded between us that it would be better for him to introduce an independent bill defining exactly what the extent of these gifts and devises should be. The special object of this bill is to allow an old gentleman in his declining years to make a donation of some ten or 12,000 dollars for the purpose of building aPresbyterian church, and under the law as it now stands he cannot do it. In the meantime the Senfrom Maryland proposes to introduce a bill which shall provide all necessary guarantees better than can be done by any amendment of this bill.