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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have agreed to the resolution of this House, of the fifth instant, for the appointment of a joint committee to ascertain and report a mode of examining the votes for President and Vice President, and of notifying the persons who shall be elected, of their election, and for regulating the time, place, and manner, of administering the oath of office to the President; and have appointed a committee for that purpose, on their part. And then he withdrew.

A memorial of Gideon Brownson, late a Major in Colonel Seth Warner's regiment of the American Army, was presented to the House and read, praying relief in consideration of wounds and injuries received in the service of the United States, which have rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.

Also, a petition of Felix Victor, late an Ensign in Colonel Moses Hazen's regiment, praying that he may receive the pay and other emoluments allowed to officers of the same rank in the service of the United States, to which he conceives himself justly entitled by resolutions of the late Congress.

Ordered, That the said memorial and petition be referred to the Secretary of War, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House. Mr. Benjamin Bourne, from the committee to whom were referred the memorials of the manufacturers of cordage, lines, twine, and packthread, of Philadelphia and Providence, made a report; which was read, and ordered to be referred to the consideration of a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill providing compensation to the President and Vice President of the United States; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dayton reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made several amendments thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same were severally twice read, and agreed to by the House.

And then a motion being made and seconded farther to amend the said bill at the Clerk's table, by adding to the end thereof the following section, to wit:

"And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force for, and during the term of, four years, from the third day of March next, and no longer;"

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The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

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Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow.

Mr. Key, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill for the remission of the duty on a quantity of wines, the property of Woodrop and Joseph Sims; which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Benjamin Bourne, from the committee appointed, presented according to order, a bill for the relief of Simeon Thayer; which was received, and read the first time. On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Moore, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, this day, wait on the President of the United States, and present for his approbation two enrolled bills, one entitled "An act regulating foreign coins, and for other purposes;" the other entitled "An act to continue in force, for a limited time, and to amend the act entitled ‘An act providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations."

Mr. Key, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to refund to Jacob Bell certain duties on pickled fish; which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

The House proceeded to consider the report of the committee on the petition of Robert Heaton: Whereupon,

Resolved, That it is advisable that the several impost laws of the United States, so far as they may be deemed to impose a duty on horses, and other useful beasts imported into the United States for breed, be repealed.

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. Benson, Mr. Sedgwick, and Mr. Madison, do prepare and bring in the same.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the committee to whom was referred, on the sixteenth of April last, the petition of the inhabitants of Newark, in New Jersey; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Murray reported that the committee had according to order, had the said report under consideration, and come to no resolution thereupon.

The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow.
And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8.

An engrossed bill providing compensation to the President and Vice President of the United States was read the third time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act providing compensation to the President and Vice President of the United States."

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence.

Mr. Silvester, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill for the relief of Elijah Bostwick; which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.

A memorial of the officers of the late American Army, now residing in the State of South Carolina, in behalf of themselves, and the non-commissioned officers and pri

vates of the said Army, was presented to the House and read, praying that the depreciation which accrued on the certificates of debt granted them for military services during the late war, may be made good, or such other relief afforded them as the present circumstances of the United States will admit.

Ordered, That the said memorial do lie on the table.

A petition of John Green, late a soldier in the Pennsylvania line of the American Army, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for services rendered to the United States, during the late war.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Secretary of War, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House.

A memorial of the merchants and inhabitants of the towns of Norfolk and Portsmouth, in the State of Virginia, was presented to the House and read, stating the inconveniencies under which they labor from the number of sick and disabled seamen that daily frequent that port, and praying that a tax may be imposed on all vessels or seamen, for the purpose of establishing, in or near the seaport towns of the United States, marine hospitals, for the reception and support of sick and disabled seamen ; or that such other regulations may be adopted, as to the wisdom of Congress shall seem meet.

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom is committed the bill for the relief of sick and infirm seamen.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying his reports on the several petitions of Henry Bacon, Isaac Benjamin, Hanse Bond, Robert Byers, Mary Carrol, Samuel Chester, Christian Coon, senior, John Elliott and Abner Pryor, William Ellis, Mary Ennis, Samuel Farrar, Garret Fegan, Margaret Flour, John Fox, Janes Gray, Jacob Hall, Anne Harold, Dietrick Hartman, by his attorney John Snydor, William Hassal, Eleanor Healy, John Henderson and Lydia Henderson, Hannah Holbrook, Thomas Hunt, Elizabeth Jones, Zebulon Jones, agent for Bennet Garrison and Elizabeth his wife, Mary Kennedy, Ebenezer Kent, Isaac Ledyard, John Lesher, Jacob Levan, Charles Lochman, Nathaniel Lucas, Michael M'Clary, William Peake, Peter Perrit, Adrian Proveaux, Thomas Rees, Nicholas Rieb, Isaac Robertson, James Simons, Reuben Spencer, Sylvester Springer, Willam Thomas, Benjamin Warren, Jason Wate, John Weaver, and Abraham Whipple; which were read, and order. ed to lie on the table.

On motion,

Ordered, That the committee to whom was referred the petition of John Rogers, which was presented on Wednesday last, be discharged from the consideration there. of, and that it be referred to the Secretary of State, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to make provision of half-pay to the widows and orphans of certain officers; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dayton reported that the committee had according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made several amendments thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table.

Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, do lie on the table.

Mr. Moore, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled bill, entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters," and had found the same to be truly enrolled: Whereupon,

Mr. Speaker signed the said enrolled bill.

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act relative to claims against the United States, not barred by any act of limitation, and which have not been already adjusted," with an amendment; to which they desire the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew.

The House proceeded to consider the said amendment; and the same being read, was agreed to.

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. Ordered, That a committee be appointed to prepare and bring in a bill to establish fees in the Treasury Department, for the transfer of public securities, and that Mr. Clark, Mr. Findley, and Mr. Gerry, be the said committee.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill for the remission of the duty on a quantity of wines, the

property of Woodrop and Joseph Sims; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. White reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto. And, on the question that the said bill be engrossed, and read the third time, It passed in the negative.

And so the said bill was rejected.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate disagree to the bill, entitled "An act for determining the Northern boundary of the Territory ceded to the United States by the State of North Carolina" The Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same," with several amendments; to which they desire the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew.

The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow.
And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9.

A petition of the French inhabitants of Galliopolis was presented to the House and read, praying that the title to certain lands in the Territory of the United States, Northwest of the river Ohio, which they purchased from the agent of the Scioto Company, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety, may be confirmed to them.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Findley, Mr. White, and Mr. Barnwell; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

A petition of the officers of the Georgia line of the late Army of the United States, on behalf of themselves and the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the said line, was presented to the House and read, praying that the depreciation which accrued on the certificates of debt granted them for military services, during the late war, may be made good, or such other relief afforded them as the present circumstances of the United States will admit.

Also, a petition of Thomas Wells, late a private in Colonel Lee's legion, of the American Army, praying that he may receive the arrearages of pay due for the services of Henry O'Kelly, (alias Kelly) as a private in the said legion, amounting to three hundred and seventy-five dollars and seventy-five cents, the right to which was legally transferred to the petititioner for a valuable consideration, some time in the month of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. Also,

A petition of James Packer, of the county of Chester, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying compensation for the risk and hardships he experienced in purchasing a quantity of hides near the enemy's lines, for the use of the American Army, in the years one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight.

Ordered, That the said petitions do lie on the table.

A petition of Peter Rockafeller was presented to the House and read, praying that the expenses incurred for medicine and attendance of a physician during his illness at Rockyhill, in the State of New Jersey, whilst employed as an escort to the Commanderin-chief of the Continental Army, at the close of the late war, may be refunded to him. Also, a petition of John Halsted, praying the liquidation and settlement of a claim for interest due on a certain sum of money allowed him by a resolution of the late Congress, of the fourth of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight. Also,

A petition of Sarah Greaton, widow of Brigadier General John Greaton, deceased, praying that a claim for the sum of two hundred and twenty-nine dollars, due to her late husband for subsistence, whilst in the Army of the United States, may be liquidated and satisfied.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House.

On motion,

Ordered, That the committee to whom were referred, on the twenty-sixth of December last, the petitions of the late soldiers of the third and fourth regiments of the Massachusetts line, be discharged from the consideration thereof, and that the said petitions do lie on the table.

A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Lear, his Secretary, notifying that the President did, this day, approve and sign an act which ori

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ginated in this House, entitled "An act to continue in force, for a limited time, and to amend the act, entitled 'An act providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations."

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith.

Ordered, That the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same," be referred to Mr. Goodhue, Mr. Fitzsimons, and Mr. Parker; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the committee to whom were referred the memorials of the manufacturers of cordage, lines, twine, and packthread, of Philadelphia and Providence; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dayton reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said report under consideration, and directed him to report to the House their disagreement to the same. The House proceeded to consider the said report; and, on the question, that the House do agree with the Committee of the Whole House in their disagreement to the

same,

It was resolved in the affirmative.

And so the said memorials were rejected.

Mr. Clark, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to establish fees to be paid on the transfer of public securities; which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary :

Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform this House that the President of the United States did, this day, approve and sign an act which originated in the Senate, entitled "An act regulating foreign coins, and for other purposes.' And then he withdrew.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill for the relief of Simeon Thayer; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Steele reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made an amendment thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was twice read, and agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendment, be engrossed, and read the third time on Monday next.

Mr. Heister, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled bill, entitled "An act relative to claims against the United States, not barred by any act of limitation, and which have not been already adjusted," and had found the same to be truly enrolled: Whereupon,

Mr. Speaker signed the said enrolled bill.

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Goodhue, from the committee to whom were referred the amendments preposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same," made a report; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table; and, the same being read, The House proceeded to consider the said report and amendments: Whereupon, Resolved, That this House doth agree to the said amendments.

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Heister, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, this day, wait on the President of the United States, and present for his appro bation two enrolled bills, one entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters;" the other entitled "An act relative to claims against the United States, not barred by any act of limitation, and which have not been already adjusted.”

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate disagrce to the bill, entitled “An act to authorize the settlement of the accounts of Lewis Garanger, for military services rendered during the late war." And then he withdrew.

The several orders of the day were further postponed until Monday next
And then the House adjourned until Monday morning eleven o'clock.

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