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OF THE

DEBATES OF CONGRESS,

FROM 1789 TO 1856.

FROM GALES AND SEATON'S ANNALS OF CONGRESS; FROM THEIR
REGISTER OF DEBATES; AND FROM THE OFFICIAL

REPORTED DEBATES, BY JOHN C. RIVES.

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MAY 4 1881

Hilt

Pravode

1 Cambridge.
(A.U. 1826.)

ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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FOURTH CONGRESS.-SECOND SESSION.

BEGUN AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 5, 1796.

PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE.

MONDAY, December 5, 1796.

PRESENT:

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ALEXANDER MARTIN, from the State of North Carolina, and WILLIAM BLOUNT, from the State of Tennessee, severally attended.

The VICE PRESIDENT communicated a letter from PIERCE BUTLER, notifying the resignation of his seat in the Senate, which was read.

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A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representatives is assembled, and ready to proceed to business.

Ordered, That the Secretary wait on the him that a quorum of the Senate is assembled. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and acquaint

Ordered, That the Secretary acquaint the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled, and ready to proceed to business.

A message from the House of Representa-
tives informed the Senate that they have ap-
pointed a joint committee, on their part, to-
gether with such committee as the Senate may
appoint, to wait on the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, and notify him that a quorum of the
two Houses is assembled, and ready to receive
make to them.
any communications that he may be pleased to

Resolved, That the Senate concur in the above
resolution, and that Messrs. READ and LIVER-
Senate.
MORE be the joint committee on the part of the

Ordered, That the Secretary acquaint the
House of Representatives therewith.

appointed for that purpose, that they had Mr. READ reported, from the joint committee waited on the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and had notified him that a quorum of the two Houses of Congress are assembled, and that the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES acquainted the committee that he would meet the two Houses in the Representatives' Chamber, at twelve o'clock to-morrow.

The credentials of the after-named Senators were severally read:-Of BENJAMIN GOODHUE, appointed a Senator by the State of Massachusetts, in place of GEORGE CABOT, resigned; of ISAAC TICHENOR, appointed a Senator by the State of Vermont, in place of MOSES ROBINSON, resigned; of JAMES HILLHOUSE, appointed a Senator by the State of Connecticut in place of OLIVER ELLSWORTH, Whose seat is become vacant; of URIAH TRACY, appointed a Senator by the State of Connecticut, in place of JONATHAN TRUMBULL, resigned; of JOHN LAURANCE, appointed a Senator by the State of New York, in place of RUFUS KING, whose seat is become vacant; of RICHARD STOCKTON, appointed a Sena- tended.

WEDNESDAY, December 7.

JOHN HENRY, from the State of Maryland, at

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