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Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said report; and that Mr. Trumbull, Mr. Bourne, and Mr. Foster, do prepare and bring in the same.

The House proceeded to consider the amendment of the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act giving effect to the laws of the United States, within the State of Vermont;" and the same being twice read, was agreed to.

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

Mr. Floyd, 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, an enrolled bill, entitled "An act regulating the number of Representatives to be chosen by the States of Kentucky and Vermont:" Also, that they had examined an enrolled resolve, which originated in the Senate, requesting the President of the United States to communicate to the National Assembly of France, the peculiar sensibility of Congress to the tribute paid to the memory of Benjamin Franklin; and had found the same to be truly enrolled: Whereupon,

Mr. Speaker signed the said enrolled resolve.

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

Mr. Sherman, from the committee to whom was re-committed the bill making compensation to clerks, marshals, and jurors, presented an amendatory bill, providing compensations for the officers of the several Courts of Law, and for jurors and witnesses; 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. Bourn, from the Committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill repealing so much of an act as establishes the rate of the rix dollar of Denmark; which was received and read the first time.

Mr. Carroll, from the Committee to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, of the fifteenth instant, accompanying a return of the exports of the United States, between the month of August, one thousand seven hundred and eightynine, and the thirtieth of September, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, made a report; which was twice read, and agreed to by the House, as followeth :

"That the said return of exports ought to be printed for the information of the citizens ́of the United States, in such manner as to shew the names, quantity, and value, of the articles exported, the dominions to which the same were carried, and the amount in value so carried."

Mr. Williamson, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill for making compensations to the Commissioners of Loans for extraordinary expenses and services, which was received and read the first time.

On motion,

Ordered, That the Secretary of the Treasury report whether any, and what, additions are to be made to his return of the exports of the United States.

An engrossed bill fixing the time for the next annual meeting of Congress was read the third time, and the blanks therein filled up.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act fixing the time for the next annual meeting of Congress."

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

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill supplementary to the act establishing the Treasury Department; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Boudinot 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. Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow.

The House proceeded to consider the several petitions and memorials of the public creditors, which lay on the table; Whereupon,

A motion being made and seconded that the House do come to the following re

solution:

"Resolved, That it would be inexpedient to alter the system for funding the public debt, established during the last session of Congress; and that the petition of Thomas M'Kean and others, styling themselves a Committee of the Public Creditors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and also the other petitions on that subject, cannot be granted:"

It was resolved in the affirmative,

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The ayes and noes being demanded by one-fifth of the members present,

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George Mathews,
Andrew Moore,
Peter Muhlenberg,
Josiah Parker,

George Partridge,

Jeremiah Van Rensselaer,
James Schureman,
Theodore Sedgwick,
Joshua Seney,

Roger Sherman,
Peter Silvester,
Thomas Sinnickson,

William Smith, of Maryland,
William Smith, of South Carolina,
John Steele,

Michael Jenifer Stone,
Jonathan Sturges,

Thomas Sumpter,

George Thatcher,

Jonathan Trumbull,

Thomas Tudor Tucker,

John Vining,

Jeremiah Wadsworth,

Alexander White,

Hugh Williamson, and

Henry Wynkoop.

Thomas Scott.

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

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act to explain and amend an act making farther provision for the payment of the debts of the United States." And then he withdrew.

The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill for establishing the Post Office and Post Roads of the United States; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Boudinot reported that the Committee had, according to order, again had the said bill under their consideration, and made a farther progress therein. 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 25.

An engrossed bill, supplementary to the act establishing the Treasury Department was read the third time, and the blanks therein filled up.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act supplementary to the act establishing the Treasury Department."

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

A petition of Jacob Isacks, of Newport, in the State of Rhode Island, was presented to the House and read, praying that some adequate reward or gratuity may be made to him, for the discovery of an art or secret which he possesses, of converting salt water into fresh, so as to render it proper for every purpose for which spring or fresh river water is wanted, by a process simple, easy, and unexpensive.

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

A petition of Aaron Vail, was presented to the House and read, praying that two ves sels employed under contract of the petitioner to carry the mail between the United

States and France, may be exempted from the duties of tonnage on foreign vessels. Also,

A petition of Christian Harner, praying compensation for damages sustained in his property by the Army of the United States, during the late war. Also,

A petition of Christian Knipe, praying payment for a wagon which was impressed into the service of the United States, during the late war. Also,

A petition of Brown and Francis, praying to be reimbursed the amount of the second duty paid by the petitioners, on sundry goods of foreign manufacture, which were exported by them from the United States, and afterwards imported into the same. Also,

A petition of Dorsey Pentecost, praying the pre-emption of a certain tract of land in the Western Territory of the United States.

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.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, covering his report respecting the loan negotiated in Holland, on the part of the United States, of three millions of florins; which was read, and ordered to be referred to Mr. Fitzsimons, Mr. Lawrence, and Mr. Smith, of South Carolina, with instruction to prepare and bring in a bill or bills pursuant to the tenor thereof.

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

Mr. Speaker: I am directed by the Senate to inform this House, that the President of the United States did, this day, approve and sign two acts, which originated in the Senate, one entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States;" the other, entitled "An act regulating the number of Representatives to be chosen by the States of Kentucky and Vermont." And then he withdrew.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, covering his report on the petition of Comfort Sands and others; which was read, and ordered to be referred to Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Williamson, and Mr. Benson.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of State, covering his report on the petition of Nicholas Ferdinand Westphall; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Boudinot, from the managers appointed on the part of this House, to attend the conference with the Senate, agreeable to the order of yesterday, made a report: Whereupon,

On a motion made and seconded,

That this House doth recede from their disagreement to the amendment last proposed by the Senate, to the amendment of this House to the amendment of the Senate, which is proposed to follow the sixty-first section of the bill, entitled "An act repealing, after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead; and also upon spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same;" and doth agree to the said amendment to the amendment to the amendment, amended to read as followeth: "Seven per cent of the whole product of the duties arising from the spirits distilled within the United States: And provided, also, That such allowances shall not exceed the annual amount of forty-five thousand dollars, until the same shall be further ascertained by law.”

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The ayes and noes being demanded by one-fifth of the members present,

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

The several petitions of Thomas Campbell, Caleb Ferris, Thomas Brush, junior, and' Paul Bowman, were presented to the House and read, respectively praying to be placed on the list of Pensioners, in consideration of wounds received in the service of the United States, during the late war. Also,

A petition of Thaddeus Reed, late a soldier in the Coast Guards, in the State of Connecticut, praying relief in consideration of an injury sustained in his health, in the service of the United States, during the late war. Also,

A petition of Benjamin Fuller, praying payment of certain arrearages of wages and clothing, which he alleges are still due to him, as a soldier in the Massachusetts' line, during the late war.

Also,

The petitions of Joseph Cox and Ebenezer Kent, respectively praying to be allowed commutation of five years' half-pay, in lieu of half-pay for life, as Ensigns in the service of the United States, during the late war. Also,

A petition of Commodore Abraham Whipple, praying to be allowed commutation, and all other emoluments, as an officer in the late Navy of the United States.

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

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, covering his report respecting certificates or evidences of debt issued after the first of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety; which were read, and ordered to lie on the table.

On motion,

Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House be discharged from further proceeding on the bill for establishing Post Offices and Post Roads of the United States. A bill repealing so much of an act as establishes the rate of the rix dollar of Denmark, was read the second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to

morrow.

Mr. Fitzsimons, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill supplemental to the act making provision for the reduction of the public debt; 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 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 26.

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

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill sent from this House, entitled "An act supplementary to the act to incorporate the subscribers to the bank of the United States:" The Senate have also passed a bill, entitled "An act to amend the act, entitled 'An act to establish the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States;'" to which they desire the concurrence of this House. And then be withdrew.

The said bill was 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.

Mr. Sedgwick, from the committee to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the petition of Comfort Sands and others, made a report; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

A petition of Elias Hasket Derby was presented to the House and read, praying relief in the payment of the impost on certain cargoes of tea, imported by the petitioner. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House.

The House proceeded to consider the report of the committee to whom was referred the petition of Seth Harding: Whereupon,

It being moved and seconded that the House do agree to the said report in the words following, to wit:

"That Congress pass an act granting to Captain Harding the sum of

— dollars, as a gratuity for his services and losses occasioned by leaving his estate and employment within the British dominions, and for the active, beneficial, and meritorious part he has taken in securing the rights and independence of America:"

It passed in the negative.

The House proceeded to consider the reports of the Secretary of War on the several petitions of the children of Captain Robert Lewis, deceased, of Hannah Douglass, widow of the late Colonel William Douglass, of Anne Roberts, of the orphan children of the late Major Andrew Leitch, of the orphan children of the late Captain William White, of Samuel Buffington, attorney to Francis Suzor Debevere, of Joseph Pannil, of Thomas M'Intire, of Robert King, and of Lemuel Sherman: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the prayer of the said petitions, respectively, be granted, in conformity to the tenor of the said reports; and that it be an instruction to the committee appointed to prepare and bring in a hill or bills "for making compensation to widows, orphans, and invalids, in certain cases," that they do insert a clause or clauses making provision for the said cases, respectively.

The House proceeded to consider the report of the Secretary of War on the petitions of Timothy Mix and Abel Turney: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the said Timothy Mix, be entitled, as an invalid, to the half-pay of a Lieutenant, upon his returning his commutation; and that the said Abel Turney be placed on the pension list, agreeable to the said report.

Ordered, That the committee appointed to prepare and bring in a bill or bills "for making compensations to widows, orphans, and invalids, in certain cases," do insert a clause or clauses pursuant to the said resolution.

The House proceeded to consider the report of the Secretary of War on the petition of Michael Gabriel Houdin: Whereupon,

A motion being made and seconded, "That there be granted to the petitioner, as a Foreign officer, a gratuity of two hundred dollars, to reimburse him for expenses incurred in coming to and returning from America:"

It passed in the negative.

The House proceeded to consider the report of the Secretary of War on the petition of David Cook: Whereupon,

Ordered, That the said report be referred to Mr. Burke, Mr. Thatcher, and Mr. Mathews, with instruction to prepare and bring in a bill or bills pursuant to the tenor thereof.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter and report from the Secretary of War on the several petitions of Thaddeus Beebe, Robert Connolly, Francis Ackling, Jesse Holt, Reuben Gould, Barnabas Lucas, Robert Ford, Philip Buck, John Miles Charlesworth, Nathan Davis, Patrick M'Laughlin, Thomas Boyd, Donald M'Donald, Simeon Noyes, John Cardiff, Caleb Chadwick, Jabez Bill, Abner Pier, Job Priest, Wardwell Green, William Reynolds, Albert Roux, Anna Emmerson, Anna W. Longcammer, Peter Johnson, Ezekiel Johnston, William M'Dade, Joel Phelps, Timothy Lane, Thomas Hobby, Isaac Vincent, Ebenezer Nash, Daniel Lollar, Ebenezer Fielding, and Simeon Thayer; which were read, and ordered to lie on the table.

An engrossed bill repealing so much of an act as establishes the rate of the rix dollar of Denmark, was read the third time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass; and that the title be, "An act concerning the rates of foreign coin."

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

VOL. I.-50.

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