compensation for services rendered, and supplies furnished, a detachment of the American Army, under the command of Major General Robert Howe, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty.

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.

An engrossed bill to amend an act, entitled "An act to promote the progress of useful arts," 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 to promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal the act heretofore made for that purpose."

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

The House proceeded to consider the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the petition of Alexander Contee Hanson, which was made on the thirtieth of April last: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the Accounting Officers of the Treasury be authorized to liquidate and pay the account of Alexander Contec Hanson, for travelling expenses and attendance at New York, as one of the Judges appointed by the General Government, to determine a controversy between the States of South Carolina and Georgia, which was, without his knowledge, compromised; and that the allowance be the same as that provided by law for the travelling expenses and attendance of the present Members of Congress.

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said resolution; and that Mr. Mercer, Mr. Page, and Mr. Sturges, do prepare and bring in the same.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying a report, and sundry statements marked A, B, C, D, E, and F, made in pursuance of the resolutions of this House of the twenty-third ultimo; which were read, and ordered to lie on the table.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters;" 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, do lie on the table.
The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow.
And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5.

A petition of John Townes, late an officer in Colonel Morgan's rifle regiment, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for military 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 saine, 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 authorize the Comptroller of the Treasury to settle the account of Thomas Wishart, late a Lieutenant in the Army of the United States; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Key reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto.

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

On motion,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed, to join such committee as may be appointed by the Senate, to ascertain and report the mode of examining the votes for Presi dent and Vice President, and of notifying the persons who shall be elected, of their election, and to regulate the time, place, and manner, of administering the oath of office to the President.

Ordered, That Mr. William Smith, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Laurance, be of the said committee, on the part of this House.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to repeal part of a resolution of Congress, of the twenty-ninth of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, respecting the inhabitants of Post St. Vincents; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the

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chair, and Mr. Steele reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto.

And then, the said bill being amended at the Clerk's table, was, together with the amendment, ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow.

Ordered, That a committee be appointed to prepare and bring in a bill or bills for allowing a compensation to the President and Vice President of the United States, to commence from the fourth day of March next, and that Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Dayton, and Mr. Barnwell, be the said committee.

The House proceeded to consider the bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters," which lay on the table: Whereupon,

The said bill, together with the amendment agreed to yesterday, was read the third time; and, on the question that the same do pass,

It was resolved in the affirmative,

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Nays...

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

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

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 the petition of Woodrop and Joseph Sims; 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 report under consideration, and come to a resolution thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was twice read, and agreed to by the House, as followeth:

Resolved, That the remission of duties, on a quantity of salt and wines entered at the port of New York, which, together with the ship, was lost, on the passage from thence to Philadelphia, in March last, ought to be granted, agreeable to the prayer of the petitioners.

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said resolution; and that Mr. Key, Mr. Grove, and Mr. Tucker, do prepare and bring in the same.

Mr. Mercer, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to make compensation to Alexander Contee Hanson; 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 Commit. tee 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 report of the Secretary of the Treasury, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Bell; 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 report under consideration, and come to a resolution thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was twice read, and agreed to by the House, as followeth :

"Resolved, That the duty on a quantity of pickled fish, amounting to ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents, to the payment of which, the said Jacob Bell has been subjected, by a mistake of the Collector of the port of New York, be refunded to him, agreeable to the prayer of his petition."

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. Key, Mr. Grove, and Mr. Tucker, 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 motion of the eighteenth ultimo, for making provision of halfpay for seven years, to the widows and orphans of certain officers of the Army of the United States; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Key reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said motion under consideration, and come to a resolution thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was twice read, and agreed to by the House, as followeth :

Resolved, That provision of half-pay for years to the widows and orphans of such officers of the Army of the United States, as have been killed in the service, since the fourth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, or who may hereafter be killed in the service of the United States, ought to be made by law. Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said resolution; and that Mr. Hartley, Mr. Wadsworth, and Mr. Greenup, do prepare and bring in the same. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate disagree to the bill, entitled "An act to authorize a loan in the certificates or notes of such States, as shall have balances due to them, upon a final settlement of accounts with the United States:" The Senate also insist on their amendments, disagreed to by this House, to the fourth and fifth sections of the bill, entitled "An act to regulate the claims to invalid pensions," and desire a conference with this House on the subject-matter of the said amendments; to which conference, the Senate have appointed managers on their part: The Senate have also agreed to the amendment, proposed by this House, to the bill, entitled “An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters:" The Senate have also passed the bill, 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." And then he withdrew.

The House proceeded to consider so much of the said message, as desires a conference on the subject-matter of the amendments depending between the two Houses to the bill, entitled "An act to regulate the claims to invalid pensions:" Whereupon,

Resolved, That this House doth agree to the said conference, and that Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Giles, and Mr. Boudinot, be appointed managers at the same, on the part of this House.

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

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to reimburse Henry Emanuel Lutterloh, for expenses incurred in coming to America, to join the Army of the United States, during the late war; 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 bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto.

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

Mr. Hartley, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to make provision of half-pay to the widows and orphans of certain officers; 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, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of

the Whole House on the bill to authorize the adjustment of a claim of Joseph Henderson, against the United States; 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 bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read the third time 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.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6.

A memorial of the officers of the Rhode Island line of the late American Army, in behalf of themselves and the 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 afforde 1 them, as the present circumstances of the United States will admit. Ordered, That the said memorial do lie on the table.

A petition of Lewis Anderson, of the county of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for services rendered to the United States, as a soldier in the flying camp, 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 petition of John Rogers was presented to the House and read, praying compen sation for certain lands on the Mississippi and Tennessee rivers, granted him by the State of Virginia, for his services as an officer in the line of the said State, prior to the cession made to the United States, of the territory Northwest of the river Ohio; the title to which lands has since been ceded to the Chickasaw Indians, by the treaty of Hopewell, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. Page, Mr. Livermore, and Mr. Clark; that they do examine the inatter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

An engrossed bill to repeal part of a resolution of Congress of the twenty-ninth of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, respecting the inhabitants of Post Saint Vincents, was read the third time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act to repeal part of a resolution of Congress, of the twenty-ninth of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, respecting the inhabitants of Post Saint Vincents."

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

An engrossed bill to authorize the Comptroller of the Treasury to settle the account of Thomas Wishart, late a Lieutenant in the Army of the United States, was read the third time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act to authorize the Comptroller of the Treasury to settle the account of Thomas Wishart, late a Lieutenant in the Army of the United States."

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

An engrossed bill to reimburse Henry Emanuel Lutterloh for expenses incurred in coming to America, to join the Army of the United States, during the late war, was read the third time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act to reimburse Henry Emanuel Lutterloh for expenses incurred in coming to America, to join the Army of the United States, during the late war."

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

An engrossed bill to authorize the adjustment of a claim of Joseph Henderson against the United States was read the third time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act to authorize the adjustment of a claim of Joseph Henderson against the United States."

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 motion of the fifteenth ultimo, for placing on the persion Est all such officers and privates of the militia as have been, or shall be, wounded in tax service of the United States, and not provided for by law; and, after some time spen'

therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dayton reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said motion under consideration, and come to several resolutions thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same were severally twice read, and agreed to by the House, as follow:

"Resolved, That provision ought to be made by law for placing such officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates, of the militia, as have been disabled in the service of the United States, since the or shall hereafter be disabled in such service, on the pension list.

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Resolved, That provision ought to be made by law for establishing such regulations as may be necessary to ascertain the nature and degree of such disabilities, and the annual allowance to be made for the same." 93

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in, pursuant to the said resolutions, and that Mr. Greenup, Mr. Hartley, and Mr. Barnwell, do prepare and bring in the same.

Mr. Sedgwick, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill providing compensation to the President and Vice-President of the United States; 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 had examined 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;" and had found the same to be truly enrolled: Whereupon,

Mr. Speaker signed the said enrolled bills.

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

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Secretary of War, to whom was referred the petition of Simeon Thayer; 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 a resolution thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was twice read, and agreed to by the House, as followeth:

"Resolved, That Simeon Thayer, late a Major in the Army of the United States, who was disabled at the battle of Monmouth, be placed on the pension list of the United States; that he be allowed the half-pay of a major, from the first of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, provided he return his commutation of half-pay, with the intetest thereon."

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in, pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. Benjamin Bourne, Mr. Gilman, and Mr. Israel Smith, do prepare and bring in the

same.

The House proceeded to consider the report of the committee on the petition of Elijah Bostwick: Whereupon,

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid to the said Elijah Bostwick, the sum of fifty-eight pounds, three shillings and four pence, current money of New York, being the amount of costs which he incurred in defending a suit commenced against him, as agent to the deputy Commissary General of the Northern Department, on public ac

count.

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. Silvester, Mr. Key, and Mr. Grove, 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 engrossed bill to compensate John Tucker; 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 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, immediately.

An engrossed bill to compensate John Tucker, was read the third time;

And, on the question that the said bill do pass,

It passed in the negative.

And so the said bill was rejected.

The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow.

And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.