Yeas and Nays, questions decided by,

on a bill imposing duties on tonnage:

on receding from disagreement to amendments of Senate
on a bill to establish salaries of the Executive Officers and their
Clerks :

on passage of the bill

Page.

56

93

on a bill allowing compensation to the Members of the Senate,
and House of Representatives, and their officers:

on the passage of the bill

75

on receding from disagreement to amendment of the
Senate, and adding to the bill, "And be it further
enacted, That this act shall continue in force until 4th
day of March, 1796"

106

on reconsideration of previous proceedings, and on re-
ceding from adherence to disagreement

108

on a bill to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States :
on motion to strike out "Easttown," and insert "Ches-
tertown," in 3d section.

111

on passage of the bill

117

125

127

on a bill to establish the Seat of Government :

on motion to postpone amendment of the Senate to the

next session

on motion to agree to the amendment of the Senate
on a bill to recognize and adapt to the Constitution of the
United States the establishment of the troops raised
under the resolutions of the United States in Congress
assembled, and for other purposes:

on disagreeing to the last amendment of the Senate
on bill to regulate processess in the Courts of the U. States:
on motion to strike out "the President of," sec. 1, line 3
on adhering to first amendment

on bill providing for the expenses of Indian treaties and nego-
tiations:

on filling the blank with $40,000

78

on resolutions relative to the permanent residence of the Gene-
ral Government :

on motion to amend the second resolution by striking
out "East bank of the Susquehannah river, in the
State of Pennsylvania," and insert, in lieu thereof,
"North bank of the river Potomac, in the State of
Maryland"

on motion to strike out the word "permanent,” also,
after the words, "ought to be at," to strike out to
the end of the resolution, and insert, in lieu thereof,
"the borough of Wilmington, in the State of Dela-
ware"

on motion to strike out "East bank of the river Susque-
hannah, in the State of Pennsylvania, and inserting,
in lieu thereof, "Potomac, Susquehannah, or Dela-
ware"

on motion to strike out "East bank of the river Susque-
hannah, in the State of Pennsylvania, and inserting,
in lieu thereof, "banks of either side of the river
Delaware, not more than eight miles above or be-
low the falls of the river Delaware"

Page.

Yeas and Nays, questions decided by,

on resolutions relative to the permanent residence of the Gene-
ral Government :

on motion to strike out "city of New York," and in-
sert, "borough of Wilmington, in the State of De-
laware

101

on motion to strike out "New York, and insert "Phi-
ladelphia"

102

on motion to amend third resolution by inserting proviso
after the word "aforesaid"

103

on the main question to agree to the third resolution

Second Session, First Congress.

103

on referring memorial of the Quakers on the subject of the
slave trade to a committee

157

180

on inserting on the Journal the reports of the committees on
the said memorial, and that of the Abolition Society
on going into Committee of the Whole on report of the Se-
cretary of the Treasury, relative to provision for the
support of the public credit

on discharging Committee of the Whole from so much of the
report of the Secretary of the Treasury, as relates to an
assumption of the State debts

on the bill for the relief of Baron de Steuben:

194

200

on inserting "$500" in addition

226

on the bill making provision for the debt of the United States:
on inserting "75," instead of "100;" and on proviso
on the bill providing the means of intercourse between the
United States and foreign nations:

223

on disagreeing to amendment of the Senate

225

on receding from disagreement to amendment of the
Senate

227

on resolution "That Congress shall meet and hold their next
session at

on considering the resolution, and on question of order
on motion to fill the blank with the words, "the city of
New York"

228

229

on motion to fill the blank with the words "city of Phila-
delphia or Baltimore," "and the city of Philadelphia"
on resolution to adjourn the two Houses to meet and hold
their next session in the city of Philadelphia:

230

on motion to consider the resolution, and on motion to
commit

237

on motion to strike out "the city of Philadelphia,” and
insert the town of Baltimore"

239

on the bill providing for the settlement of accounts between
the United States and the individual States :
on motion to strike out part of the fifth section
on the bill regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian
tribes:

Yeas and Nays, questions decided by,

on the bill establishing a temporary and permanent Seat of
Government of the United States:

on motion to strike out "Potomac, at some place be-
tween the mouths of the Eastern Branch and Cono-
cocheague," and inserting, "Delaware, at a place
not more than eight miles above, or sixty miles be-
low the falls thereof"

on motion to strike out "on the river Potomac," &c. and
inserting, "in the State of Pennsylvania, including
Germantown"

on motion to strike out "on the river Potomac," &c. and
inserting, "between the rivers Susquehannah and
Potomac, at the most healthy and convenient place,
having due regard to the navigation of the Atlantic
Ocean, and the situation of the Western Country"
on motion to strike out "on the river Potomac, at some
place between the mouths of the Eastern Branch
and Conococheague"

Page.

258

259

259

260

on motion to repeal the fifth section for a limited time
on the bill providing for the payment of the debt of the United
States:

290

on motion to agree to the amendment of the Senate
adding sundry clauses

281

on motion to recede from disagreement to third amend-
ment proposed to seventh amendment of the Senate
on motion to recede from disagreement to fifth amend-
ment proposed to seventh amendment of the Senate
on the bill making further provision for the payment of the
debts of the United States:

285

284

on motion to strike out "twelve cents" for the duty on
salt

292

on the bill to establish Post Offices and Post Roads within the
United States:

276

on motion to adhere to disagreement to first amendment
on the bill for adding two Commissioners to the Board for
settling the accounts between the United States and
the individual States :

on motion to engross the bill and amendment

288

Third Session, First Congress.

Yeas and Nays, questions decided by,

on the bill more effectually to provide for the national defence
by establishing a uniform Militia throughout the United
States:

on motion to insert, "Be it enacted, That the Militia of
the several States of the Union, consisting of such
persons as are, or may be, enrolled by them, respect-
ively, shall be organized, armed, and disciplined, in
the manner following"

on the bill repealing the duties on distilled spirits, and laying
others in their stead :

on motion to strike out the thirteenth section
on motion to insert a clause prohibiting Revenue officers
from persuading or dissuading electors in giving
their votes for members of Congress, or President of
the United States

on motion to strike out "paid," and insert a clause limit-
ing the time for which the faith of the United States
shall be pledged

on the engrossment of the bill

on the passage of the bill

on motion to amend the amendment of the Senate, strik-
ing out "any Justice of the Peace, or Court of any
State, of competent jurisdiction," and the proviso ;
and to substitute the word "the"

on motion to amend the section proposed by the Senate
to be inserted after the sixty-first section, by striking
out "5 per cent." and inserting "7 per cent."
on motion to disagree to the amendment to the amend-
ment to the amendment proposed to follow the sixty.
first section, and insisting on the amendment to the
amendment proposed by the H. R.

on motion to recede from disagreement to the amend
ment last proposed by the Senate to the amendment
of this House to the amendment of the Senate
on the bill to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the
United States :

on motion to recommit the bill

on motion to recommit with instructions

on the "previous question," and the main question

on the bill establishing Land Offices:

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345

356

359

361

362

365

382

384

386

391

on motion to add "Proviso" to the second section, al-
lowing certificates of funded debt of the United
States to be proffered in payment of lands

367

369

372

379

on resolution declaring it inexpedient to alter the system of
funding the publie debt

390

on the bill making compensation to the Commissioners of

Loans :

on motion to strike out the last clause of the bill
on amendment of the Senate to strike out the same,
on receding from disagreement thereto

$395

and

403

on the bill providing compensation to the officers of the
several Courts of Law, and to jurors and witnesses:

on the passage of the bill

396

on the bill to amend "An act to establish the temporary
and permanent Seat of Government :

on the passage of the bill

397

on the bill for the relief of George Gibson:

on the engrossment of the bill with the amendments

401

Yeas and Nays, questions decided by,

on resolution authorizing the establishment of a Mint :
on agreeing to the resolution

First Session, Second Congress.

on resolution fixing the ratio of representation as one to thirty
thousand

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402

454

on the bill apportioning the representation of the People of
the United States :

on the bill making an apportionment of Representatives
among the several States, according to the first enu-
meration, and making provision for another enume-
ration, and an apportionment thereon:

on motion to strike out the second section

on motion to strike out the third and fourth sections
on the passage of the bill

on motion to agree to amendment of the Senate, to
Insert in section first, line 4th, between "of," and
"members," 120

on motion to recede from disagreement to all the amend-
ments of the Senate

on motion to agree to pass the bill on reconsideration
on the bill apportioning the Representatives among the
several States, according to the first enumeration, at
the ratio of one Representative for every
sand persons in the respective States:
on motion to fill the blank with "thirty-three"
on the bill relative to the election of President and Vice Pre-
sident of the United States :

512

513

516

538

546

566

thou-

570

on proposition for apportioning Representatives among the
several States, according to the first enumeration:
on motion to strike out the provisions for a second enu-
meration, and the limit of 30,000

on motion to add Proviso confirming exclusive privileges
granted by the States

48

496

on the bill making farther and more effectual provision for the
protection of the frontiers of the United States :

on motion to strike out the second section
on insisting to the amendment of the Senate for striking
out the fourteenth section

499

522

on the bill for the encouragement of the bank and other cod
fisheries, and for the government of seamen employed

therein :

on the passage of the bill

504