Ordered, That the said report do lie on the table. Mr. Giles, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to establish an uniform system of bankruptcy throughout 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 on Monday se'nnight. The House proceeded to consider the petition of Robert Randall, which lay on the table: Whereupon, Resolved, That the said Robert Randall be discharged from the custody of the Sergeant-at-arms, upon the payment of fees. The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1796. The Speaker being indisposed, The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow. FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1796. A petition of Simon Elliot, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, was presented to the House and read, praying a revision and amendment of an act passed at the last session of Congress, "to alter and amend the act laying certain duties upon snuff and refined sugar,' so far as respects the manufacturing of snuff within the United States. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. A petition of William Frost, of York, in the State of Massachusetts, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for services in various departments of the Army of the United States, during the late war. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Tracey, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was recommitted their report on the petition of Jabez Johnson, made a report, which was read, and considered: Whereupon, Resolved, That the prayer of the petition of the said Jabez Johnson cannot be granted, and that he have leave to withdraw 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 of Commerce and Manufactures on the petitions of John Devereux, William and Archibald M'Neal, Moses Myers, William Smith and Joshua Carter, and Wright White; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Muhlenberg reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said report 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 the prayer of the petitions of Wright White, John Devereux, and William and Archibald M'Neal, cannot be granted, and that they, respectively, have leave to withdraw the same. Resolved, That the prayer of the petition of William Smith and Joshua Carter cannot be granted, and that they have leave to withdraw the same. Resolved, That the prayer of the petition of Moses Myers cannot be granted, and that he have leave to withdraw the same. Mr. Tracey, from the Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petitions of Reuben Colborn, and of Henry Glenn, made a report; which was read: Whereupon, Ordered, That the consideration of so much of the said report as relates to the petition of Reuben Colborn be postponed until Monday next. Ordered, That Henry Glenn have leave to withdraw his petition. Ordered, That the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Brown, in behalf of himself and Henry Wells, junior, be discharged from the consideration of the same, and that the said petition be referred to the Commtitee of Commerce and Manufactures; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. Mr. Tracey, from the Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petitions of Johannes Lipe, and of William Weeks, by James Blanchard, his agent, made a report, which was read and considered: Whereupon, Resolved, That the prayer of the petitions of the said Johannes Lipe and William Weeks cannot be granted, and that they, respectively, have leave to withdraw the same. On a motion made and seconded, that the House do come to the following resolution: Resolved, That, from and after the day of ― next, it shall not be lawful for any foreign ship or other vessel to land, within the territory of the United States, any goods, wares, or merchandise, except such as shall be the produce, growth, or manufacture, of the nation to which such ship or other vessel may belong: It was moved and seconded, that the said motion be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Wednesday next: And, on the question thereupon, It was resolved in the affirmative. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Committee of Ways and Means, of an appropriation of the sums requisite to defray the expenses of the Civil List, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Muhlenberg reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said report 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, for the expenditure of the civil list of the United States, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, together with the incidental and contingent expenses of the several departments and offices thereof, there be appropriated a sum not exceeding five hundred and twenty-seven thousand three hundred and ninetytwo dollars and eighty-five cents; that is to say: For compensation to the President of the United States, THE LEGISLATURE. For compensations to the Senators and Members of the House of Representatives, their Officers and Clerks, and for the contingent expenses of both Houses, estimating the attendance of the whole number for six months: Thirty Members of the Senate, at seven dollars per day, Speaker of the House of Representatives, at 12 dollars per day, One hundred and four members, at 6 dollars per day, Delegate from the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio, Travelling expenses to and from the Seat of Government, $25,000 00 $38,325 00 2,190 00 113,880 00 1,095 00 26,000 00 1,500 00 Additional allowance estimated for six months, at 2 dollars per day, 365 00 1,865 00 Principal Clerk to the Secretary of the Senate for 365 days, at 3 dollars per day, Chaplain to the Senate, estimated for six months, at 500 Two Engrossing Clerks to do. at 2 dollars per day, cach, for 365 days, 1,095 00 1,460 00 $30,000 00 Principal Clerk in the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, for 365 days, at 3 dollars per day, 1,095 00 1,460 00 250 00 Sergeant-at-Arms, for the same time, at 4 dollars per day, 730 00 lary, 500 00 Assistant Doorkeeper do. 450 00 Expenses of firewood, stationery, printing work, and all other contingent expenses of the two Houses of Con 1,900 00 Do. to the Attorney General, For defraying the expense of Clerks of Courts, Jurors, and Witnesses, in aid of the fund arising from fines, forfeitures, and penalties; and likewise for detraying the expenses of prosecution for offences against the United States, and for safe keeping of prisoners, $20,000 00 And for to make good deficiencies in the appropriation of last year, 10,000 00 30,000 00 73,600 00 TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Compensation to the Secretary of the Treasury, 3,500 00 Compensation of Clerks in said office, agreea bly to an arrangement for the year 1795, pursuant to the act of last session to regulate the compensation of Clerks, 4,400 00 Do. Messenger and office keeper, 250 00 8,150 00 Compensation to the Comptroller of the Treasury, Do. of Clerks in said office, agreeably to an arrangement for the year 1795, pursuant to the act of last session to regulate the compensation of Clerks, Do. Messenger and Office Keeper, Compensation to the Auditor of the Treasury, Do. of Clerks in said office, agreeably to an arrangement for the year 1795, pursuant to the act of last session to regulate the compensation of Clerks, Do. Messenger and Office Keeper, Compensation to the Treasurer of the United Do. of Clerks in said office, agreeably to an Contingent expenses of the office, for rent, Compensation to the Commissioner of the Re venue, Do. of Clerks in said office, agreeably to an arrangement for the year 1795, pursuant to the act of last session to regulate the compensation of Clerks, Do. Messenger and Office Keeper, Compensation to the Register of the Trea sury, Do. of Clerks in said office, agreeably to an arrangement for the year 1795, pussuant to the act of last session to regulate the compensation of Clerks, Do. two Office Keepers and Messengers for the several offices of record, at $250 each, Compensation to the Purveyor of Public Supplies, And for his salary from 25th February, 1795, the time of his appointment, to the 31st of December, 1795, at $2000 per annum, Expense of stationery, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the several offices of the Treasury: Secretary of the Treasury, Comptroller of the Treasury, Auditor of the Treasury, 2,650 00 8,000 00 10,900 00 2,400 00 8,600 00 11,250 00 2,400 00 1,900 00 600 00 100 00 5,000 00 2,400 00 2,600 00 5,250 00 2,000 00 12,200 00 500 00 14,700 00 2,000 00 1,694 44 3,694 44 500 00 800 00 600 00 400 00 2,800 00 1,000 00 240 00 Do. of a house for the office of the Com- 266 68 480 00 3,000 00 1,000 00 2,500 00 13,586 68. 72,531 12 10,100 00 23,350 00 For the payment of the Clerks allowed to several of the Loan Offices, according to the act of 3d March, 1795, from 1st January, 1795, to 31st December following, |