Muhlenberg 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.

Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, 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 ten o'clock.

SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1796.

An engrossed bill to continue in force, for a limited time, an act, entitled "An act declaring the consent of Congress to an act of the State of Maryland, passed the twentyeighth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, for the appointment of a Health Officer," was read the third time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act to continue in force, for a limited time, an act, entitled "An act declaring the consent of Congress to an act of the State of Maryland, passed the twenty-eighth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, for the appointment of a Health Officer."

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

Memorials and petitions of sundry citizens and inhabitants of the State of New Jersey ; of the County of Bucks, and of Germantown, in the County of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, whose names are thereunto subscribed, were presented to the House and read, respectively praying that the laws necessary for carrying into effect, with good faith, the late treaty made between the United States and Great Britain, may be enacted.

Ordered, That the said memorials and petitions do lie on the table.

A petition of Fanny Forsyth, widow and administratrix of Robert Forsyth, late of the State of Georgia, deceased, was presented to the House and read, praying the liquidation and settlement of a claim for services rendered, and supplies furnished by the deceased, as Deputy Commissary General of Purchases in the Army of the United States, during the late war.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Claims.

The House proceeded to consider the amendments reported yesterday from the Committee of the Whole House to the bill to ascertain and fix the military establishment of the United States, which lay on the table; and the said amendments being twice read at the table, were, on the question severally put thereupon, agreed to by the House. The bill was then further amended at the Clerk's table, and, together with the amendments, ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time on Monday next.

The House proceeded to consider the resolution reported yesterday from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union: Whereupon,

The said resolution being read, in the words following, to wit:

"Resolved, as the opinion of this committee, that it is expedient to pass the laws necessary for carrying into effect the treaty lately negotiated between the United States and Great Britain:"

A motion was made aud seconded to amend the said resolution by prefixing thereto a preamble, in the words following, to wit:

Whereas, in the opinion of this House, the treaty is highly objectionable, and may prove injurious to the United States; yet, considering all circumstances relating thereto, and, particularly, that the last eighteen articles are to continue in force only during the present war, and two years thereafter; and confiding, also, in the efficacy of measures which may be taken for bringing about a discontinuance of the violations committed on our neutral rights in regard to our vessels and seamen : Therefore." A motion was made, and the question being put to amend the said preamble by striking out the words "and may prove injurious to the United States:"

It was resolved in the affirmative.

Another motion was made, and the question being put, further to amend the said preamble by striking out the word "highly," before the word "objectionable," in the second line thereof:

It was resolved in the affirmative.

And then the question being put that the House do agree to the said preamble to the resolution, amended to read as followeth :

"Whereas, in the opinion of this House, the treaty is objectionable; yet, consider ing all circumstances relating thereto, and particularly that the last eighteen articles are to continue in force only during the present war, and two years thereafter; and con

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fiding, also, in the efficacy of measures which may be taken for bringing about a discontinuance of the violations committed on our neutral rights, in regard to our vessels and seamen Therefore."

It passed in the negative,

S Yeas
Nays

49,

50.

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

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Theodorus Bailey,

Abraham Baldwin,

David Bard,

Aaron Kitchell,

John Wilkes Kittera,

George Leonard,

Samuel Lyman,

Francis Malbone,

William Vans Murray,
Josiah Parker,
John Reed,

John Richards,
Theodore Sedgwick,

Samuel Sitgreaves,
Jeremiah Smith,

Nathaniel Smith,

Isaac Smith,

Samuel Smith,

William Smith,

Thomas Sprigg,
Zephaniah Swift,
George Thatcher,
Richard Thomas,
Mark Thompson,

Uriah Tracey,

John E. Van Allen,

Peleg Wadsworth, and

John Williams.

And then the main question being taken that the House do agree to the resolution, reported by the Committee of the Whole House, in the words following, to wit: "Resolved, As the opinion of this committee, that it is expedient to pass the laws necessary for carrying into effect the treaty lately negotiated between the United States and Great Britain:"

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

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. Hillhouse, Mr. Sedgwick, and Mr. Gallatin, do prepare and bring in the same. The several orders of the day were further postponed until Monday next. And then the House adjourned until Monday morning ten o'clock.

MONDAY, MAY 2, 1796.

An engrossed bill to ascertain and fix the military establishment of the United States 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 ascertain and fix the military establishment of the United States."

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

Memorials and petitions of sundry merchants, traders, and other inhabitants, of the towns of Medford and Hingham; of sundry inhabitants of the town of Marblehead; of sundry inhabitants of the town of Salem; and of sundry merchants, traders, mechanics, and other inhabitants, of the town of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, whose names are thereunto subscribed, were presented to the House and read, respectively praying that such law or laws as may be necessary for carrying into effect, with good faith, the late treaty made between the United States and Great Britain, may be enacted.

Also, a memorial of sundry merchants, traders, mechanics, and other inhabitants, of the town of Newport, in the State of Rhode Island; of sundry citizens and inhabitants of the State of Pennsylvania, and of the Counties of Dauphin and Lancaster, in the said State; and of Newcastle County, in the State of Delaware, whose names are thereunto subscribed, to the same effect.

Also, a petition of sundry inhabitants of Mifflin County, in the State of Pennsylvania, whose names are thereunto subscribed, in opposition thereto.

Ordered, That the said memorials and petitions do lie on the table.

Ordered, That the petition of John Wood, returned by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the fifth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

A memorial of Richard Gernon and company was presented to the House and read, praying that the bill now depending before the House, for discontinuing the drawback on the exportation of snuff from the United States, may not be passed into a law.

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom is committed the bill for discontinuing the drawback on the exportation of snuff from the United States.

Mr. Hillhouse, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill making an appropriation towards defraying the expenses which may arise in carrying into effect the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, made between the United States and the King of Great Britain; 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-day.

Ordered, That the letter and report from the Secretary of War, on the petitions of Michael Jackson, and of Monsieur Poiery, formerly Secretary Aid-de-Camp to the Marquis de Lafayette, which lay on the table, be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed, on the part of this House, jointly, with such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to consider and report what further business is necessary to be done during the present session; and at what time it will be proper to adjourn.

Ordered, That Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Kittera, and Mr. Hillhouse, be appointed a committee pursuant to the said resolution.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill making an appropriation towards defraying the expenses which may arise in carrying into effect the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, made between the United States and Great Britain; 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 bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto.

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

Mr. Orr, from the committee to whom was committed the bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act to authorize Ebenezer Zane to locate certain lands in the territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio," reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and directed him to report no amendment thereto.

Ordered, That the said bill be recommitted 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 providing relief to the owners of stills within the United States, for a limited time, in certain cases; 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 bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read the the third time to-morrow.
A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act making further provision relative to the revenue cutters," with several amendments, to which they desire the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew.

The House proceeded to consider the said amendments, and, the same being read, were agreed to.

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

The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures of the fifth ultimo, to whom were referred sundry memorials and petitions of the Humane and Marine Societies of Boston, and others; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Muhlenberg reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the said report under consideration, and come to several resolutions thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table.

The House proceeded to consider the said resolutions; as also those reported from the same committee, on the sixteenth and twenty-third ultimo: Whereupon,

1. Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide by contract, which shall be approved by the President of the United States, for building a light-house on Cape Cod, in the State of Massachusetts, (as soon as the necessary cession of land for the purpose shall be made by the said State to the United States,) and to furnish the same with all necessary supplies; and, also, to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons who may be appointed to the superintendence and care of the same; and that the number or disposition of the light or lights in the said lighthouse, be such as may tend to distinguish it from others, as far as is practicable: And that dollars be appropriated for the same, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated.

2. Resolved, That the prayer of the petition of Joshua Johnson ought not to be granted, and that the petitioner have leave to withdraw the same.

3. Resolvert, That the prayer of the petition of Gurdon Backus and David Meade Randolph ought not to be granted, and that the petitioners have leave to withdraw the

same.

4. Resolved, That the prayer of the petition of William Rotch and Sons ought not to be granted, and that the petitioners have leave to withdraw the same.

5. Resolved, That the prayer of the petition of David Pearce and others ought not to be granted, and that the petitioners have leave to withdraw the same.

6. Resolved, That the Collector of the Customs for the port of Norfolk and Portsmouth be, and he is hereby, authorized to have ascertained the rate of damage sustained by Moses Myers on the goods contained in the twenty-three bales, cases, and trunks of merchandise unladen from on board the French ship of war the Jean Bart, and which were damaged by the oversetting of the schooner Quantico, and remit to the said Moses Myers the duties, in proportion to the damage sustained on the goods damaged as aforesaid.

7. Resolved, That the prayer of the petition of Philip Finney ought not to be granted, and that the petitioner have leave to withdraw the same,

8. Resolved, That the Collector of the District of Newport be authorized and directed to make the same allowance to Samuel Brown for his schooner Betsey, employed in the fishing business, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, as he would have been entitled to, if the terms of the written agreement relative to the distribution of the fish caught on board the said schooner, had been such as are required by law.

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the first, sixth, and last resolutions; and that the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures 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 report of the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures of