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Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Theodorus Bailey,
Abraham Baldwin,
Thomas Blount,

Nathan Bryan,

Daniel Buck,
Demsey Burges,
Samuel J. Cabell,
Gabriel Christie,
Thomas Claiborne,
John Clopton,
Isaac Coles,

Samuel W. Dana,
William Findley,
Jesse Franklin,

Nathaniel Freeman, junior,
Albert Gallatin,
William B. Giles,
James Gillespie,
Christopher Greenup,
Andrew Gregg,
William B. Grove,
Wade Hampton,
George Hancock,
Carter B. Harrison,
John Hathorn,

Jonathan N. Havens,

Thomas Henderson,

James Holland,

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George Jackson,
Aaron Kitchell,
Matthew Locke,
William Lyman,
Samuel Maclay,
Nathaniel Macon,
John Milledge,
Andrew Moore,
Anthony New,
John Nicholas,
Alexander D. Orr,
Josiah Parker,
John Patten,
Elisha R. Potter,
John Richards,
Robert Rutherford,
John S. Sherburne,
Tompson J. Skinner,
Israel Smith,

Richard Sprigg, junior,
William Strudwick,
John Swanwick,
George Thatcher,
Richard Thomas,
Mark Thomson,

Joseph B. Varnum,
Abraham Venable, and

Richard Winn.

John Wilkes Kitter,

Samuel Lyman,

Francis Malbone,

William Vans Murray,

John Page,

John Reed,

Samuel Sewall,

Samuel Sitgreaves,

Jeremiah Smith,

Isaac Smith,

Samuel Smith,

William Smith,

Zephaniah Swift,
John E. Van Allen,

Peleg Wadsworth, and
John Williams.

The last amendment reported by the Committee of the Whole House, for striking out the last clause of the said report, in the words following, viz: "That, in the opinion of the committee, an additional compensation ought to be made, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, to each of the Loan Officers of the States of Massachusetts and New York, and that each of the said officers ought to be allowed the further sum of three hundred and seventy-five dollars, for the present year; and, likewise, three hundred dollars, to be distributed, at their discretion, among the Clerks in their respective offices, in addition to the compensations heretofore allowed by law to the said Clerks : and that the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars ought to be allowed to the Loan Officer of the State of Pennsylvania, to be, in like manner distri buted among the Clerks in his office, for the present year," was,

On the question put thereupon, agreed to by the House,

Yeas.

Nays.

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

60,

27.

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Theodorus Bailey,

Abraham Baldwin,

Thomas Blount,

Nathan Bryan,

Daniel Buck,
Demsey Burges,
Samuel J. Cabell,
Gabriel Christie,
Thomas Claiborne,
John Clopton,
Joshua Coit,
Isaac Coles,

Samuel W. Dana,

George Dent,
William Findley,
Jesse Franklin,

Nathaniel Freeman, jun.
Albert Gallatin,
William B. Giles,
James Gillespie,
Christopher Greenup,
Andrew Gregg,

William B. Grove,

Wade Hampton,

George Hancock,
Carter B. Harrison,

John Hathorn,

Jonathan N. Havens,

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William Lyman,
Samuel Maclay,
Nathaniel Macon,
John Milledge,
Andrew Moore,
Anthony New,
John Nicholas,
Alexander D. Orr,
Josiah Parker,
John Reed,
John Richards,
Robert Rutherford,
Jeremiah Smith,

Israel Smith,

Isaac Smith,
Samuel Smith,
Richard Sprigg, jun.
William Strudwick,
John Swanwick,

Zephaniah Swift,

George Thatcher,

Richard Thomas,

Mark Thompson,

Joseph B. Varnum,

Abraham Venable, and

Richard Winn.

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And then, the main question being taken, that the House do agree with the Committee of the Whole House in the said report, amended to read as followeth :

"That, in the opinion of the committee, the compensation allowed by law to the Attorney General ought to be augmented by an additional compensation of five hundred dollars per annum, and to commence on the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven;

"That, in the opinion of the committee, the act, entitled "An act to regulate the compensation of Clerks, passed the thirtieth of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, ought to be continued during the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and no longer:"

It was resolved in the affirmative.

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said report, as amended, and that Mr. Dearborn, Mr. Page, and Mr. Davenport, 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 Ways and Means, of the sixteenth instant, to whom were referred the letter and report of the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied with estimates of the sums necessary to be appropriated for the service of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven; and, after some time spent

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therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dent reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said report under consideration, and made some progress therein.

Resolved, That this House will, on Monday next, again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the said report.

Mr. Abiel Foster, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled bill, entitled “An act giving effect to the laws of the United States within the State of Tennessee," and had found the same to be truly enrolled Whereupon,

Mr. Speaker signed the said enrolled bill.

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith.
The several orders of the day were further postponed until Monday next.
And then the House adjourned until Monday morning eleven o'clock.

MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1797.

Another member, to wit: George Leonard, from Massachusetts, appeared, and took his seat in the House.

A petition of Bezaleel Howe, late a Major in the first sub-legion of the Army of the United States, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for expenses incurred, and losses sustained, by the petitioner, in consequence of his being deranged under an act passed at the last session of Congress, entitled "An act to ascertain and fix the military establishment of the United States."

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 Robert Munford, of the State of Virginia, son and heir of William Green Munford, deceased, was presented to the House and read, praying the liquidation and settlement of the claims of the deceased, as Deputy Commissary General of Issues for the Southern department, during the late war.

Also, a petition of John Wooton, of the State of North Carolina, praying relief in consideration of a wound received whilst a volunteer in Colonel Benjamin Exum's regiment of militia, in the actual service of the United States, during the late war, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining his livelihood by labor.

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

A petition of Jabez Bowen, Commissioner of Loans for the State of Rhode Island, was presented to the House and read, stating the insufficiency of the compensation allowed him by law, and praying that the same may be increased, and rendered more adequate to his services.

Ordered, That the said petition do lie on the table.

A memorial of Jacob Cazad, of Harrison county, in the State of Virginia, was presented to the House and read, praying relief in the case of a certain sum of money, which he has been compelled to pay for the release of his children from captivity among the Indians, in violation of a late treaty concluded between the United States and the said Indians.

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to Mr. Maclay, Mr. George Jackson, and Mr. Dana; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

A petition and representation of Jacob Nicholson, Jupiter Nicholson, Job Albert, and Thomas Pritchet, persons of African descent, was presented to the House and read, stating that they were formerly slaves in the State of North Carolina, and emancipated by their respective masters; that, for several years past, they have resided in the State of Pennsylvania, without molestation, but are now persecuted by persons who are endeavoring to force them back into their former state of servitude and slavery; that they also experience great inconvenience from the operation of an act of Congress, commonly called the fugitive law; and praying the interference and protection of Congress in the premises.

A motion was made, and the question being put, that the said petition and representation be referred to the consideration of a coinmittee,

It passed in the negative.

Mr. Samuel Smith, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, bill to alter and amend an act, entitled "An act to ascertain and fix the military esta blishment 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 on Wednesday next.

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Mr. Dwight Foster, fromthe Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petitions of Jane Adams, of Winthrop Saltonstall, and David Scott, made reports; which were severally read and considered: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitions of the said Jane Adams, Winthrop Saltonstall, and David Scott, cannot be granted.

Mr. Swanwick, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred the memorial of Richard D'Cantillon and Daniel Lefferts, made a report; which was read and considered: Whereupon,

Resolved, That provision be made, by law, for granting certificates of registry, enrolment, and license, without surrendry of the old ones, in certain cases, on sales, by proof of law, of any ship or vessel.

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said resolution, and that the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures do prepare and bring in the same.

Mr. Swanwick, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred the petition of John Robinson, in behalf of himself and others, made a report; which was read, and ordered to be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom was committed, on the twenty-third instant, the bill in addition to an act, entitled "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures and penalties accruing under the revenue laws, in certain cases therein mentioned."

Ordered, That the petition of Alexander Fowler, presented the twenty-ninth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and the report of the Committee of Claims thereon, made the seventeenth of May last, be recommitted to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Abiel Foster, 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 approbaation an enrolled bill, entitled "An act giving effect to the laws of the United States within the State of Tennessee."

Mr. Nicholas, from the committee appointed on the fifth instant to inquire into the progress made in carrying into effect the act, entitled "An act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the territory Northwest of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river," made a report; which was read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Wednesday next.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Treasurer of the United States, accompanying his account of the receipts and expenditures for the War Department, from the first of October, to the thirty-first of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, inclusive; which were read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House to whom was committed, on the twenty-third instant, the bill relative to the compensations of certain officers employed in the collection of the duties of impost and tonnage, be discharged from the consideration thereof; and that the said bill be re-committed to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

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 Ways and Means, of the sixteenth instant, to whom were referred the letter and report of the Secretary of the Treasruy, accompanied with estimates of the sums necessary to be appropriated for the service of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dent reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the said report under consideration, and made a farther progress therein.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the said report.

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, JANUARY 31, 1797.

A petition of Josiah Woodward, and others, inhabitants of the State of Massachusetts, was presented to the House and read, praying an alteration of the post road, from the town of Taunton, to the town of Boston, in the said State.

Also, a memorial of Richard Forrest, Postmaster at Georgetown, in the State of Maryland, stating the insufficiency of the compensation allowed him by law, and praying that the same may be increased, and rendered more adequate to his services. Ordered, That the said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom was committed on the 10th instant, the bill in addition to the

act, entitled "An act to establish the Post Office and Post Roads within the United States."

A memorial of David Jones, chaplain to the legion of the United States under the command of the late Major General Wayne, was presented to the House and read, praying that he may receive his pay and other emoluments in that capacity, from the time he was deranged by an act of the last session of Congress, until the fourth day of

March next.

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

A petition of Edward Lacey was presented to the House and read, praying the liqui dation and settlement of a claim for his services as an Assistant Foragemaster in the Army of the United States, during the late war.

Ordered, That the said petition, together with the petition of Lawrence Fonda, presented the sixteenth of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and the report of the Secretary of the Treasury thereon, made the third of March, one thou sand seven hundred and ninety-four, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

A memorial of North and Vesey, of the city of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, merchants, was presented to the House and read, praying a remission of the duties on a quantity of goods imported by the petitioners into the port of Charleston, which goods were consumed by a late fire in the said port.

Also, a petition of Thomas Hall, praying to be re-imbursed for the value of a quantity of goods, the property of the petitioner, which were improperly seized, and sold for a breach of the revenue laws of the United States.

Also, a petition of Robert Sage, to the same effect.

Ordered, That the said memorial and petitions be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

Mr. Dwight Foster, from the Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petitions of Henry Bower, of Thomas Donnellan, of Elisha Gordon, and of John Valentine and John Curle, made reports; which were severally read and considered: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitions of the said Henry Bower, Thomas Donnellan, of Elisha Gordon, and John Valentine and John Curle, cannot be granted. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have appointed a committee on their part, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of this House, to ascertain and report a mode of examining the votes for President 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. I am directed to inform this House, that the President of the United States did, this day, approve and sign an act, which originated in the Senate, entitled "An act giving effect to the laws of the United States within the State of Tennessee." And then he withdrew.

On a motion made and seconded that the House do come to the following resolutions:

Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty of

on all beer, ale, and porter, imported in casks into the United States. Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty of

bottles, on all beer, ale, and porter, imported in bottles. Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty of every pair of boots imported.

Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty of all imported shoes and slippers of silk; and on all other shoes, loshoes, for men and women, per pair, -cents; and on all

children,

cents per pair.

Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty of

on all souchong and black teas.

Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty of

cents per gallon,

- cents per dozen

cents per pair, on

cents per pair, on slippers, clogs, and goshoes and slippers for

cents per pound

cents per pound,

on all hyson, imperial, and gunpowder teas, imported; and on all other green teas,

cents per pound.

Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty of weight, on all unmanufactured steel.

Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty ofweight, on all bar iron, imported.

Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty of on all nails imported.

cents per hundred

cents per hundred

cents per pound,

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