The third resolution, to which the Committee of the Whole House reported their agreement, being again read,

The question was taken, that the House do disagree to the same,

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

On the question, that a committee be appointed to prepare and bring in a bill or bills pursuant to the said first resolution, as amended,

It was moved and seconded to amend the said question, by striking out the words "or bills,"

And the question being taken, that the House do agree to the said amendment,

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

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Ordered, That Mr. Parker, Mr. Livingston, and Mr. Harper, do prepare and bring in a bill or bills pursuant to the said first resolution, as amended.

The several orders of the day were further postponed until Monday next.

And then the House adjourned until Monday morning ten o'clock.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1797.

A memorial of sundry manufacturers of soap and candles, in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and Baltimore, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the

House and read, praying that an additional duty may be imposed on soap and candles, imported from foreign countries; or that such other encouragement may be given to the manufacturing the said articles within the United States as to the wisdom of Congress shall seem meet.

Also, a petition of William Ellison, of New Windsor, in the State of New York, praying the remission of a penalty incurred by the petitioner for a breach of the revenue laws of the United States.

Also, a petition of William Dodge, and others, measurers, of the district and port of New York, stating the insufficiency of the compensation allowed them by law; and praying that the same may be increased, and rendered more adequate to their services. Ordered, That the said memorial and petitions be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

A petition of James Maury, Consul of the United States at the City of Liverpool, in Great Britain, was presented to the House and read, praying a reimbursement of cer tain sums of money which he advanced for the relief and accommodation of distressed citizens of the United States, beyond what the laws of the United States prescribed, and of which he has not received payment.

Also, a petition of Alexander Buchanan, praying that he may be authorized to locate a warrant for two thousand acres of land, to which he became entitled for military ser vices, under the proclamation of the King of Great Britain, in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three, on the unappropriated lands of the United States, in the territory Northwest of the river Ohio.

Also, a petition of Lydia Cogswell, late widow of Samuel Wallingford, deceased, praying that she may receive the seven years' half pay, and other emoluments due for the services of the deceased, as a lieutenant of marines on board the ship Ranger, in the Navy of the United States, during the late war, to which she conceives herself justly entitled by resolutions of the late Congress.

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

A petition of Philip Wilson, a citizen of the United States, formerly a merchant in the city of Philadelphia, now residing in the city of Westminster, in the Kingdom of Great Britain, was presented to the House and read, praying relief, in consideration of a spoliation committed on the property of the petitioner, by the British, at the close of the late war, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three. Ordered, That the said petition do lie on the table.

Mr. Dwight Foster, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was recommitted their report of the seventeenth of May last, on the petition of Alexander Fowler, made a report; which was read, and ordered to be committee to a Committee of the Whole

House to-morrow.

Mr. Dwight Foster, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the pctition of Albert Russell, made a report; which was read and considered: Whereupon, Resolved, That the prayer of the petition of the said Albert Russell cannot be granted. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have disagreed to the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of John Sears." And then he withdrew.

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 the seventh instant, to whom was referred the memorial of Anna de Neufville, widow of John de Neufville, deceased; 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 a resolution thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was read, as followeth :

Resolved, That provision ought to be made, by law, for granting to the widow and two children of John de Neufville, the sum of three thousand dollars, to be equally divided among them.

On the question, that the House do agree with the Committee of the Whole House in the said resolution,

It was resolved in the affirmative,

SYeas
Nays.

63,
25.

.....

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

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Francis Malbone,

Frederick A. Muhlenberg,
William Vans Murray,
Anthony New,

Alexander D. Orr,

Josiah Parker,

John Patten,

John Reed,
John Richards,
Robert Rutherford,

Samuel Sewall,

John S. Sherburne,
Samuel Sitgreaves,
Tompson J. Skinner,
Israel Smith,

Isaac Smith,
Samuel Smith,
William Smith,
Richard Sprigg, jun.
Thomas Sprigg,
John Swanwick,
George Thatcher,
Richard Thomas,
Mark Thomson,
John E. Van Allen,
Joseph B. Varnum,
Peleg Wadsworth, and
Richard Winn.

James Holland,

Aaron Kitchell,
Matthew Locke,
Samuel Maclay,
Nathaniel Macon,
John Milledge,
John Nicholas,
Elisha R. Potter,
Nathaniel Smith,

William Strudwick,

Zephaniah Swift, and
John Williams.

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr.. Madison, Mr. Parker, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Ege, and Mr. Wadsworth, do prepare and bring in the same.

Mr. Parker, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill appropriating money for the purpose of finishing the frigates United States, Constitution, and Constellation; 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. Parker, from the same committee, presented, according to order, a bill repealing so much of an act supplementary to an act, entitled "An act to provide a Naval armament," as relates to the officering and manning the frigates building in 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 the com of the Whole House last appointed.

Mr. Havens, from the committee to whom was referred, on the twentieth of Decem, ber last, a letter from the Secretary of State, enclosing a report of the Director of the Mint, suggesting the expediency of some alterations in its establishment, to render it less expensive to the public, and more accommodating to depositors, made a report;

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which was read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.

On motion,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of incorporating the Commissioners of the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, and to report by bill or otherwise.

Ordered, That Mr. Brent, Mr. Greenup, and Mr. Coit, be appointed a committee pursuant to the said resolution.

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 14, 1797.

Mr. Madison, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill granting a certain sum of money to the widow and children of John de Neufville, de ceased; 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 immediately.

The House accordingly resolved itself into the said committee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dent 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. Dwight Foster, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Brown, made a report; which was read, and considered: Whereupon, Resolved, That the prayer of the petition of the said John Brown cannot be granted. Mr. Dwight Foster, from the Committee of Claims, to whom were referred several petitions of Richard Blackledge, and a report of the Secretary of the Treasury thereon, made a report, which was 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 report of the committee of the seventeenth ultimo, to whom was re-committed the report of the Secretary of War, on the petition of Hugh Lawson White; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dent 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 provision, by law, ought to be made for the payment of the balance due to General Sevier, and the troops under his command, in the expedition undertaken in the Summer and Fall of one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, by orders from the Secretary of the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio. Ordered, That the said resolution be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, with instruction to report thereon, by bill or otherwise.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill repealing, in part, the "Act concerning the duties on spirits distilled within the United States, passed the eighth of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and imposing certain duties on the capacity of stills of a particular description; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dent 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, where the same were severally twice read, and agreed to by the House.

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

Mr. Sitgreaves, from the committee appointed on the ninth instant, on the part of this House, jointly, with a committee appointed on the part of the Senate, to consider whether any, and, if any, what measures ought to be adopted for the further accommodation of the President of the United States, for the term commencing on the fourth day of March next, made a report; which was read, 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 provide more effectually for the settlement of accounts between the United States and Receivers of Public Money; and, after some time spent