Glass manufactory, application of F. Amelung, for Jails, a resolution proposing to make it the daty of patronage to his undertaking, referred, 1672; a favorable report on the subject, 1685; report disagreed to, 1688.
Greene, Gen. Nathaniel, a petition from his widow, praying for an inquiry into the claims and petition of her late husband, 1464; report made and referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, 1758.
Home Department, a resolution proposed for estab- lishing a department so named, 692, which was negatived.
Hospitals for disabled seamen, a bill for the establish- ment of, introduced, 816.
jailers in the several States to receive and safely keep all prisoners committed under the laws of the United States; passed.
Judiciary, a bill from the Senate to establish the ju- dicial courts of the United States, read a second time and committed, 685; taken up, 812; ordered to be engrossed, 927; passed,
a bill presented for allowing certain compen- sation to the judges of the Supreme and other courts, 929; taken up, 933; passed, 938.
a bill from the Senate was received to regu- late processes in the courts of the United States, 937; amended and passed, 949. Second Session.
Hemp and cordage, a petition from the manufac- Journal, the form of it fixed, 1078.
turers of, in the State of New York, pray-
ing for a duty on foreign cordage, 1500.
Hoffman, Cornelius, his petition respecting the losses Jails of the States, a resolution directing the mar
sustained by the people of West Chester, during the war, 1113.
Imports, duties on-See duties. Importation of certain persons, a bill presented con- cerning the, prior to the year 1808, 937; not acted upon.
Indians, a bill providing for the expenses which may attend negotiations with the Indians, pre- sented, 716; bill taken up, 717; ordered to be engrossed, 725; bill passed, 730. a message from the President respecting the Wabash Indians, 927.
Invalid pensioners-See pensioners.
Second Session.
Indians, a bill introduced to regulate trade and inter- course with the Indian tribes, 1581; bill committed, 1547; taken up, 1574; recom. mitted, 1601.
an amendatory bill reported and committed, 1626; passed, 1703.
Indian affairs-See Southern frontier. Inspection laws, a resolution from the Senate, oblig-
shals in the several States, provided the States shall not make provision for prison- ers of the United States, to provide tempo- rary houses for the purpose, 2030.
Judiciary, a letter from the Attorney General pro- posing certain amendments to the judiciary system, 1886.
a bill to continue in force the act regulating processes in the federal courts, 2013; bill passed, 2014.
(See clerks, marshals, and jurors.)
Third Session.
K. Kentucky, a bill from the Senate erecting the dis- trict of Kentucky in Virginia into a State, 1910; taken up and passed, 1934.
a bill for regulating her number of Represen- tatives, 2015; bill passed, 2018.
L. Lands, western, resolutions introduced respecting the disposal of them, 427; a report made on the subject and committed, 471; taken up, 646; agreed to, 691, and a bill ordered to be brought in, 692; bill reported, 700; passed. Light houses, beacons, and buoys, a bill reported for the establishment of, 643; taken up, 668; ordered to be engrossed, 685.
Lothbiniere, Marquis de Chartier, his memorial claiming two manors at the head of Lake Champlain, 908; rejected, 922.
ing vessels to comply with the inspection Lynn, Rev. William, appointed chaplain, 242.
laws of the States, 1464.
a bill reported to regulate the exportation of certain articles subject to inspection by the laws of the several States, 1465; bill com- mitted, 1466; ordered to be engrossed, 1527; passed, 1528. Invalid officers, a bill for issuing certificates to a cer- tain description of, 1603; passed, 1604.
Lands, public, a report of the Secretary of the Trea- sury on a system for disposing of the public lands, 1743; ordered to lie on the table. Learning, a bill for the encouragement of, presented, 1390; passed, 1602.
Library of Congress, a committee appointed to re- Mint, the Secretary of the Treasury directed to pre- port a catalogue of books for a, 1603; re- port made, 170S, and ordered to lie on the table.
Light-houses, a bill introduced making further pro- vision for the support of, 1739; passed, 1739.
Lynn, Rev. Mr., appointed chaplain, 1079.
Lands, a report of the Secretary of the Government northwest of the Ohio, on certain grants of land which require the attention of Con- gress, 1873.
report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the establishment of land offices taken up, 1876; resumed, 1880; the report of the Committee of the Whole considered, and a bill ordered to be brought in, 1890; bill brought in, 1915; taken up, 2014; passed, 2017; postponed till next session by the Senate, 2026.
resolution from the Senate, requesting the President to lay before Congress at their next session, the quantity of land not claim- ed by Indians, nor occupied by citizens of the United States, in the ceded territory of North Carolina, was concurred with. Laurens, Henry, the petition of, as guardian of his granddaughter, for interest on her father's claim, 1886; report made and laid on the table, 1934.
Learning, a bill for increasing the penalties of an act for the encouragement of learning, 2012. Loans, commissioners of, a bill making compensation to, for extraordinary services, 2022; bill passed, 2025.
pare a plan for the establishment of a Na- tional Mint, 1582.
Secretary of the Treasury's report on the subject in the appendix.
Mitchel, John H., a report from the Secretary of State, on his proposition for supplying the United States with a copper coinage, 1582; ordered to lie on the table.
Robert, his memorial as Superintendent of Finance, 1168, and the appendix. resolution from the Senate empowering the President to appoint three commissioners to adjust the accounts of the Superintendent of Finance, 1233; report of the committee read and laid on the table, 1466, a commit- tee appointed to inquire into his receipts and expenditures of public moneys, 1514; a report made, 2017.
a petition from the manufacturers of, in Philadelphia, for additional duty on that article, 1583; referred.
Maryland, a committee appointed to bring in a bill to continue in force an act declaring the as- sent of Congress to certain acts of Mary- land, Georgia and Rhode Island, 1847; a bill reported, 1851; bill passed, 1860.
a bill declaring assent to an act of that Legis- lature, 1921; ordered to be engrossed and passed, 1935.
Mediterranean trade, communications respecting; galleries ordered to be cleared, 1886. a committee appointed to bring in a bill more effectually to provide for the national de- fence, by establishing a uniform militia, 1837; a bill reported, 1847; considered, 1851; laid on the table, 1874; recommitted, 1875; an amendatory bill reported, 1888. Secretary of War's report on do.-See the appendix.
Mint, a report of the Secretary of the Treasury on its establishment, 1934--for the report, see the appendix.
the Senate passed a resolution in favor of es- tablishing a Mint, and authorized the Presi- dent to carry the resolution into effect, 2027; concurred with.
New Jersey elections contested, 425; report on the subject; report taken up, 866; agreed to, and the seats of the sitting members con- firmed, 867.
a petition in favor of Perth Amboy as the permanent seat of Government, 826. Newspapers ordered to be furnished to the members, 427.
Naturalization, a bill establishing a uniform rule of, taken up and discussed, 1147; committed to a select committee, 1164; amendatory bill reported, 1284; considered, and or- dered to be engrossed, 1459; bill passed, 1463.
Navy, a memorial from the officers of the late navy, praying to be allowed half pay, &c., 1527; report thereon, 1623; report taken up and discussed, 1704.
Newburyport, a memorial from sundry merchants | Petitions referred to the heads of departments to be
and traders praying relief from the opera- tion of the laws, 1574; committed. New York, information that she had ratified the amendments proposed to the constitution, 1571. New Jersey, a message from the President announces that she has ratified all the proposed amendments to the constitution but the second and thirteenth.
Newspapers, a report on the mode of supplying members with them, agreed to, 1582.
Neuville, de, Louis Pierre Lambert, brigadier gene- ral of the late army, praying for a settle- ment of his claim, 1710; leave to withdraw the petition, 1739.
North Carolina, a bill for giving effect to the several acts therein mentioned in this State; ordered to a third reading, 1118; bill passed, 1125. (See cession of Western lands.)
a bill from the Senate for giving effect to the act therein mentioned in respect to North Carolina, 1604; ordered to be engrossed, 1605; passed.
a bill to give effect to an act to establish the judiciary in that State, reported, 1640; passed, 1641.
ratification of the amendments proposed to the constitution, 1693.
reported upon at the next session, 950. Post office, a bill received from the Senate for the temporary establishment of, 927; passed, 928; report of the Postmaster General- See the appendix.
President of the United States, report of ceremonies to be observed on his arrival, 149. his speech laid before the House, 242. resolution proposing to fix his salary, 242. Committee of the Whole discharged from its further consideration, 425.
answer to his speech, 257, and referred to a select committee; committee reported, 433; report ordered to lie on the table.
his reply to ditto, 302.
a bill for regulating it presented, 1355; re- committed; an amendatory bill reported, 1689; bill passed, 1699; the bill lost by the Senate's insisting on an amendment, which the House disagreed to, 1755.
a bill to continue in force the act for the tem- porary establishment of the post-office, and passed, 1756.
President's message delivered, 1077.
reply to the address of the House, 1092. message, the subjects of it referred to several committees, 1095.
message, with the plan of General Knox for a general arrangement of the militia, 1113— See appendix also.
message communicating the act of Rhode Island for calling a convention, and pray- ing for a further suspension of the impost and tonnage act in relation to that State,
message on the subject of the Southwestern frontier and the Indian department, 1427. message on Indian hostilities committed in Pennsylvania, 1500.
President, Vice-President, Senators, and members, a committee formed to decide when their terms of service commenced, 1603; report on the subject, 1623; considered, 1636; agreed to, 1638.
Public debt-See Secretary of the Treasury's report.
Paymaster, a report recommending the appointment of one, 2020.
Pensions, a bill to make further provision for the payment of pensions to individuals, &c., 2028; bill passed, 2031. Philadelphia, a bill to provide for the delivery of goods, when the Delaware is obstructed by ice, 1880; bill passed, 1885. Philadelphia library, an offer from, to supply mem- bers of Congress with books, 1921. Post-office and post-roads, a bill for the establish- ment of, 1900; the bill taken up and dis- cussed, 1936; Committee of the Whole dis- charged from its further consideration, 2024.
Rhode Island, a bill to give effect to the judiciary of the United States in Rhode Island, reported 1688; passed, 1689.
census act extended to Rhode Island, 1689; bill passed, 1711.
ratified certain amendments to the constitu- tion, 1712.
Revolutionary war, a report on the memorial of sun- dry officers of the navy, against the peti- tioners, agreed to, 1915.
a bill for making compensation to the widows and orphan children of officers in the war, 2025; bill passed, 2026.
a bill for the temporary regulation of the Rix dollar, a committee appointed to consider what post-office, 2025; bill passed, 2026.
President's message delivered, 1834.
reply to the answer of the House, 1846.
message referred to several distinct commit. tees, 1847.
message in relation to order on the frontier, 1928.
message announcing his having laid off the seat of Government, 1928. message respecting our commercial interests at London, referred, 2015; a report there- on, 2019; report referred to the Secretary of State, 2022.
President, a bill presented declaring the officer, who, in case of vacancy, shall act as Presi- dent, &c., 1860; committed, 1863; taken up and discussed, 1902.
bill declaring the time when electors shall be appointed, &c., 1860; committed, 1863; taken up, 1911; laid on the table, 1918. bill directing the mode in which the lists of the votes for a president, &c., shall be transmitted to the seat of Government, 1860; committed, 1863.
Quakers of North Carolina, a petition from, praying
relief against the operation of an act of that State which deprives them of the right of pre-emption to certain lands, referred, 1623.
Rhode Island, a message from the President, com- municating the act of that State calling a convention, &c., 1141.
a bill from the Senate to prevent bringing goods, wares, &c., from that State into the United States, &c., 1638; Committee of the Whole discharged from the further con- sideration of this bill, 1685. message from the President informing Con- gress that Rhode Island had adopted the constitution of the United States, 1684.
a bill reported for giving effect to the laws of the United States in the State of Rhode Island, 1685; passed, 1690.
alteration ought to be made in the act im- posing duties on imports, &c., in respect to the Rix dollar, 2013; a bill reported, 2022, bill passed, 2027.
a petition praying to have it fixed at Old Philadelphia, 868.
a petition from citizens of Georgetown, 921. a bill reported to establish the seat of Govern- ment of the United States, 927; taken up, 929; passed, 946; postponed by the Senate; a disagreeing vote between the two Houses, 958, 962.
Senate attend the House to be present at the open- ing of the votes of the electors for the President and Vice-President of the United States, 102.
Sergeant-at-arms elected--See Wheaton, Joseph. Smith, William, (South Carolina,) his election con- tested; Ramsey's petition, 149; seat con- firmed, 425. Speaker appointed, 100.
Salem, a petition from sundry inhabitants of, com- plaining of a construction given to the coasting law, 1168; laid on the table, George, his petition to be permitted to pur- chase a tract of western territory, 1446; re- ferred to the Secretary of the Treasury. Seamen in merchant's service, a bill for the govern- ment of, 1603; bill passed, 1710.
Seat of Government, a bill from the Senate establish- ing the temporary and permanent seat of Government, 1715; taken up and discussed, 1716; bill passed, 1737.
a bill proposed to repeal for a limited time the 5th section of the above bill, rejected, 1761. Secretary of the Treasury's report, 1079, 1092, and appendix report taken up, 1131.
Secretary of the Treasury's estimate of extraordinary
services for the current year, 1446.
and ordered to be engrossed and then passed, 685.
titles, 200; House resolves not to agree to adopt any titles; the Senate propose a con. ference on the subject, 306.
called upon to ascertain the resources that Titles, a report from the Senate on the subject of may be applied to the payment of the State debts, 1446; motion agreed to, 1456. his report on the above subject, 1464, and appendix; report considered and sundry resolutions adopted, 1599. resolutions adopted, 1598, and a bill ordered to be brought in.
his report on public lands-See lands. reported additional appropriations to be necessary for support of Government, 1762; bill introduced and passed, 1764.
Ships or vessels, a bill for regulating those employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, presented, 1743; postponed till next session, 1755. Slave trade, a petition from the Society of Friends in Philadelphia and New York, on the subject, 1224; debated and committed.
a petition from B. Franklin, President of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society on the same subject, 1240; debated and committed. report of the committee on the subject, 1465; report taken up and discussed, 1466; discussion resumed, 1500; reports in relation to it ordered to be entered on the journal,
1523. Soldiers and seamen, a bill for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen, 1741; ordered to be engrossed, 1755, and passed. Southern frontier and Indian affairs, a report on these subjects, 1110; a bill reported on the subject; committed, 1527, and considered with closed doors.
Spirits, distilled, a bill to repeal the duties on distilled spirits imported, and laying others in their stead, &c., committed, 1605; taken up, 1689; resumed, 1694; bill rejected, 1700.
State Department, a resolution proposed directing the Secretary of State to report whether it be expedient that the foreign and domestic branches of the department should be kept distinct, 1547; proposition rejected, 1557. Steuben, Baron, report on his claim committed, 1572; report agreed to, and a bill ordered to be brought in, 1584; bill presented, 1602; discussed, 1606; passed, 1610. Stirling, General, a report of the Secretary of War on his claim was agreed to, and a bill ordered for the relief of his widow, 1758; passed, 1761. Surveyor General, a bill providing for the appointment of a surveyor general, 1761.
Tonnage of vessels-See duties. Treasury, a bill reported for establishing the department of, 436; passed, 643.
Troops of the United States, a bill presented to recognize and adapt to the constitution, the establishment of the troops, 929; ordered to be engrossed, 946; passed, 947.
Tobacco and snuff, a petition from the manufacturers of, in Baltimore, for additional duty thereon, 1583.
Tonnage on foreign shipping, report of a committee on the petition of the merchants at Portsmouth, N. H., discussed, 1610; agreed to and bill reported, 1635; passed, 1704. Tonnage, a bill for raising on the tonnage of vessels entering the Patapsco, Savannah, and Providence, was passed, 1759. Treasurer, his expenditures and disbursements, 1141. Treasury, a report from the Secretary of, on tonnage duties, &c., 1619.
Treaties, a resolution proposed directing all treaties to be published with the laws of the United States, 1677; agreed to, 1685.
Useful arts, a bill to promote the progress of, reported, 1284; bill considered, 1463; ordered to be engrossed, 1464; bill passed, 1470. Third Session.
Useful arts, a bill to amend an act to promote the progress of, passed at the last session, 1988.
V. First Session. Vessels, a bill for registering and clearing vessels, ascertaining their tonnage, &c., introduced, 696; ordered to be engrossed, 700; bill passed, 702.
a bill to explain and amend the above bill presented and passed, 947.
Virginia, an application from the Legislature of, 258. offer of to the government of territory for the seat of Government, 358.
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