House of Representatives

411

B.

ordered to a third reading

413

read a third time, and passed

414

Additional Duties, a bill from the House of Rep-

resentatives imposing, upon importation,

and directors of the, praying an act of in-
corporation, was read and referred to the
Secretary of the Treasury

319

read and passed to a second reading

411

bill referred to a committee

412

Bank of the United States, a report was received
from the Secretary of the Treasury on the
memorial of the president, directors, &c. of
436 Baptist Church, of the City of Washington, a
petition of the, praying an act of incor-
poration, was referred to a committee
a bill to incorporate the, was reported, read,

456

-

326

and passed to a second reading
(See Religious Societies.)
Barbary Powers, a resolution was submitted to
refer so much of the President's Message
as relates to the, to a select committee,
which was agreed to, and a committee
appointed

a bill from the House of Representatives, to
continue in force, for a limited time, the
first section of the act to protect the com-
merce and seamen of the United States
against the

the said bill read twice, and referred to a
committee

reported without amendment

-

336

19

300

301

304

305

306

ordered to a third reading

read a third time, and passed

306

read a second time, and ordered to a third
reading -

Barnitz, Jacob, a bill from the House of Repre-
sentatives, for relief of, read three times,

and passed

454

-

read a third time, and passed
American Character, a bill to deprive vessels, in
certain cases, of their, &c., read

309

307 Bayard, James A., of Delaware, attended in his

place

319

455

speech of, on his motion to amend Mr.
Giles's resolution for a partial repeal of
the embargo -

388

139

Anderson, Joseph, of Tennessee, attended in his

Beamont, Edmund, a bill from the House of Re-
presentatives, for the relief of, read twice,
and referred

326

17

reported without amendment, and ordered
to a third reading -

327

127

read a third time, and passed

330

iii

Brent, Robert, and others, the petition of, pray-
ing the incorporation of a company to
open a canal in the City of Washington,
was read, and referred to a committee
(See Washington, the City of.)
Brent, Richard, of Virginia, presented his creden-
tials, and was qualified, as a Senator
British Board of Trade, a paper from the, referred
to by Mr. Giles, in his speech on his reso-
lution to repeal partially the embargo laws 126

466

Clinton, George, declared to be elected Vice Pres-
dent of the United States from the 4th of
March next

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Collectors of Customs, a statement from the
Treasury Department of the emoluments
of the

Commercial Intercourse, Mr. Giles submitted a
resolution to suspend all, with Great Brit-
ain, France, &c.

a bill to interdict, presented, read and passed
to a second reading

read a second time, amended, and ordered
to a third reading -

Page.

345

452

345

411

413

414

returned from the House of Representatives
with amendments, which were agreed to 452

231

read a third time, the blanks filled, and
passed -

Commutation of Pay, a memorial of the survi-
ving officers of the Pennsylvania line in
the Revolutionary war, was read
a memorial of the New York and Pennsyl-
vania lines; all referred to a committee -
a memorial of the Delaware line, referred to
the same committee

237

304

322

338

a memorial of the Connecticut and New
Jersey lines, referred to same committee
a memorial of the South Carolina line, re-
ferred to the same committee -
Congress, a bill from the House of Representa-
tives to alter the time for the next meet-
ing of, read and passed to a second reading 331

read a second time, and ordered to a third
reading -

335

336

306

326

account of the

ordered to a third reading -
read a third time, and passed
Chaplains, a joint resolution for appointing two,
of different denominations
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, the
memorial of the President, &c., of the,
was ordered to be printed

328

Contingent Fund, the President transmitted an
Convention, extract from a, between Great Brit-

321

320

ain and Russia, (note)

383

10

Correspondence of Ministers, the President com-
municated certain, which was ordered to
be printed

324

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338

a bill presented to authorize the sale and grant
of land to the, read and passed to a second
reading

sentatives for relief of, read and passed to
a second reading

388

336

read a second time, amended, and ordered

read a second time, and referred to a com-
mittee

410

to a third reading

340

ordered to a third reading

437

read a third time, and passed

341

returned from the House of Representatives
with non-concurrence in the grant

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Circuit Courts, notice of a bill supplementary to

the act establishing

bill presented, read, and passed to a second
reading

read a third time, and passed

Courts of the United States, a bill to repeal so
much of any act or acts as authorize the,
to make compensation to their officers out
of the public Treasury for unenumerated
services, was presented, read, and ordered
to a second reading

414

-

338

read a second time, and referred to a com-
mittee

read a second time, and referred to a com-
mittee

339

reported with amendments

ordered to a third reading as amended
read a third time, and passed as amended
Clark, Joshua, an imprisoned seamen, a letter
from, referred to the Secretary of State
Clerks, a report from the Secretary of War, in

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olution to repeal the embargo

Credit, a bill to extend the terms of, on revenue
bonds, in certain cases, was read and
passed to a second reading
read a second time, and ordered to a third
reading -

63

237

237

Delaware and Chesapeake Canal Company, the
memorials of the, presented in 1805 and
1807, together with the report of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury on the same, and
respecting roads and canals, made in April
last, were referred to a committee

(See Chesapeake, &c., for further proceedings,
ante.)

Disbursement of Public Moneys, Mr. Hillhouse
submitted a resolution respecting the
which was adopted, a committee thereon ap-
pointed -

138

352

388

curred in, and ordered to a third reading 240

read a third time, and ordered to lie on the
table

called up and passed

returned from the House of Representatives
with amendments

which were concurred in

Mr. Hillhouse submitted a resolution for the
repeal of the laws relating to the

which was negatived

Mr. Lloyd submitted a motion requesting
the President to cause to be laid before the
Senate a statement of the number of ves-
sels which have departed, with permission,
from the date of the embargo to the 2d of
September, 1808

16

18

which was agreed to, and the Secretary
ordered to lay it before the President
a Message from the President, with a report
from the Treasury Department, in reply
thereto, which was ordered to be printed 299

Mr. Pickering laid before the Senate a resolu-
tion of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in-
structing their Senators to use their en-
deavors to have the embargo laws repealed,
the reading of which was interrupted and
postponed

the preamble and resolutions referred to
objection to the reading withdrawn, and the
instruction read

Mr. Giles made another report in part, con-
sisting of his correspondence with the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, on the subject of
the

127

128

161

232

305

345

District Judge, Mr. Gaillard submitted a resolu-
tion for a committee to inquire what pro-
vision ought to be made in case of the
disablility of any, to perform the duties
of his office

212

304

412

read a second time, and postponed indefi-
nitely

a third bill from the House of Representa-
tives to the same effect, was read, and a
second reading negatived

a motion to reconsider the vote was also
negatived

Elliott, Rev. Mr., election of, as Chaplain
Embargo, a resolution was submitted to refer so
much of the Message as relates to the
laws laying an, to a select committee
10th CON. 2d SESS.-59

Engineers, a bill making further provision for a

306

corps of, read

read a second time, and referred to a com-

mittee

322

437

read a third time, and passed

438

E.

Mr. Giles submitted a resolution to repeal the,
after the 4th of March next, as to all na-
tions except Great Britain and France
which was adopted, and a committee ap-
pointed to bring in a bill
(See Commercial intercourse.)
a memorial from the State of Delaware for the
repeal of the

Goodrich, Mr., speech of, on the bill to enforce

241

Indian Tribes, a bill from the House of Represen-
tatives to establish trading-houses with the,
read twice and referred to a committee
reported without amendment, read a third
time, and passed

453

454
X

Library, report from the joint committee on the
resolution submitted giving to said commit-
tee the application of the money appro-
priated for the, which was adopted

Lloyd, James, credentials of, as Senator in place
John Q. Adams, presented

336

444

9

the resolution agreed to

Message, the President's annual

one thousand copies of said, ordered to be
printed

a confidential, was received with sundry doc-

uments

a bill from the House of Representatives to
authorize the transportation of the same free
of postage, read a third time, and passed
Michigan, a petition of the French citizens of,
praying that an edition of the laws of the
said Territory may be published in the
French language, referred -

a bill to that effect reported, and read
read a second time

ordered to a third reading
read a third time, and passed

15

15

19

412

438

443

454

455