Gazette Of The United States

SKETCH OF PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

In the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES of the UNITED STATES.

MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1789.

The engrossed bill for regulating the coasting trade, &c. was read a third time, and on motion, recommitted to be taken up to-morrow.

The bill for establishing a land-office for the western territory was read a second time, and made the order of the day for Thursday.

Mr. Sherman had leave of absence for one week.

The bill to provide for the safe keeping of the acts, records, great seal, etc. was read, and made the order of the day for Friday.

Ordered that 100 copies of each of these bills be printed for the members.

The report of the committee on amendments, was, on motion of Mr. Madison, made the order of the day for Wednesday even.

Mr. Benson introduced a resolution to this purport. —That a committee be appointed, to join a committee of the Senate to consider, and report when it will be convenient for Congress to adjourn; also, to report what business now before Congress must necessarily be attended to previous to a recess, and what will be proper to postpone till the next session laid on the table.

The bill for establishing the treasury department, with the amendments proposed by the Senate being read, were acceded to in part—the consideration of two articles was postponed till to-morrow.

The bill for establishing light-houses, beacons, buoys and public piers, as sent down from the Senate with the amendments, was taken into consideration, and the several amendments acceded to on the part of the House.

The bill for allowing compensations for their services to The President and Vice-President of the United States, was taken up—and on motion of Mr. Smith (of S. C.) a clause was added to the bill, by which The President is to have the use of furniture and other effects, now in his possession, belonging to the United States.

The bill was then passed to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow—and then the House adjourned.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4.

Mr. Heister presented a petition from the inhabitants of Cumberland county, State of Pennsylvania, praying that the sessions of the Federal Courts, may not be restricted to the city of Philadelphia—laid on the table.

The engrossed bill for allowing a compensation to The President, and Vice-President, for their services, was read a third time, and passed to be enacted.

Mr. Ames presented a petition from Dudley Tyler, an officer in the late continental army, praying for an allowance for services, which had not been compensated laid on the table.

Mr. Huntington presented a memorial from Christopher Collins stating, that he had invented a Perambulator upon more simple and adequate principles, than has hitherto been discovered ; and praying for an exclusive right to use and improve the same—laid on the table.

Mr. White of the standing committee to examine the enrolled bills, presented the bill providing for the government of the western territory, which the committee had examined, and found correct—the Speaker then signed the same.

Mr. Burke of the Committee appointed for the purpose, brought in a bill for allowing a compensation to the members of both Houses, and to their respective officers : This bill provides that the compensation shall be as follows, viz.

To each member of the Senate and House, Six Dollars, per day.

Speaker of the House Twelve Dollars per day.

To the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House each, Fifteen Hundred Dollars, a year, and Two Dollars a day, each, during the session of the Legislature :—One principal Clerk to each, at Three Dollars a day during the session—One engrossing Clerk to each, at Two Dollars a day during the session.

Serjeant at Arms, Three Dollars a day during the session.

Door Keeper to the House and Senate, each, Seven Hundred and Thirty Dollars a year :

Assistant Door Keepers, during the session, One Dollar and Fifty Cents a day each.

This bill was laid on the table.

The House then went into a committee of the whole on the bill for registering and clearing vessels, and regulating the coasting trade.

A clause was added to this bill, which provides for a suspension of the bounty of five cents, on every barrel of pickled fish, every quintal of dried fish and every barrel of salted provisions, exported from the United States, as allowed by the impost law, till after the last day of July, 1790.

The committee having finished this bill, the Speaker resumed the chair—the House acceded to the several amendments. and the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow.

Mr. Benson's motion, introduced yesterday was taken up, and after a short debate, a committee for the purpose therein mentioned, consisting of Mr. Carroll, Mr. Heister, and Mr. Wadsworth, was appointed.

The House then resumed the consideration of the amendments to the treasury bill proposed by the Senate, on which a decision was postponed yesterday—a lengthy debate ensued upon the subject, in which the substance of the arguments upon The President's power of removability, was repeated, and which terminated in not acceding to the amendment of the Senate.

The House adjourned at half after 3 o'clock.