Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
U.S. House of Representatives proceedings from June 18-20: Discussion and amendment of the Alien Bill; receipt and printing of President's message with envoys' dispatches; motions and negations on the bill; extension of franking privilege to Secretary of the Navy; Senate messages on army and vessel bills; passage of artillerists appropriation and census enumeration bills.
Clipping
OCR Quality
Full Text
House of Representatives.
Monday, June 18.
The Alien Bill underwent a discussion, but no question was taken on it.
The message from the President, covering the Dispatches from our Envoys, was received. [On motion for printing it, after some conversation, on the circumstance of Bache's having published it, before the President could communicate it to Congress, 10,000 copies of all the Dispatches received from our Envoys were ordered, that the public universally may be put in possession of them.]
Tuesday, June 19.
The discussion of the Alien Bill occupied the principal part of the day.
A motion of Mr. Gallatin, to give the bill a go-by, was negatived 46 to 36.
Wednesday, June 20.
The Alien Bill underwent another full discussion, was amended, and ordered for a third reading.
The privilege of franking letters was extended, by an act, to the Secretary of the Navy.
[A message from the Senate announced, that that body had passed, The additional Provisional army bill, The bill authorizing arming merchant vessels, (with amendments) and the Armed galleys bill.]
The new regiment of Artillerists appropriation bill, passed to be engrossed.
A bill providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States was taken up in a Committee of the Whole, progress made, and leave given to sit again.
What sub-type of article is it?
What keywords are associated?
What entities or persons were involved?
Domestic News Details
Event Date
June 18 20
Key Persons
Outcome
alien bill amended and ordered for third reading; motion to bypass alien bill negatived 46 to 36; 10,000 copies of envoys' dispatches ordered printed; franking privilege extended to secretary of the navy; senate passed additional provisional army bill, bill authorizing arming merchant vessels (with amendments), and armed galleys bill; new regiment of artillerists appropriation bill passed to be engrossed; census bill progressed in committee.
Event Details
House of Representatives sessions: June 18 discussion on Alien Bill without vote; received and ordered printing of President's message with Dispatches from Envoys due to prior publication by Bache. June 19: Continued Alien Bill discussion; Gallatin's motion to bypass negatived. June 20: Further Alien Bill discussion, amendments, third reading ordered; franking act for Navy Secretary; Senate messages on passed bills; Artillerists bill engrossed; census bill in committee with progress.