Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

CONGRESS.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

MONDAY, April 14.

The following bills were read the third time and passed, viz.

An act making appropriations for the support of government for the year 1800.

An act to make appropriations for the navy of the United States during the year 1800.

An act to continue in force for a limited time an act intituled an act to prescribe the mode of taking evidence in cases of contested elections for Members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to compel the attendance of witnesses.

An act to authorize the sale and conveyance of lands in certain cases by the Marshals of the United States, and to confirm former sales—and

An act to provide for rebuilding the Light House at New London; for the support of a Light-House at Clark's Point, for the erection and support of a Light-House at Wig-Wam Point; and for other purposes.

Mr. Harper, from the committee to whom was referred the amendments of the Senate to the bill to extend the privilege of obtaining patents, &c. reported that it would be proper the house should concur.

The report was agreed to.

A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary, informing the House, that the Senate have passed the bill for the relief of the Corporation of Rhode Island-College:

Mr. Waln presented a petition of James Thomas Birfton, merchant and mariner, praying to be admitted a citizen of the United States—Referred to a select committee.

Mr. Davis laid the following resolution on the table.

Resolved, That the next annual Meeting of the Congress of the United States, shall be held on the first Monday in November 1800.

Mr. Harper called for the order of the day on the bill to provide for the better organization of the courts of the United States.

Mr. Kitchell, after expressing his opinion that the principle of the bill had been already negatived, moved that the further consideration of it be postponed till the first Monday in December next. After considerable debate the question was taken by yeas and nays, as follows:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Alton, Bailey, Bishop, R. Brown, Cabell, Christie, Clay, Claiborne, I. Davenport, Davis, Dawson, Dent, Eggleton, Elmendorf, D. Foster, Fowler, Freeman, Gallatin, Gray, Gregg, Hartley, Holmes, Jackson, Jones, Kitchell, Leib, Lyon, Linn, Macon, Muhlenberg, New, Nicholas, Nicholson, Randolph, Shepherd, Smilie, J. Smith, S. Smith, Spaight, Stanard, Stone, Sumter, Taliaferro, Thompson, A. Trigg, J. Trigg, Vanren, R. Williams.

48.

Negative.

Messrs. Baer, Bartlett, Bayard, Brace, J. Brown, Champlin, Cooper, Dana, F. Davenport, Dennis, Dickson, Edmond, Evans, A. Foster, Glen, C. Goodrich, E. Goodrich, Griswold, Grove, Harper, Henderson, Hill, Huger, Imlay, H. Lee, S. Lee, Lyman, Marshall, Morris, Nott, Page, Parker, Pinckney, Platt, Powell, Reed, Rutledge, Sewall, Sharpe, Thatcher, T. Thompson, R. Thomas, Wadsworth, Wall, L. Williams, Woods.

43

A message was received from the Senate; notifying that they have passed the resolution relative to the Copper Bed on Lake Superior.

A message was received from the President of the United States, by his Secretary, Mr. Shaw, informing the house, that the President did on the 11th inst. approve and sign the following acts, viz.

An act to continue in force for a limited period the act intituled an act relative to certain fisheries of the United States; for the government of the fishermen employed therein, and for other purposes as therein mentioned—and

An act to alter the form of certain oaths and affirmations directed to be taken by the act intituled an act to provide for the second Census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States.

The house went into a committee of the whole on the resolution reported by the committee of revisal and unfinished business, for continuing in force the act laying an additional duty on salt: Mr. Rutledge in the chair; and after a short debate, the resolution was agreed to, ayes 49: the committee rose, and upon the question will the house concur with the committee in their agreement to the said resolution, it passed in the affirmative.

Yeas: 54, Nays 38.

The house resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the report of the committee of claims on the petition of Stephen Sayre: Mr. Rutledge in the chair.

The report, which is unfavorable to the petitioner, was opposed by Mr. Harper, who spoke at great length in favor of the claim—The question was then taken, and the report agreed to, yeas 46, nays 27. The committee rose, and the house concurred, yeas 43, nays 24.

The bill to continue in force the act intituled "An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States," was read a third time and passed. Adjourned.