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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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On May 24, the U.S. House of Representatives debated Mr. Sewall's resolutions for instructing armed vessels, rejected postponement and committee referral motions, and referred them to the commerce protection committee along with a Senate bill. They also passed a bill for collecting internal revenues.
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PHILADELPHIA,
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 25.
CONGRESS.
Yesterday, the House of Representatives of the United States, resumed the discussion of Mr. Sewall's resolutions for instructing the commanders of our public and private armed vessels; and the motion for a postponement of the consideration, of these resolutions until the second Tuesday in June being again under consideration, after a few words against the motion by Mr. Harper, the question was put and negatived 43 to 37. The question then returned upon a reference of them to a committee of the whole, which was negatived, there being only 22 votes for it. The resolutions were then referred, agreeably to the original proposition of the mover, to the committee for the protection of commerce and the defence of the country, to report by bill or otherwise. The bill from the Senate for the farther protection of the commerce and coasts of the United States, was referred to the same committee. The House spent the remainder of the sitting on a bill providing for the more effectual collection of certain internal revenues of the United States, which was finally agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading to-day.
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Philadelphia
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motion to postpone negatived 43 to 37; reference to committee of the whole negatived 22 votes; resolutions and senate bill referred to committee for protection of commerce and defence; internal revenue bill agreed to and ordered engrossed for third reading.
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The House of Representatives resumed discussion of Mr. Sewall's resolutions for instructing commanders of public and private armed vessels. After debate including remarks by Mr. Harper against postponement, the resolutions were referred to the committee for the protection of commerce and the defence of the country. The Senate bill for further protection of commerce and coasts was also referred to the same committee. The House then addressed a bill for more effectual collection of internal revenues, which was agreed to.