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Those who voted in the negative, are,

John Archer,

Burwell Bassett,

George M. Bedinger,

Thomas Blount,

Robert Brown,

Joseph Bryan,
William Butler,
George W. Campbell,
Joseph Clay,
Matthew Clay,
George Clinton, jr.
Ezra Darby,
John Dawson,
Elias Earle,

John W. Eppes,
William Findley,
John Fowler,
Silas Halsey,
William Helms,
David Holmes,
John G. Jackson,
Walter Jones,
John Lambert,
Michael Leib,

Robert Marion,

David Meriwether,

John Morrow,

Gurdon S. Mumford,
Roger Nelson,

Thomas Newton, jun.

Joseph H. Nicholson,
Gideon Olin,

John Pugh,

John Randolph,

Thomas M. Randolph,
John Rea, of Pennsylvania,
John Rhea, of Tennessee,
Jacob Richards,
Peter Sailly,

Thomas Sammons,

Thomas Sandford,

James Sloan,
Samuc! Smith,
Henry Southard,
Thomas Spalding,
Richard Stanford,
Abram Trigg,
Matthew Walton,
Robert Whitehill,
David R. Williams,
Alexander Wilson,

Thomas Wynns.

Jeremiah Morrow,

The other amendment reported by the Committee of the Whole House, to strike out, in the said resolution, between the words "army and Dern," the word "at,” and to insert, in lieu thereof, the words "and taking the city of," was, upon the question put thereupon, agreed to by the House.

A motion was then made, and the question being put, further to amend the said resolution by adding, to the end thereof, the words "by this heroic achievement, he has shewn himself capable of uniting information with talents, reflection with experience, and stratagem with bravery:"

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The yeas and yeas being demanded by one-fifth of the members present,

The member who voted in the affirmative, was,

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William Helms,

David Holmes,

David Hough,

Walter Jones,
James Kelly,
Thomas Kenan,
John Lambert,
Michael Leib,
Joseph Lewis, jun.
Henry W. Livingston,
Patrick Magruder,
Robert Marion,
Josiah Masters,
David Meriwether,
Jeremiah Morrow,
John Morrow,
Jonathan O. Mosely,
Gurdon S. Mumford,
Jeremiah Nelson,
Roger Nelson,

Thomas Newton, jun.
Joseph H. Nicholson,
Gideon Olin,

Timothy Pitkin, jun.
John Pugh,
Josiah Quincy,
John Randolph,

Thomas M. Randolph,

John Rea, of Pennsylvania,

John Rhea, of Tennessee,

John Russell,

Peter Sailly,

Thomas Sammons,

Thomas Sandford,
Martin G. Schuneman,
Ebenezer Seaver,
James Sloan,

John Cotton Smith,
Samuel Smith,

Henry Southard,
Thomas Spalding,
Richard Stanford,
Lewis B. Sturges,
Samuel Taggart,
Benjamin Tallmadge,
Samuel Tenney,

David Thomas,

Thomas W. Thompson,
Uri Tracy,

Abram Trigg,

Killian K. Van Rensselaer,
Joseph B. Varnum,

Daniel C. Verplanck,
Matthew Walton,
Robert Whitehill
Eliphalet Wickes,
David R. Williams,
Marmaduke Williams,
Nathan Williams,
Alexander Wilson,

Joseph Winston.

Another motion was then made, and the question being put, further to recommit the said resolution to the consideration of a select committee,

It was resolved in the affirmative.

Ordered, That the said resolution be recommitted to Mr. Bidwell, Mr. Clay, of Pennsylvania, Mr. Thompson, of New Hampshire, Mr. Masters, Mr. Gray, Mr. Archer, and Mr. Casey.

The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow.
And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1805.

Two other members, to wit: Seth Hastings and William Stedman, from Massachusetts, appeared, produced their credentials, and took their seats in the House; the oath to support the Constitution of the United States being first administered to them by Mr. Speaker, according to law.

An engrossed bill for the relief of Edward Toppan, George Jenkins, and William Currier, was read the third time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act for the relief of Edward Toppan, George Jenkins, and William Currier."

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to provide for light houses in Long Island Sound, and to declare Roxbury, in the State of Massachusetts, to be a port of delivery; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dawson reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read the third time on Monday next. Mr. John Cotton Smith, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred, on the twelfth instant, a resolution to inquire whether any further compensation ought to be allowed to any of the collectors of the direct tax, made a report thereon; which was read, and ordered to be committed to the Committee of the Whole House to whom

was committed, on the tenth instant, the report of the Committee of Claims on the pe titions of William Mattocks and of Hains French.

A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Coles, his Secretary, transmitting a report of the Surveyor of the Public Buildings at the City of Washington, on the subject of the said buildings, and the application of the moneys appropriated for them; which were read, and ordered to be referred to Mr. Nelson, of Maryland, Mr. Jones, Mr. Magruder, Mr. Lewis, and Mr. Hastings.

A petition of sundry masters and owners of coasting vessels navigating Long Island Sound, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying that a light house, or beacon, may be erected, at the public expense, on Sand's Point, in the town of North Hampstead, on Long Island.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom was committed, on the twenty-third instant, the bill to provide for light houses in Long Island Sound, and to declare Roxbury, in the State of Massachusetts, to be a port of delivery.

Ordered, That the committee to whom was referred, on the sixth instant, the petition of the directors and agents of the Ohio company, be discharged from the farther consideration thereof; and that the said petition be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred, on the sixth instant, the petition of Anthony Benezet, and others; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Varnum reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said report under consideration, and made some progress therein, but not having time to go through the same, had directed him to move the House for leave to sit again.

Resolved, That this House will, on Monday next, again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the said report.

On motion,

Resolved, That the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures be instructed to inquire into the propriety of erecting the port of New Castle, in the District of Delaware, into a port of entry; and that the committee have leave to report by bill, or otherwise. Ordered, That Thomas Spalding be appointed of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, in the room of Cowles Mead, whose seat in this House has been vacated. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Committee of Claims, to whom were referred, on the fourth instant, the petitions of William Mattocks and Hains French; and, to which committee it was also referred to inquire whether any further compensation ought to be allowed to any of the collectors of the direct tax; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Tenney reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said report under consideration, and come to two resolutions thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same were twice read, and, on the question severally put thereupon, agreed to by the House, as follow:

"Resolved, That the prayer of the petitions, respectively, ought not to be granted." "Resolved, That no farther compensation for services performed, or expenses incurred, than what is already provided by law, ought to be allowed to the collectors of the direct tax, or any of them."

The several orders of the day were farther postponed until Monday next.
And then the House adjourned until Monday morning eleven o'clock.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1805.

Another member, to wit: Christopher Clark, from Virginia, appeared, produced his credentials, and took his seat in the House; the oath to support the Constitution of the United States being first administered to him by Mr. Speaker, according to law. On a motion made, and leave given by the House,

Mr. Gregg, from the Committee on Public Lands, presented, according to order, a bill extending the powers of the Surveyor General to the Territory of Louisiana, and for other purposes; which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next.

Mr. John Cotton Smith, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred, on

the thirteenth instant, the petition of William Breck, junior, made a report thereon ; which was read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to

morrow.

On motion,

Resolved, That the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures be instructed to inquire into the expediency of erecting the town of Darien, on the Altamaha river, in the State of Georgia, into a port of entry.

An engrossed bill to provide for light houses in Long Island Sound, and to declare Roxbury, in the State of Massachusetts, to be a port of delivery, was read the third

time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act to provide for light houses in Long Island Sound, and to declare Roxbury, in the State of Massachusetts, to be a port of delivery."

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence.

A petition of sundry purchasers of public lands, in the State of Ohio, and in the Indiana Territory, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying that farther and reasonable time may be allowed them to make payment for the lands by them respectively purchased; and that the interest due thereon may be relinquished.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. A petition of John Leaman, of the State of Pennsylvania, was presented to the House and read, praying relief in consideration of services rendered the United States, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain.

Also, a petition of Lemuel Coffin, of Newburyport, in the State of Massachusetts, praying to be allowed the amount of depreciation of pay due him for services rendered, while a soldier in the army of the United States, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain.

Also, a petition of George H. Lovejoy, of the State of Maryland, praying that he may be placed upon the establishment provided for maimed soldiers, in consideration of blindness, with which he was afflicted while in the service of the United States.

Also, a petition of Edward Fitzpatrick, a soldier in the marine corps, in the service of the United States, praying compensation for hardships sustained, and bodily injuries received by the petitioner, while a prisoner in Tripoli.

Ordered, That the said petitions, together with the petitions of Samuel Brooke Beall, presented to this House on the seventh of January, one thousand eight hundred and two; of Daniel Cotton, presented to this House on the sixth, and of Daniel Eldridge, presented to this House on the twenty-seventh of November, one thousand eight hundred and four; he severally referred to the Committee of Claims.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary :

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill, entitled "An act to regulate the laying out and making a road rom Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio;" to which they desire the concurrence of this House. The Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act supplementary to the act making provision for the payment of claims of citizens of the United States on the Government of France, the payment of which has been assumed by the United States, by virtue of the convention of the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and the French Republic," with several amendments; to which they desire the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew.

The House proceeded to consider the amendments of the Senate to the bill last mentioned; and the same being severally read at the Clerk's table, were, upon the question put thereupon, agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith.

The bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio," was read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next.

A memorial of George Turner, a citizen of the State of Ohio, was presented to the House and read, praying that Congress will grant him a right to two thousand acres of Jand, presented to him, in the Summer of one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, by the chiefs of the four united tribes of the Illinois Indians, in consideration of services rendered to the said tribes by the petitioner.

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred, on the sixteenth instant, the memorial of Return Jonathan Meigs, junior; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Gregg reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said report under consideration, and made some progress therein, but not having time to go through the same, had directed him to move the House for leave to sit again.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the said report.

A petition of James Price, son and heir of James Price, deceased, was presented to the House and read, praying relief in consideration of losses sustained by the decedent, in the quartermaster's department, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Commissioners appointed, pursuant to the act, entitled "An act for the relief of the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia," approved the seventh of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight.

Ordered, That the committee appointed on the twelfth instant, to whom it was referred" to consider and report on the expediency of making provision by law for the application of the money heretofore appropriated to laying out and making certain public roads," be discharged therefrom.

The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow.
And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1805.

Another member, to wit: Matthew Lyon, from Kentucky, appeared, produced his credentials, and took his seat in the House; the oath to support the Constitution of the United States being first administered to him by Mr. Speaker, according to law.

Mr. Cutts, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled bill, entitled "An act supplementary to the act making provision for the payment of claims of citizens of the United States on the Government of France, the payment of which has been assumed by the United States, by virtue of the convention of the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and the French Republic," and had found the same to be truly enrolled : Whereupon,

Mr. Speaker signed the said enrolled bill.

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate there with.

A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Coles, his Secretary, as followeth :

To the House of Representatives of the United States:

I now communicate to the House of Representatives all the information which the Executive offices furnish on the subject of their resolution, of the twenty-third instant, respecting the States indebted to the United States.

DECEMBER 31, 1805.

TH. JEFFERSON.

The said message was read, and, together with the papers transmitted therewith, ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. The House proceeded to consider a motion made on the tenth instant, in the words following, to wit:

Resolved, That a tax or duty of ten dollars per head be imposed upon all slaves hereafter imported into any of the United States: Whereupon,

Resolved, That this House will, on Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the said motion.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, enclosing a report of the Commissioners of the Fund for Navy Pensioners; which were read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. John Cotton Smith, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred, on the eleventh_instant, the petition of Silvado Catalona, made a report thereon; which was read, and considered: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the memorialist have leave to withdraw his memorial, and the documents accompanying the same.

A petition of the inhabitants of the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia,

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