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praying the establishment of a post office at the town of Occoquan, in Prince William county, in the State of Virginia.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads.

A petition of the legal representatives of the late Phineas Miller, of the State of Georgia, by Josiah Whitney, their attorney, was presented to the House and read, praying the settlement and allowance of an account due the deceased for additional expenses incurred by him in completing a contract with the Navy Department, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, to furnish live oak timber for the frames of six seventy-four gun ships.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Two petitions of the manufacturers of hats, of the town of Reading, in the State of Pennsylvania, and of the town of Greenbrook, in the State of New Jersey, whose names are thereunto subscribed, to the same effect with a petition of sundry manufac turers of hats, of the city of New York, presented to this House on the seventeenth ultimo, were presented to the House and read.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manu

factures.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill making an additional appropriation to supply the deficiency in the appropriation for the naval service, during the year one thousand eight hundred and five; 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 bill under consideration, and made an amendment thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was read, and agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, be engrossed, and read the third time to-day.

On a motion made and seconded that the House do come to the following resolution : Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the House a general return of all and singularly the warlike stores, the property of the United States, within the same, comprehending ordnance for garrisons and floating batteries, of iron and brass, from a forty-two pounder to cannister, grape, &c. with carriages and implements, describing the condition of the same, whether fit or unfit for service, noting the place of deposite, and under whose direction; mortars, howitzers, beds, and travelling carriages, of different calibres, from nine to two pounders, with crinleers, boxes, tumbrels, ammunition-wagons with harness, noting where situated or deposited; shot, shells, grape, and cannister, attached to the different calibres as above; ammunition and composition of powder in magazines, arsenals, and gun houses:

Ordered, That the said resolution do lie on the table.

Ordered, That Mr. Nicholson have leave to be absent from the service of this House for eight days, from to-morrow.

On motion,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing, by law, for the legal adjudication of claims set up by persons in virtue of purchases, or transfers from purchasers of lands of the United States, previous to the emanation of grants under their authority.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill for the relief of the Governor, Secretary, and Judges, of the late Territory of the United States Northwest of the river Ohio ; 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 bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to extend the time for taking the oath and giving bond in cases of drawback, and for other purposes; 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 bill 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.

On the question that the Committee of the Whole House have leave to sit again on the said bill,

It passed in the negative.

Ordered, That the said bill be recommited to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

An engrossed bill making an additional appropriation to supply the deficiency in the appropriation for the naval service, during the year one thousand eight hundred and five, was read the third time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act making an additional appropriation to supply the deficiency in the appropriation for the naval service, during the year one thousand eight hundred and five."

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 extending the powers of the Surveyor General to the Territory of Louisiana, and for other purposes; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. John C. Smith reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made several amendments thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same were severally twice read, and agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on a motion of the tenth ultimo, "for imposing a tax or duty of ten dollars per head upon all slaves hereafter imported into any of the United States ;" 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 motion under consideration, but not having time to go through the same, had directed him to move the House for leave to sit again.

On the question that the Committee of the Whole House have leave to sit again on the said motion, Yeas

It was resolved in the affirmative, {Nays.

98,

15.

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

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Isaac Anderson,

John Archer,

Joseph Barker,
Burwell Bassett,
George M. Bedinger,
Barnabas Bidwell,
John Blake, junior,
Thomas Blount,
James M. Broom,
Robert Brown,
John Boyle,

George W. Campbell,
Levi Casey,
John Chandler,
Martin Chittenden,
John Claiborne,
George Clinton, junior,
Leonard Covington,
Jacob Crowninshield,
Richard Cutts,
Samuel W. Dana,
Ezra Darby,

John Davenport, junior,

William Dickson,
James Elliot,

Ebenezer Elmer,

William Ely,

John W. Eppes,

William Findley,

James Fisk,
John Fowler,

James M. Garnett,

Charles Goldsborough,

Andrew Gregg,

Isaiah L. Green,

Silas Halsey,
John Hamilton,
Seth Hastings,
William Helms,
David Holmes,
John G. Jackson,
Walter Jones,
James Kelly,
Thomas Kenan,
John Lambert,
Michael Leib,
Joseph Lewis, junior,
Josiah Masters,
William McCreery,
Nicholas R. Moore,
Jeremiah Morrow,
John Morrow,
Jonathan O Mosely,
Jeremiah Nelson,

Roger Nelson,

Thomas Newton, jun

Joseph H. Nicholson,

Gideon Olin,

Timothy Pitkin, junior,

John Pugh,

Josiah Quincy,

Thomas M. Randolph,

John Rea, of Pennsylvania,

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Those who voted in the negative, are,

Willis Alston, junior,
John Campbell,
Christopher Clark,

John Clopton,

John Dawson,

Peter Early,

Edwin Gray,

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

On motion,

TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1806.

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire whether any, and what, alterations are necessary in the criminal, civil, or equitable jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia; and that the committee have leave to report by bill, or otherwise.

Ordered, That Mr. Roger Nelson, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Ely, Mr. George W. Campbell, and Mr. Elliot, be appointed a committee, pursuant to the said resolution.

A petition of Nathaniel Thompson, of the State of Vermont, was presented to the House and read, praying relief in consideration of wounds received while a soldier in the service of the United States, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain.

Also, a petition of Enoch Wills, of the District of Columbia, praying to be placed on the establishment provided for invalid pensioners, for services rendered the United States, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain.

Ordered, That the said petitions be severally referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Gregg, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to whom were referred, on the thirteenth instant, the petitions of sundry inhabitants of Randolph and St. Clair counties, in the Indiana Territory, made a report thereon; which was read, and considered; Whereupon,

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be granted.

A petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Sussex, in the State of Delaware, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying the establishment of a post route from Georgetown, through Concord, to Laureltown, in the said State.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on Post Office and

Post Roads.

On motion,

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making provision by law, for requiring the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, and the Secretary of the Navy, to lay be. fore Congress, annually, a detailed account of the expenditure of the funds appropriat ed for the contingent expenses of their several Departments, respectively.

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A petition of Hugh West, of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, was presented to the House and read, praying an increase of the compensation allowed him by law, as Surveyor of the Customs for the port of Alexandria.

Also, a petition of the Inspectors of the Customs of the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, whose names are thereunto subscribed, praying an increase of the compensations granted them by law.

Ordered, That the said petitions be severally referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Crowninshield, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred, on the seventh instant, the petition of sundry manufacturers of iron hollow ware, in the State of Massachusetts, made a report thereon; which was read, and considered: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the petitioners have leave to withdraw their petition.

Mr. Philip R. Thompson, from the committee to whom were referred, on the fifth ultimo, the several memorials and petitions of citizens and inhabitants of the county of Alexandria, of the towns of Georgetown and Alexandria, and of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, made a report thereon; which was read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next.

Ordered, That the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred, on the fifteenth instant, the petition of Joseph Winner, be discharged from the consideration thereof; and that the said petition be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

A petition of William Ward, Polly Reed, Su: tan: Eye, Cau: Soope: Seeker, children of John Ward, deceased, was presented to the House and read, praying, for the reasons therein set forth, that their right of occupancy in certain lands, may be confirmed to them, by law, in right of their mother, an Indian woman, and wife to the decedent, John Ward.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. An engrossed bill for the relief of the Governor, Secretary, and Judges, of the late Territory of the United States Northwest of the river Ohio, was read the third time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act for the relief of the Governor, Secretary, and Judges, of the late Territory of the United States Northwest of the river Ohio."

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

An engrossed bill extending the powers of the Surveyor General to the Territory of Louisiana, and for other purposes, was read the third time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act extending the powers of the Surveyor General to the Territory of Louisiana, and for other purposes." 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, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on a motion of the tenth of December last, "to impose a tax, or duty, of ten dollars per head upon all slaves hereafter imported into any of the United States;" and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dawson reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the said motion 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 motion.

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

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act making an additional appropriation to supply the deficiency in the appropriation for the naval service, during the year one thousand eight hundred and five." And then he withdrew.

Ordered, That the petition of Ezra Weston, presented to this House on the twentyfirst of December, one thousand eight hundred and four, be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow

And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1806.

A petition of sundry inhabitants of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying that

Congress will enact a law by which the Marshal, Clerk, and Attorneys of the county of Alexandria, shall be entitled to receive the same fees which, by the laws of Virginia, in force on the first Monday in December, in the year one thousand eight hundred, were allowed for like services to the Sheriff, Clerk, and Attorneys of a District State Court in the State of Virginia.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee appointed, yesterday, "to inquire whether any, and what, alterations are necessary in the criminal, civil, or equitable jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia."

A petition of Jonathan Dunn, of the State of New Jersey, was presented to the House and read, praying relief in consideration of a wound received while a wagon master in the service of the United States, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Claims.

A petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Amherst, in the State of Virginia, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying the establishment of a post route from Lynchburg, through Bethill, Pedlar Mills, and Wincanton, to Lexington, in the county of Rockbridge, in the said State.

Also, a petition of sundry inhabitants of the District of Maine, in the State of Massachusetts, whose names are thereunto subscribed, praying the establishment of a post route from Hallowell, through Fairfax, Unity, Collegetown, and Hampden, to Bangor, in the said State.

Ordered That the said petitions be severally referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Thomas M. Randolph, from the Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined two enrolled bills, to wit:

"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;" and,

"An act making an additional appropriation to supply the deficiency in the appropriation for the naval service, during the year one thousand eight hundred and five;" and had found the same to be truly enrolled: Whereupon,

Mr. Speaker signed the said enrolled bills.

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

On motion,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire whether any, and, if any, what, further provision ought to be made by law for prescribing the manner in which the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings, of the respective States shall be proved, and the effect thereof; and that they have leave to report by bill, or otherwise.

Ordered, That Mr. Bidwell, Mr. John C. Smith, Mr. Clark, Mr. Goldsborough, and Mr. Early, be appointed a committee, pursuant to the said resolution.

A petition of the Inspectors of the Customs of the district of Boston and Charlestown, in the State of Massachusetts, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying an increase of the compensations allowed them by law.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on a motion of the tenth ultimo, " to impose a tax or duty of ten dollars per head upon all slaves hereafter imported into any of the United States;" and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dawson reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the said motion under consideration, and directed him to report to the House their agreement to the same, as followeth :

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

On the question that the House do concur with the Committee of the Whole House in their agreement to the said resolution,

It was resolved in the affirmative, S Yeas

2 Nays.

90,

25.

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

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Isaac Anderson,

John Archer,

David Bard,

Burwell Bassett,

Silas Betton,
Barnabas Bidwell,

Thomas Blount,

James M. Broom,

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