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read, praying that the title to a certain tract or parcel of land situate on the river Ohio, opposite the mouth of Kentucky river, which has heretofore been granted to him by the Shawanese tribe of Indians, may be confirmed to the petitioner in fee simple.

Also, a petition of Gilbert Dench, praying a reimbursement of the amount of sundry sums of money, paid by the petitioner on account of the United States, for the transportation of clothing and other military stores, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain.

Also, a petition of Joseph Willoughby, Joseph Day, Elihu Barnum, and Daniel Smith, of the town of Monckton, in the county of Addison and State of Vermont, praying relief as the sureties of Abijah Barnum, of the said county, for the due collection and payment, for the benefit of the United States, of the amount of the direct tax in the fif teenth collection district, in the fourth division of the said State, in the case of a certain sum of money therein specified, which was collected by the said Abijah Barnum, and casually lost by him, the twentieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and two, on his way from Monckton to Bennington, to pay the same to the supervisor of the United States, for the district of Vermont.

Also, a petition of William Osburn, of Newport, in the State of Rhode Island, praying relief, in consideration of personal injuries sustained by the petitioner whilst in the capacity of a boatman employed by the collector for the district and port of Newport, which have rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.

Ordered, That the said petitions be severally referred to the Committee of Claims. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting two statements of the importations in American and foreign vessels, from the first of October, one thousand eight hundred and two, to the thirtieth of September, one thousand eight hundred and three, inclusive; which were read, and ordered to lie on the table.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to regulate the clearance of armed merchant vessels; and, after some 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 several amendments thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table.

The House then proceeded to consider the said bill and amendments: Whereupon, The first, second, and third amendments being twice read, were, on the question severally put thereupon, agreed to by the House.

The fourth amendment reported from the Committee of the Whole House, to insert after the words "double the value of said vessel," in the ninth line of the first section, the following words, "her tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo," being twice read, The question was taken that the House do concur with the Committee of the Whole House in their agreement to the said fourth amendment,

S Yeas...

And passed in the negative, Nays.

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

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

John Archer,

David Bard,

George Michael Bedinger,

William Blackledge,

Robert Brown,

Joseph Bryan,,

George W.

Levi Casey,

Campbell,

Thomas Claiborne,

Christopher Clark,

Joseph Clay,

Matthew Clay,

Frederick Conrad,

William Dickson,

John B. Earle,

Peter Early,

John W. Eppes,

James Gillespie,

Peterson Goodwyn,

Andrew Gregg,

Thomas Griffin,

Josiah Hasbrouck,

Joseph Heister,
James Holland,
David Holmes,
John G. Jackson,
William Kennedy,
Michael Leib,

John B. C. Lucas,
Andrew McCord,
David Meriwether,
Nicholas R. Moore,

Thomas Moore,

Jeremiah Morrow,

Thomas Newton, jun.

Gideon Olin,

Beriah Palmer,

John Rea, of Pennsylvania,

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Those who voted in the negative, are,

Willis Alston, jun.
Nathaniel Alexander,
Isaac Anderson,
Simeon Baldwin,

Silas Betton,

Adam Boyd,
John Boyle,
William Butler,
William Chamberlin,
Martin Chittenden,
Clifton Claggett,
Jacob Crowninshield,
Manasseh Cutler,
Richard Cutts,
Samuel W. Dana,
John Davenport,
Thomas Dwight,
James Elliot,
Ebenezer Elmer,

William Eustis,
William Findley,
Calvin Goddard,
Edwin Gray,

Gaylord Griswold,

Roger Griswold,

John A. Hanna,

Seth Hastings,

William Helms,

John Smith,

Richard Stanford,
John Stewart,
Abram Trigg,
Isaac Van Horne,
John Whitebill,
Alexander Wilson.

John Hoge,
David Hough,
Benjamin Huger,
Simon Larned,
Joseph Lewis, jun.
Henry W. Livingston,
Thomas Lowndes,
Matthew Lyon,
William McCreery,
Nahum Mitchell,

James Mott,
Thomas Plater,
Samuel Riker,
John Cotton Smith,
Joseph Stanton,
William Stedman,
James Stephenson,
Samuel Taggart,
Samuel Tenney,

Samuel Thatcher,
George Tibbits,
Joseph B. Varnum,
Daniel C. Verplanck,

Peleg Wadsworth,

Marmaduke Williams,

Joseph Winston,

Thomas Wynns.

The fifth amendment reported from the Committee of the Whole House, to insert a new section between the first and second sections of the original bill, being then read, and debate arising thereon,

An adjournment was called for: On which,

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

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1804.

A petition of Sally Lusk, widow of James Lusk, deceased, was presented to the House and read, praying that the right of pre-emption to a certain tract or parcel of land in the Indiana Territory of the United States, opposite to Livingston county, in the State of Kentucky, on which sundry improvements have been made, may be granted to the legal representatives of the deceased; in consideration of public services which he rendered in his life time.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee appointed, on the twelfth instant, on two memorials of sundry inhabitants of the counties of Randolph and St. Clair, in the said Indiana Territory; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

A memorial of Elisha Winters, of the town of Frankfort, in the State of Kentucky, was presented to the House and read, praying a reimbursement of the expenses which be incurred in prosecuting to conviction, certain persons who were apprehended and confined in the Mississippi Territory for robbery; and, also, that such farther compensation may be made for the public service rendered by the memorialists therein, as to the wisdom of Congress shall seem meet.

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Also, a petition of John Christian Fopless, of the State of Delaware, praying relief, in consideration of a wound received in an action with the enemy, in the State of South Carolina, whilst a soldier in the Delaware line of the Continental army, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.

Ordered, That the said memorial and petition, together with the petition of Thomas Campbell, of the State of Pennsylvania, presented the fourteenth of February last, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Ordered, That John M'Intire, who presented a petition to this House on the thirtyfirst of December, one thousand eight hundred and one, have leave to withdraw his said petition, together with the papers accompanying the same.

The House resumed the consideration of the amendments reported yesterday from the Committee of the Whole House to the bill to regulate the clearance of armed merchant vessels : Whereupon,

Ordered, That the farther consideration of the said bill and amendments be postponed until Monday next.

Mr. Dana, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred, on the tenth instant, the petition of Elijah Beall, and others, of the State of Maryland, made a report thereon; which was read, and considered: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the petitioners have leave to withdraw their said petition, together with the documents accompanying the same.

Mr. Dana, from the same committee, to whom was referred, on the seventh ultimo, the petition of Henry Lenhart, the elder, of the State of Maryland, presented the seventeenth of February last, made a report thereon; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Dana, from the same committee, to whom was referred, on the nineteeth ultimo, the petition of Ann Elliott, of the State of Pennsylvania, presented the twenty-sixth of January, one thousand eight hundred and three, made a report thereon; which was read, and ordered to be referred to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday

next.

Mr. Crowninshield, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, who were directed by a resolution of this House, of the twenty-second ultimo, "to inquire whether any, and what, regulations are needful to be made in the act for the regulation and government of seamen in the merchants' service, so far as respects the furnishing of ships and vessels with medicine chests, on their voyages to foreign ports," presented, according to order, a bill to amend the act, entitled "An act for the government and regulation of the scamen in the merchants' service;" 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 Tuesday next.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. John Cotton Smith reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made some progress therein.

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

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 17, 1804.

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Mann Randolph have leave to be absent from the service of this House for eighteen days.

The amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act concerning drawbacks on goods, wares, and merchandise, exported from the District of New Orleans," were read, and, together with the bill, ordered to lie on the table.

A petition of Hannah Crawford, widow and relict of William Crawford, late of the Western part of the State of Pennsylvania, deceased, was presented to the House and read, praying relief, in consideration of the loss of her said husband, who was killed in an action with the Indians, whilst a Colonel in the Virginia line of the Continental army, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain.

Also, a petition of Catharine Havis, of Baltimore county, in the State of Maryland, widow of James Havis, deceased, praying that such compensation may be made for military services rendered by the deceased, in his lifetime, whilst a soldier in the regiment of royal Americans, commanded by Colonel Bouquet, in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty, or one thousand seven hundred and sixty-one, as to the wisdom and justice of Congress shall seem meet.

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

A petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Amelia, in the State of Virginia, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying that a post office may be established at the court house of the said county, for the convenience and benefit of the petitioners, and other inhabitants thereof.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee appointed, on the sixth ultimo, "to inquire whether any, and what, amendments are necessary to be made in the acts establishing a post office and post roads within the United States."

The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. John Cotton Smith reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the said bill under consideration, and made several amendments thereto; 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 Honse.

Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendinents, be engrossed, and read the third time on Friday next.

The House resumed the consideration of the amendments reported, on the thirteenth instant, from the Committee of the Whole House, to the bill to regulate the clearance of armed merchant vessels:. Whereupon,

The fifth and sixth amendments being twice read and amended at the Clerk's table, were, on the question severally put thereupon, agreed to by the House.

The said bill was then further amended at the Clerk's table, and, together with the amendments, ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time on Monday next.

On motion,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire whether any, and, if any, what, further amendments ought to be made to the law "regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States South of the State of Tennessee ;" and that they have leave to report by bill, or otherwise.

Ordered, That Mr. Lattimore, Mr. Gregg, and air. Boyle, be appointed a committee, pursuant to the said resolution.

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Ordered, That the memorials and petitions of sundry citizens and inhabitants of the District of Columbia, praying the aid and patronage of Congress in the establishment of a company for the building of a bridge across the Potomac river, from the Western and Southern extremity of the Maryland Avenue, in the City of Washington, to the nearest and most convenient point of Alexander's Island, in the said river;" and a memorial of sundry inhabitants of Georgetown, in the same District, in opposition to the prayer of the said memorials and petitions; as, also, the petition of Anthony Addison, praying “the privilege of building a bridge over the Eastern Branch of the river Potomac, near the ferry owned by him within the District of Columbia, and of abutting the said bridge on the Western shore at the termination of Virginia Avenue, or some other public street in the City of Washington;" which were presented to this House during the first session of the seventh Congress, and at the last session, be severally referred to Mr. Joseph Clay, Mr. Jones, Mr. John Campbell, Mr. Boyd, and Mr. Lowndes; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

Ordered, That the message from the President of the United States, communicating 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 lie on the table, on the sixth instant, be referred to Mr. Thompson, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Huger, Mr. John Cotton Smith, Mr. Goodwyn, Mr. Plater, and Mr. Cutts; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

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

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Two other members, to wit: John Dennis, from Maryland; and John Fowler, from Kentucky; appeared, and took their seats in the House.

Ordered, That the petition of Simon Philipson, of the city of Philadelphia, merchant, presented on the ninth of February last, be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

A petition of William M'Clellan, of Fayette county, in the State of Pennsylvania, was presented to the House and read, praying that he may be allowed such compensation as to the wisdom and justice of Congress shall seem meet, for military services rendered, and expenses incurred, by the petitioner, whilst in the capacity of Captain of a company of volunteers, attached to the army under the command of Colonel Henry Bouquet, on an expedition against the Indians, some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four.

Ordered, That the said petition, together with the memorial of Stephen Sayre, of the State of New Jersey, presented the sixth of January last, and sundry accompanying documents, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Ordered, That the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act concerning drawbacks on goods, wares, and merchandise, exported to New Orleans,” together with the bill, be committed to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, On motion,

Resolved, That the Clerk of this House be authorized and directed to purchase, for the use of the House, five sets of Bradley's map of the United States.

Ordered, That the bill to regulate the clearance of armed merchant vessels, as amended, be recommitted to Mr. Eustis, Mr. Goddard, Mr. Root, Mr. Betton, and Mr. Leib, with instructions to consider and report thereon to the House.

A petition of Joshua Sands, and others, whose names are thereunto subscribed, inhabitants and freeholders of the counties of Kings and Queens, in the State of New York, was presented to the House and read, praying that a law may be passed by Congress to incorporate the petitioners and their associates as a company, for the purpose of erecting a bridge over a marsh and mill-pond, situate in the said county of Kings, near the city of New York, and now the property of the United States, for the reasons therein specified.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. Thomas, Mr. Griffin, and Mr. McCreery; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

Mr. Rodney, from the committee to whom was recommitted, on the eleventh instant, the ninth section of the bill establishing a court for the adjudication of prizes in certain cases, made a report thereon; which was read, and, together with the bill, ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Ordered, That the petition of Philip Bush, of Winchester, in the State of Virginia, presented the eighteenth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and the memorial of Samuel Brook Beall, of Alleghany county, in the State of Maryland, presented the seventh of January, one thousand eight hundred and two, respectively praying "the renewal and payment of certain certificates of public debt, the property of the petitioner and memorialist," be severally referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom was committed, on the sixth instant, the bill making farther provision for extinguishing the debts due from the United States.

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, of the twelfth instant, to whom was referred the petition of Moses White and Charlotte Hazen, executor and executrix of Moses Hazen, deceased; 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 directed him to report to the House their agreement to the same.

The House then proceeded to consider the said report at the Clerk's table: Whereupon, Resolved, That this House doth concur with the Committee of Claims in their opinion that the prayer of the said petition is reasonable, and ought to be granted. Ordered, That a bill, or bills, be brought in, pursuant to the said resolution; and that the Committee of Claims do prepare and bring in the same.

Mr. Bryan, from the committee appointed on the seventh instant, presented, according to order, a bill giving further time to register the evidences of titles to land South of the State of Tennessee; which was received, and read the first time.

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