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The bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act supplementary to an act, entitled 'An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt," was read the second time, and referred to the last-mentioned committee, to consider and report thereon to the Senate.

Mr. TRACY, from the committee to whom was referred the bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "an act making appropriations for the Military Establishment for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes," reported the bill with amendments; which were read.

Resolved, That they lie for consideration. The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill concerning aliens.

A motion was made, by Mr. LAURANCE, to amend the 11th section of the bill, by adding as

follows:

"And provided, also, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to affect any person, being an alien, who came within the United States for the purpose of becoming a citizen thereof, and who has made the declaration, and renounced his allegiance and fidelity, in the manner, and according to the provisions in an act, entitled An act to establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject;' or may make the same, and renounce his allegiance and fidelity, according to the provision contained in the said act, within days after passing of this act."

Whereupon, a motion was made by Mr. STOCKTON, to amend the amendment, by striking out therefrom the words following:

"Or may make the same, and renounce his allegiance and fidelity, according to the provision contained in the said act, within days after passing of this

act."

And the motion to amend the amendment passed in the affirmative-yeas 14, nays 10, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Chipman, Clayton, Foster, Goodhue, Hillhouse, Hunter, Latimer, Livermore, Lloyd, North, Paine, Read, Stockton, and Tracy.

NAYS-Messrs. Anderson, Bingham, Bloodworth, Brown, Laurance, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Tattnall, and Tazewell.

On the question to agree to the amendment, as amended, it passed in the affirmative-yeas 20, nays 4, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bingham, Bloodworth, Brown, Chipman, Clayton, Foster, Hillhouse, Hunter, Latimer, Laurance, Livermore, Marshall, Martin, Mason, North, Stockton, Tattnall, Tazewell, and Tracy. NAYS-Messrs. Goodhue, Lloyd, Paine, and Read. And several other amendments being agreed to, Resolved, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed.

WEDNESDAY, May 30.

[MAY, 1798.

The VICE PRESIDENT communicated a letter signed Samuel Meredith, with his account of receipts and expenditures in the Treasury Department for the quarter ending the 31st of March last; and the letter was read.

Resolved, That the letter and account lie on the table.

Mr. CHIPMAN presented the address of the mayor, aldermen, common council, and freemen, of the city of Vergennes, in the county of Addison, and State of Vermont, signed by Roswel Hopkins, mayor, and by the aldermen, common council, and a great number of freemen of the said city, declaring their unequivocal approbation and applause of the conduct of the supreme Executive of the United States; particularly in respect to the measures for accommodating the subsisting differences with the French Republic; their confidence in the united councils of our country, and, under the guidance of the Supreme Disposer of events, pledging their lives and fortunes to the last which, with sacrilegious finger, shall dare touch mite, to defend it against any nation on earth, the holy ark of our national rights;" and the ad

dress was read.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill concerning aliens.

On motion, by Mr. LAURANCE, to subjoin the following to the end of the 11th section:

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shall be construed to contravene any provision of any And provided, That nothing in this act contained treaty subsisting between the United States and any foreign nation;"

It was determined in the affirmative-yeas 12, nays 12, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bingham, Bloodworth, Brown, Hunter, Laurance, Livermore, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Tattnall, and Tazewell.

NAYS-Messrs. Chipman, Clayton, Foster, Goodhue, Hillhouse, Latimer, Lloyd, North, Paine, Read, Stockton, and Tracy.

The VICE PRESIDENT determined the question in the affirmative.

On motion, to agree to the eleventh section as amended

A motion was made, by Mr. LIVERMORE, and it was agreed to divide the section as follows:

"SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That in case any person ordered or adjudged to be transported, shall be found at large within the United States, after sentence of transportation pronounced, such alien shall be imprisoned and kept to hard labor for and during life;"

And, on the question to agree to this division, it was determined in the affirmative-yeas 16, nays 6, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Bingham, Chipman, Clayton, Foster, Goodhue, Hillhouse, Hunter, Latimer, Laurance, Lloyd, North, Paine, Read, Stockton, Tattnall, and Tracy.

NAYS-Messrs. Anderson, Brown, Livermore, Marshall, Mason, and Tazewell.

And, after agreeing to other amendments, Resolved, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed.

JUNE, 1798.]

THURSDAY, May 31.

Proceedings.

Mr. LAURANCE, from the committee to whom was referred the bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act providing for the relief of persons imprisoned for debts due to the United States," reported the bill without amendment.

Mr. L., from the same committee, to whom was also referred the bill, sent from the House of Rep resentatives for concurrence, entitled "An act supplementary to an act, entitled 'An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt," reported amendments; which were read.

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The bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act providing for the more effectual collection of certain internal revenues of the United States," was read the third time.

Ordered, That it be recommitted to the committee who brought in the report; together with the bill, sent from the House of Representatives time of making entry of stills, and for other purfor concurrence, entitled "An act to alter the poses," to consider and report thereon to the Senate.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed a bill entitled "An act for establishing and organ

Mr. HILLHOUSE, from the committee to whom was referred the bill, sent from the House of Rep-izing a battalion of infantry, to be called the Ma

resentatives for concurrence, entitled "An act providing for the more effectual collection of certain internal revenues of the United States," reported amendments, which were considered and agreed to; and,

Resolved, That this bill pass to the third reading, as amended.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill concerning aliens.

rine Corps ;" and a bill entitled "An act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof;" in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate.

The bills were read and ordered to the second

reading.

relief of persons imprisoned for debts due to the concurrence, entitled "An act providing for the United States."

The Senate resumed the second reading of the A motion was made, by Mr. BINGHAM, to re-bill, sent from the House of Representatives for store the words yesterday agreed to be struck out from the eleventh section, to wit: "nor to any alien merchant conforming to such regulations as the President of the United States shall prescribe ;" and,

On motion, by Mr. LIVERMORE, it was agreed to divide the question as follows: "nor to any alien merchant;" and this division passed in the affirmative-yeas 14, nays 10, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bingham, Brown, Foster,

Hunter, Latimer, Laurance, Livermore, Marshall, Mar

tin, Mason, Read, Tattnall, and Tazewell.

NAYS-Messrs. Bloodworth, Chipman, Clayton, Goodhue, Hillhouse, Lloyd, North, Paine, Stockton, and Tracy.

And on motion to agree to the other division of the question, to wit: "conforming to such regulations as the President of the United States shall prescribe," it was determined in the negativeyeas 10, nays 14, follows: YEAS--Messrs. Bingham, Foster, Goodhue, Hillhouse, Latimer, Laurance, Lloyd, Read, Stockton, and Tracy.

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NAYS--Messrs. Anderson, Bloodworth, Brown, Chipman, Clayton, Hunter, Livermore, Marshall, Martin, Mason, North, Paine, Tattnall, and Tazewell.

On motion to reconsider the first division of the question last agreed to, it passed in the negative.

FRIDAY, June 1.

Resolved, That this bill pass to a third reading. The Senate took into consideration the amendreferred the bill, sent from the House of Reprements reported by the committee to, whom was sentatives for concurrence, entitled "An act supplementary to an act entitled 'An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt;" which being adopted, the bill was amended accordingly.

Resolved, That this bill pass to a third reading, as amended.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill concerning aliens.

Ordered, That it be recommitted to the committee who brought in the bill, to consider and report thereon to the Senate, and that Mr. BINGHAM be of the committee, in place of Mr. SEDGWICK, absent on account of the ill state of his health.

The Senate took into consideration the report of the committee to whom was referred the petiand to whom was also referred the bill to amend tion of Joseph Jamison, of Scioto river, and others, an act entitled "An act providing for the sale of north west of the river Ohio and above the mouth the lands of the United States in the territory of Kentucky river; and, after debate,

Resolved, That the further consideration thereof be postponed.

MONDAY, June 4.

Mr. NORTH presented the resolutions and address of a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of the city of Schenectady, in the State of New York, signed John Sanders, chairman, declara- Mr. LLOYD presented the address of a respectative of their warm and unequivocal approbation of ble meeting of the inhabitants of Montgomery the measures adopted by the Government to main-county, in the State of Maryland, signed Jeretain a state of neutrality with the belligerent Pow-miah Crabb, chairman; also, the resolutions of a ers of Europe; and pledging their lives and fortunes to support the laws and the liberties of their country; and the address was read.

number of respectable inhabitants of the county of Washington, in the said State, declaring their approbation of the conduct of the Executive of

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the United States, and, in confidence on that beneficent Providence whose interpositions in our favor have often been displayed, pledging their lives and fortunes in the defence of the Constitution and Government of their country; and the address and resolutions were read.

The bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act providing for the relief of persons imprisoned for debts due to the United States," was read the third time, and passed.

The bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act supplementary to an act entitled 'An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt," was read the third time.

Resolved, That this bill pass with amendments. Mr. BINGHAM, from the committee to whom was referred the bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act respecting Loan Office and final settlement certificates, indents of interest, and the unfunded or registered debt, credited in the books of the Treasury," reported amendments, which were read, adopted, and the bill was amended accordingly.

Resolved, That this bill pass to the third reading, as amended.

The bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof," was read the second time.

Ordered, That it be referred to Mr. GOODHUE and others, to whom was referred, on the 29th of November last, that part of the President's Speech on measures for the security and protection of the commerce of the United States, to consider and report thereon to the Senate.

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The bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled An act for establishing and organizing a battalion of infantry, to be called the Marine Corps," was read the second time, and referred to Messrs. TRACY, NORTH, and LLOYD, to report thereon to the Senate.

Mr. LIVERMORE, from the committee to whom was referred the bill respecting aliens, reported the bill with an amendment; which was read. Ordered, That it lie for consideration. On motion, by Mr. MARTIN, Resolved, That the Senate will attend the funeral of Colonel NATHAN BRYAN, late a member of the House of Representatives of the United States, at nine o'clock to-morrow morning.

TUESDAY, June 5.

[JUNE, 1798.

Ordered. That five hundred copies thereof be printed for the use of the Senate.

Mr. LAURANCE notified the Senate that he should, to-morrow, move for leave to bring in a bill to punish frauds committed on the Bank of the United States.

The Senate took into consideration the report of the committee to whom was referred the bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act making appropriations for the Military Establishment for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes."

On motion to agree to amend the first amendment reported to the bill, to be read as follows: "The sum of (including the sum of two hundred thousand dollars already appropriated on account,) be, and hereby is, appropriated ;" and it was determined in the affirmative-yeas 20, nays 2, as follows;

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bloodworth, Chipman, Clayton, Foster, Goodhue, Hillhouse, Hunter, Latimer, Laurance, Livermore, Lloyd, Marshall, Martin, North, Paine, Read, Stockton, Tattnall, and Tracy. NAYS-Messrs. Mason and Tazewell.

And, having agreed to further amendments reported by the committee,

Ordered, That this bill pass to the third reading as amended.

Mr. GOODHUE, from the committee to whom was referred the bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof," reported the bill amended.

The bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act respecting Loan Office and final settlement certificates, indents of interest, and the unfunded or registered debt credited in the books of the Treasury," was read the third time.

Resolved, That this bill pass with an amendment.

WEDNESDAY, June 6.

The bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act making appropriations for the Military Establishment for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninetyeight, and for other purposes," was read the third time.

Resolved, That this bill pass with amendments. Mr. GOODHUE, from the committee appointed the 29th November last, on that part of the Speech of the President of the United States which re

The following Message was received from the spects measures for the security and protection of

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
Gentlemen of the Senate, and

Gentlemen of the House of Representatives : I now transmit to both Houses the communications from our Envoys at Paris, received since the last, which have been presented by me to Congress.

JOHN ADAMS.

UNITED STATES, June 5, 1798.
The Message and communications were read.

the commerce of the United States, reported a bill authorizing the President of the United States to accept of any armed vessel, offered for the use of the United States; which bill was read, and ordered to the second reading.

The Senate took into consideration the report of the committee, to whom was referred the bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act to suspend the com

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mercial intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof;" which report being disagreed to, and an amendment, on motion, being adopted,

Resolved, That this bill pass to the third reading, as amended.

The Senate took into consideration the report of the committee, to whom was referred the bill concerning aliens; and, after debate,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed.

THURSDAY, June 7.

The bill authorizing the President of the United States to accept of any armed vessels, offered for the use of the United States, was read the second time.

On motion, it was agreed, that the consideration thereof be postponed.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate, that the House have passed a bill, entitled "An act for the relief of John Vaughan," in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill was read, and ordered to the second reading.

The bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof," was read the third time; and, being further amended,

On the final passage of the bill, it was determined in the affirmative-yeas 18, nays 4, as fol

lows:

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So it was Resolved, That this bill pass with amendments.

Mr. LAURANCE, agreeably to notice on the 5th instant, obtained leave to bring in a bill to punish frauds committed on the Bank of the United States; which was read and ordered to the second reading.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the report of the committee to whom was referred the bill concerning aliens; and the report being amended, was agreed to; and the bill was amended accordingly.

On motion, by Mr. TAZEWELL, further to amend the bill, by adding the following words to the end of the third section, reported by the committee, to wit:

"Provided, That nothing in this act contained, shall be construed to contravene any provision of any treaty subsisting between the United States and any foreign nation :"

It was determined in the negative-yeas 5, nays 16, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Brown, Mason, Tattnall, and Tazewell.

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NAYS-Messrs. Chipman, Clayton, Foster, Goodhue, Hillhouse, Hunter, Latimer, Laurance, Livermore, Marshall, Martin, North, Paine, Read, Stockton, and Tracy.

Resolved, That this bill pass to a third reading. Mr. HILLHOUSE, from the committee to whom was recommitted the bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act providing for the more effectual collection of certain internal revenues of the United States,' reported the bill further amended; and the report was adopted.

Resolved, That this bill pass with amendments. Mr. HILLHOUSE, from the committee, to whom was also recommitted the bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act to alter the time of making entry of stills, and for other purposes," reported the bill without further amendment.

A motion was made, by Mr. MASON,

"That a committee be appointed to inquire whether, and when, it may be proper to close the present session of Congress; and also into the propriety of altering the time for the next annual meeting of Congress."

And it was agreed that this motion lie for consideration.

FRIDAY, June 8.

The Senate took into consideration the motion

made yesterday, relative to closing the present session of Congress; which, being amended, was agreed to, as follows:

Ordered, That Messrs. TRACY, LAURANCE, GOODHUE, STOCKTON, and PAINE, be a committee to inquire what business, of a public nature, may require the attention of Congress, before its adjournment, and when it may be proper to close the present session of Congress; and also into the propriety of altering the time for the next annual meeting of Congress, to consider and report there

on to the Senate.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed a bill, entitled "An act to regulate and fix the compensations of the officers employed in collecting the internal revenues of the United States, and to insure more effectually the settlement of their accounts," in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate. They agree to the amendments of the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act making appropriations for the Military Establishment, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes;" with an amendment to the eighth amendment, in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate.

Mr. TRACY, from the committee to whom was referred the motion to amend the Rules for conducting business in the Senate, reported an addition to the 19th rule; which was read.

Ordered, That it lie for consideration.

Mr. BINGHAM, from the committee to whom was referred the bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act supplementary to, and to amend the act, entitled An act to establish an uniform rule of naturali

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zation, and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject," reported the bill amended; which amendment was read.

Ordered, That it lie for consideration.

The Senate took into consideration the amendment of the House of Representatives, to the eighth amendment of the Senate, to the bill, entitled "An act making appropriations for the Military Establishment, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes."

Resolved, That they do agree to the said amend ment to the amendment.

The bill concerning aliens was read the third time; and,

On motion, by Mr. MASON, the second clause of the first section reported by the committee was amended, to be read as follows:

"Which order shall be served on such alien, by delivering him a copy thereof, or leaving the same at his usual abode."

On motion by Mr. MARSHALL, to amend the second clause, in the first section of the bill as reported by the committee, to be read, as follows: “Which order shall also express the cause of remo

val:"

And it was determined in the negative-yeas 6, nays 17, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bloodworth, Marshall, Martin, Mason, and Tazewell.

NAYS-Messrs. Bingham, Brown, Chipman, Clayton, Foster, Goodhue, Hillhouse, Latimer, Laurance, Livermore, Lloyd, North, Paine, Read, Stockton, Tattnall, and Tracy.

On the final passage of the bill, the question was determined in the affirmative-yeas 16, nays 7, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Bingham, Chipman, Clayton, Foster, Goodhue, Hillhouse, Latimer, Laurance, Livermore, Lloyd, Martin, North, Paine, Read, Stockton, and Tracy.

NAYS-Messrs, Anderson, Bloodworth, Brown, Marshall, Mason, Tattnall, and Tazewell.

So it was Resolved, That this bill pass; that it be engrossed; and that the title thereof be "An act concerning aliens."

The bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act for the relief of John Vaughan," was read the second time, and ordered, that it be referred to Messrs. BINGHAM, TRACY, and PAINE, to consider and report thereon to the Senate.

The bill last sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence was read, and ordered to the second reading.

The bill to punish frauds committed on the Bank of the United States, was read the second time, and referred to Messrs. LAURANCE, STOCKTON, and TAZEWELL, to consider and report thereon to the Senate.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill authorizing the President of the United States to accept of any armed vessel offered for the use of the United States.

Ordered, That it be referred to the committee

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appointed the 29th of November last on that part of the Speech of the President of the United States, which respects measures for the security and protection of the commerce of the United States, to consider and report thereon to the Senate.

Mr. NORTH, from the committee to whom was referred the bill; sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act allowing an additional compensation to the Accountant of the War Department, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight," reported the bill without amendment; and, after debate, Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed,

The bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act to alter the time of making entry of stills, and for other purposes;" was resumed.

Resolved, That this bill pass with amendments.

MONDAY, June 11.

The bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act to regulate and fix the compensations of the officers employed in collecting the internal revenues of the United States, and to insure more effectually the settlement of their accounts," was read the second time, and referred to Messrs. TRACY, LIVERMORE, and STOCKTON, to consider and report thereon to the Senate.

The Senate took into consideration the amendments reported by the committee to whom was referred the bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act supplementary to and to amend the act, entitled 'An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject ;" and the report being agreed to, the bill was amended accordingly.

Resolved, That this bill pass to the third reading, as amended.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have agreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof," with an amendment, in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate. They have appointed a committee to inquire whether, and when, it may be proper to close the present session of Congress; and, also, into the propriety of altering the time for the next annual meeting of Congress; and have instructed them to confer thereon with a committee which they desire may be appointed on the part of the Senate for the purpose.

The Senate took into consideration the resolution of the House of Representatives, appointing a committee to consider and confer on the proper time at which the present session may be closed.

Resolved, That they do agree to the conference desired by the House of Representatives on the first resolution, and that Messrs. TRACY, LAURANCE, GOODHUE, STOCKTON, and PAINE, the

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