INDEX TO THE PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS. SENATE. a Page. Page. 29 vidual States, a bill respecting the balances 30 reported to be due by the individual States, 31 612 committed 613 615 rejected 617 33 Act, a bill to continue in force part of an act there- in mentioned, received 552 554 555 (See Revenue Cutters.) 44 Adjournment, motion for appointing a committee 46 574 committee appointed 574 committee of conference appointed 576 resolution for adjourning on the 9th July, re- ceived 587 589, 598, 604 11 altered to 16th July, and concurred in 605 12 message of the President requesting a post- 15 611 committed . 616 report thereon agreed to 619 35 Alexander, William, a bill for his relief received 507 36 508 510 40 Aliens, motion for appointing a committee to report what provision ought to be made for remov- ing from the territory of the United States 17 such persons, not entitled to the rights of 18 citizenship, as may be dangerous to the 19 548 motion amended, and committee appointed 549 554 25 considered 556, 564, 565, 567,689 recommitted 570 reported with amendments 571 573 574 575 amended by the House and the amendments concurred in 586 the House 590 591 564 596 passed with amendments 598 472 reply of the President 474 а SECOND SESSION. - Senate Proceedings. cases 2230 618 Page. 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Accounts between the United States and the indi- vidual States, a bill respecting the balances 483 reported to be due by the individual States, received and committed 2198 - 2200 recommitted - 2201 amendments reported 2206 2208 507 5210 2213 committee of conference appointed on the amendments 2214, 2215 report of the committee 2216 539 officers of the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives, received and referred 2228 amendments reported 2231 the amenda ents agreed to with an amend- ment 2232 613 amendment of the House disagreed to 2233 617 committee of conference appointed 2234, 2236 report of the committee 2236 2244 517 of money advanced for the relief of sick and 565 disabled seamen in foreign countries 2204 578 2205 579 reported with amendments and recommitted 2206 reported 2215 - 2219 527 - 2221 528 (See also, Seamen.) • 2191 - 2193 531 fect certain treaties between the United States and the several Indian tribes, re- 531 2215 committed - 2219 . 2220 542 passed 543 a bill to defray expenses of holding a treaty or 546 treaties with the Indians, received - 2219 559 concurred in 561 bill making appropriations for support of Gov. ernment for the year seventeen hundred 583 2228 2037 a bill making additional appropriations for the 604 year seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, 605 2235 2237 611 Army, a bill giving eventual authority to the Presi. dent to augment the army, reported . 2209 committed 2217 2221 considered 2222 2223 543 2224 544 2:36 2237 a bill giving authority to the President to fill vacancies in the army and navy, passed 586 Assistant Postmaster General, a bill for establish- 588 9:37 2238 his reply - 2222 2222 Senate Proceedings. FIRST SESSION. 34 SECOND SESSION. B. Page. Baskerville, William, petition of, praying interpo- sition of Congre:s in his behalf agaiost cer- tain proceedings against him for a violation of the stamp act, committed . 2220 Bayard, Mr., of Delaware, his argument on the 36 part of the House in the case of William 2249 37 Bell, William, deposition of, in the case of Wil- 2371 Blount, William, of Tennessee, return of the writ 2190 39 the Secretary directed to notify the House of 2194 40 rules for conducting the trial reported and a 2196 Court of Impeachment formed further report on the rules for conducting the 2197 commencement of the trial - 2245 • 2247 plea of the defendant replication and rejoinder - 4248 arguments on the part of the prosecution 2249, 2294 on the part of the defence 2262, 2278 resolution respecting his impeachability nega- tived 2318 decision of the court, dismissing the impeach- 2319 the impeachment 2319 517 depositions and other documents in relation to 522 2324 to 2416 Books, petition of the Baltimore Library Company 573 praying exemption from the duties charge- 575 2208 578 Brown, John, and other merchants, petition of, 585 praying to be enabled, at the public ex- 586 pense, to prosecute their claims for proper- ty destroyed by the belligerent Powers, re- ferred to the Secretary of State 2209 498 Buxton, Dr. Charles, his deposition in the case of William Blount 2379 C. 506 510 512 Congress, conference asked by the House on the act 513 of the last session for altering the time of 514 27 the Senate decline the conference 514 a bill to ascertain the time for the next meet- ing of, introduced 27, 28 29 31 32 518 Consuls and Vice Consuls, a bill concerning them 551 33 552 Cutts, Samuel, and other merchants, petition of, praying compensation for spoliations com- 571 mitted on their property by foreign armed 17 FIRST SESSION. 10 28 mons - THIRD SESSION. Bail, a bill providing for the security of, in certain SECOND SESSION, · 2216 Canada and Nova Scotia. See (Refugees.) 2217 Cannon, arms, &c., a bill to enable the President • 2225 to procure cannon, arms, &c., received . 2228 reported 2229 passed 543 Senate Proceedings. 484 Page. Page 478 amending the law of 1794, respecting the convening of Congress in case of contagi- 485 475 report laid on the table 476 529 motion for appointing a committee to report 530 on the propriety of altering the time for the 544 next annual meeting of, agreed to and a committee appointed . 574 committee of conference appointed 576 580 591 a bill to alter the time for the next annual meeting of, introduced and committed 602 604 rejected by the House 608 another bill introduced 613 third reading negatived 614 480 Connecticut, petition from the loan officer of this State, praying payment of his accounts for extra clerk hire, referred to the Secretary of the Treasury. (See Imlay Williams.) 520 motion for appointing a committee to con- 522 sider the subject of accepting a cession of 598 486 487 523 report of the committee laid on the table 502 618 of amendment 493 616 consideration of the motion postponed 494 617 motion for proposing an amendment in rela- tion to qualifications for the offices of Presi- dent and Vice President, laid over 602 528 Consuls, a bill making an appropriation for the re- 533 payment of moneys advanced by the con. 534 suls of the United States in certain cases, received - 536 539 555 Contested elections, a bill to prescribe the mode of taking evidence in cases of, and to compel attendance of witnesses, received 485 committed - 486 487 576 Crimes against the United States, a motion for leave 601 to bring in a bill to define the crime of 603 treason, and to define and punish the crime 604, 605 589 bill reported 590 committed 591 reported 596 599 amended by the House - 607 amendment concurred in 609 559 Crowell, Sylvanus, bill for his relief, received 520 522 523 581 582 Carey, James, examination of, in the case of Wil- 588 - 2381 2384, 2388 590 Census, a bill providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, received 2198 2201 2202 601 amendments disagreed to by the House and adhered to by the Senate 2204 220 THIRD SESSIOX. - ix INDEX. х Senate Proceedings. SECOND SESSION. a Page. Page. 2191 Debtors, a bill for the relief of persons imprisoned • 2191 for debts due the United States, received 565 567 reported 569 2226 570 passed 571 2235 a bill supplementary to the above, received 565 passed 571 2221 of certain sums of money to the daughters 2227 483 485 amendments are necessary to the act in ad. Doorkeeper and his assistant, a bill for allowing ad- ditional compensation to, reported 481 2219 passed 482, 615 a resolution investing the Doorkeeper with the - 2231 497 Duties, a bill to postpone, for a limited time, the commencement of the duties on stamped · 2241 477 2242 478 a bill to amend the several acts laying du- ties on spirits distilled in the United States - 2199 483 - 2203 490 491 492 amendment disagreed to by the House, and 2227 493 2230 a bill to repeal the act laying duties on stamp- ed vellum, &c., received - 512 rejected 513 a bill to amend said act, received 518 2202 521 522 2196 a bill further to amend said act received 613 committed 615 further consideration postponed to next session 616 2199 a bill to continue, for a limited time, part of 2245 to 2319 the act making further provision for collect- ing the duties on foreign and domestic dis. tilled spirits and on stills, wines, and teas, received 527 528 530 533 ties on the manufacture of snuff in the Uni- ted States, and on drawbacks on the export- ation thereof, received 608 passed 9 the case of William Blount 2262 30 liam Blount - 2365 2237 committed - 2238 passed 2240 33 ceived 2218 reported 2222 ordered to the third reading • 2223 2225 - 612 THIRD SESSIOX. |