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Edward Carrington has been appointed supervisor, with a salary of one thousand dollars, and a commission of one per cent. Drury Ragsdale has been appointed inspector of survey No. 1; Edward Stevens of No. 2; Mayo Carrington of No. 3; Thomas Newton of No. 4; Edward Smith of No. 5; James Brackenridge of No. 6; and Thomas Marshal of No. 7. The compensation to these officers are to each, a salary of four hundred and fifty dollars, and a commission of one per cent.

North Carolina forms five surveys. No. 1, consists of the counties of Wilmington, Onslow, New Hanover, Brunswick, Bladen, Duplin, Anson, Richmond, Moore, Cumberland, Robertson, and Sampson; No. 2, of the counties of Carteret, Hyde, Beaufort, Pitt, Craven, Jones, Dobbs, Johnson, and Wayne; No. 3, of the counties of Currituck, Cambden, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan, Gates, Hartford, and Tyrrel; No. 4, of the counties of Northampton, Martin, Halifax, Nash, Edgecomb, Warren, Franklin, Caswell, Orange, Randolph, Grandville, Wake, and Chatham; No. 5, of the counties of Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Roan, Iredel, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Gilford, Lincoln, Rutherford, Burke, and Wilkes. William Polk has been appointed supervisor, and a salary of seven hundred dollars, and a commission of one per cent. have been assigned him as a compensation. James Read has been appointed inspector of survey No. 1; John Daves of No. 2; Thomas Benbury of No. 3; John Whitaker of No. 4; and Joseph M'Dowel, the elder, of No. 5. The compensation to the inspectors of surveys Nos. 1, 2, and 3, are to each a commission of two per cent.; those inspectors being also officers of the customs. A salary of four hundred and fifty dollars, and a commission of one per cent. have been assigned as a compensation to the inspectors of surveys Nos. 4 and 5, respectively.

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has been appointed. The ports at which neither collector nor surveyor resides, have been placed under the inspection of the collector or surveyor of the district to which they belong, as the one or the other is the inspector of the revenue for the port where he resides. The duties of these inspectors are confined to spirits imported from abroad; and, as they bear an analogy to those which they have been accustomed to perform, no compensation has been assigned. The officers, directed by the 18th section of the law to be appointed by the supervisors, have been denominated collectors of the revenue. Their number has been of necessity left to the discretion of the supervisor, with these general intimations, that they should be, in all cases, as few as the proper execution of the business would permit; and that, in regard to the collection of the duties on stills, one for each county would suffice; but this regulation necessarily varies as the stills are more or less dispersed. Where they are much scattered, two, three, or more counties, have been assigned to the same person. The compensation to these officers is a commission on the sums collected by each, of two per cent. on the product of the duties on spirits distilled from foreign materials, and of four per cent. on the product of the duties arising from spirits distilled from domestic materials, whether per gallon or by the still. This difference was dictated by the different nature of the business.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, October 31, 1791. By order of the President of the United States: ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Secretary of the Treasury. Ordered, That the Message from the President of the United States, and the papers therein referred to, lie for consideration.

yesterday to consider the necessary business to be Mr. STRONG, from the committee appointed on, reported as follows:

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That, in the opinion of the committee, it will be proper for the Senate to proceed on the following

business:

1. The establishing of a Mint.

2. The fixing the standard of Weights and Mea

sures.

South Carolina forms three surveys. No. 1, consists of the counties of Colleton, Berkley, Washington, MariBartholomew, Charleston, Granville, Hilton, Lincoln, Shrewsbury, Winton, Orange, and Lewisburgh; No. 2, of the counties of Winyaw, Williamsburgh, Liberty, Kingston, Darlington, Chesterfield, Marlborough, Clarendon, Clermont, Lancaster, Kershaw, Richland, Fairfield, Chester, and York; No. 3, of the counties of Edgefield, Abbeville, Newbury, Laurens, Union, Spartanburg, Greenville, and Pendleton. The duties of inspector of survey No. 1, are performed by the supervisor, Daniel Stevens, to whom a salary of seven hundred dollars, and a commission of one per cent. have been assigned as a compensation. Benjamin Cudworth has been appointed inspector of survey No. 2, and Sylvanus Walker of No. 3. The compensation assigned to the inspector of survey No. 2, is a salary of three hundred dollars, and a commission of two per cent.; to the inspector of survey No. 3, a salary of four 5. The bill postponed in the Senate, at the last seshundred and fifty dollars, and a commission of one persion, for establishing offices for the purpose of Granting Lands within the territories of the United States. 6. The bill, postponed in like manner, concerning Consuls and Vice Consuls.

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Georgia forms one survey. The supervisor, John Matthews, officiates as inspector. The compensation assigned him is a salary of five hundred dollars, and a commission of one per cent.

The commission, in each case, is computed upon the nett product of the duties on spirits distilled within the jurisdiction of the officer to whom it is allowed; which nett product is determined by deducting, at each stage of the compensation, all preceding charges.

With regard to the ports, the following arrangements have been made: At the ports at which there are both a collector and a surveyor, the latter has been appointed an inspector; where there is a collector only, he has been appointed; and where there is a surveyor only, he

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3. The determining the time for choosing the Electors of the President and Vice President, and the day on which they shall give their votes, and prescribing the mode of transmitting the votes to the seat of Government.

4. Providing compensation for the officers of the Judicial Courts of the United States, and for jurors and witnesses.

To which report the Senate agreed.

The petition of William Hort, in behalf of Isabella, Martha, and Mary, daughters of John Bush, late of the second continental regiment in the State of South Carolina, praying that the benefits of the resolutions of Congress, of 15th May, 1778, and 24th August, 1780, may be extended to them, for the reasons mentioned in the petition.

Ordered, That this petition be referred to the Secretary of War, to report thereon to the Senate. Ordered, That Messrs. IZARD, MONROE, and

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LANGDON, be a committee to take into consideration the subject relative to Weights and Measures, and report their opinion thereon.

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district of South Carolina to complete and make return of the enumeration of the inhabitants of the said district to the President of the United States, in the form and Ordered, That Messrs. RUTHERFURD, SHER- manner prescribed by the act, entitled "An act providMAN, and BURR, be a committee to report a billing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United determining the time of choosing the Electors of States," at any time on or before the first day of March President and Vice President, and the day in which next; any thing in the said recited act to the contrary notwithstanding. they shall give their votes, and prescribing the mode of transmitting the votes to the seat of Go

vernment.

Ordered, That Messrs. HENRY, STRONG, and MONROE, be a committee to report a bill providing compensation for the officers of the Judicial Courts of the United States, and for jurors and witnesses.

Ordered, That Messrs. KING, FOSTER, MONROE, STRONG, and BUTLER, be a committee to report a bill for establishing offices for the purpose of Granting Lands within the territories of the United States.

Ordered, That Messrs. MORRIS, CABOT, and ELLSWORTH, be a committee to report a bill concerning Consuls and Vice Consuls.

Ordered, That Messrs. BURR, BUTLER, and RoBINSON, be a committee to revise the Rules, and report such alterations and additions as may be

necessary.

WEDNESDAY, November 2.

The petition of the distillers of the city of New York was read, praying for such alteration as may be thought expedient in the act repealing, after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead; and also upon spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same.

Ordered, That this petition be sent to the House of Representatives.

The memorial of James Sinkler, praying to be enabled to fund certain indents, in lieu of those destroyed by fire, was read, and referred to the Secretary of the Treasury to report thereon to the Senate.

The petition of John Mangnall, for compensation for certain losses sustained in the sea service during the late war, was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

THURSDAY, November 3.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate, that the House of Representatives have passed the bill, entitled "An act granting further time for making return of the enumeration of the inhabitants in the district of South Carolina," in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate.

The abovementioned bill was read the first time, as follows:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the marshal of the

said district shall be exonerated of and from all penalties And be it further enacted, That the marshal of the and forfeitures to which he became liable for not making the said returns to the President within the time prescribed by the act aforesaid.

Ordered, That this bill pass to a second reading. Ordered, That the petition of John Mangnall, be referred to the Secretary of State, to report thereon to the Senate.

FRIDAY, November 4.

STEPHEN R. BRADLEY, from the State of Vermont, appeared, produced his credentials, and took his seat.

The Senate proceeded to the second reading of the bill for granting further time for making return of the enumeration of the inhabitants of the district of South Carolina:

The bill was amended, by striking out the word "recited," at the end of the first section, and also the second section of the bill.

The rule being dispensed with, the bill was then read the third time, and passed.

Ordered, That the Secretary desire the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendments to this bill.

The petition of Charles Colville, of the city of Philadelphia, was read, praying to have a sum of money reimbursed his brothers, who are in advance thereof, to redeem him from captivity at Algiers, and for allowance for his expenses and sufferings.

Ordered, That the petition be referred to Messrs. BUTLER, LANGDON, MORRIS, KING, and STRONG, to consider and report what is proper to be done

thereon.

Ordered, That all communications made to the Senate on the subject of the American pri soners at Algiers, and now on file in the Secretary's office, be referred to the same committee, and that they be instructed to report generally thereon.

MONDAY, November 7.

from the State of Vermont, in conformity to the The Senate proceeded to class the Senators resolution of the 14th of May, 1789, and as the Constitution requires. Whereupon,

into the box, when Mr. ROBINSON drew the blank, No. 3 and a blank were, by the Secretary, put and Mr. BRADLEY drew No. 3; Mr. BRADLEY is accordingly of the class whose seats will be vacated in the Senate at the expiration of four years from March, 1791.

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The numbers 1 and 2 were then put into the box, when Mr. ROBINSON drew No. 1, who is accordingly of the class whose seats will be vacated in the Senate at the expiration of six years from March, 1791.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate, that the House of Representatives have agreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill granting further time for making return of the enumeration of the inhabitants in the district of South Carolina; and they have ordered that a committee be appointed, jointly, with such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, for the purpose of enrolled bills.

The Senate took into consideration the order of the House of Representatives, appointing a joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, and it was agreed to; and, ordered, that Mr. RUTHERFURD be of the committee on the part of the Senate.

Ordered, That the Secretary acquaint the House

of Representatives with the agreement of the Senate, to the appointment of a joint committee for abovementioned.

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The Report of the Trustees of the Sinking Fund was read, as follows:

The Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, the Chief Justice, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Attorney General, respectfully report to the Congress of the United States of America:

That, pursuant to the act, entitled "An act making provision for the reduction of the public debt;" and, in conformity to two resolutions agreed upon by them, one on the fifteenth day of January, another on the fifteenth day of August last, and severally approved by the President of the United States, they have caused purchases of the said debt to be made, through the agency, respectively, of Samuel Meredith, Treasurer of the United States, William Seton, Cashier of the Bank of New York, Benjamin Lincoln, Collector of the district of Boston and Charlestown, and William Heth, Collector of the district of Bermuda Hundred, to the amount of eight hundred fifty-two thousand six hundred seventyseven dollars and forty-six cents, and for which there have been paid five hundred forty-eight thousand nine hundred twenty-four dollars and fourteen cents, in specie; as will more particularly appear by the several documents No. 1 to 8, herewith submitted as a part of this report, and which specify the places where, the times when, the prices at which, and the persons of whom, the said purchases have been made. That, though the statements of William Seton and Benjamin Lincoln have not yet passed through the forms of a settlement, it appears, by the document No. 8, being a certified transcript from the books of the Treasury, that the amount of the stock, by them respectively reported to have been purchased, has been duly transferred to the said books.

That the purchases now, and heretofore reported, amount in the whole to one million one hundred thirtyone thousand three hundred sixty-four dollars, and seventy-six cents, for which there have been paid six hundred ninety-nine thousand one hundred sixty-three dollars, and thirty-eight cents in specie.

Signed in behalf of the Board:

JOHN ADAMS.

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Statement of the purchases of Public Stock by the Agents of the Trustees named in the act for the reduction of the Public Debt.

Amount of six Amount of three per cent. stock. per cent. stock.

Amount of de- Total amount of ferred stock.

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JOSEPH NOURSE, Register.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Office, November 4, 1791.

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No business appears to have been done in the Senate to-day, except the receiving and signing engrossed bills.

WEDNESDAY, November 9.

OLIVER ELLSWORTH, from the State of Connecticut, attended, and took his seat.

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Ordered, That Messrs. FEW, STRONG, and BUT LER, be a committee to report a bill authorizing the Comptroller of the Treasury to settle the accounts of Joseph Pannill.

THURSDAY, November 10.

JAMES GUNN, from the State of Georgia, attended, and took his seat.

The following Message was received from the President of the United States:

Gentlemen of the Senate, and

of the House of Representatives: The resolution passed at the last session of Congress, requesting the President of the United States to cause an estimate to be laid before Congress, at their next session, of the quantity and situation of the lands not claimed by the Indians, nor granted to, nor claimed by, any of the citizens of the United States, within the territory ceded to the United States by the State of North Carolina, and within the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio, has been referred to the Secretary of State; a copy of whose report on that subject I now lay before you, together with the copy of letter accompanying it.

G. WASHINGTON.

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UNITED STATES, November 10, 1791. The Message and papers were read, and ordered to lie for consideration.

A letter from Captain O'Brien, respecting the American prisoners at Algiers, was read; and ordered to be referred to the committee appointed on the 4th of November on the petition of Charles Colville, and to whom were also referred the papers respecting the prisoners, citizens of the United States, at Algiers.

FRIDAY, November 11.

Mr. FEW, from the committee appointed for that purpose, reported a bill to empower the Comptroller of the Treasury to settle the accounts of Joseph Pannill.

Ordered, That this report lie for consideration.

MONDAY, November 14.

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IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES, Tuesday, October 25, 1791. Resolved, That the first article of the amendments proposed by Congress to the Constitution of the United States be ratified by this Commonwealth.

Test, CHARLES HAY, C. H. D. November 3, 1791-Agreed to by the Senate. H. BROOKE, C. S. to lie for consideration. The Message and papers were read; and ordered

Ordered, That Charles Hateley have leave to withdraw his petitions.

The petition of Alexander Anderson, and others, in behalf of the distillers of Philadelphia, was read, praying for such amendments as may be judged expedient to the act repealing, after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead; and also upon spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same.

Ordered, That this petition lie on the table.

The bill to empower the Comptroller of the Treasury to settle the accounts of Joseph Pannill, was read the first time, and ordered to pass to the second reading.

The report of the Secretary of State, on the petition of John Mangnall, was read; and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. MORRIS, from the committee appointed for that purpose, reported a bill respecting Consuls and Vice Consuls, which was read the first time, and ordered to pass to the second reading.

TUESDAY, November 15.

The Senate proceeded to the second reading of the bill for authorizing the Comptroller of the Treasury to settle the accounts of Joseph Pannill.

Ordered, That the bill be committed to Messrs. BURR, WINGATE, and SHERMAN, to examine into the state of facts, and report thereon.

The Senate proceeded to the second reading of the bill respecting Consuls and Vice Consuls, and, after progress, the further consideration thereof was postponed.

Mr. RUTHERFORD, from the committee appointThe following Message from the President of ed the first instant for that purpose, reported a bill the United States was received:

Gentlemen of the Senate, and

of the House of Representatives:

I have received from the Governor of Virginia a Resolution of the General Assembly of that Commonwealth, ratifying the first article of the amendments proposed by Congress to the Constitution of the United States. A copy of which, and of the letter accompanying it, I now lay before you.

to determine the time of choosing Electors of President and Vice President, and the bill was read the first time.

Ordered, That this bill pass to a second reading, and that, in the mean time, it be printed for the use of the Senate.

WEDNESDAY, November 16.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the Sundry papers, relating to the purchase, by Judge bill concerning Consuls and Vice Consuls, and orSymmes, of the lands on the Great Miami, having beendered that it be committed to Messrs. BURR, ELLScommunicated to me, I have thought it proper to lay the same before you, for your information on that sub- WORTH, STRONG, MORRIS, and MONROE, to report ject. generally thereon.

G. WASHINGTON.

United States, November 11, 1791.

The Resolution of the State of Virginia, referred to in the Message, is as follows:

THURSDAY, November 17.

The Senate proceeded to the second reading of the bill to determine the time of choosing Elect

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FRIDAY, November 18.

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John Bush, Charles Motte, and Richard Shubrick, was read.

Ordered, That the report and petitions lie on the table.

A message from the House of Representatives, informed the Senate that the House of RepreA Letter from the Treasurer of the United States sentatives have passed the bill, entitled "An act of this date, with his account of payments and re-apportioning Representatives among the people ceipts in indents of interest to the 30th of September, 1791, were read, and ordered to lie for consideration.

A Letter from the President of the General As

sembly of the French colony of St. Domingo, explaining the reasons of the late embargo on the American shipping at that island, &c., was read; and ordered to be sent to the House of Representatives.

The Senate proceeded in the second reading of the bill to determine the time for choosing Electors of President and Vice President, and, after agreeing to sundry amendments, Ordered, that it be recommitted, and that Messrs. KING and BUTLER be added to the committee.

A Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, of this date, together with a Return of the Imports of the United States, was read; and ordered to lie for consideration.

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THURSDAY, November 24.

A Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury was read, with an estimate exhibiting the value at the several places of shipment of all foreign goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States during the year ending on the 30th day of September, 1790, conformably to the order of the Senate of the 16th of February, 1791.

Ordered, That they lie for consideration.

The Report of the Secretary of War, in pursuance of the order of the Senate, on the petitions of Bernard Elliot, Samuel Wise, Benjamin Huger,

of the several States, according to the first enumeration;" in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill was read the first time, as follows: An Act apportioning Representatives among the people

of the several States, according to the first enumeration.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in ConMarch, 1793, and, until otherwise provided for by law, gress assembled, That, from and after the 3d day of agreeably to the Constitution of the United States, the House of Representatives shall be composed of members who shall have been chosen by the people of the several States, in the proportion of one Representative for every thirty thousand persons, computed according to the rule prescribed by the Constitution of the United States: that is to say, from the State of New Hampshire four members, the State of Massachusetts fifteen, the State of Connecticut seven, the State of Rhode Island two, the State of Vermont two, the State of New York eleven, the State of New Jersey five, the State of Pennsylvania fourteen, the State of Delaware one, the State of Maryland nine, the State of Virginia twenty-one, the State of Kentucky two, the State of North Carolina eleven, and the State of Georgia two members.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States, as soon as the Marshal of the State of South Carolina shall have transmitted to him returns of the inhabitants of the United States, shall cause the pursuant to the provisions by law for an enumeration Executive of the said State to be notified of the number of Representatives to be elected within the said State, according to the proportion aforesaid.

Ordered, That this bill pass to a second reading.

FRIDAY, November 25.

The Senate proceeded to the second reading of the bill, entitled "An act apportioning Representatives among the people of the several States, according to the first enumeration;" and, after debate, the further consideration thereof was postponed.

The petition of William W. Smith, for himself, and as administrator of Gilbert Tenant, and on behalf of George Hunter, attorney to Joseph Eaker, was read, praying for the payment of certain balances due to the surgeons in the general hospital during the late war.

Ordered, That the petition be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, to report thereon to the Senate.

MONDAY, November 28.

A Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury of the 25th, with a return of the tonnage of all the vessels employed in the import, coasting, and fish

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