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count of the excesses of the sums subscribed in certain States beyond the sums heretofore assumed for such States: Provided, That no such certificates, bills, notes, or evidences of debts of the respective States, shall be receivable upon the said loan, which, from the tenor thereof, from any public record, act, or document, shall appear or can be ascertained to have been issued for purposes irrelative to compensations and expenditures for services or supplies towards the prosecution of the late war, and the defence of the United States, or of some part thereof during the same; but this shall not be construed to exclude any certificate, bill, note, or evidence of debt, which shall have been issued in lieu or on account of any other certificate, bill, note, or evidence of debt, which was itself issued in relation to such compensations and expenditures.

"Resolved, That the debt due to certain foreign officers, the interest whereon is payable at the house of Grand, in Paris, be discharged out of any moneys obtained on loan by the President of the United States, in virtue of the act making provision for the public debt, which may now be unappropriated.

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Frederick Aug., Muhlenberg, Nathaniel Niles, Theodore
Sedgwick, William Smith, John Steele, Samuel Sterrett,
Jonathan Sturges, Peter Sylvester, George Thatcher,
Thomas Tudor Tucker, Jeremiah Wadsworth, and Ar-
temas Ward.

And then the main question being put, that the House do agree to the said first resolution, it was resolved in the affirmative.

The second and third resolutions were then severally read; and on the question thereupon, agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the further consideration of the said resolutions be postponed until to-morrow.

TUESDAY, April 3.

Mr. LIVERMORE, from the committee to whom was referred the memorial of the Illinois and Wabash Land Companies, made a report; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

The SPEAKER laid before the House a Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying lists of sundry petitions returned to this House, pursuant to an order of the 27th of last month; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

THE PUBLIC DEBT.

Resolved, That the interest on so much of the domestic debt as has been or may be purchased for the United States, or as shall be paid into the Treasury, and so much of the sum appropriated for the payment of the interest on the foreign and domestic debt as shall be over and above what may be sufficient for the payment of such interest, shall be appropriated for the re- The House resumed the consideration of the demption of the public debt. The said funds to be resolutions reported by the Committee of the applied to the purposes aforesaid by the Commissioners Whole House yesterday, on the Report of the hereafter mentioned, under the approbation of the Pre-Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of the sident of the United States. Public Debt. Whereupon, the fourth resolution "Resolved, That be Commissioners for the having been read, in the words following: purposes aforesaid, and that a precise account of all the debts redeemed, and of all purchases by them made, be laid before the Legislature within its first meeting in every year."

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the debts of the individual States be opened and con-
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Resolved, That a subscription for a further loan in

next, not to exceed millions of dollars, in the proportions following: that is to say, in the debt of New Hampshire, ; [and enumerating all the other States.] Provided, That the interest on such loan shall not be day of -: And provi

The House proceeded to consider the said resolutions; and the first resolution being twice read, a motion was made, and the question being put, to amend the same by adding thereto the follow-payable before the ing words:

"Except that condition in the act which renders the debt so far subscribed subject to redemption by payments not exceeding, in one year, on account of both principal and interest, a proportion of eight dollars upon the hundred, on any certificate which shall be issued according to the terms therein specified; which condition, so far as it relates to any part of the debt which may hereafter be subscribed, shall be abolished :”

It passed in the negative-yeas 27, nays 30, as follows:

YEAS.-John Baptist Ashe, Abraham Baldwin, John Brown, Abraham Clark, William Findley, William B. Giles, Andrew Gregg, Samuel Griffin, William Barry Grove, Daniel Heister, Israel Jacobs, Aaron Kitchell, John W. Kittera, Richard Bland Lee, James Madison, John Francis Mercer, Andrew Moore, William Vans Murray, John Page, Josiah Parker, Joshua Seney, Jeremiah Smith, Thomas Sumpter, Thomas Tredwell, Abraham Venable, Alexander White, and Francis Willis.

NAYS.-Fisher Ames, Robert Barnwell, Egbert Benson, Elias Boudinot, Shearjashub Bourne, Benjamin Bourne, Thomas Fitzsimons, Elbridge Gerry, Nicholas Gilman, Benjamin Goodhue, James Gordon, Thomas Hartley, Daniel Huger, Philip Key, John Laurance, Amasa Learned, Samuel Livermore, Nathaniel Macon,

ded, That, when the sum to be assumed for any State shall not be subscribed by the holders of the evidences in which the same is made receivable, the State shall not be entitled to receive interest on the residue:"

A motion was made, and the question being put to amend the same by inserting after the words "individual States," these words: "whether discharged by the said States respectively since the treaty of peace, or undischarged:"

It passed in the negative-yeas 22, nays 30, as follows:

YEAS.-John Baptist Ashe, Abraham Baldwin, John Brown, William Findley, William B. Giles, Andrew Gregg, Israel Jacobs, Philip Key, Aaron Kitchell, Sam'l Livermore, Nathaniel Macon, James Madison, John F. Mercer, Andrew Moore, Nathaniel Niles, Josiah Parker, Joshua Seney, Upton Sheridine, Jeremiah Smith, Jonathan Sturges, Abraham Venable, and Francis Willis.

NAYS.-Fisher Ames, Robert Barnwell, Egbert Benson, Elias Boudinot, Shearjashub Bourne, Benjamin Bourne, Thomas Fitzsimons, Elbridge Gerry, Nicholas Gilman, Benjamin Goodhue, James Gordon, William Barry Grove, Thomas Hartley, James Hillhouse, Daniel Huger, John W. Kittera, John Laurance, Amasa Learned, Frederick Aug. Muhlenberg, William Vans Murray, John Page, Theodore Sedgwick, William Smith, John

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Steele, Peter Sylvester, George Thatcher, Thomas Tudor Tucker, Jeremiah Wadsworth, Artemas Ward, and Alexander White.

And then the main question being put, that the House do agree to the said fourth resolution, it passed in the negative-yeas 26, nays 29, as follows: YEAS.-Fisher Ames, Robert Barnwell, Egbert Benson, Elias Boudinot, Shearjashub Bourne, Benj. Bourne, Thomas Fizsimons, Elbridge Gerry, Benjamin Goodhue, James Gordon, William Barry Grove, Thomas Hartley, Dan'l Huger, Philip Key, John Laurance, Amasa Learned, Nathaniel Macon, Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Theodore Sedgwick, William Smith, John Steele, Peter Sylvester, George Thatcher, Thomas T. Tucker, Jeremiah Wadsworth, and Artemas Ward.

NAYS.-John Baptist Ashe, Abraham Baldwin, John Brown, Abraham Clark, William Findley, William B. Giles, Nicholas Gilman, Andrew Gregg, Daniel Heister, James Hillhouse, Israel Jacobs, Aaron Kitchell, John W. Kittera, Richard B. Lee, Samuel Livermore, James Madison, John Francis Mercer, Andrew Moore, William Vans Murray, Nathaniel Niles, John Page, Josiah Parker, Joshua Seney, Upton Sheridine, Jeremiah Smith, Jonathan Sturges, Abraham Venable, Alex'r White,

and Francis Willis.

Ordered, That the further consideration of the said resolutions be postponed until to-morrow.

WEDNESDAY, April 4.

The House resumed the consideration of the resolutions reported by the Committee of the Whole House on Monday last, on the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of the Public Debt. Whereupon, the fifth resolution having been read, in the words following:

"Resolved, That the subscriptions to the aforesaid loans in State debt be payable in such certificates, bills, notes, and evidences of debt, whatsoever, as shall have been issued by the respective States and by the several Commissioners of Loans of the United States, on account of the excesses of the sums subscribed in certain States beyond the sums heretofore assumed for such States: Provided, That no such certificates, bills, notes, or evidences of debt, of the respective States, shall be receivable upon the said loan, which, from the tenor thereof, or from any public record, act, or document, shall appear or can be ascertained to have been issued for purposes irrelative to compensations and expenditures, for services or supplies towards the prosecution of the late war and the defence of the United States, or of some part thereof during the same; but this shall not be construed to exclude any certificate, bill, note, or evidence of debt, which shall have been issued in lieu or on account of any other certificate, bill, note, or evidence of debt, which was itself issued in relation to such compensations and expenditures:"

The question was put that the House do agree to the same, and it passed in the negative.

The sixth, seventh, and eighth resolutions were severally twice read; and on the question put thereupon, agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the first, second, fourth, sixth, seventh, and eighth resolutions, and that Mr. FITZSIMONS, Mr. LAURANCE, Mr. Key, Mr. MACON, and Mr.

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SMITH, of South Carolina, do prepare and bring in the same.

On a motion made and seconded,

"That it be an instruction to the committee last appointed, to report a provision for a loan of the remaining debts of the individual States:"

The said motion was objected to, as out of order. Whereupon, the SPEAKER declared the said motion not to be in order; from which decision of the Chair, an appeal being made by two members to the judgment of the House, and the question taken, "Is the said motion in order?" it passed in the negative; and so the said motion was rejected.

A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed the bill entitled "An act to ascertain the boundary of a tract of land purchased by John Cleves Symmes," with an amendment; to which they desire the concurrence of this House. On motion,

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause the proper officers to lay before this House such papers of a public nature, in the Executive Department, as may be necessary to the investigation of the causes of the failure of the late expedition under Major General St. Clair.

Ordered, That Mr. FITZSIMONS, Mr. GILES, and Mr. STEELE, be appointed a committee to wait on the President of the United States with the foregoing resolution.

GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE. The House proceeded to consider the resolution reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the 24th of February last, to indemnify the estate of the late General Nathaniel Greene for a certain suretyship entered into by the said Nathaniel Greene, in his lifetime, on the public behalf. Whereupon, the said resolution being read at the Clerk's table, as follows:

"Whereas, the late Major General Nathaniel Greene, on the 8th day of April, 1783, the more effectually to procure rations and supplies for the Southern Army of the United States, became bound as surety for John Banks & Co, to Newcomen & Collet, merchants in Charleston, for the payment of £8,743 15s. 6d., sterling money, being the condition of the said bond:

"And whereas, on the 1st of May, 1786, the balance of principal and interest of said bond, being then £8,688 6s. sterling, was paid by the said General Greene. Therefore,

"Resolved, That the United States shall indemnify the estate of the said General Greene for the said sum last mentioned, and the interest thereof, or for such sum as, upon due investigation by the officers of the Treasury of the transactions between John Banks & Co., with was security for the said Banks & Co., it shall appear Messrs. Newcomen & Collet, in which General Greene

that neither General Greene nor his executors shall

shall have received any payment or compensation for: Provided, The executors of the said General Greene shall account for a sum being about £2,000, be the same more or less, recovered by John Ferrie, one of the partners of the said John Banks & Co,, to be in part of the indemnification aforesaid; and also shall make over for the use of the United States, all mortgages, bonds, co

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The previous question thereon was called for by five members, to wit: "Shall the main question, to agree to the said resolution, be now put ?" And on the previous question, "Shall the main question be now put ?" it was resolved in the affirmative. And then the main question, "That the House do agree to the said resolution?" being put, it was resolved in the affirmative-yeas 29, nays 26, as follows:

YEAS.-Fisher Ames, Abraham Baldwin, Robert Barnwell, Egbert Benson, Shearjashub Bourne, Benjamin Bourne, William Findley, Thomas Fitzsimons, Elbridge Gerry, Andrew Gregg, Thomas Hartley, Daniel Heister, Philip Key, John W. Kittera, John Laurance, Amasa Learned, Richard Bland Lee, Samuel Livermore, Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, William Vans Murray, John Page, Theodore Sedgwick, Upton Sheridine, William Smith, Samuel Sterrett, George Thatcher, John Vining, Jeremiah Wadsworth, and

Francis Willis.

NAYS.-John Baptist Ashe, Elias Boudinot, John Brown, Abraham Clark, William B. Giles, Nicholas Gilman, Benjamin Goodhue, James Gordon, William Barry Grove, James Hillhouse, Israel Jacobs, Aaron Kitchell, Nathaniel Macon, Andrew Moore, Nathaniel Niles, Joshua Seney, Jeremiah Smith, Israel Smith, John Steele, Jonathan Sturges, Thomas Sumpter, Peter Sylvester, Thomas Tredwell, Artemas Ward, Alexander White, and Hugh Williamson.

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and witnesses," made a report, which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill authorizing a grant and conveyance of certain lands to the Ohio Company of Associates, on the terms therein expressed;" and, after some time spent therein, the Committee reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again.

THURSDAY, April 5.

An engrossed bill to compensate the Corporation of Trustees of the Public Grammar School and Academy of Wilmington, in the State of Delaware, for the occupation of, and damages done to the said school, during the late war, was read the third time and passed.

The bill sent from the Senate entitled "An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt" was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. LIVERMORE, from the committee appointed, presented a bill to indemnify the estate of the late Major General Nathaniel Greene for a certain bond entered into by him, for the public service, during the late war; which was received, and read the first time.

The House proceeded to consider the report of the Secretary of War on the memorial of Anthony Walton White, which was made on the 21st day of February, 1791. Whereupon, so much of the said report being read as proposes

"That the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, paper currency, advanced by the memorialist for the support of his regiment of cavalry, during the Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pur- late war, should be passed to the credit of the memorialsuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. LIVER-ist, at its specie value, on the final settlement of his MORE, Mr. PAGE, and Mr. BARNWELL, do prepare public accounts, either with the State of Virginia or the United States." and bring in the same.

A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed a bill entitled "An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt." The said bill was read the first time.

Mr. SENEY, from the committee to whom was referred a motion relative to a certain claim of the State of Maryland, made a report, which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Ordered, That the same be referred to Mr. BOUDINOT, Mr. MOORE, and Mr. SUMPTER, with instruction to report thereon by way of bill or

bills.

The House again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill authorizing a grant and conveyance of certain lands to the Ohio Company of Associates, on the terms therein expressed; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. SPEAKER resumed the chair, and Mr. MUHLENBERG reported that the Committee had again had the said bill under consideration, and made several amendments thereto; which were severally twice read, and agreed to by the House.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to compensate the Corporation of Trustees of the Public Grammar School and Academy of Wilmington, in the State of Delaware, for the occupation of, and damages done to, the said school during the late war; and, after some time spent therein, the SPEAKER reOrdered, That the said bill, with the amendsumed the Chair, and Mr. BOURNE, of Rhode Isl-ments, be engrossed, and read the third time toand, reported that the Committee had 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.

Mr. BOUDINOT, from the committee to whom was committed the bill sent from the Senate entitled "An act for regulating processes in the courts of the United States, and providing compensation for the officers of the said courts, and for jurors

morrow.

The House proceeded to consider the amendment proposed by the Senate to the bill entitled "An act to ascertain the boundaries of a tract of land purchased by John Cleves Symmes;" and the same being read, was agreed to.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury relative to supplies necessary for the ensuing year; and, after some time spent

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therein, the Committee reported progress, and had leave to sit again.

A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have agreed to a resolution that Congress will adjourn on Tuesday, the 17th of April, instant; to which they desire the concurrence of this House.

The SPEAKER laid before the House a Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury accompanying his report on the subject of compensations to officers employed in the collection of the revenue, pursuant to an order of the 18th of January, 1791; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table. The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill sent from the Senate entitled "An act fixing the compensations of the Doorkeepers of the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress;" and, after some time spent therein, Mr. SPEAKER resumed the chair, and Mr. BOURNE, of Rhode Island, reported that the Committee had had the said bill under consideration, and made several amendments thereto; which were severally twice read, and agreed to to by the House.

The said bill, together with the amendments, was then read the third time and passed.

APPORTIONMENT BILL.

A message was received from the President of the United States returning to the House the bill passed by the two Houses entitled "An act for an Apportionment of Representatives among the several States according to the first Enumeration," and presented to the President for his approbation on Monday, the 26th of March; to which bill the President having made objections, the said objections were read, and ordered to be entered at large on the Journal, as follows:

"UNITED STATES, April 5, 1792. "Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :

"I have maturely considered the act passed by the two Houses entitled 'An act for an Apportionment of Representatives among the several States, according to the first Enumeration; and I return it to your House, wherein it originated, with the following objections:

"First. The Constitution has prescribed that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers; and there is no one proportion or divisor which, applied to the respective numbers of the States, will yield the number and allotment of Representatives proposed by the bill.

"Second. The Constitution has also provided that the number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand; which restriction is, by the context, and by fair and obvious construction, to be applied to the separate and respective numbers of the States; and the bill has allotted to eight of the States more than one for every thirty thousand,

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of Associates, according to the terms therein expressed, was read the third time and passed.

Mr. FITZSIMONS, from the committee appointed, presented a bill supplementary to the act making provision for the Debt of the United States; which was received, and read twice and committed.

INDEMNITY TO GENERAL GREENE.

A bill to indemnify the estate of the late Major General Nathaniel Greene for a certain bond entered into by him, for the public service, during the late war, was read the second time; and, on a motion made and seconded that the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the first Monday in August next, it passed in the negative-yeas 17, nays 45, as follows:

YEAS.-John Baptist Ashe, Abraham Clark, William B. Giles, William Barry Grove, Aaron Kitchell, Nathaniel Macon, James Madison, Andrew Moore, Cornelius C. Schoonmaker, Joshua Seney, Jeremiah Smith, John Steele, Jonathan Sturges, Thomas Sumpter, Thomas Tredwell, Abraham Venable, and Hugh Williamson.

NAYS.-Fisher Ames, Abraham Baldwin, Robert Barnwell, Egbert Benson, Shearjashub Bourne, Benjamin Bourne, John Brown, William Findley, Thomas Fitzsimons, Elbridge Gerry, Nicholas Gilman, Benja min Goodhue, James Gordon, Andrew Gregg, Samuel Griffin, Thomas Hartley, Daniel Heister, James Hillhouse, Daniel Huger, Israel Jacobs, Philip Key, John W. Kittera, John Laurance, Amasa Learned, Richard Bland Lee, Samuel Livermore, John Francis Mercer, Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, William Vans Murray, Nathaniel Niles, John Page, Josiah Parker, Theodore Sedgwick, Upton Sheridine, Israel Smith, William Smith, Samuel Sterrett, Peter Sylvester, Geo. Thatcher, Thomas Tudor Tucker, John Vining, Jeremiah Wadsworth, Artemas Ward, Alexander White, and Francis

Willis.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. APPORTIONMENT BILL.

The House proceeded to reconsider the bill passed by the two Houses entitled "An act for an Apportionment of Representatives among the several States, according to the first Enumeration," which was presented for approbation on Monday, the 26th of March, and returned by the President yesterday, with objections.

The said bill was read, and is as follows: "An Act for an Apportionment of Representatives among the several States, according to the first Enu

meration.

"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent atives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the 3d day of March, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninetythree, the House of Representatives shall be composed of one hundred and twenty members, elected within the Resolved, That to-morrow be assigned for the several States, according to the following apportionreconsideration of the said bill, in the mode pre-ment, that is to say: Within the State of New Hampscribed by the Constitution of the United States.shire, five; within the State of Massachusetts, sixteen;

"G. WASHINGTON."

FRIDAY, April 6.

An engrossed bill authorizing the grant and conveyance of certain lands to the Ohio Company

within the State of Vermont, three; within the State of Rhode Island, two; within the State of Connecticut, eight; within the State of New York, eleven; within the State of New Jersey, six; within the State of Pennsylvania, fourteen; within the State of Delaware, two;

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"Vice President U. S. and President of Senate." The President's objections were also read; and, after debate on the subject-matter of the said bill, the question "That the House, on reconsideration, do agree to pass the bill," was determined in the mode prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, and passed in the negative-yeas 23, nays 33, as follows:

YEAS.-Fisher Ames, Egbert Benson, Shearjashub Bourne, Benjamin Bourne, Abraham Clark, Thomas Fitzsimons, Elbridge Gerry, Nicholas Gilman, Benjamin Goodhue, James Gordon, Thomas Hartley, Israel Jacobs, Aaron Kitchell, John W. Kittera, John Laurance, Amasa Learned, Samuel Livermore, Nathaniel Niles, Cornelius C. Schoonmaker, Theodore Sedgwick, Jeremiah Smith, Israel Smith, John Steele, George Thatcher, Thomas Tredwell, John Vining, Jeremiah Wadsworth, and Artemas Ward.

NAYS.-John Baptist Ashe, Abraham Baldwin, Robert Barnwell, John Brown, William Findley, William B. Giles, Andrew Gregg, Samuel Griffin, Wm. Barry

Grove, Daniel Heister, James Hillhouse, Daniel Huger, Philip Key, Richard Bland Lee, Nathaniel Macon, James Madison, John Francis Mercer, Andrew Moore, Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, William Vans Murray, John Page, Josiah Parker, Joshua Seney, Upton Sheridine, William Smith, Samuel Sterrett, Jonathan Sturges, Thomas Sumpter, Thomas Tudor Tucker, Abraham Venable, Alexander White, Hugh Williamson, and Francis Willis.

And so the said bill was rejected, two-thirds of the House not agreeing to pass the same.

A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed a bill entitled "An act supplementary to the act for the establishment and support of light-houses, beacons, buoys, and public piers;" to which they desire the concurrence of this House.

The House again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury relative to supplies for the ensuing year; and, after some time spent therein, the Committee rose and reported progress. A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate agree to the first and disagree to the last amendment proposed by this House to the bill sent from the Senate entitled "An act for fixing the compensations of the Doorkeepers of the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress."

SATURDAY, April 7.

The SPEAKER laid before the House a Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury accompanying sundry petitions which were referred to him, and returned pursuant to an order of the House of the 27th ultimo.

The bill sent from the Senate entitled "An act

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supplementary to the act for the establishment and support of light-houses, beacons, buoys, and public piers," was read twice and committed to the whole House immediately.

The House then resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on the said bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. SPEAKER resumed the Chair, and Mr. BOURNE, of Rhode Island, reported that the Committee had had the bill under consideration, and made an amendment thereto; which was twice read, and agreed to by the House. The said bill, together with the amendment, was read the third time; and the question being put that the same do pass, it was resolved in the affirmative. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act to erect a Light-house on Montauk Point, in the State of New York ;" and, after some time spent therein, and an amendment being made thereto, the said bill was read the third time and passed.

The House proceeded to reconsider their last amendment, to which the Senate hath disagreed, to the bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act fixing the compensations of the Doorkeepers of the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress;" and the same being read—

Resolved, That this House doth recede from their said amendment.

Ordered, That a committee be appointed to prepare and bring in a bill or bills apportioning Representatives among the several States, according to the first Enumeration, at the ratio of one Representative for every thirty thousand persons in the respective States; and that Mr. LAURANCE, Mr. SENEY, and Mr. SMITH, of New Hampshire,

be the said committee.

The House again resolved into a Committee of the Whole House on the Report of the Secretary relative to supplies necessary for the ensuing year; and, after some time spent therein, the Chairman reported several resolutions thereupon, which were severally twice read, and agreed to by the House.

Mr. LAURANCE, from the committee appointed, presented a bill apportioning Representatives among the several States, according to the first Enumeration, at the ratio of one Representative for every thousand persons in the respective States; which was received, and read twice and

committed.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act for altering the times of holding the Circuit Courts in certain districts of the United States, and for other purposes;" and, after some time spent therein, the Chairman reported that the Committee had had the bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto.

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

MONDAY, April 9.

The House proceeded to consider the report of the committee to whom was referred a motion

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