Second Session.

Vessels not to clear out without proper manifests-
See collectors.

Virginia and North Carolina, resolutions from the
House, requesting the President of the
United States to cause to be transmitted to
the Executives of those States, lists of the
officers, &c., entitled to arrears of pay; to
cause the necessary steps for paying the
same, &c., 1012; amended and agreed to,
1014.

Virginia line, a bill from the House, to enable the

amendment to, 37.

a motion to amend one of the proposed
amendments to the constitution, 76.
adhering to an amendment to the bill for al-
lowing compensation to the members of
both Houses, 77.

striking out the words "in the State of Penn-
sylvania," from the bill establishing the seat
of Government, 89.

other questions in relation to said bill, 88.
passage of the bill to establish the seat of
Government, 91.

Second Session.

to lands lying northwest of the river Ohio,
1053; passed, 1066.

brought from Rhode Island into the United
States, 1012.

on the report of a committee in favor of the
claims of Baron Steuben, 1015.

a resolution providing that Congress shall hold
their next session in Philadelphia, 1022.
some other questions in relation to the remov-
al of the seat of Government, 1022, 1023,
1026, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1038,
1039, 1040.

the bill making provision for the payment of
the public debt, 1028, 1047, 1048, 1050,
1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1058, 1059, 1060,
1061.

the bill to authorize the purchase of land at
West Point, 1030, 1031.

on the Creek treaty, 1070, 1074.

Third Session.

Yeas and Nays, on a resolution declaring it to be in-
expedient to alter the act of last session for
paying the public debt, 1781.

on limiting the term of incorporation of the
national bank, 1788.

other questions on the bank bill, 1794.
on the bill to amend the act for establishing
the seat of Government, 1812.

on the bill supplementary to the act incor-
porating the Bank of the United States,
1813.

on the bill in addition to an act establishing
the salaries of the executive officers of
Government, 1822.

Accounts, a bill for settling the accounts between
the United States and the several States,
introduced, 667; referred to a select com-
mittee, 691; reported with amendments,
twice read and ordered to be engrossed,
696; bill passed, 697.

Acts, records, &c., a bill to provide for the safe
keeping of, reported, 700; taken up, 815;
passed, 816.

Acts of Congress-See appendix.
Adjournment, a resolution for appointing a joint
committee to determine when it will be
proper that an adjournment of the session
shall take place, 700; agreed to; the com-
mittee report, 716; report taken up, 809;
agreed to, 812; order rescinded, and the
26th instead of the 22d September, agreed
upon, 946.
Amendments proposed to the constitution, 440; re-
ferred to a select committee, 690; report
of the committee laid on the table, 699;
taken up, 730; agreed to, 809. See the
appendix to learn how they have been
adopted by the States.
'Appropriations, a bill making appropriations for the

service of the present year introduced,
938; ordered to be engrossed, 947; passed,
949.

Second Session.

Accounts, a bill presented to increase the salaries of
the clerks in the office of the commission-
ers for settling the accounts between the
United States and the individual States,
1465; bill ordered to be engrossed, 1466;
passed, 1470.
Accounts between the United States and individual
States, the commissioners for settling them
laid their accounts before the House, 1602.
a bill to provide for the settlement of the ac-
counts between the United States and the
several States, presented, 1675; consider-
ed, 1685; bill passed, 1702.

a bill for appointing two additional-commis-
sioners, reported and passed, 1760.
Acts, records, &c., a bill for authenticating them in
the several States, 1601; bill ordered to
be engrossed; 1603; and passed.

Bailey,

Second Session.

Francis, a bill granting him the exclusive
privilege of using and vending the matrices
of certain types, &c., 1427; bill passed,
1495.

Bankruptcy, a motion to appoint a committee to
bring in a bill for establishing a system of,
laid on the table, 1143.

petition of sundry persons confined in the
jail of New York for a general bankrupt
law; laid on the table, 1716.

Beverly cotton manufactory, a petition praying for
the patronage of Government; referred,
1574; report on committed, 1585.
Theodoric, (one of the members from Vir-
ginia,) his death announced, 1685.

Acts of Congress-See appendix.
Adjournment, a resolution for fixing the time, 1699;
proposition laid on the table, 1710; agreed

Bland,

to, 1739.

Third Session.

in slavery, praying for the interposition of
Congress, referred, 1626.

Amendments to the constitution, proposed by North

Carolina, 1531.

Amendments proposed to the constitution, a com.
mittee appointed to report such as are con-

establishing this institution, 1922; the House
went into a committee and reported the
bill without amendment, 1935, bill passed,

2012.

a bill supplementary to the above, taken up,
2020; bill passed, 2021.

Bible, a memorial from the Baptist association of
Connecticut requesting Congress to pre-
vent incorrectness in future editions of the
Bible, 1921.

Census, a bill presented providing for the enumera-
tion of the inhabitants of the United States,

1098; considered and recommitted, 1118;
ordered to be engrossed, 1147; passed,
1170.

Cession of Western lands, the act of North Carolina
ceding to the United States certain western
lands, referred, 1143.

a bill received from the Senate to accept the
cession of the above lands, 1464; bill com-
mitted, 1465; considered in Committee of
the whole, amended, and ordered to be en-
grossed, 1528, and passed.

Chaplain, Rev. Wm. Lynn appointed, 1079.
Collection of duties, a bill further to suspend part of
the act to regulate the collection of duties,
1571; passed, 1572.

a bill to regulate the collection of duties, 1738;
passed, 1741.

Congress, a resolution proposing that Congress hold
its next session in Philadelphia, 1676; agreed
to, 1682.

Consuls and vice-consuls, a report on what fees
shall be allowed them, 1714; agreed to,
1716.

an amendatory bill for establishing their fees
and perquisites, presented, 1740; passed,
1742.

Continental establishment, a memorial of the officers
of the South Carolina line on that establish-

ishment of, 1142; taken up, 1572; passed,
1574.

Third Session.

Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Blair elected, 242.
China, a memorial from the merchants of Philadel-
phia, praying an additional duty on all
goods imported from thence in foreign
bottoms, 1922.

Churchman, John, his petition praying encourage-
ment to a voyage to Baffin's bay, for the
purpose of making magnetical experiments;
ordered to lie on the table; a report there-
on, 1893; part of the report negatived,
1934; a bill directed to be brought in for
another part.

Clerks, marshals, and jurors, a bill for compensating
them, 2014; biil passed, 2025.
Congress, a bill for altering the time of meeting was
rejected, 1875.

bill for do. read twice and ordered to be en-
grossed, 2006; passed, 2014; rejected by
the Senate, 2021.

a new bill reported and passed, 2022.
Consuls and vice-consuls, a bill from the Senate con-
cerning them, 1933; the Senate disagree-
ing to an amendment of the House, and re-
fusing to recede, the House insisted, and
the bill was lost, 2027.

Consular convention with France-See France.

D.
Day of

Debates

Duties

First Session.

thanksgiving, a resolution proposing the ap-
pointment of a joint committee to wait on
the President to request he would appoint
of the House, a resolution introduced, com-
a day for this purpose; agreed to.
plaining of the manner in which the debates
had been taken, which was discussed, and
then withdrawn, 952.

on imports, a resolution proposing duties on
sundry articles, 106; passed, 381.

bill for do. introduced, 258.

tonnage of vessels, a proposition for laying,
183; agreed to, 302.

a bill for laying duties on tonnage introduced,
425; passed, 432.

a bill for collecting the duties on imports,
302; taken up, 381; resumed, 468; recom-
mitted.

a new bill for collecting duties, in lieu of the
above reported, 635; passed, 867.

a bill for suspending the operation of part of
an act for imposing duties on tonnage, 923;
passed, 924.

a bill to amend part of the tonnage act re-
ported, 928; ordered to be engrossed, 933;
passed, 937.

Second Session.

for their pay, &c., 1464; report from the
Secretary of the Treasury, 1514.

Copperas, vitriol, &c., a petition from the manufac-
turers of in New Jersey, for additional du-
ties on the articles imported.

Copy-rights secured-See authors, &c.
Cordage, a petition from the manufacturers of, in
Philadelphia, praying for an additional duty
on the imported article, 1602.

for the, presented, 1605; considered, 1638;
passed, 1685.

a plan reported making provision for the pay-
ment of the interest on the debts of the
United States; committed, 1711; agreed to,
1715.

a bill making further provision for the pay-
ment of, presented, 1738; considered, 1740;
passed, 1741.

Debts of Georgia, a bill reported to make further
provision for the debts of the United States,
so far as respects the debts of Georgia,
1759; rejected, 1760.

Delaware, State of, the President informs the House
that this State has ratified all the amend-
ments to the constitution proposed by Con-
gress, except the first, 1465.

Derby, Elias Hasket, the petition of, praying relief
in the payment of duties on a case of teas,
referred, 1703; report thereon adopted,
1711.

Executive officers, a bill in addition to an act for es-
tablishing the salaries of the executive offi-
cers of the Government, &c., 2024; bill
passed, 2026.

F.

Foreign

First Session.

affairs, a bill reported to establish a depart-
ment of, 434; taken up, 473; ordered to
be engrossed, 608; passed, 614.

Second Session.

forfeitures, &c., a bill reported for the remis-
sion or mitigation of, 1118; an amendatory
bill reported, 1459; bill considered and or-
dered to be engrossed, 1464; bill passed,

1464.

Fitch, John, petition praying for an exclusive privi-
lege to use steam for purposes of naviga-
tion, 1714.

Foreign intercourse, a bill brought in for compensat-
ing persons employed in the intercourse
between the United States and foreign na-
tions, 1113; taken up, 1118; debated and
ordered to be engrossed, 1130; bill recom-
mitted, 1526; an amendatory bill reported
by the committee, 1547; passed, 1602.
Forfeitures and penalties, a bill to provide for miti-
gating or remitting the forfeitures and pen-
alties accruing under the revenue laws,
1599; passed, 1601.

Franklin, Benjamin, his death announced, and an
order made for a token of mourning, 1586.

Third Session.

Fisheries, a report from the Secretary of State on
this subject, 1960.

Foreign officers, a bill to provide for the payment of
the interest on debts due to them in Paris,
1921; bill passed, 2014; rejected by the
Senate, 2022

France, a bill for carrying into effect the consular
convention between his most Christian Ma-
jesty and the United States, read three.
times and passed, 2031; postponed by the
Senate till next session.

Franklin, Benjamin, a letter from the President of
the Commonalty of Paris, with sundry co-
pies of a Civic Eulogium on our Franklin,
pronounced by M. Fauchet, at Paris, on
the 21st of July last, 1837; a translated
copy of the above letter, 1838.
resolution proposing that the Speaker com-
municate to the President and Commonalty
of Paris the sense of the House on account
of the above eulogium, 1844.
message from the President, with a letter to
him from the National Assembly of France,
and a decree of that body on the death of
Dr. Franklin-See appendix.

a resolution from the Senate expressing the
sensibility of Congress to the tribute paid
to the memory of the late Dr. Franklin,
was concurred with, 2021.