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Ordered, That a bill be brought in pursuant to the said resolution, and that the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures do prepare and bring in the same.

The House, according to the order of the day, re. solved itself into a cominittee of the whole House, on the bill for the relief of William W. Weymouth; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Desha reported, that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made an amendment thereto, which was read at the Clerk's table and concurred in by the House.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read the third time to morrow.

The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow.

And the House adjourned until to-morrow morn. ing, eleven o'clock.

SATURDAY, April 7, 1810.

Ordered, That Mr. Chittenden have leave to be absent from the service of this House from this day, for the remainder of the session.

The House proceeded to consider the motion of Mr. Smilie, of yesterday, for altering the hour to which the House shall stand adjourned, to ten o'clock in the forenoon.

And the question being taken thereon,

It was resolved in the affirmative.

Mr. Newton, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, made a report on the several petitions of Hugh Smith, Philip and Nicholas Rogers, junier, John P. White and William A. Caldwell, William Gaston, James Jones, and James Hathaway, which was read, and referred to the committee of the whole House, to whom is committed the bill for the relief of Anthony Buck.

On a motion made, and leave given by the House,

Mr. Eppes, from the Committee of Ways and Means, presented a bill authorizing a loan of money for a sum not exceeding the amount of the principal of the public debt reimbursable during the year one thousand eight hundred and ten; which was received and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next.

On a motion made, and leave given by the House,

Mr. Macon, from the committee appointed on that part of the message from the President of the United States at the commencement of the session, which respects our foreign relations, made a further report in part of a bill concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes, which was received, and read the first time. On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next.

An engrossed bill for the relief of Moses Young was read the third time.

Resolved, That the same do pass, and that the title be," An act for the relief of Moses Young."

An engrossed bill for the relief of John Thompson, was read the third time.

Resolved, That the same do pass, and that the title be," An act for the relief of John Thompson."

An engrossed bill for the relief of John Minor, administrator of Reuben Minor, was read the third time.

Resolved, That the same do pass, and that the title be, "An act for the relief of John Minor, administra. tor of Reuben Minor."

An engrossed bill for the relief of William W. Weymouth, was read the third time.

Resolved, That the same do pass, and that the title be, "An act for the relief of William W. Weymouth, and Joseph P. Weeks."

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bills to the Senate, and desire their concur. rence therein.

A message from the Senate by Mr. Otis, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act to amend the act, entitled 'An act providing for the third census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States," passed on the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ten.”

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a committee of the whole House, on the bill to establish post roads; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Bassett reported, that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made some progress therein.

Resolved, That this House will, on Monday next, again resolve itself into a committee of the whole House on the said bill.

Mr. Taylor, from the committee to whom was referred, on the twenty-ninth ultimo, the report of a select committee on the memorial of the stockholders of the bank of the United States, presented a bill continuing in force for a term of twenty years, the act, entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the bank of the United States," on the terms and conditions therein mentioned; which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and com mitted to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next.

The several orders of the day were farther postponed until Monday next.

And the House adjourned until Monday morning, ten o'clock.

MONDAY, April 9, 1810.

A motion was made by Mr. Johnson, and seconded, that the House do now adjourn.

And the question being taken thereon,

Yea 1.

It was determined in the negative,Nay's 39.

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Mr. Nelson presented sundry documents in rela tion to the petition of Rinaldo Johnson, which were referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

On motion of Mr. Johnson,

Ordered, That the Committee of Claims be discharged from the consideration of the several petitions of Nathaniel Irish, Andries Van Patten, John Knight, Nathaniel Goodwin, Benjamin Smith, Peter Mines, Jacob Bagley, and the directors of the New England Mississippi land company.

On motion of Mr. Macon,

Ordered, That the committee on foreign relations, be discharged from the consideration of the message from the President of the United States, of the twelfth of January last, communicating information relative to the blockade of the ports of the Baltic by France, and the exclusion of neutral vessels by Russia, Sweden, and Denmark.

On motion of Mr. Samuel Smith,

Ordered, That the committee appointed on the fifth of January last, on the petition of Thomas Wilson, be discharged from the consideration thereof, and that the petitioner have leave to withdraw his petition.

Mr. Johnson, from the Committee of Claims, presented a bill for the relief of Lewis Garanger, which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next.

Mr. Johnson also made a report, containing a de tailed statement of facts in relation to the petition of Lewis and Charles Garanger, which was read.

Mr. Johnson, from the same committee, also presented a bill for the relief of Charles Bean, which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and committed to the committee of the whole House last appointed.

Mr. Johnson also made a detailed report on the pe tition of Charles Bean, which was read.

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