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NEWHAMPSHIRE
the general government.
The resolution fnbmitted by Mr.
Scott on Thursday Ufl, was read :
viz. That a place ought to be fixed
: on for the permanent residence of the
general Government, as near the cen
tre of wealth, population, and terri
tory, as is confident with the conve
nience of the Atlantick navigation,
, having also due regard to the wertern
territory.
Mr. Goodhue rose, and observed
that the above resolution is indefinite.
THE whole of this day was con
sumed in theconfideration otthe
election of the members fromNewjer
fey,a fubjeft of importance to the mem
bers, but contained nothing essential
for publication —a yr^^-ty of motions
were made but no final question
taken.
A letter from the governor of Geor
gia, was read, which enclosed an ac
curate statement of the imports, ex
ports, amount duties, &c. of that state
Tor the year 1788.
The bill to provide for the punish
ment of certain crimes committed a
gainst the United States, was read a
Second time, and referred to a com
mittee of the whole House—to be the
order of the day for next Monday
week.
In committee of the whole on the
fubjell of a permanent residence for
FRIDAY, sept. 4.
, Mr, Hbister presented a petition
from the invalid foldiera of the state
ok Rennfylvania, re presenting that the
°ftate has flopped .the payment of their
.'penfions,and praying relief—read, and
deferred to a fpe@ committee, con-
as it Specifies no particular place—the
eastern and northern members, said
he, have been averse to taking up
this bufineG the present session, con
.fidering the weight of publick busi
ness to be tranfaded previous to the
adjournment ; but their judgment be
ing overruled by a late vote, they
have since made up their minds upon
the fubjetl, and agreed not only with
the spirit of the resolution before the
committee, but have gone further,
and fixed on the place ; they are of
opinion that on the eastern banks of
the river Sufquehsnna, Congress
Should fix its permanent residence ;
and that until! the particular fpet
ffiould be determined on,and the pro.
f per buildings erected, the feat of the
-general government mould be at the
tity of Newyork. =He then introduc
ed a resolution to that efted.
Herey^mayra.ge the worldfrfoeh^lncrefo^rbQ^^
LEGISLATURE of tbe UNION.
•Several amendments were proposed
and negatived : But one moved by
Mr. Lee for striking out the former
part refpeding " the Snfqoehanna,"
and inferring " the Patowmack," oc
"cafioned a prolongation of the debate
'until near 4 o'clock, when the com
-foittee rose, without deciding upon
'the original motion, or the amend
ment --—And the House adjourned.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES,
Saturday, OCTOBER 24, 178g,]
Congreflional Matters.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2.
Published by H. Ranlet, in the Main Street, Exeter ; O where Subferiptions, Advertifement^anda^
THURSDAY, SEPT. J.
(Continued.)
The several petitions from pension
ers, which have been presented to the
Houfe,on motion of Mr.PARTRIdge,
were referred to the above committee
—which was also inftrufted to take
up the fubjed generally, and to re-°
port a bill.
In committee of the whole, on the
order of the day.
Mr. Boudinot in the chair.
The resolve introduced by Mr.
Goodhue yesterday in the following
words was read :
Refolded, as the opinion of this
committee, that the permanent feat
of the government of theUnitedStates,
ought to be at some convenient place
on the ealt bank of the Sufqnehanna,
in the state of Pennsylvania; and that
until the necessary buildings be erod
ed for the purpose, the feat of the go
vernment ought to be at Newyork.—
Mr. Lee proposed to amend this re
solution, by striking out the tirft part
to introduce a clause which provided
that the permanent feat of government
Ihould be on the Patowmack. —The
debate was on this amendment, which
continued until near 4 o'clock, when
the question being put, it was nega
tived, as were also several others, and
the question on Mr. Goodhue's mo
tion was finally carried in the affir
mative.
Mr. Fitzsimons then proposed
the following, viz.
Refolded, as the opinion of this
committee, that the President of the
United States be authorized to ap
point commissioners, to exa
mine and report to him the most eli
gible situation on the call bank of the
Snfquehanna, for the permanent feat
of the goveinment of theUnitedStates.
That the said commissioners be author
ized, by and with the advice of the
President, to purchase such quantity
of land as may be thought necessary
—and to cred thereon within.
The Permanent Refidrace buftnefs
still under debate, Motions for the
Patowmack—for the Borough of Wil
mington, in Delaware—for the Banks
of the Delaware—for Susquehanna in
Maryland, inßead of the " Susque
hanna in Pennsylvania" were put and
all negatived. A motion for fixing
years, suitable buildings for the ac.
commodation of the Congress, and of
the officers of the United States.—
That the Secretary of the Treasury
together ,with the Commissioners so
to be appointed, be authorized to bor
row a sum not exceeding dol
lars, to be paid in years with
interest at the rate of per cent,
per ann. payable out of the Duties
on Import and Tonnage ; to be appli
ed to the purchase of the land, and
for ereding the buildings aforefaid.
And that a bill ought to pass in the
present session, in conformity with the
foregoing resolutions. Which being
read was laid on the table—After
which the committee rose, and the
chairman reported progress.
filling of Messrs, Heister, Wadsworth
and Gilman.
The fubjed of a permanent resi
dence, was again debated—a number
of motions were made for filling up
the blanks in Mr. Fitzsimons' re
solution—That refpeding the time
when the buildings were to be com
pleted was passed over—the other fill
ed as before mentioned. A numbe r
of other motions were made, and pass
ed on—but no final decision come to.
SATURDAY, SEPT, so
MONDAY, SEPT. 7.
THE
After some local business, the
House took up the amendments of the
Senate to the Executive Department
Salary Bill.
The 'firft amendment was to add
500 dollars to the filary of the Secre
tary of State —which was agreed to,
his salary is 3500 dollars. Second to
reduce the salary of the Auditor from
1500 dollars, to 1250 —disagreed to.
Third, to strike out 1600 dollars, the
salary of the Treasurer, and insert
2000 —disagreed to. Fourth, to strike
out 500 dollars from the salary of the
Governor of the Weftern Territory.
This amendment was opposed, as in
volving the diminution of a salary
which was annexed to two very im
portant and expensive offices— The
amendment was disagreed to. Fifth
to strike out 1500 dollars, the salary
of the Affiftapt of the Secretary of the
Treasury, and to insert 1700 —disa-
greed to. Sixth to give the principal
Clerk to the Treasurer, a salary of
600 dollars —agreed to. Seventh to
impower the heads of the Depart
ments to appoint their respective
clerk, agreed to, And the last was to
raise the Salaries of the inferiour
Clerks to 500 dollars—agreed to,
The amendment of the Senate to
the bill for allowing compensations to
the members of the Houses, and their
refpedive officers were next read.
In the firft amendment the Senate ad
heres to its former resolution refped
ing a diferimination.
It was then moved, that the Houses
concur with the Senate—and the evil
of not receding from the disagreement
of the House were dated.-.but the
motion was negatived. A conference
was then moved, and Messrs. Sherman,
Tucker and Renfon, were chosen Con
ferrees.
The amendments to the bill for the
fafe keeping of the ads, great seal,
&c. were read and agreed to.
Mr, Gerry moved the following
Resolution :
•' That monies Ihall not be drawn
from the Treasury unless by the ap
propriations made and confirmed by
Congress fubfequehtxo the fourth of
March last,”
Laid on the table.
the Temporary residence of Congress in
'' the Borough of Wilmington," and
in Philadelphia, were both loft—the
House then proceeded and completed
the resolutions. The time allowed
for erecting the buildings, is FOUR
YEARS.
Messrs Ames, Lafrance and Clymer,
were appointed a committee to pre
pare and report a Bill to carry those
Resolutions into effed. —The ayes and
noes were taken eight times.
A message was received from the
Senate, with the Bill for altering the
Department of Foreign Affairs into
the Department of State, and attach
ing thereto certain additional duties
—The Salary Bill, for the officers of
the Executive Department —and the
Bills for compensating the services of
the President, Vice President and
Members of both Hoafes.
The House being met, resolved
themselves into a committee on the
judicial bill —after making some pro
gress therein, the committee rose and
reported progress,
A message from the Senate, with
the bills for compensating th&fervic
es of the President and Vice-Presi
dent.—The salary bill and the bill
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9.
GAZETTEER.
TUESDAY SEPT. 8.
The enrolled bills for eflabliffiing
the salaries of the executive officers:
and to provide for the fafe keeping
of the alls,records,& great seal vs the
United States, were signed by the
Speaker.
Mr. Sherman, of the committee
of conference reported that a con
ference with the committee of the
Senate had taken place, upon the
subject of diferimination in the pay
cf the two houses, and proposed as an,
amendment to the salary bill, and in
tilled on by the Senate. This report
was in substance, that they had come
to no precise agreement—that the
Senate could not be induced to recede
from '.heir amendment, bath, wajfof
compromise the committee on the pare
of the Senate proposed, that the com.
penfation provided for by the efent
bill should be limited to fever years
the iad of which the compensation
of the Senate to be at 7 dollars—Or,
they proposed that the House ihould
pass a law providing for their own
compensation, without including
Senate.
It was moved that the House Arnold
recede from their disagreement, and
concur with the senate in cheiramend
ments with an amendment.
This was opposed by Messrs. fack
fon, White,Burke,Bnudinc:,Tta-h-
--er, and 1 uckor—and Supported by
Messrs. Benson, Madison, Lee,Gerry
Fitztimons, Ames, Laurence, and
Sherman.
I he ayes & noegbeing called, were
Ayes, 24. Noes, 29,
Alter which, the committee on the
petition of the Publick Creditors, and
other citizens of Philadelphia, re, orc
ed that the petition deserved the at
tentive confideracicn of Congress ;
but,s the present session was fu°Torc,
ana it was necessary to di,atch
much important business now before
Congress, became impracticable to
give the fubjed, this session, the at
tention which it merited. They there
fore Submitted a resolution to the fol
lowing effect, "That it highly con
cerns the honour and interert of the
United States, to make some early
and effiedual provision in favour of
the pubick creditors of the Union,
and that the House would early next
session take this fubjed into conside
ration.” This resolution was laid on
the table.
The engrossed bill for suspending
the operation of part of the Tonage-
Ad, was read a [third time—the sus
pension to continue until the i^thjan.
next. It was parted to be enabled.
Mr. Burke moved, that theHoufe
should reconsider the vote of yester
day—not to recede from their diQ
greement to the amendment to the
bill for allowing compensations to
the members & officers of both Houses,
After some conversation on the pro
priety of the motion, in point of or
der, the Speaker determined it to be
in order, and the ayes and noes being
taken for concurring with the Senate,
were, Ayes, 2s, Noes, 2 6.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12.
A message was received from the
Senate by Mr. Secretary Otis with
for compen fating the services of the
members of both Hcufes.
Committee cf conference was ap
pointed on the firft and last, and the
Salary bill was passed.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 10.
FRIDAY, SEPT, 11.
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