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definitely.
The; amendments having been agreed to
Mr.. Roberts renewed the motion to post
pone the bill indefinitely, which was deci-
ded by yeas and nays in the negative--yeas
Is, nays FL.
The bill was then postponed until to.mor.
row.
The Senate next took up. as in committee
of the whole, the bill to regulate the pay OF
surgeons of The navy.
Mr.. Peasants explained the grounds on
which the naval committee had proceeded in
reporting this bill, and in deciding in the "a
mount of pay to be allowed TO surgeons, &C.
cording to the character of the service III
which they are employed, &c. and proceed
ed to move that the blanks be filed with va
rious sums, which were successfully agreed
| to.
The bill having been got through and re-
! ported, it was, on motion OF Mr.. Burrll,
who wished little time to examine it in
comparison with the pay allowed to surge
ons of the army, postponed to tomorrow.
The following bills underwent considera-
ton and discussion in committees of the
whole, and were seyeraly ordered to third
reading, viz:
The bill for the relief of the legal repre-
sentatives of Gabriel Berzat;
The bill tor the relief Of the heirs of Ed
ward McCarty;
The bill for the relief of Thomas Hunter;
The bill declaring the consent of Congress
! 70 certain acts OF the legislature of North Ca
rolina;
The bill for the relief OF Ebenezer Stevens
and Austin L. Sands, representatives OF
! Richardson Sands and
| The bill for the settlement of the accounts
of Richard O'Brien, late Consul at Algiers.
The resolution from the other House, au.
thorizing the publication of a part of the Sc
cret journals of the Congress under the old
confederation, was also considered, and or
dered to third reading; and
The Senate Adjourned.
/ OF
Mr.. Tracy presented a petition of
sundry merchants of Rochester, in the
county of Genessee, in the state of N.
York, praying that the bill now pend
inc before this house. supplementary to
the act concerning navigation," may
not be passed into law.
Mr.. shea, from the committee on
lensiuns and revolutionary claims,
made unfa, orable reports on the peti-
tons of George Shepherd. and of James
Little which were concurrsd in.
Mr.. Williams, of N. &. from the conf
mlttee of claims, made unlavorable re-
ports in the cases of lnomas Cults,
Henry Delord, and Peter Bradley :,
which were ordered to lie on the table.
Mr.. Smith of Mary land, from the
committee of ways and means. reported
without amendment the bill for the re-
lief of the representatives OF Andrew
Mcintyre, deceased and on his motion
tile bill was p0sJpone'l indefinitely.
The same report was made, and the
same motion made, in regard to the bill
for the relief of John Wells but it was
finally ordered that the bill be laid on
| tie table.
Mr.. Morton, from the select commit
tee, to which was referred the resolu-
lion from the Senate fixing period for
the termination of the present session
of Congress, made report in part /;
which was read and ordered to he on
tie table.
Mr.. Hardin moved that the select
committee to which is referred the re-
solution from the Senate fixing pc.
riod for the termination Of tie present
session of Congress, be discharged
from the further consideration thereof
which was decided in the negative
yeas 68, nays II.
MIR. Slocumb then moved that the
House do now proceed to consider the
resolution submitted by him OH the 9th
ult. to fix period for the termination
8 the present session.
And the question was then taken, by
yeas and nays, will the House now pro-
coed tn consider the said resoiu ion,
and was decided in the negative, sc
votes to 70.
On the motion of Mr.. Cooke, the re.
port from the War Department, on the
subject of contracts, was referred TO