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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates

Bills and Resolutions, House of Representatives, 9th Congress, 2nd Session

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An Act, To prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight. (H.R. 77)

Amendatory. Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. A Bill, To prohibit the importation, or bringing of slaves into the United States, or the territories thereof, after the thirty first day of December next. (H.R. 38)

Engrossed for a third reading. A Bill, To prohibit the importation or bringing of slaves into the United States, or the territories thereof, after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seven. (H.R. 10)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. A Bill, For the relief of Edward Toppan, William Currier, and George Jenkins. (H.R. 51)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. A Bill, Making appropriation for the support of the navy of the United States during the year 1807. (H.R. 12)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. A Bill, Making appropriations for carrying into effect a treaty between the United States and Chickasaw tribe of Indians. (H.R. 46)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. A Bill, Making compensation for extra services to the governor, judges and secretary of the indiana territory. (H.R. 47)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. A Bill, Making provision for the disposal of the public lands, situated between the United States military tract and the Connecticut reserve, and for other purposes. (H.R. 33)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. A Bill, Repealing the acts laying duties on salt, and continuing in force, for a further time, the first section of the act, entitled ''An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States, against the Barbary powers.'' (H.R. 24)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. A Bill, Respecting claims to land in the territories of Orleans and Louisiana. (H.R. 50)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. A Bill, Supplementary to the act intituled ''An act making provision for the redemption of the whole of the public debt of the United States.'' (H.R. 15)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. A Bill, To change the name of the district of Nanjemoy to that of St. Mary. (H.R. 5)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. A Bill, To provide for the payment of certain expenses incurred in the impeachment of Samuel Chase. (H.R. 52)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. A Bill, To revive and make permanent ''An act to prescribe the mode of taking evidence in cases of contested election for members of the house of representatives of the United States, and to compel the attendance of witnesses,'' and in addition to the ... (H.R. 2)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, Authorizing the erection of certain light-houses, and the fixing of stakes, buoys and beacons at certain places therein named. (H.R. 34)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, Authorizing the issuing of debentures in certain cases. (H.R. 28)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, Authorizing the president of the United States to accept the service of a number of volunteer companies not exceeding thirty thousand men. (H.R. 23)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, Authorizing the proprietors of squares and lots in the city of Washington, to have the same subdivided, and admitted to record. (H.R. 14)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, For the defence of the mouth of the Mississippi, and for the protection of New Orleans, and its dependencies. (H.R. 35)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, For the relief of Edmund Briggs. (H.R. 29)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, For the relief of Stephen Kingston. (H.R. 16)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, Making appropriations for the support of the military establishment of the United States, for the year 1807. (H.R. 13)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, Making compensation to Messrs. Lewis and Clarke and their companions. (H.R. 42)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, Making farther provision for the disposal of the section of land heretofore reserved for the future disposition of congress. (H.R. 36)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, Providing for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States. (H.R. 8)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, Respecting seizures made under the authority of the United States, and for other purposes. (H.R. 53)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, Supplementary to the act, entitled ''An act to prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares and merchandise. (H.R. 59)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, To annex certain shores and waters to the district of Mississippi. (H.R. 27)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, To incorporate a company for making a turnpike road from the west end of Mason's causeway, to Alexandria. (H.R. 30)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, To incorporate the trustees of the Baptist church, in the city of Washington. (H.R. 7)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, To provide for surveying the coasts of the United States. (H.R. 21)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, To revive and continue in force an act, intituled ''An act for the relief of the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia.'' (H.R. 9)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Saturday next. A Bill, Authorizing patents to issue for lands located and surveyed, by virtue of certain Virginia resolution warrants. (H.R. 58)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Saturday next. A Bill, Further to regulate the grants of land, south of the state of Tennessee. (H.R. 64)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Thursday next. A Bill, Authorizing the erection of a bridge over the river Potomac, with in the district of Columbia. (H.R. 3)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Thursday next. A Bill, For incorporating the Protestant Episcopal church of the town of Alexandria, in the district of Columbia. (H.R. 32)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Thursday next. A Bill, For the encouragement of learning, and for the promotion of the useful arts. (H.R. 18)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Thursday next. A Bill, Incorporating an institution in the city of Washington, in the district of Columbia, for the education of youth, and the promotion and diffusion of learning and science; and granting to the same certain public lots within the said city. (H.R. 45)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Thursday next. A Bill, Prescribing the effect of records of judgments and decrees of courts of one state, in another state. (H.R. 37)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Thursday next. A Bill, To extend the power of granting writs of injunction to the judges of the district courts of the United States. (H.R. 19)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Tuesday next. A Bill, In addition to the act entitled ''An act supplementary to the act entitled 'An act making provision for the redemption of the whole of the public debt of the United States.'' (H.R. 60)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Wednesday next. A Bill, Authorizing a grant of land for the use of a hospital at Natchez, allowing an additional compensation to the judges of the Mississippi territory, and extending the right of suffrage therein. (H.R. 31)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Wednesday next. A Bill, Authorizing vessels from places beyond the cape of Good Hope, to enter at Plymouth; and establishing a port of delivery at Agusta, in the district of Maine. (H.R. 56)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Wednesday next. A Bill, For the establishment of a turnpike company in the county of Alexandria, ind the district of Columbia. (H.R. 63)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Wednesday next. A Bill, To ascertain and provide for the salaries of the judges of the orphans courts, in the district of Columbia. (H.R. 25)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Wednesday next. A Bill, To continue in force, for a further time, an act entitled ''An act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and certain parts of the island of St. Domingo.'' (H.R. 26)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Wednesday next. A Bill, To prohibit the importation or bringing of slaves into the United States, or the territories thereof, after the thirty-first day of December, 1807. (H.R. 4)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, Authorizing the president to lease the public ground in the city of Washington. (H.R. 22)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, For the relief of Anthony Benezet and others. (H.R. 20)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, For the relief of Daniel S. Dexter. (H.R. 57)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, For the relief of Edward Weld and Samuel Beebee. (H.R. 39)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, For the relief of Stephen Sayre. (H.R. 49)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, For the relief of the sufferers by fire, in the tow of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (H.R. 40)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, Further supplementary to the act, intituled ''An act concerning the district of Columbia. (H.R. 43)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, Making appropriation for finishing the South Wing of the Capitol, and for other purposes. (H.R. 54)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, Providing for the payment of the expense incurred by the military preparations for the defence of the territory of Michigan, against hostile Indians, in the year 1806. (H.R. 41)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, Supplementary to an act, intituled ''An act more effectually to provide for the organization of the militia of the district of Columbia.'' (H.R. 44)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A bill, Supplementary to the act, intituled ''An act regulating the grants of land appropriated for the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia.'' (H.R. 6)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, To alter and establish certain post-roads, and for other purposes. (H.R. 61)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, To extend the time for locating Virginia military warrants, and for returning the surveys thereon to the office of the secretary of the department of war. (H.R. 48)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, To suspend the operation of an act, intituled ''An act to prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares and merchandise,'' and to remit the penalties incurred under the same. (H.R. 1)

Read the first and second time, and ordered to be committed to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. A Bill, For the relief of George Little. (H.R. 17)

Read the first and second time, and ordered to be committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, For fortifying the ports and harbors of the United States. (H.R. 55)

Read the first and second time, and ordered to be committed to a committee of the whole House, on Wednesday next. A Bill, Making appropriations for the support of government during the year one thousand eight hundred and seven. (H.R. 62)

Read the first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. A Bill, Allowing an additional compensation to the secretaries and judges of the territories of Indiana, Louisiana and Michigan. (H.R. 65)

Read the first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, For the relief of Oliver Pollock. (H.R. 71)

Read the first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill, For the relief of Rinaldo Johnson. (H.R. 69)

Read the first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, Authorizing the discharge of Gilbert Drake, from his imprisonment. (H.R. 73)

Read the first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, Authorizing the settlement of the accounts between the United States and William Eaton. (H.R. 66)

Read the first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, Disapproving of an act passed by the governor and judges of the territory of Michigan, intituled ''An act concerning the bank of Detroit.'' (H.R. 72)

Read the first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, For the relief of Isaac Briggs. (H.R. 68)

Read the first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, In addition to an act, intituled ''An act in addition to an act, intituled ''An act supplementary to the act providing for a naval peace establishment, and for other purposes.'' (H.R. 70)

Read the first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, Making appropriations for carrying into effect certain treaties with the Cherokee and Piankeshaw tribes of Indians. (H.R. 75)

Read the first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, To amend the act, intitled ''An ac to regulate and fix the compensation of clerks, and to authorize the laying out of certain public roads, and for other purposes.'' (H.R. 76)

Read the first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, To explain the act, entitled ''An act fixing the rank and pay of the commanding officer of the corps of marines'' (H.R. 67)

Read the first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill, To explain the act, entitled ''An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight.'' (H.R. 77)