Part 134

"Resolved, That it be a standing rule, that the doors of the Senate Chamber remain open whilst the Senate shall be sitting in their Legislative capacity, except on such occasions as in their judgment may require secrecy; and that this rule shall commence and be in force on the first day of the next session of Congress;" and it passed in the negative--yeas 8, nays 17, as follows:

YEAS.--Messrs. Butler, Carroll, Foster, Hawkins, Johnston, King, Lee, and Monroe.

NAYS.--Messrs. Bassett, Bradley, Cabot, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Few, Gunn, Henry, Izard, Langdon, Read, Robinson, Rutherford, Sherman, Stanton, Strong, and Wingate.

WEDNESDAY, April 18.

The VICE PRESIDENT being absent, the Senate proceeded to the election of a President pro tempore as the constitution provides, and the Hon. RICHARD HENRY LEE was duly elected.

Ordered, That the Secretary wait on the President of the United States, and lay before him an attested copy of this proceeding, and that he notify the House of Representatives of the election of a President pro tempore.

THURSDAY, April 19.

Resolved, That the President pro tempore of the Senate, as a member, retain his right to vote upon all questions.

TUESDAY EVENING, May 8.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House of Representatives, having completed the business before them, are about to adjourn.

In conformity to the resolution of the 4th instant, the President pro tempore adjourned the Senate to the first Monday in November next, being the time appointed by law for the next annual meeting of Congress.

SECOND CONGRESS.--FIRST SESSION.

PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

MONDAY, October 24, 1791.

This being the day appointed by law for the meeting of the present Congress, the following members appeared, produced their credentials, and took their seats:

From New Hampshire, NICHOLAS GILMAN, SAMUEL LIVERMORE, and JEREMIAH SMITH.

From Massachusetts, FISHER AMES, SHEARJASHUB BOURNE, ELBRIDGE GERRY, BENJAMIN GOODHUE, GEORGE THATCHER, and ARTEMAS WARD.

From Rhode Island, BENJAMIN BOURNE.

From Connecticut, JAMES HILLHOUSE, JONATHAN STURGES, JONATHAN TRUMBULL, JEREMIAH WADSWORTH, and AMASA LEARNED.

From New York, JAMES GORDON, JOHN LAURANCE, PETER SYLVESTER, and THOMAS TREDWELL.

From New Jersey, ELIAS BOUDINOT.

From Pennsylvania, THOMAS FITZSIMONS, DANIEL HEISTER, and FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG.

From Delaware, JOHN VINING.

From Maryland, JOSHUA SENEY, and SAMUEL STERRETT.

From Virginia, JOHN BROWN, WILLIAM B. GILES, SAMUEL GRIFFIN, JAMES MADISON, ANDREW MOORE, and ALEXANDER WHITE.

From North Carolina, JOHN STEELE, and HUGH WILLIAMSON.

From South Carolina, DANIEL HUGER, WILLIAM SMITH, and THOMAS TUDOR TUCKER.