Part 197

MONDAY, March 24.

KENSEY JOHNS appeared and produced his credentials of an appointment by the Governor of the State of Delaware as a Senator for the United States, which were read.

Whereupon, it was moved that they be referred to the consideration of the Committee of Elections before the said KENSEY JOHNS should be permitted to qualify, who are directed to report thereon; and it passed in the affirmative--yeas 13, nays 12, as follows:

YEAS.--Messrs. Bradley, Brown, Burr, Edwards, Gunn, Hawkins, Jackson, Langdon, Livermore, Martin, Monroe, Robinson, and Taylor.

NAYS.--Messrs Bradford, Cabot, Ellsworth, Foster, Frelinghuysen, Izard, Mitchell, Morris, Potts, Rutherford, Strong, and Vining.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill to authorize the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, in certain cases, to alter the place for holding a session of Congress.

TUESDAY, March 25.

The bill to authorize the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, in certain cases, to alter the place for holding a session of Congress, was read the third time; and, being amended,

Resolved, That this bill pass, that it be engrossed, and that the title thereof be, "An act to authorize the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, in certain cases, to alter the place of holding a session of Congress."

WEDNESDAY, March 26.

The bill, sent from the House of Representatives for concurrence, entitled "An act limiting the time for presenting claims for destroyed certificates of certain descriptions," was read the third time.

Resolved, That this bill pass with amendments.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate, that the House have passed "A resolution laying an embargo on the vessels in the ports of the United States;" in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate.

FRIDAY, March 28.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the report of the Committee of Elections, to whom was referred the credentials of Kensey Johns, appointed by the Executive of the State of Delaware to be a Senator of the United States; which report is as follows:

"The Committee of Elections, to whom were referred the credentials of an appointment by the Governor of the State of Delaware, of Kensey Johns, as a Senator of the United States, having had the same under consideration, report--

"That George Read, a Senator for the State of Delaware, resigned his seat upon the 18th day of December, 1793, and during the recess of the Legislature of said State.

"That the Legislature of the said State met in January, and adjourned in February, 1794.

"That, upon the 19th day of March, and subsequent to the adjournment of the said Legislature, Kensey Johns was appointed, by the Governor of said State, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation aforesaid.

"Whereupon, the committee submit the following resolution:

"Resolved, That Kensey Johns, appointed by the Governor of the State of Delaware, as a Senator of the United States, for said State, is not entitled to a seat in the Senate of the United States; a session of the Legislature of the said State having intervened between the resignation of the said George Read and the appointment of the said Kensey Johns."

On the question to agree to this report, it passed in the affirmative--yeas 20, nays 7, as follows:

YEAS.--Messrs. Bradford, Bradley, Brown, Burr, Butler, Cabot, Edwards, Ellsworth, Frelinghuysen, Gunn, Hawkins, Jackson, King, Langdon, Livermore, Martin, Mitchell, Monroe, Robinson, and Taylor.

NAYS.--Messrs. Foster, Izard, Morris, Potts, Rutherford, Strong, and Vining.

Resolved, That an attested copy of the resolution of the Senate, on the appointment of Kensey Johns to be a Senator of the United States, be transmitted, by the PRESIDENT of the Senate, to the Executive of the State of Delaware.

TUESDAY, May 20.

The following Message was received from the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:

Gentlemen of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: