Part 179

PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE.

MONDAY, December 1, 1806.

The second session of the Ninth Congress, conformably to the Constitution of the United States, commenced this day, at the city of Washington, and the Senate assembled, in their Chamber.

PRESENT:

GEORGE CLINTON, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate.

WILLIAM PLUMER and NICHOLAS GILMAN, from New Hampshire.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS and TIMOTHY PICKERING, from Massachusetts.

URIAH TRACY, from Connecticut.

BENJAMIN HOWLAND, from Rhode Island.

STEPHEN R. BRADLEY and ISRAEL SMITH, from Vermont.

SAMUEL L. MITCHILL, from New York.

JOHN CONDIT and AARON KITCHEL, from New Jersey.

GEORGE LOGAN and SAMUEL MACLAY, from Pennsylvania.

SAMUEL WHITE, from Delaware.

DAVID STONE, from North Carolina.

JOHN GAILLARD, from South Carolina.

ABRAHAM BALDWIN, from Georgia.

THOMAS WORTHINGTON, from Ohio.

WILLIAM B. GILES, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia, for the term of six years, from and after the 4th day of March last, produced his credentials, which were read; and, the oath prescribed by law having been administered to him, he took his seat in the Senate.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that a quorum of the House is assembled, and are ready to proceed to business.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled, and ready to proceed to business.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have appointed a joint committee, on their part, with such committee as the Senate may appoint, to wait on the President of the United States, and notify him that a quorum of the two Houses is assembled, and ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make to them.

The Senate took into consideration the resolution of the House of Representatives last mentioned, for the appointment of a joint committee, and

Resolved, That they do concur therein; and

Ordered, That Messrs. MITCHILL and STONE be the committee on the part of the Senate.

Mr. MITCHILL reported, from the joint committee, that they had waited on the President of the United States, agreeably to the resolution of this day, and that the President of the United States had informed the committee that he would make a communication to the two Houses to-morrow, at twelve o’clock.

TUESDAY, December 2.

SAMUEL SMITH, from the State of Maryland, and BUCKNER THRUSTON, from the State of Kentucky, attended.