William Maclay

TO READ THE SECOND TIME THE HOUSE BILL, CARRYING INTO EFFECT THE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE U.S. AND FRANCE, ENTERED INTO FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFINING AND ESTABLISHING THE FUNCTIONS AND PRIVILEGES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE, CONSULS, MOTION DEFEATED, BECAUSE THE RULE REQUIRES UNANIMOUS, CONSENT IN ORDER THAT A BILL MAY BE READ TWICE ON THE SAME DAY.

TO AMEND THE HOUSE BILL (1 STAT 196, 3/2/1791), SUPPLEMENTARY TO AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE BANK OF THE U.S., WHICH AMENDMENT EMPOWERS CONGRESS TO ABOLISH THE CORPORATION KNOWN AS THE BANK OF THE U.S. ANY TIME AFTER MARCH 4, 1802. (P. 1769)

TO AGREE TO THE FIRST CLAUSE OF THE SENATE BILL (1 STAT 214, 3-3-1791), AMENDING AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT SEAT OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, WHICH CLAUSE AUTHORIZES THE PRESIDENT TO MAKE ANY PART OF THE TERRITORY BELOW THE LIMITS ON THE POTOMAC RIVER AND ABOVE HUNTING CREEK, A PART OF THE DISTRICT, SO AS TO INCLUDE A CONVENIENT PART OF THE EASTERN BRANCH AND THE LANDS LYING ON THE LOWER SIDE THEREOF AND ALSO THE TOWN OF ALEXANDRIA; AND THE TERRITORY SO TO BE INCLUDED SHALL FORM A PART OF THE DISTRICT NOT EXCEEDING 10 MILES SQUARE. (JP. 105)

TO PASS THE RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT IT BE A STANDING RULE THAT THE DOORS OF THE SENATE REMAIN OPEN, EXCEPT WHEN THE SENATE SHALL DESIRE SECRECY, AND THAT THIS RULE SHALL BE IN FORCE FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEXT SESSION OF CONGRESS. (P. 1768)

TO POSTPONE FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE BILL (1 STAT 214, 3-3-1791), TO AMEND AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT SEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE U.S.

TO READ FOR THE 3RD TIME THE HOUSE BILL (1 STAT 196, 3-2-91) TO INCORPORATE THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE BANK OF THE U.S.

TO INSIST ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE HOUSE TO THE HOUSE BILL (1 STAT 199, 3-3-1791), REPEALING AFTER JUNE 30 NEXT, THE DUTIES HERETOFORE LAID UPON DISTILLED SPIRITS AND LAYING OTHERS IN THEIR PLACE, WHICH AMENDMENT REDUCES FROM 7 TO 5 PER CENT OF THE AMOUNT OF THE DUTIES PRODUCED BY THIS ACT AS THE LIMIT OF THE TOTAL TO BE PAID TO DEPUTIES, INSPECTORS AND OFFICERS FOR THEIR SERVICES IN EXECUTING THIS ACT. (P. 95-11-119)

TO AGREE TO AMENDMENT TO THE 1ST SECTION OF THE BILL (1 STAT 222, 3-3-1791), AN ACT FOR RAISING AND ADDING ANOTHER REGIMENT TO THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE U.S. AND FOR MAKING FURTHER PROVISION FOR THE PROTECTIONS OF THE FRONTIERS, WHICH AMENDMENT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF THE REGIMENT TO 608, INSTEAD OF 912 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, PRIVATES AND MUSICIANS. (P. 98-112)

TO POSTPONE FOR ONE WEEK CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE BILL (1 STAT 214, 3-3-1791), AMENDING THE ACT ESTABLISHING THE TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT SEAT OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. (P. 1759)

TO CONSIDER THE SENATE BILL (1 STAT 214, 3-3-1791), AMENDING THE ACT ESTABLISHING THE TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT SEAT OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. (P. 1759)

TO ADOPT THE FIRST SECTION OF THE HOUSE BILL (1 STAT 222, 3-3-1791), INCREASING THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE U.S., WHICH SECTION PROVIDES THAT THERE SHALL BE RAISED AN ADDITIONAL REGIMENT OF INFANTRY, WHICH, EXCLUSIVE OF THE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS SHALL CONSIST OF 912 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, PRIVATES AND MUSICIANS.

TO PASS THE HOUSE BILL (1 STAT 199, 3-3-1791), REPEALING AFTER THE LAST DAY OF JUNE NEXT, THE DUTIES HERETOFORE LAID UPON DISTILLED SPIRITS IMPORTED FROM ABROAD AND LAYING OTHERS IN THEIR STEAD, AND ALSO UPON SPIRITS DISTILLED IN THE UNITED STATES. (P. 43,89)

TO AMEND THE HOUSE BILL (1 STAT 199, 3-3-1791), REPEALING AFTER THE LAST DAY OF JUNE NEXT THE DUTIES HERETOFORE LAID UPON DISTILLED SPIRITS IMPORTED FROM ABROAD, AND LAYING OTHERS IN THEIR STEAD, AND ALSO UPON SPIRITS DISTILLED WITHIN THE U.S. BY ELIMINATING THE PROVISION GRANTING TO THE PRESIDENT THE POWER TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS OF REVENUE OFFICERS DURING RECESS OF THE SENATE; SUCH APPOINTMENTS TO EXPIRE AT END OF NEXT SESSION. (P. 43-47-48)

TO AMEND BANK OF THE U.S. BILL, BY ELIMINATING THE PROVISION THAT PREVENTS ESTABLISHMENT OF ANY OTHER BANK BY FUTURE LAW OF THE U.S. DURING THE CONTINUATION OF THE BANK OF THE U.S. (P. 1748)

TO AMEND BANK OF THE U.S. BILL, BY FURTHER LIMITING OF TERM OF INCORPORATION FROM 1811 TO 1801. (P. 1748)

TO AMEND THE SENATE BILL (1 STAT 191, 2-25-1791), INCORPORATING THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE BANK OF THE U.S., BY EXTENDING THE TERM OF INCORPORATION TO MARCH 4, 1815, INSTEAD OF LIMITING TERM OF INCORPORATION TO 7 YEARS. (P. 1745)

TO PASS THE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT IT BE INEXPEDIENT TO ALTER THE SYSTEM OF FUNDING THE PUBLIC DEBT ESTABLISHED DURING THE LAST SESSION OF CONGRESS AND THAT THE PETITION OF THOS. MC KEAN AND OTHERS BE REJECTED. (P. 1739)

TO PASS THE DEBT BILL.

TO AMEND THE DEBT BILL, SO AS TO STRIKE OUT SIX SECTIONS WHICH PERTAIN TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF RAISING A LOAN OF 21 MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEBT BILL, SO THAT IT READ "TO ENTITLE THE SUBSCRIBER, FOR ANY SUM SUBSCRIBED TO THE SAID LOAN, AND WHICH SHALL BE PAID IN THE INTEREST OF THE DOMESTIC DEBT; TO A CERTIFICATE FOR SUCH SUM SUBSCRIBED, BEARING AN INTEREST OF SIX PER CENT."

TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEBT BILL, SO THAT IT READS "TO ENTITLE THE SUBSCRIBERS, FOR ANY SUM SUBSCRIBED TO THE SAID LOAN, AND WHICH SHALL BE PAID ON THE INTEREST OF THE DOMESTIC DEBT, TO A CERTIFICATE FOR THE SUM SUBSCRIBED, BEARING AN INTEREST OF FOUR PER CENT."

TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEBT BILL SO AS TO MAKE THE INTEREST ON CERTIFICATES ISSUED BE 4%.

TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEBT BILL SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECOND CERTIFICATE GIVEN THE SUBSCRIBER, SHOULD ENTITLE HIM TO "A SUM TO BE EXPRESSED THEREIN, EQUAL TO A CERTAIN PROPORTION, WHICH AFTER 1800, SHALL BEAR AN INTEREST OF SIX PER CENT."

TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEBT BILL SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTIFICATES SHALL BE ISSUED TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS TO THE LOAN; AMENDMENT ALSO STIPULATES TERMS OF THE LOAN.

TO AMEND THE HOUSE BILL (1 STAT 138, APP. 8-4-90), TO MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THE DEBT OF THE U.S.; TO FUND THE BILLS OF CREDIT ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE U.S., AT THE RATE OF FORTY CERTIFICATES FOR ONE DOLLAR IN SPECIE.

TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO THE FOURTH SECTION OF THE DEBT BILL SO THAT IT READ, "THAT FOR THE WHOLE OR PART OF ANY SUM SUBSCRIBED TO THE SAID LOAN BY ANY PERSONS, WHICH SHALL BE PAID IN THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST OF THE SAID DOMESTIC DEBT," SO AS TO ENABLE THE SUBSCRIBERS TO LOAN TO PAY THEIR SUBSCRIPTIONS IN INTEREST, AS WELL AS PRINCIPAL.

TO AGREE TO THE LAST CLAUSE OF THE LOAN REPORT WHICH STATES: "COMMITTEE FURTHER RECOMMENDS, THAT THE RESOLUTIONS FOR THE ASSUMPTION, BE ADDED TO THE FUNDING BILL, AND THE WHOLE MADE ONE SYSTEM."

TO AGREE TO THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN A COMMITTEE REPORT CONCERNING GOVERNMENT LOANS; SAID RESOLUTION PROPOSES A $21 MILLION LOAN TO BE REGULATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE DOMESTIC DEBT OF THE U.S.

TO PASS A RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN THE DEBT REPORT; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE ENTIRE AMOUNT INDICATED IN THE DEBT OR CERTIFICATES OF ANY STATE, SHALL NOT BE SUBSCRIBED WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT, SUCH STATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE FROM THE U.S. A SUM IN TRUST UNTIL ALL BALANCES ARE REMOVED.

TO REFER THE LOAN REPORT, ALONG WITH A RELATED BILL, TO A SPECIAL COMMITTEE.

TO ADOPT THE PREAMBLE OF A COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE MOTION "THAT PROVISION SHALL BE MADE AT THE NEXT SESSION OF CONGRESS, FOR LOANING TO THE U.S., A CERTAIN SUM."

TO AMEND THE 5TH ENACTING CLAUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL SO AS TO MAKE MAY 1790, THE DATE FOR THE MOVING OF THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT TO PHILADELPHIA. (VICE PRESIDENT VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE)

TO PASS THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL.

TO ORDER THIRD READING OF THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL.

TO AMEND THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL SO AS TO STRIKE THE PROVISION TO BORROW A CERTAIN SUM OF MONEY TO BE USED FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND AND BUILDING FOR THE PERMANENT SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.

TO AMEND THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT PHILADELPHIA SHALL BE THE TEMPORARY SEAT OF GOVERNMENT FROM DEC. 1790 TO DEC. 1800.

TO AMEND THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL TO PROVIDE THAT THE TEMPORARY SEAT OF GOVERNMENT SHALL CHANGE FROM NEW YORK TO PHILADELPHIA IN DEC., OF 1792. (VICE PRESIDENT VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE)

TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING DEC., 1794, BALTIMORE SHALL BE A TEMPORARY SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.

TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE TEMPORARY SITE FOR THE GOVERNMENT SHALL RESIDE IN NEW YORK CITY UNTIL 1800.

TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL SO THAT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, UNTIL DEC. 1794, (AFTER WHICH DATE) IT READ "THAT CONGRESS SHALL CONTINUE TO HOLD THEIR SESSIONS CONGRESS SHALL HOLD THEIR SESSIONS IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA UNTIL DEC. 1800."

TO AMEND THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NEW YORK CITY SHALL REMAIN THE TEMPORARY SEAT UNTIL DEC., 1800.

TO AMEND THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL TO PROVIDE "PRIOR TO THE FIRST MONDAY OF NEXT DEC., ALL OFFICES ATTACHED TO THE SEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT, SHALL BE REMOVED TO PHILADELPHIA UNTIL THE FIRST MONDAY IN DEC., 1800; AT WHICH PLACE THE TWO HOUSES DO RESOLVE THAT THE NEXT SESSION OF CONGRESS SHALL BE HELD." (VICE PRESIDENT VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE)

TO AMEND THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL SO AS TO MAKE BALTIMORE THE PERMANENT SEAT OF CONGRESS AND GOVERNMENT.

TO AMEND THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL TO PROVIDE "THAT THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED SHALL HAVE POWER TO PURCHASE MUCH LAND ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE POTOMAC RIVER, AS THE PRESIDENT SHALL DEEM PROPER, AND SAID COMMISSIONERS SHALL PROVIDE PRIOR TO DECEMBER, 1800, SUITABLE BUILDINGS FOR THE ACCOMODATION OF THE GOVERNMENT."

TO AMEND THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL SO AS TO DESIGNATE A SITE ON THE RIVER POTOMAC AS THE SITE FOR THE PERMANANT SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.

TO AMEND THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL; TO STRIKE THE THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH ENACTING CLAUSES AND TO INSERT: "FOR DEFRAYING THE EXPENSE, THE PRESIDENT SHALL ACCEPT GRANTS OF MONEY AND CAUSE TO BE BORROWED A CERTAIN SUM OF MONEY."

TO AMEND THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL TO CHANGE THE DATE AT WHICH THE BUILDINGS FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF THE GOVERNMENT ARE TO BE READY, TO THE FIRST MONDAY IN DEC. OF 1794.

TO AMEND THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL TO PROVIDE THAT THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT SHALL BE TRANSFERRED ON THE FIRST DAY IN DECEMBER 1800, AND THAT EXPENSES OF SAID MOVE SHALL BE DEFRAYED OUT OF DUTIES ON IMPORTS AND TONNAGE.

TO PASS THE HOUSE BILL (1 STAT 129, APP. 7-5-90), TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF WEST POINT. (P. 994)

TO AMEND THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL SO AS TO ESTABLISH N.Y. CITY AS A TEMPORARY SITE.

TO AMEND THE HOUSE BILL (1 STAT 129, APP. 7-5-90), TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF WEST POINT; SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE PRESIDENT CAUSE TO BE PURCHASED, THAT TRACT OF LAND IN NEW YORK, CALLED WEST POINT.

TO AMEND H.R. 178, (1 STAT 138, APP. 8-4-1790), TO MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THE DEBTS OF THE U.S., SO AS TO PROVIDE TO DISCHARGE THE ALTERNATIVES PROPOSED IN THE BILL AND TO FUND THE DOMESTIC DEBT OF THE GOVERNMENT AT AN INTEREST OF 4% PER ANNUM.

TO POSTPONE, FOR TWO WEEKS, CONSIDERATION OF THE HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HOLD THE NEXT SESSION OF CONGRESS IN THE TOWN OF BALTIMORE. (P. 989)

TO AMEND THE BILL TO DETERMINE THE PERMANENT SEAT OF CONGRESS AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT; TO INSERT "THE EASTERLY BANK OF THE POTOMAC", AS A SITE FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

TO CONCUR IN THE HOUSE RESOLUTION THAT CONGRESS SHALL MEET AND HOLD THEIR NEXT SESSION AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.

TO AMEND THE GOVERNMENT SEAT BILL; TO INSERT BALTIMORE AS A SITE FOR CONGRESS. (P. 986)

TO DECIDE IF IT BE EXPEDIENT, AT THIS TIME TO DETERMINE UPON ANY PLACE FOR THE PERMANENT SEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT. (VICE PRESIDENT VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE.)

TO AMEND THE STEUBEN BILL TO CHANGE TO $2500, THE SUM TO BE PAID DE STEUBEN. (VICE PRESIDENT VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE)

TO AGREE TO THE COMMITTEE REPORT WHICH RECOMMENDS GRANTING AN ANNUITY TO BARON DE STEUBEN.

TO DECIDE IF THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL REMAIN IN THE ACT (6 STAT 2, APP. 6-4-90), TO ADJUST THE CLAIM OF BARON DE STEUBEN. (VICE PRESIDENT VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.)

TO AMEND THE STEUBEN BILL TO ELIMINATE THE PROVISION FOR A SUM OF $7000, IN ADDITION TO THE MONEY ALREADY RECEIVED BY HIM. (VICE PRESIDENT VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE)

TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOUSE RESOLUTION CONCERNING ARREARAGES OF PAY DUE CERTAIN NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS; AMENDMENT CONCERNING POWERS OF ATTORNEY OBTAINED BY FORGERY OR FRAUD.

TO ADOPT THE HOUSE RESOLUTION TO DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO LIQUIDATE ARREARAGES OF PAY DUE CERTAIN NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS; PAYMENT TO BE MADE WHEN CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET.

TO PASS THE BILL TO PREVENT BRINGING GOODS, WARES, AND MERCHANDISE FROM RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS, INTO THE U.S., AND TO AUTHORIZE A DEMAND OF MONEY FROM THAT STATE.

TO ORDER A THIRD READING FOR THE BILL TO PREVENT BRINGING GOODS, WARES AND MERCHANDISE FROM THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS, INTO THE U.S., AND TO AUTHORIZE A DEMAND OF MONEY FROM THAT STATE.

TO AGREE TO THE COMMITTEE REPORT THAT UNFINISHED BUSINESS BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES AT THE LAST ADJOURNMENT, OUGHT TO BE REGARDED AS IF IT HAD NOT BEEN PASSED UPON BY EITHER HOUSE.

TO AMEND H.R. 25, TO STRIKE "AND THAT UNTIL THE NECESSARY BUILDINGS SHALL BE ERECTED THEREIN, THE SEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT SHALL CONTINUE AT THE CITY OF NEW YORK."

TO AMEND H.R. 25, TO ELIMINATE THE "BANKS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IN PENNSYLVANIA" AS A SITE FOR THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.

TO AMEND H.R. 25, TO INSERT, AS POSSIBLE SITES, CERTAIN COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING GERMANTOWN AND PHILADELPHIA. (VICE PRESIDENT VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE)

TO AMEND H.R. 25, (1 STAT 130, APP. 7-16-1790), TO ESTABLISH THE SEAT OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT; SO AS TO ELIMINATE PA., AS A SITE FOR A PERMANENT SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.

TO AMEND THE ACT (1 STAT 101, APP. 3-1-90), TO ALLOW COMPENSATION TO THE JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND OTHER COURTS, AND TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; TO INCREASE THE SALARY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE FROM $3500 TO $4000. (VICE PRESIDENT VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE)

TO PASS THE RESOLUTION THAT THERE OUGHT TO BE A DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN THE COMPENSATION ALLOWED TO SENATORS AND TO REPRESENTATIVES.

TO AMEND THE COMPENSATION BILL TO REDUCE THE COMPENSATION TO THE SENATORS FROM SIX DOLLARS TO FIVE.

TO AMEND THE ACT (1 STAT 70, APP. 9-22-89), TO ALLOW COMPENSATION TO THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND TO THE OFFICERS OF BOTH HOUSES, SO AS TO REDUCE THE COMPENSATION FOR REPRESENTATIVES FROM SIX TO FIVE DOLLARS.

TO RECEDE FROM DISAGREEMENT TO A HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL (1 STAT 65, APP. 9-2-1789), TO ESTABLISH A TREASURY DEPT.; SAID AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF A SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, THE ASSISTANT SHALL HAVE CHARGE OF THE OFFICE. (VICE PRESIDENT VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE)

TO AMEND THE ACT (1 STAT 54, APP. 8-20-1789), TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF NEGOTIATIONS OR TREATIES WITH THE INDIAN TRIBES, AND THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS; SO AS TO CHANGE THE LIMIT OF THE SUM TO BE EXPENDED IN NEGOTIATING A TREATY WITH THE INDIANS, FROM, $40,000 TO $20,000.

TO AMEND THE ACT (1 STAT 28, APP. 7-27-1789), FOR ESTABLISHING AN EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, TO BE DENOMINATED THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS; SO AS TO STRIKE THE WORDS "BY THE PRESIDENT", IN THE SECTION DEALING WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF A CHIEF CLERK.

TO CONCUR IN THE ACT (1 STAT 28, APP. 7-27-1789), TO ESTABLISH AN EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT TO BE KNOWN AS THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

TO PASS THE BILL (1 STAT 73, APP. 9-24-1789), TO ESTABLISH THE JUDICIAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES.