Cornelius C. Schoonmaker

TO PASS H.R. 240, AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TIME LIMIT FOR SETTLING THE ACCOUNTS OF THE UNITED STATES WITH THE INDIVIDUAL STATES. (P. 891)

TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF S. 43, AN ACT TO PROVIDE MORE EFFECTUALLY FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE DUTIES IMPOSED BY LAW ON GOODS, WARES, AND MERCHANDISE, IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES AND ON THE TONNAGE OF SHIPS OR VESSELS. (P. 889)

TO AGREE TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1793; TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF $963,000 FOR THE GENERAL EXPENSES IN ADDITION TO THE SUM OF $30,000 FOR CONTINGENT EXPENSES AND TO GRANT THE PRESIDENT DISCRETIONARY POWER TO SUPERVISE THE EXPENDITURE THEREOF. (P. 890)

TO AMEND THE BILL IN ADDITION TO, AND FOR AMENDING THE ACT, EXTENDING THE TIME LIMIT FOR SETTLING THE ACCOUNTS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE INDIVIDUAL STATES, BY ELIMINATING THE AMENDMENT CONCERNING THE STATE OF VERMONT.

TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION CALLING UPON THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE PUBLIC DEBT FOR A STATEMENT OF THEIR PROCEEDINGS; THAT THE COMMISSIONERS BE DIRECTED TO LAY BEFORE THIS HOUSE "THEIR RESOLVES AS COMMISSIONERS, APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT TOGETHER WITH A STATEMENT OF ALL THEIR PROCEEDINGS" UNDER THE ACTS FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT, SINCE THE DATE OF PURCHASE MENTIONED IN THEIR LAST REPORT. (P. 882)

TO PASS THE RESOLUTION THAT THE COMMISSIONERS FOR PURCHASING THE PUBLIC DEBT BE DIRECTED TO LAY BEFORE THIS HOUSE A STATEMENT OF ALL THEIR PROCEEDINGS UNDER ACTS FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT, SINCE THE DATE OF THE PURCHASE MENTIONED IN THEIR LAST REPORT.

TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION CALLING UPON THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE PUBLIC DEBT FOR A STATEMENT OF THEIR PROCEEDINGS; THAT THE COMMISSIONERS BE DIRECTED TO LAY BEFORE THIS HOUSE, "THEIR RESOLVES AS COMMISSIONERS, APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT TOGETHER WITH", A STATEMENT OF ALL THEIR PROCEEDINGS NOT HERETOFORE FURNISHED." (P. 882)

TO AMEND H.R. 227, TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION TO THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT; TO PROVIDE THAT THIS BILL SHALL REMAIN IN FORCE FOR FOUR YEARS ONLY. (P. 866)

TO PASS S. 42, AN ACT RESPECTING FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE AND PERSONS ESCAPING FROM THE SERVICE OF THEIR MASTERS. (P. 861

TO PUT THE MAIN QUESTION ON PASSAGE OF H.R. 217. (P. 850)

TO PASS H.R. 217. (SPEAKER VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE).

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF H.R. 217. (SPEAKER VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE). (P. 846)

TO AMEND H.R. 217 TO PROVIDE THAT NO CERTIFICATE OF ANY STATE SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS SUCH BY THE LEGISLATURE THEREOF TO COMMENCE ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY 1794, SHALL HAVE BEEN SUBSCRIBED. (P. 843)

TO AMEND H.R. 217 A BILL TO AUTHORIZE A LOAN IN THE CERTIFICATES OR NOTES OF SUCH STATES AS SHALL HAVE BALANCES DUE THEM UPON A FIANL SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS WITH THE U.S., BY EXCLUDING FROM THE LOANS ALL CERTIFICATES SO TRANSFIXED OR ASSIGNED FROM JAN. 1, 1793 TO JUNE 1, 1793. (P. 842)

TO AMEND H.R. 217 TO PROVIDE THAT NO CERTIFICATE OF ANY STATE FOR SERVICES RENDERED, OR SUPPLIES FURNISHED, DURING THE LATE WAR: "SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS THE DEBTS OF THE STATE WHICH SHALL NOT BE RECOGNIZED AS SUCH BY THE LEGISLATURE THEREOF WITHIN 12 MONTHS AFTER THE SAME SHALL HAVE BEEN SUBSCRIBED". (P. 842)

TO PUT THE MAIN QUESTION ON PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION WHICH PROVIDES FOR OPENING A LOAN TO THE AMOUNT OF THE BALANCES WHICH UPON A FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS SHALL BE FOUND DUE FROM THE U.S. TO THE INDIVIDUAL STATES, PROVIDED THAT NO SUCH LOAN SHALL BE OPENED IN ANY STATE WITHOUT THE ASSENT OF THE LEGISLATURE THEREOF, BY AN ACT APPROVING THE MEASURE. (P. 810)

TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE REIMBURSEMENT OF A LOAN MADE OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, TO PROVIDE FOR OPENING A LOAN TO THE AMOUNT OF THE BALANCES WHICH, UPON A FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, SHALL BE FOUND DUE FROM U.S. TO THE INDIVIDUAL STATES, PROVIDED "THAT NO SUCH LOAN SHALL BE OPENED IN ANY STATE, WITHOUT THE ASSENT OF THE LEGISLATURE THEREOF, BY AN ACT APPROVING THE MEASURE."

TO PASS H.R. 214, AN ACT TO REGULATE CLAIMS OF INVALID PENSIONS. (P. 804)

TO AMEND H.R. 214 AN ACT TO REGULATE CLAIMS OF INVALID PENSIONS, BY PROVIDING THAT PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT COMPLIED WITH THE REGULATIONS SHALL NOT RECEIVE A PENSION. (P. 803)

TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION FOR REDUCING THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT, BY STRIKING "EACH OF THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, PRIVATES, AND MUSICIANS," AND INSERTING "OF---NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, MUSICIANS, AND ----OF THE PRIVATES NOW IN SERVICE, OR MAY BE RECRUITED BEFORE A CERTAIN DATE." (P. 802)

TO PASS THE RESOLUTION TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO PREPARE A BILL TO REDUCE THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT AND TO REPEAL THE ACT FOR THE FURTHER PROTECTION OF THE FRONTIERS.

TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY REDUCING THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES LOAN TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. (SPEAKER VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE).

TO AMEND H.R. 207, A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF A LOAN MADE OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES; BY ELIMINATING THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PRESIDENT TO MAKE A 2 MILLION DOLLAR LOAN FROM THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES WITH CERTAIN PROVISIONS.

TO AMEND H.R. 196, TO REIMBURSE CERTAIN EXTRA EXPENSES OF THE LATE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE TREATY OF PEACE WITH THE CREEK INDIANS, BY SETTING $12,000 AS THE SUM FOR THE BENEFIT OF SAID COMMISSIONERS. (P. 736)

TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE; SAID RESOLUTION PROVIDES THAT MEASURES OUGHT TO BE TAKEN FOR THE REDEMPTION OF SO MUCH OF THE PUBLIC DEBT AS THE UNITED STATES HAS RESERVED THE RIGHT TO REDEEM. THE AMENDMENT WOULD STRIKE THE PROVISION TO DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO REPORT A PLAN FOR THAT PURPOSE.

TO PASS THE RESOLUTION TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO BRING IN A BILL TO REPEAL THE CLAUSE OF THE MILITIA LAW WHICH RELATES TO THE ARMING OF THE SAME. (P. 710)

TO PASS H.R. 192, (APP. 5/8/1792), FOR THE CLAIM OF JOHN BROWN CUTTING AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. (P. 592)

TO PASS H.R. 182, A BILL FOR SETTLING THE DEMANDS OF ANTHONY WALTON WHITE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. (P. 594)

TO PUT THE MAIN QUESTION ON PASSAGE OF A HOUSE BILL (APP. 5/8/1792), SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE ACT MAKING PROVISION FOR THE DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES. (P. 594)

TO RECEDE FROM A HOUSE AMENDMENT TO S. 28, (APP. 5/8/1792), AN ACT FOR REGULATING PROCESSES IN THE COURTS AND PROVIDING COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS, JURORS AND WITNESSES, SAID AMENDMENT WOULD STRIKE OUT "AND BE AT LIBERTY TO PURSUE THE SAME, UNTIL A TENDER OF THE DEBT AND COSTS IN GOLD AND SILVER BE MADE." (P. 591)

TO PASS H.R. 190, A BILL TO CONFIRM AN AWARD OF REFEREES BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CERTAIN CONTRACTORS FOR FURNISHING SUPPLIES OF PROVISIONS TO THE ARMY AND NAVY DURING THE LATE WAR. (P. 590)

TO PASS H.R. 162. (P. 572)

TO AMEND H.R. 162, (APP. 5/2/1792), A BILL TO RAISE A FURTHER SUM OF MONEY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE FRONTIERS; BY INCREASING THE DUTY ON IMPORTED HEMP AND CORDAGE AND TO REVIVE ALL DUTIES PREVIOUSLY EXEMPTED. (P. 561-562)

TO AMEND H.R. 102, (APP. 5/8/1792, 1 STAT 264), AN ACT TO MORE EFFECTUALLY PROVIDE FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENSE BY ESTABLISHING A UNIFORM MILITIA THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY; BY EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO CALL UP THE MILITIA IN EMERGENCIES. (P. 552)

TO AMEND H.R. 102, (APP. 5/8/17928 1 STAT 264), A BILL TO ESTABLISH A UNIFORM MILITIA, BY EXTENDING THE PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITY TO CALL UP THE MILITIA AND TO PROVIDE PUNISHMENT FOR REFUSING TO OBEY ORDERS WHILE IN THE SERVICE.

TO PASS H.R. 177. (P. 551)

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT OF H.R. 177. (P. 550)

TO AMEND H.R. 179 TO APPORTION REPRESENTATIVES ACCORDING TO THE FIRST CENSUS, TO INCREASE THE REPRESENTATIONAL RATIO. (P. 548)

TO PASS H.R. 179, AN ACT FOR AN APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES AMONG THE SEVERAL STATES ACCORDING TO THE FIRST CENSUS, OVER THE PRESIDENT'S VETO. (P. 540)

TO COMMIT H.R. 177, (APP. 5/27/1792), TO INDEMNIFY THE ESTATE OF THE LATE MAJOR GENERAL GREENE, TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE, THE FIRST MONDAY OF AUGUST. (P. 540)

TO PASS THE RESOLUTION THAT A COMMITTEE BE APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE CAUSES OF THE FAILURE OF THE LATE EXPEDITION UNDER MAJOR GENERAL ST.CLAIR AND THAT THE SAID COMMITTEE BE EMPOWERED TO CALL FOR SUCH PERSONS, PAPERS, AND RECORDS, AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO ASSIST THEIR INQUIRIES. (P. 493)

TO PASS THE RESOLUTION THAT THE PRESIDENT BE REQUESTED TO INSTITUTE AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE LATE DEFEAT OF THE ARMY UNDER THE COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL ST.CLAIR. (P. 493-1)

TO PASS S. 27. (P. 486)

TO AMEND S. 27, (APP. 4/2/1792, 1 STAT 246), AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MINT AND REGULATING THE COINS OF THE UNITED STATES SO AS TO OMIT THE HEAD OF THE PRESIDENT FROM COINS. (P. 485-1)

TO AMEND S. 27, TO PROVIDE THAT THE WORDS "EMBLEMATIC OF LIBERTY, WITH AN INSCRIPTION OF THE WORD LIBERTY" BE INSERTED. (P. 485-1)

TO RECEDE FROM DISAGREEMENT TO ALL SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 179, A BILL FOR AN APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES AMONG THE SEVERAL STATES ACCORDING TO THE FIRST ENUMERATION.

TO PASS THE RESOLUTION THAT JAMES JACKSON IS ENTITLED TO TAKE A SEAT IN THIS HOUSE AND THAT THE RIGHT OF PETITIONING AGAINST THE ELECTION OF SAID JAMES JACKSON, BE RESERVED TO ALL PERSONS, AT ANY TIME DURING THE TERM FOR WHICH HE WAS ELECTED. (P. 479)

TO AMEND H.R. 179, (APP. 4/14/1792, 1 STAT 253), AN ACT FOR THE APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES AMONG THE SEVERAL STATES, ACCORDING TO THE FIRST ENUMERATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; TO PROVIDE THAT AFTER MARCH 3, 1797, THE HOUSE WILL BE COMPRISED OF 120 MEMBERS CHOSEN IN PROPORTION OF ONE TO 30,000, COMPUTED ACCORDING TO THE RULE PRESCRIBED BY THE

TO PASS THE RESOLUTION "THAT ANTHONY WAYNE WAS NOT DULY ELECTED A MEMBER OF THIS HOUSE".

TO RECEIVE AS EVIDENCE IN THE PRESENT TRIAL ON THE IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE OSBORNE, CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION, THE DECISION OF THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA REGARDING REPRESENTATION OF THAT STATE IN CONGRESS. (P. 471)

TO COMMIT THE RESOLUTION, EXPRESSING SATISFACTION AND INTEREST IN THE NEW FRENCH CONSTITUTION, AND WISHING GOOD FORTUNE IN THE FUTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT, TO A SELECT COMMITTEE. (P. 456)

TO PASS THE SECOND PART OF THE RESOLUTION WISHING THE FRENCH NATION WISDOM AND HAPPINESS. (P. 457)

TO PASS THE FIRST PART OF THE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE INTEREST OF THE HOUSE IN THE FUTURE OF THE FRENCH NATION.

TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY BE DIRECTED TO REPORT TO THIS HOUSE HIS OPINION OF THE BEST MODE FOR RAISING THE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES REQUISITE FOR THE COMING YEAR.

TO PASS H.R. 148, (APP. 5/8/1792, 1 STAT 264), TO MORE EFFECTUALLY PROVIDE FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENSE, BY ESTABLISHING A UNIFORM MILITIA THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

TO DISAGREE TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 162, WHICH WOULD STRIKE OUT THE FOURTEENTH SECTION WHICH GRANTS EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO THE PRESIDENT TO APPOINT OFFICERS.

TO COMMIT THE RESOLUTION THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY CAUSE TO BE LAID BEFORE THE HOUSE, A STATEMENT OF UNPAID BALANCES DUE BY INDIVIDUALS OF THE UNITED STATES PREVIOUS TO MARCH 4, 1789.

TO RECEDE FROM THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO S. 25 WHICH WOULD PLACE THE SECRETARY OF STATE FIRST IN SUCCESSION TO THE PRESIDENCY AFTER THE VICE PRESIDENT. (P. 417)

TO PASS H.R. 163.

TO AMEND H.R. 163, BY STRIKING OUT THE SECTION WHICH RESPECTS THE RATIO OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE SECOND CENSUS.

TO AMEND H.R. 163, BY SETTING THE RATIO OF REPRESENTATIVES AS ONE TO 30,000. (P. 416)

TO AMEND H.R. 163, A BILL TO APPORTION REPRESENTATIVES ACCORDING TO THE FIRST CENSUS, AND MAKING PROVISION FOR A SECOND CENSUS, WITH NEW APPORTIONMENT THEREON, TO COMPOSE THE HOUSE AFTER MARCH 3, 1797; BY STRIKING OUT THE SECOND SECTION PROVIDING FOR A SECOND CENSUS IN FIVE YEARS.

TO AMEND S. 25 TO PROVIDE "ELECTORS SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES TO WHICH STATES MAY BE ENTITLED."

TO PASS S. 26, (APP. 2/15/1792, 1 STAT 229), TO ENCOURAGE THE BANK AND OTHER COD-FISHERIES, AND TO REGULATE AND GOVERN THE FISHERMEN EMPLOYED THEREIN.

TO AMEND S. 25, BY STRIKING OUT THE NINTH SECTION; "THAT IN CASE OF REMOVAL, DEATH, RESIGNATION, OR INABILITY, OF BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE PRO TEMPORE, AND THEN THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FOR THE TIME BEING, SHALL ACT AS PRESIDENT." (P. 402)

TO AMEND H.R. 162, A BILL TO MAKE FURTHER AND MORE EFFECTUAL PROVISION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE FRONTIERS OF THE UNITED STATES; BY ELIMINATING THE SECOND SECTION WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE RAISING OF THREE ADDITIONAL REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY.

TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION THAT IN THE OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE, A BILL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR APPORTIONING REPRESENTATIVES AMONG THE SEVERAL STATES, ACCORDING TO THE FIRST ENUMERATION; BY ELIMINATING THAT PART OF THE RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A SECOND ENUMERATION AND FOR AN APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES THEREON, TO COMPOSE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AFTER MARCH 3, 1797.

TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION TO PREPARE A NEW APPORTIONMENT BILL, BY ELIMINATING THE PHRASE "AND NO GREATER RATIO BE REPORTED THAN THIRTY THOUSAND TO ONE."

TO AMEND H.R. 154, (APP. 2/20/1792, 1 STAT 232), TO ESTABLISH THE POST OFFICE AND POST ROADS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, BY PROVIDING THAT WHEREVER ANY EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE OF CONVEYING PASSENGERS IN STAGE CARRIAGES ON ANY POST ROADS HAD BEEN GRANTED BY ANY STATE FOR A TERM OF YEARS, SUCH PRIVILEGE SHALL CONTINUE IN FORCE UNTIL TERM EXPIRES.

TO AMEND H.R. 154, (APP. 2/20/1792, 1 STAT 232), TO ESTABLISH THE POST OFFICE AND POST ROADS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, TO PROVIDE THAT IT SHALL BE LAWFUL FOR CARRIAGES, CONVEYING MAIL, TO RECEIVE PASSENGERS FROM ANY PLACE AND THROUGH ANY STATES UPON ALL POST ROADS ESTABLISHED BY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

TO AMEND S. 25, (APP. 3/1/1792), RELATIVE TO THE ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, BY ELIMINATING FROM THE SECTION PROVIDING "THAT IN CASE OF VACANCIES IN THE OFFICES OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE PRO TEM, OR THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHALL ACT AS PRESIDENT, "THE WORDS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE PRO TEM."

TO AMEND S. 25, BY STRIKING OUT "AND IN CASE THERE SHALL BE NO PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THEN THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE TIME BEING."

TO ADHERE TO THE DISAGREEMENT TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 147, TO CHANGE THE RATIO OF REPRESENTATION FROM ONE TO 30,000 TO ONE TO 33,000. (P. 274)

TO RECEDE FROM DISAGREEMENT TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 147 WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE RATIO FROM ONE TO 30,000, TO ONE TO 33,000.

TO AGREE TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 147 WHICH WOULD FIX A CERTAIN NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR EACH STATE, INSTEAD OF A RATIO OF 33,000 TO ONE.

TO AMEND H.R. 147 TO INCREASE THE RATIO TO 33,000 TO ONE FROM 30,000 TO ONE. (P. 243)

TO PASS H.R. 147.

TO AMEND H.R. 147, TO APPORTION THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES ACCORDING TO THE FIRST ENUMERATION; AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE REPRESENTATION RATES FROM ONE TO 30,000, TO ONE TO 34,000. (P. 208)