ANNO M,DCC,XC, AND OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES THE FOURTEENTH.

NEW-YORK,

PRINTED BY FRANCIS CHILDS AND JOHN SWAINE. M.D CC, XC.

JOURNAL

OF THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

UNITED STATES.

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Ta feffion of the Congress of the United States, begun and held at the city of New-York, on Monday the fourth of January, one thoufand feven hundred and ninety; being the fecond feffion of the firft Congress held under the prefent Conftitution of Government for the United States. On which day, being the day appointed by law for the meeting of the prefent feffion, the following members of the House of Representatives appeared and took their feats, to wit:

From New-Hampshire,

From Massachusetts,

From Connecticut,

From New-York,

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From Pennsylvania,

From Maryland,

From Virginia,

From South-Carolina,

Abiel Foster,

Nicholas Gilman, and
Samuel Livermore,

Fisher Ames,
Elbridge Gerry,
Benjamin Goodhue,
Jonathan Grout,
George Partridge, and
George Thatcher.
< Roger Sherman.

Egbert Benfon,
William Floyd, and
John Lawrence.

Frederick Auguftus Muhlenberg, Speaker,

Peter Muhlenberg, and
Thomas Scott.

Joshua Seney.
(John Brown,
Ifaac Coles,

Samuel Griffin, and
Alexander White.

Edanus Burke,

Daniel Huger,

William Smith, and
Thomas Tuder Tucker.

From Georgia,

< Abraham Baldwin.

But a quorum of the whole number not being prefent,

The House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

TUESDAY, January 5

The House met according to adjournment.

Another member, to wit, Elias Boudinot from New-Jerfey, appeared and took his feat.

But a quorum of the whole number not being present,

The Ilouse adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

WEDNESDAY, January 6.

The House met according to adjournment.

Several other members, to wit, from New-Jersey, James Schureman, and from Virginia, John Page and Richard Bland Lee, appeared and took their

feats.

But a quorum of the whole number not being prefent,

The House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

THURSDAY, January 7.

The House met according to adjournment.

Several other members, to wit, from Connecticut, Jonathan Sturges and Jeremiah Wadsworth; from New-York, Jeremiah Van Renffelaer; from Maryland, Daniel Carroll; and from Georgia, George Mathews, appeared and took their feats.

And a quorum of the whole number being prefent,

Ordered, That a meffage be fent to the Senate to inform them that a quorum of this House is affembled, and ready to proceed to business; and that the Clerk of this Houfe do go with the faid meffage.

The Speaker laid before the House, a letter from the Prefident of the United States, of the fourth inftant, requefting, that when there fhall be a fufficient number of the two Houfes of Congrefs affembled to proceed to business, he may be informed of it; and alfo, at what time and place it will be convenient for Congrefs, that he fhould meet them, in order to make fome oral communications at the commencement of their session-which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis their Secretary.

Mr. Speaker-The Senate have appointed a committee on their part, jointly with fuch committee as fhall be appointed on the part of this House, to wait on the Prefident of the United States, and notify him that a quorum of the two Houfes has affembled, and will be ready, in the fenate-chamber, at fuch time as he fhall appoint, to receive any communications which he may think proper to make: And then he withdrew.

Órdered, That Mr. Gilman, Mr. Ames and Mr. Seney, be appointed a committee on the part of this House, for the purpofe expreffed in the message from the Senate.

On motion,

Ordered, That a committee be appointed to examine the journal of the last feffion, and to report therefrom, all fuch matters of business as were then depending and undetermined; and a committee was appointed, of Mr. Boudinot, Mr. Sherman and Mr. White.

On motion,

Refolved, That two Chaplains of different denominations be appointed to Congress, for the prefent feffion; one by each House, who shall interchange weekly.