to extend the charters of the said banks; which motion was also rejected by the House.

A motion was then made by Mr. Ingham to add to the 30th section, the following:

And the several sums directed to be paid by the banking companies hereby incorporated to any company now incorporated, shall constitute a portion of the stock of such companies; and the proceeds of the dividends of such stock shall be disposed of as Congress may hereafter direct for like purposes.

And the question was stated to agree to the said amendment: When

A member called for the reading of the bill; which being objected to,

The Speaker declared that at this stage of its progress it was not competent for one member to demand the reading of the bill without an order of the House;

From which decision of the Speaker, Mr. Bassett appealed to the House;

And on the question-"Is the decision of the Speaker correct?"

It passed in the affirmative.

Mr. Ingham then moved that the bill be read; which motion was rejected by the House.

The question was then taken on the amendment moved by Mr. Ingham,

And was determined in the negative.

On motion of Mr. Webster,

The bill was then amended and recommitted to
And

a select committee.

Mr. Lewis, Mr. Gaston, and Mr. Taylor, of N. Y., were appointed the said committee, with leave to sit during the session of the House.

Mr. Lewis, from the committee to which the said bill was recommitted, reported the same with

amendments, which the House proceeded to consider, when

Mr. Randolph moved that the said bill be postponed indefinitely.

And the question being taken thereon,

Yeas.....50

It was determined in the negative, Nays...60 The yeas and nays being required by one fifth of the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

The said amendments were then concurred in by the House; and the bill was further amended, and the amendments ordered to be engrossed and the bill read a third time to-day.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker-The Senate have passed a resolution directing me to inform this House that the President elect of the United States will, on Tuesday next, at 12 o'clock, take the oath of office required by the Constitution, in the chamber of the House of Representatives.

Ordered, That the said resolution lie on the table.

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the petition of the heirs of Absalom Tatom, deceased. Ordered, That Mr. Carr, of Mass., be appointed of the committce for Enrolled Bills, in the place of Mr. Crawford, who is absent.

Ordered, That Jonas Fauche, Joseph M.Neale, Ferdinando Fairfax, Philo Stoddard, Frederick Stevelie, Horace B. Thompson, Lyman Way, John Allen, John Chalmers, jr., Mary Sears, and Mary Ann Scott, have leave to withdraw their respective petitions.

Ordered, That William Lambert have leave to withdraw the documents and astronomical calculations submitted by him to this House, upon the subject of the establishment of a first meridian at the seat of government.

A

message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker-The Senate have postponed until the 4th day of March, instant, bills from this House of the following titles, to wit: "An act respecting the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the army of the United States;" and "An act concerning the compensation of the district attorney of the United States, for the district of Massachusetts." And they have passed bills from this House of the following titles, to wit: "An act further to regulate the Territories of the United States, and their electing delegates to Congress;" and "An act for the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers, seamen, and marines, who were lost in the United States' brig Epervier." And then he withdrew.

Mr. Taul, from the committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had presented to the President of the United States the several enrolled

bills, the examination of which was this day reported.

The following resolution was submitted by Mr. Wilde, which was read and ordered to lie on the table:

Resolved, That a committee be appointed on the part of this House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate for the purpose of making arrangements relative to the time and manner of administering the oath of office to the President elect of the United States.

A nessage was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Todd, his Secretary, notifying that the President did, on the 1st instant, approve and sign

An act concerning the navigation of the United States;

An act for the relief of Park Holland;

An act relating to the ransom of American captives of the late war;

An act supplementary to an act, entitled, “An act concerning the naval establishment of the United States;" and

An act freeing from postage all letters and packets to and from James Madison.

A message from the Senate by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary:

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Mr. Speaker-"The Senate have postponed, until the 4th day of March instant, the bill entitled "An act directing the transfer of unclaimed sions, and limiting their payment at the Treasury only" And they have passed bills from this House of the following titles, to wit:

An act to amend the act entitled "An act granting bounties in land and extra pay to certain Canadian volunteers," passed 5th of March, 1816; An act tc authorize the extension of the Colum