CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS. He shall preserve dccorum and order; may fpcak to points of The bills (hall be, " Bo it,ena£ed ftvleof by the Se order in preference to other members, anting from his feat for nators and Reprefentativei of the and shall in Congress affem" New-York, April that purpose, decide questions of order, fubjeft to an ap- if, 1789. to the peal house by any two members. When a bill shall pass it shall \u25a0'be certified time appointedby the Congrels, under the He shall to a by the clerk, noting rife put question, but may state it fitting. the day of its pafling at the foot thereof. ' * OLD in THE CONFEDERATION, for the aflembling Questions shall be diltin&ly put this form, vir. "As many No bill amended by the Senate (hall be are of committed. of theSE nat ors and Representativeschosen to as opinion that (as the question may be) fay aye:" And, af- Fourthly. ter the affirmativevoice is adminilter the NEW CONSTITUTION, was the expreflcd?" As many as are of a con- OF COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE. HOUSE. trary opinion, fay no." It (hallbe a (landing Order of fourth day of March lait; an unfavourable It the theday, throughout the feflion for season ipeaker doubts, or a division be called for, the house shall the house to resolve into a oi itfelf Committee ofthe whole houli on the year for journeying. Through unavoidable divide, those in the affirmative going to the right, and those in the the (late of the Union. delays, a quorum of negative to the left of the chair: If the speaker or a the members did not arrive still doubt, In forming a Committee of the whole House, the Speaker (hall count be required, the speaker shall name members, one from a in this ciry, till Monday the sixth inft. two leave his chair, and chairman to preside in ap. when being each fide, to tell the Committee'lhall be the numbers in the affirmative, which being re- pointed. allembled, Hon. Langdon, Esq. was ported, he shall then name others, John two one from each fide, to tell Upon bills committed to a committee of .the whole chosen Prefidenr pro The votes of the those in the negative which he rife house the tempore. ; being alio reported, shall and bill (hall be firfl read throughout by the clerk, and then again'read Electors chosen by the several States were then slate the decision to the houfe-. and debated by claules, leaving the preamble The shall to be lall considered*? and speaker appoint committees ; unless it be determined the (hall not be or opened counted, and were as follows, viz. body of the bill defaced interlined; but all a- George by the house that the committee (hallconsist of more than three mendmcnts, the page (hall Washington, noting and line, be duly entered by the 69 members, in which cafe the appointment lhall be by ballot of the clerk on a leparate paper as the fame (hall agreed Adams, house. be to bv the com- John 34 mittee, and so reported to the hoiife. report (hali In all cases of After the bill Jay, ballot by the house, the speaker shall vote ; in o- again be fubjeft to be and John "9 ther cases he shall debated amended by claules before a R. R. Harrison, 6 not vote, unless the house be equally divided, 01 question to engross it be taken. unless his vote, if given to will make the Rutledce, 6 the minority, division b< All amendments made to an original motion in committee (hall John equal, and in cafc of such equal division, the question shall be loft be incorporatedwith the motion and so reported. Hancock, When the house the John 4 adjourns, members shall keep their feats un- All amendments made to a report til the speaker committed to a committee of Georce Clinton, 3 go forth ; and then the members shall follow. the whole (hall bo noted and reported as in the cafe of bills. Secondly. Samuel Huntington, 2 Allqueftions, whether in committee or in the house, (hall be OF DECORUM AND DEBATE. in the Armstrong, i propounded order they were moved, except that in filling James When any member is about to speak in debate, or deliver an} up the blanks the largest (hall ' sum and longed day be Kill Milton, 2 matter to the house, he shall rife and ad The rules of put. John from his feat refpe&fully proceeding in the house lhall be observed in com- himfelf to Edward Telfair, i dress Mr. Speaker. mittec so far as they may be applicable, except that If any member, in liraittmg the Benjamin Lincoln, i speaking or otherwise transgress the rules o times of speaking. Extract from the Journal, the house, the speaker shall, or Upon which his Excellency GEORGE WASH- any member may call to order ; ir JOHN BECKLEY, Clerk. which cafe the member called to order shall immediately fit down INGTON, Esq. was announcedPRESIDENT, and unless permitted to explain, and the house if shall, appealed to Wednesday, April the Honourable Esq. decide on the cafe, but without If there be no 8, , VICE PRE- debate: appeal THIS T7?9. PRESIDEN7' of the United-States. This the decision of the chair shall be fnbmitted to : If the decision b< day the Galleries ofthe Hon. House of Re- impor- in favour the tant being compleaiedthe of member called to order, he shall be at liberty t( presentatives were opened. The membersbeing business Legislature of ; proceed if otherwise, and the cafe require it, he shall be liable tc convened, the Hon. the United States, is thus cenfur® of the Chief MORRIS, of the arranged, viz. the house. State JufHce two ofNew-York, administered to GEORGE WASHINGTON, President, When or more members happen to rife at once, the fpeake the Speaker shall name the member who is firll to speak. and Members of the House, the Oath required by ADAMS, Vice-President. No member shall speak more than twice to the fame queflior the Constitution of the United States. JOHN without leave of the house; nor more than once until every mem Upon motion of the Hon. Mr. Parker, of Vir- SENATORS. bcr choosing to speak, shall have spoken. Whilst the is putting ginia, the House then resolved itfelfinto a Com- and speaker any question, or addressing thi mittee ftew-Hampflure, l»hn Langdon Paine Win- house, none shall walk out of, or cross the house; nor either ii of the whole, to take the Rate of the Uni- such or on J cafe, when a member is speaking, fl ail entertain paivati into consideration. This motion wasagreed to, CaUh Strong Dal- discourse, or read any printed book or paper; nor whilst a mem the Hon. Mr. Page, Mafiachufetts, I zniTriftram ber is speaking, shall of Virginia, took the ton. pass between him and the chair. chair. J N'o member shall vote on any question, in the event of which WiUi ? ohn and olhtr he is and Mr. Maddison, Connecticut, j ] f°" immediately particularly interested ; or in any other caf of Virginia, after a few intro- J Elif'worth. where he was not present when the question was put. ductory observations on the great fubjecfts of Fi- Every member who WilliamFatter-fin and El- shall be in th« house, when a question i nance, and the deficiencies ofthefederal Trealury, * John New Tc-f"J ' I put, shall vote on the one fide or the other, unless the house, so 3 incr. special reasons, shall cxcufe him. suggested the neceflity of immediately adopting ~ , Robert Morris and William Pennsylvania,r 1 Ma- When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be stated by th< some meaf'ures upon the subject of National Re speaker, or j being in writing, it shall be handed to the chair, anc venue. With this object in view, he produced ;t read aloud the clerk before _ } George Read by debated. , and Richard Baf-J Refohe, fpecifying certain articlesupon which an Delaware, Every motion shall be reduced to writing, if the speakeror an) j member desire it. Import: was proposed to be laid. The plan was si- Charles milar to Maryland Carrot, and John Hen- After a motion is stated by the speaker, or read by the clerk, i that recommendedby Congrels 1111733 j. shall be deemed to be in poffeflion of the house, but may be with and is as follows, viz. drawn at any time before decision or amendment. as ...... 1 and William [RESOUF.P, the opinion this conmittee, That the fvllouirg When a is of Virginia, [ Grayfon. question under debate, no motion shall be received Duties ought to be levied on goods, zuares, and merchandize, imported u. unless to amend it, for the previous or to to the United States, & question, adjourn. to wit. South-Carolina, Fierce gutter Ralph Izard. A motion to shall be in order, and shall de- On Rum, adjourn always be pr. gallon, C Ja dollar. , William Few and Gun. cided without debate, On all otl*er Spiritous Liouors. The previous question shall be in this form : " Shall the mair On question be now put." It shall only be admitted when demanded 0* MaMolaJJes.drria Wine. REPRESENTATIVES. by five members; until it is and decided shall preclude all amend- On all other Wines. . ? . Benjamin Weft, Samuel ment and Liver- further debate ofthe main question. On cowmen < ur Bohea Teas, br.fr*. a P more and Nicholas Gilmari, On a previous questionno member shall speak more than once On all other Teas. Fifhsr An:e<, George Partridge, without leave. On Pepper. Thacher, Leo- Any member may call for the division of a question, where th< On Broun Sugars* - George George Maflacliufett-.,r sense will admit ofif. On Loaf Sugars. narJf Elbridge Gerry, Benja- A motion for commitment until it is decided, shall preclude al On all other Sugars. min Goodhue, Jonathan Grout. amendment of the main question. On Cocoa and Qojfee. Motions and reports may be aI the of th< On Jonathan Sturges, Roger Sher- committed pleasure allothtr articles hcy cent, on their value at the time Benjamin house. and place of man, Huntington, new or mutation. \u25a0 No motion propnfition shall be admitted oj That Connecticut, under colour there ought% to Trumbull, amendment, a moreover, be levied on all veff'ls in which goods, Jonathan Jeremiah as fubftitutc for the motion or proposition under de- wares or mtrchandfr s fJiall be imported, following, W bate. n a the duties viz. adfworth. vejjels quilt zutthin the United ukoltv te Committees confiftin* of more than States« and belonging H Lawrence, Egbert Benfon, three members, shall be citizens at the rate per John allotted for by the house; if upon such the allthereof,\ vf ton William Floyd, Hathorn, 1 ballot number required On vejjels belonging whelly to the fubjeßs powers with whom the \u25a0 John not be New-York, lhall ele&ed by a majority of the votes given, the house shall United States of Peter Sylveftcr, Van to a havtjormed treaties, or Partly to the fubiefls of tow- Jeremiah proceed second ballot, in which a of votes lhall Dre- ers, partly to(it.zens such plurality and oj thefa, J the rate ' vail, and in cafc a greater than are to Un Jlatesat of Renfelaer. number required compole or al/vej/e/s zuho/yi or art to complete the belonging p theJfibJe.ls ofJ other pow- i El'tas Boudinot, James Schure- committee shall have an equal number of votes, the ers, at the rate r house lhall proceed to further ballot or ballots. of New-Terfey > ma'n,Thomas Sinniclfon, Lam- In all Mr. hert Cadmallader. other cases of ballot than for committees, a majority of BouDiNOT,ofNe\v Jerfey,and Col. White, j the votes given shall be necefTary to an election, and when there <>t Virginia, spoke in Frederick lh 1! not be favour of the Resolve, from 1 Augustus Muhlenberg, such majority on the firft ballot, the ballot shall be re- the neceflity of a | Henry Wynkoip, Thomas Hart- peated until a majority be obtained. temporary Sy Item's being imme- In all cases where diately adopted ; but as it presumed, Pennsylvania, ley, Gtorge Clymer, Thomas others than members of the house may be eli- was that gen-, gible, there shall be a previous nomination. tlemen had not come prepared to discuss the sub- Fitzfimons, Peter Muhlenberg, If a I question depending be loft by adjournment of the houfe 4 and ject, an adjournment wa.; called for, when the J Daniel Heijler, Thomas Scott. revived on the succeeding day, no member who has spoken twice on the Speaker',Tefuming Fining. day preceding lhall be permitted to the chair, the House adjourned Delaware, John again speak without till to-morrow. Jojhua Seney, DanielCarro!,Ben- Ever y order, resolution or vote to which the concurrence ofthe > jaminContee, George Gale, Wil- Marylanl, enate lhall be necefTary, shall be read to the house, and hid the on April } Ham Smith, Michael J. Stone. table, on a day preceding that in which the fame lhall be moved, Thursday, 9, 1789. James Maddifon, Jofiah Parker, unlets the house shall otherwise expressly allow. * The House having again resolved itfelf into a Richard B. Theodoric Petitions, memorials, and other papers addrefied to the Committee. Mr. Page j Lee, lhall presented house took the chair. Bland, Coles, Alexander be through the speaker, or by a member in his \Vhen Mr. Sh Virginia, [> Isaac p ace, and lhall not be debated or on erman, of Connecticut, proposed decided the day of their be- the | White, Page, Andre-w inghrll read, unless where the house lhall direst ; but resuming Resolve submitted to the Committee John hall lie on otherwise J Moore, Samuel Griffin. the table to be taken up in the order they-were read. yeiterday, by filling up the blanks. Any hlteen members ~) General Sumpter, F.danus Burke, (including the speaker if there is one) shall Mr. Goodhue fuggeilcd the propriety ofagain be to compel the attendance of > Tho.T.Tucker, D. IVH- absent members. reading the South-Carolina, Huger, Lauthoredpon calls of the house, or the Resolve?which being done, \ in taking ayrs and not s on any liaviSmith. question, the names of the members itiall be called alphabetically. Mr. Lawrence, of New-York, observed, that , James Thirdly. the immediate neceflity of a publick Revenue, to Georgia, 7 Jack- OF J f tj ,h C eorge Matthews. BILLS. answer the exigencies of the Union, was univer- Every bits shall be introduced by motion for leave, or by an or- er ot the house on f.illy acknowledged, and the mode of railing it by The Hon. CHARLES THOMSON, Esq. was ap- the report of a committee, and in either cafe a committee to Impost was generally supposed be best; but pointed to inform the PRESIDENT, and Mr. ST( L- prepare the fame {hall be appointed. In cases of a to the "" nature e da s not '« * that as the was de- BOURNE, the VICE PRESIDENT, of - V lead shall be of the motion resolve, at present proposed, VANUS ring in a bill ; and eviry committed, such motion may be signed as a temporary ; and it be:ng their respective elections. Those gentlemen fat rvery bill lhall receive three measure several readings in the house prev - ous to requisite that some System fliould be a-' out 011 their embafly the 7th inft. Its pafTage; and all bills shall be dispatched in order asthev speedily "n floored, so to ' C - fS Wh "e thc hOU,e """ din 'a '"heroic, as embracetheadvantages that would to °? the famC day without ccial °'" result from the Spring importations, it appeared PROCEEDINGS of CONGRESS. dtr of the house

'hequeftiou be, "Shall the bill be re- i lon ad on articles indifcrimiuately, in prefer- be > the valorum, UNITED STATES. . .madc or question to reject it be LTativeH C °,iT n to lts f (cond reading a ence to at various rates.. L'oon f . without question. fpecifying particulars Aprii. 1, th " ° f 3 Tuesday, 1789. s b '"' the fP fakci lhall ft *<= as readTfor C ° Mr. m,tn en r cnß ,ofrment a «d if Fitzsimons, ofPennfylvania, inoppolit.ioi That the RULES and ORDERS following, te OtiefUon ; u - committed, then a Resolved cJlaH'fhed c whct hcrt° a to this tat : committee, or to a committee the Hon. Mr. Lawrenck, replied, that afpeci- STANDING RULES and ORDERS of Houf?to of the Whole . f f t0 a c m"tCe of the of FIR ST. , whole houfr > the fication of certain articles, withvarious rates Im- hcufe ChalM , r But TOUCHING THE DUTY OF THE SPEAKER. da >V lf the bill ordered to post affixed to each, to be more tTcnerofLrfT ?Vt ( > had been found at the hour to which the a lnt the day when it (hall be ,ead shall take the chair every day the » PP hird f 4? com,n ? productive, easier collected, and a morecertainre- t m. and house (ball have adjourned on the preceding day; ihall im- house ?, ' ' a rc P ort thereof to the HE abi k rc'* O rr,ln| a way; and, the appearance of a c tted, or at any time before its venue, than pr. centum, alTefledina general mediately call the mtmbers to order, on All'b ii / , paffare. be r^aj. 13 U C"'-rofTcd bc quorum,' shall caulc the journalof the preceding day to rou d'aid :n a far that so far from wifliing to abandon the origin." idea, he thought i: of so much importanceto be