SECOND CONGRESS.—SECOND SESSION.
BEGUN AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 5, 1792.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE.
Monday, November 5, 1792.
This being the day fixed by law for the annual meeting of the second session of the second Congress, the following Senators appeared, and took their seats:
John Langdon and Paine Wingate, from New Hampshire.
Caleb Strong and George Cabot, from Massachusetts.
Theodore Foster, from Rhode Island.
Oliver Ellsworth and Roger Sherman, from Connecticut.
Stephen R. Bradley and Moses Robinson, from Vermont.
Rufus King, from New York.
Philemon Dickinson and John Rutherford, from New Jersey.
George Read, from Delaware.
James Monroe, from Virginia.
John Brown and John Edwards, from Kentucky.
Benjamin Hawkins, from North Carolina.
Pierce Butler and Ralph Izard, from South Carolina; and
William Few, from Georgia.
In the absence of the Vice President, and also of Richard Henry Lee, elected President pro tempore at a former session, the Senate proceeded to the choice of a President pro tempore, as the constitution provides, and John Langdon was duly elected.
John Brown and John Edwards, from the State of Kentucky, respectively, produced their credentials; and the oath required by law was, by the President pro tempore, administered to them.
Ordered, That the Secretary acquaint the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled and ready to proceed on business.
A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representatives is assembled, and ready to proceed to business.
A second message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives have resolved that a committee be appointed, jointly with such committee as the Senate shall appoint, to wait on the President of the United States, and notify him that a quorum of the two Houses is assembled, and ready to receive any communications he may please to make to them; in which resolution they desire the concurrence of the Senate.
Resolved, That the Senate concur in the appointment of a joint committee to wait on the President of the United States, agreeably to the resolution of the House of Representatives, and that Messrs. Izard and Strong be the committee on the part of the Senate.
A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House of Representatives have resolved that two Chaplains, of different denominations, be appointed to Congress, for the present session, one by each House, who shall interchange weekly; in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate.
The Senate proceeded to consider the said resolution; and
Resolved, That they do concur therein, and that the Right Rev. Bishop White be the Chaplain on the part of the Senate.
A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House of Representatives have proceeded to the election of a Chaplain to Congress for the present session, and have appointed the Rev. Doctor Green on their part.
Mr. Izard, from the joint committee appointed to wait on the President of the United States, agreeably to the resolution of the two Houses of this day, reported,
That they had executed the business, and that the President of the United States proposed to meet the two Houses of Congress in the Senate Chamber to-morrow at 11 o'clock.