Saturday, June 9.
Mr. J. Parker moved that the bills, with the amendments of the Senate to them, for altering the time of entering stills, and for the more effectual collection of the internal revenues, be referred to a select committee. Agreed to.
The House spent the remainder of the day principally in going through a very long bill to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling houses, and the enumeration of slaves within the United States, previously to the laying a direct tax on them. The bill was gone through in the Committee of the Whole, without any debate of consequence, except as to what related to filling the blanks intended to contain the amount to be appropriated for carrying the law into execution, the salary of the Commissioners, Assessors, &c. The committee had leave to sit again. No other business of importance was done this day.