Saturday, March 2.
The bill, sent from the House of Representatives, entitled "An act authorizing a detachment from the militia of the United States," was read the second time.
On the question to agree to the third reading of the bill, it was determined in the affirmative—yeas 17, nays 12, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Bloodworth, Brown, Foster, Goodhue, Greene, Gunn, Howard, Langdon, Laurance, Lloyd, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Pinckney, Ross, Tattnall, and Watson.
Nays.—Messrs. Bingham, Chipman, Davenport, Hillhouse, Latimer, Livermore, Paine, Read, Sedgwick, Stockton, Tracy, and Wells.