Wednesday, July 11.
The bill for encouraging the capture of French armed vessels, by armed ships or vessels owned by a citizen or citizens of the United States, was read the third time; and the final passage of the bill was determined in the affirmative—yeas 16, nays 4, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson, Bingham, Chipman, Goodhue, Greene, Hillhouse, Latimer, Laurance, Livermore, Martin, North, Paine, Read, Sedgwick, Stockton, and Tracy.
Nays.—Messrs. Brown, Langdon, Mason, and Tazewell.
So it was Resolved, That this bill pass; that it be engrossed; and that the title thereof be "An act for encouraging the capture of French armed vessels, by armed ships or vessels owned by a citizen or citizens of the United States."