"That they consider and report under what title it will be proper for the President of the United States in future to be addressed, and confer thereon with such committee as the House of Representatives may appoint for that purpose."
The Secretary carried to the House of Representatives the appointment of a committee, on the part of the Senate, to view the rooms in the City Hall, and to confer upon their appropriation;
The rejection of the report of the committee appointed to consider what style, &c., it will be proper to annex to the offices of President and of Vice President;
And the appointment of a committee on the part of the Senate to confer on a title under which it will be proper to address the President of the United States.
Monday, May 11.
Ordered, That the consideration of the report of the committee upon "the title by which it will be proper for the Senate to address the President," be postponed until Tuesday next.
Tuesday, May 12.
Ordered, That the committee appointed the 9th of May, to consider "by what title it will be proper for the Senate to address the President of the United States", be instructed to confer with the committee of the House of Representatives, agreeably to the proposition in their message of this day.
A motion for the committee, appointed to address the President, to proceed, was postponed to Thursday next.