On motion to adopt the following resolution, to wit:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be instructed to revise the account of the pension granted by Congress for the education and board of Hugh Mercer, son of the late General Mercer, from its date to the present period, and correct any error that may have taken place therein, paying all arrearages, if any now due; and that he likewise pay hereafter without account, annually, and until his education shall be completed, for that purpose, to the guardian of the said Hugh, the sum of four hundred dollars.
It was agreed to postpone the consideration of this motion until to-morrow.
Thursday, February 28.
The Vice President laid before the Senate a certificate, purporting that the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have this day chosen Albert Gallatin a Senator of the United States.
Friday, March 1.
The President laid before the Senate a Letter from the Secretary of the Department of State, enclosing a triplicate certificate of the votes of the Electors of the State of Kentucky for President and Vice President of the United States, obtained by express, sent from the seat of Government, as the law provides.
Saturday, March 2.
Mr. King, from the committee appointed this day on the communication of the President of the United States, relative to his taking the oath of office, reported that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that the President of the United States will, on Monday next, take the oath of office required by the constitution, in the Senate Chamber, at twelve o'clock; and that he inform the President of the United States that the Senate will be in session at that time. And the report was adopted.