A joint committee was appointed by the two Houses to wait on the President of the United States, to inform him that a quorum of the two Houses is assembled, and ready to receive any communication that he may think proper to make to them.
Resolved, That two Chaplains, of different denominations, be appointed, one by each House, to interchange weekly.
Resolved, That a standing Committee of Elections be appointed; also a committee to report rules and orders of proceeding.
Tuesday, December 3.
Joseph McDowell and Benjamin Williams, from North Carolina, appeared, and took their seats.
A message from the Senate announced their readiness to receive the communication from the President of the United States. The Speaker and members withdrew to the Senate Chamber, where the President attended, and delivered his Speech to the two Houses, which will be found in the proceedings of the Senate.
On the return of the members, the Speech was committed to a Committee of the Whole.
Wednesday, December 4.
Peleg Coffin, Jr., from Massachusetts, William Montgomery, from Pennsylvania, and William Vans Murray, from Maryland, appeared, produced their credentials, and took their seats in the House; the oath to support the Constitution of the United States being first administered to them by the Speaker, according to law.