The House again resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House on the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the sums necessary to be appropriated for the service of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four; and after some time spent therein, the Chairman reported that the committee had again had the said report under consideration, and come to a resolution thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was twice read, and agreed to by the House, as follows:
Resolved, That, for the support of the Military Establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, there be appropriated a sum of money, not exceeding one million four hundred and fifty-seven thousand nine hundred and thirty-six dollars and one cent; that is to say:
| For the pay of the Legion of the United States, | $303,684 00 |
| For subsistence, | 312,567 75 |
| For forage, | 31,632 00 |
| For clothing, | 112,000 00 |
| For equipments for the cavalry, | 7,314 05 |
| For horses for the cavalry, | 16,000 00 |
| For bounty, | 5,000 00 |
| For the Hospital Department, | 20,000 00 |
| For the Ordnance Department, | 6,715 32 |
| For repairs and articles directed to be made and purchased by the President of the United States, | 202,783 34 |
| For defensive protection of the frontiers, | 130,000 00 |
| For the Indian Department, | 50,000 00 |
| For the Quartermaster's Department, | 150,000 00 |
| For contingencies of the War Department, | 30,000 00 |
| And for Invalid Pensions, | 80,239 55 |
| —————— | |
| $1,457,936 01 |
Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in, pursuant to the said resolution; and that Mr. Boudinot, Mr. Trumbull, and Mr. Gillespie, do prepare and bring in the same.
Thursday, March 6.
Slave Trade.
The House went into Committee of the Whole on the bill to prohibit the carrying on the slave trade from the ports of the United States, Mr. Boudinot in the chair.
The two first sections of the bill were agreed to, with one alteration moved by Mr. Trumbull, which was to give the District Court as well as the Circuit Courts cognizance of the offence.
The third section which relates to the penalty &c., it was moved should be struck out. This motion was negatived. It was then moved to insert the word foreign before "ship or vessel;" which was agreed to.
The committee proceeded through the bill, which was reported to the House with sundry amendments; these were agreed to by the House, and the bill ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.