Resolved, That five hundred copies thereof be printed for the use of the Senate.
Monday, June 25.
The bill to declare the treaties between the United States and the Republic of France void and of no effect, was read the third time; and the final passage of the bill was determined in the affirmative—yeas 14, nays 5, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Bingham, Chipman, Foster, Goodhue, Hillhouse, Howard, Laurance, Livermore, Lloyd, North, Paine, Read, Sedgwick, and Tracy.
Nays.—Messrs. Brown, Langdon, Martin, Mason, and Tazewell.
Resolved, That this bill pass: that it be engrossed; and that the title thereof be, "An act to declare the treaties between the United States and the Republic of France void and of no effect."
Wednesday, June 27.
The Vice President being absent, the Senate proceeded to the choice of a President pro tempore, as the constitution provides, and Theodore Sedgwick was duly elected.
The bill to define more particularly the crime of treason, and to define and punish the crime of sedition, was read the second time.
On motion that this bill be committed, it passed in the affirmative—yeas 15, nays 6, as follows: