Resolved, That each Senator be supplied, during the present session, with copies of three such newspapers printed in any of the States as he may choose, provided that the same are furnished at the rate of the usual annual charge for such papers.
Thursday, December 8.
John Laurance, from the State of New York, attended, and, the oath required by law being administered to him, he took his seat in the Senate.
Ordered, That Messrs. Stockton, Read, and Bingham, be a committee to inquire whether any, and what, regulations are proper to be made, on the subject of the resignation of a Senator of the United States.
Friday, December 9.
Timothy Bloodworth, from the State of North Carolina, attended.
A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that they have resolved that two Chaplains be appointed to Congress for the present session—one by each House—who shall interchange weekly; in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate.
Whereupon, the Senate
Resolved, That they do concur therein, and that the Right Reverend Bishop White be Chaplain on the part of the Senate.
Mr. Read, from the committee appointed for the purpose, reported the draft of an Address to the President of the United States, in answer to his Speech to both Houses of Congress, at the opening of the session; which was read.