Nays.—Willis Alston, Theodorus Bailey, Phanuel Bishop, Robert Brown, Gabriel Christie, Matthew Clay, William C. C. Claiborne, John Condit, Thos. T. Davis, John Dawson, Joseph Eggleston, Lucas Elmendorph, Edwin Gray, Andrew Gregg, John A. Hanna, David Holmes, George Jackson, Aaron Kitchell, Michael Leib, James Linn, Nathaniel Macon, Peter Muhlenberg, Anthony New, John Nicholas, John Randolph, John Smilie, John Smith, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Richard Stanford, Thomas Sumter, Benjamin Taliaferro, John Thompson, Abram Trigg, John Trigg, Philip Van Cortlandt, Joseph B. Varnum, and Robert Williams.
Resolved, That the title of the said bill be "An act to erect a Mausoleum for George Washington;" and that the Clerk of this House do carry the same to the Senate, and desire their concurrence.
Friday, January 2.
Another member, to wit, James A. Bayard, from Delaware, appeared, and took his seat in the House.
On motion of Mr. Griswold the House went into a Committee of the Whole on the Judiciary bill; the House dividing—yeas 44, nays 33.
The bill was read through, when the committee reported progress, and asked and obtained leave to sit again.
Sedition Law.
The House proceeded to consider the report of the Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business, made the thirty-first ultimo, which lay on the table, and the same being again read, in the words following, to wit:
"The Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business further report, in part:
"That, on examining the statutes of the United States, they find that the act, entitled 'An act in addition to the act, entitled "An act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States,"' passed the fourteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, will expire on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and one.