Mr. John Randolph, from the committee appointed on the second instant, presented a bill to prohibit officers of the Army and Navy from holding or exercising any civil office; which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole to-morrow.
Tuesday, April 8.
Motion to Adjourn.
On motion of Mr. Early,
“Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized to adjourn their respective Houses on Wednesday, the sixteenth of April instant.”
Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said resolution to the Senate, and desire their concurrence.
Thursday, April 10.
Navy Appropriations.
The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, on the bill making appropriations for the support of the Navy of the United States, during the year one thousand eight hundred and six.