Wednesday, February 18.
The credentials of the Honorable John Smith, appointed a Senator of the United States for the State of New York, for the term of six years, commencing on the 4th day of March next, were presented and read.
Thursday, February 19.
Tennessee Lands.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the report of the committee, appointed on the 17th of December last, “to inquire what further proceeding is necessary to carry into effect the provisions of an act, entitled ‘An act to authorize the State of Tennessee to issue grants and perfect titles to certain lands therein described, and to settle the claims to the vacant and unappropriated lands within the same.’”
And the report was agreed to.
Wednesday, February 25.
Salt Duty.
The Senate resumed the third reading of the bill, from the House of Representatives, entitled “An act repealing the acts laying duties on salt, and continuing in force for a further time the first section of the act, entitled ‘An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States against the Barbary Powers;’” and on the question, Shall this bill pass as amended? it was determined in the affirmative—yeas 15, nays 12, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Bradley, Condit, Giles, Howland, Kitchel, Logan, Maclay, Milledge, Moore, Reed, Smith of Maryland, Smith of Tennessee, Smith of Vermont, Thruston, and Worthington.