Ordered, That John Smith, a Senator from the State of Ohio, be notified by the Vice President to attend in his place.
The Vice President accordingly notified Mr. Smith in the words following:
Sir: You are hereby required to attend the Senate in your place without delay.
By order of the Senate:
GEO. CLINTON,
President of the Senate.
John Smith, Esq., Senator from the State of Ohio.
And Mr. Smith attended.
Whereupon, Mr. Adams made a report from the committee last mentioned; and the report was read, and three hundred copies thereof were ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate.
The report was read, ending with the following resolution:
Resolved, That John Smith, a Senator from the State of Ohio, by his participation in the conspiracy of Aaron Burr, against the peace, union, and liberties of the people of the United States, has been guilty of conduct incompatible with his duty and station as a Senator of the United States. And that he be therefor, and hereby is, expelled from the Senate of the United States.