Ordered, That the title be, "An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States for a limited time."
Mr. Grundy and Mr. Wright were appointed a committee to carry the said bill to the Senate, and to inform them that the House of Representatives have passed the same, in confidence, and to desire their concurrence therein.
And the doors were then opened.
Thursday, April 2.
On motion of Mr. Grundy, the House was cleared of all persons except the members, Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Doorkeeper, and the doors were closed.
Mr. Grundy, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, presented a bill "in addition to the act, entitled 'An act to raise an additional military force, passed the eleventh of January,'" 1812, which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole to-day.
A question was made and taken, whether the provisions contained in the bill were of such a nature as to require secrecy in the discussion, and passed in the affirmative—yeas 71, nays 34.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on the said bill; and, after some time spent therein, the bill was reported without amendment, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-day.
The said bill was accordingly engrossed, and read the third time; and, on the question that the same do pass, it was resolved in the affirmative—yeas 73, nays 20.
Ordered, That the title be, "An act in addition to the act, entitled 'An act to raise an additional military force, passed on the eleventh of January, 1812.'"