Britain concluded at Washington the ninth day of August, 1842.'" Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Ibid., 31 Cong. 2 sess. p. 64.
1851, Jan. 22. Congress (Senate): Resolution on Sea Letters.
"The following resolution, submitted by Mr. Clay the 20th instant, came up for consideration:—
"Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making more effectual provision by law to prevent the employment of American vessels and American seamen in the African slave trade, and especially as to the expediency of granting sea letters or other evidence of national character to American vessels clearing out of the ports of the empire of Brazil for the western coast of Africa." Agreed to. Congressional Globe, 31 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 304–9; Senate Journal, 31 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 95, 102–3.
1851, Feb. 19. Congress (Senate): Bill on Slave-Trade.
"A bill (Senate, No. 472) concerning the intercourse and trade of vessels of the United States with certain places on the eastern and western coasts of Africa, and for other purposes." Read once. Senate Journal, 31 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 42, 45, 84, 94, 159, 193–4; Congressional Globe, 31 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 246–7.
1851, Dec. 3. Congress (House): Bill to Amend Act of 1807.
Mr. Giddings gave notice of a bill to repeal §§ 9 and 10 of the act to prohibit the importation of slaves, etc. from and after Jan. 1, 1808. House Journal, 32 Cong. 1 sess. p. 42. Cf. Ibid., 33 Cong. 1 sess. p. 147.
1852, Feb. 5. Alabama: Illegal Importations.
By code approved on this date:—