The Senate returned to their own Chamber, and then adjourned.
MONDAY, November 24.
JOHN RUTHERFORD, from New Jersey, attended.
WEDNESDAY, November 26.
JOHN HENRY, from Maryland, and JAMES ROSS, from Pennsylvania, severally
attended.
FRIDAY, November 28.
STEPHEN R. BRADLEY, from Vermont, and CALEB STRONG, from Massachusetts,
severally attended.
TUESDAY, December 9.
RICHARD POTTS, from Maryland, attended to-day.
THURSDAY, December 11.
FREDERICK FRELINGHUYSEN, from New Jersey, attended.
MONDAY, December 15.
STEPHEN MIX MITCHELL, from Connecticut, attended to-day.
MONDAY, December 29.
HENRY TAZEWELL, appointed a Senator by the State of Virginia, in the
place of JOHN TAYLOR, resigned, produced his credentials, which were
read, and the VICE PRESIDENT administered to him the oath required by
law, and he took his seat in the Senate.
FRIDAY, February 20.
The VICE PRESIDENT being absent, the Senate proceeded to the election of
a PRESIDENT _pro tempore_, as the constitution provides, and SAMUEL
LIVERMORE was duly elected; who, declining the appointment,
The Senate proceeded to the election of HENRY TAZEWELL to that office.
_Ordered_, That the Secretary wait on the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, and notify him of the election of Mr. TAZEWELL to be PRESIDENT
of the Senate _pro tempore_.
SATURDAY, February 28.
HENRY LATIMER, from the State of Delaware, in place of GEORGE READ,
resigned, attended, and produced his credentials, which were read; and,
the oath prescribed by law being administered, he took his seat in the
Senate.
JAMES GUNN, from Georgia, attended.
TUESDAY, March 3.
Mr. BURR laid before the Senate a motion, as follows:
"_Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
two-thirds of both Houses concurring_, That the following
article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several
States, as an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of the said
Legislatures, shall be valid as part of the said
constitution, to wit:
"That the term for which the members of the Senate and
House of Representatives of the next Congress are or shall
be chosen shall expire on the first day of June next
following the third day of March, on which it would have
expired if this amendment to the constitution had not been
adopted."
_Ordered_, That this motion lie for consideration.
TUESDAY EVENING, March 3.
A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the
House, having finished the business of the session, are about to
adjourn.
_Ordered_, That Messrs. IZARD and MORRIS be a committee, jointly, with
such committee as the House of Representatives may appoint on their
part, to wait on the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and inform him that
Congress is ready to adjourn without day, unless he may have any further
communications to make.
_Ordered_, That the Secretary acquaint the House of Representatives
therewith, and desire the appointment of a committee on their part.
A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the
House have appointed a joint committee on their part to wait on the
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and inform him that Congress is ready to
adjourn.
Mr. IZARD reported, from the joint committee, that they had waited on
the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, who informed them that he had no
further communications to make to Congress during this session.
Whereupon, it was
_Resolved_, That the Senate adjourn without day.