_Ordered_, That the Message, together with the papers therein referred
to, be committed to Messrs. SMITH of Maryland, ADAMS, ANDERSON, BRADLEY,
and GREGG, to consider and report thereon; and that the same be
considered as confidential.
MONDAY, December 21.
Mr. REED, from the State of Maryland, attended.
THURSDAY, December 31.
_Case of John Smith._
Mr. ADAMS stated that the committee appointed on the 27th of November
last, “to inquire whether it be compatible with the honor and privileges
of this House that JOHN SMITH, a Senator from the State of Ohio, against
whom bills of indictment were found at the Circuit Court of Virginia,
held at Richmond in August last, for treason and misdemeanor, should be
permitted any longer to have a seat therein,” were ready to report: and
he made the following motion, which was read and agreed to:
_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._