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Displaying 2611 - 2620 of 2972 Mr. Van Buren submitted some additional sections as amendments to the bill; they were ordered to be printed, and the bill was then postponed to, and made the order of the day for, tomorrow.
The bill reported by the Judiciary Committee, "to alter the time for holding the district court for the district of Missouri," was taken up in Committee of the Whole.
Mr. Van Buren stated the grounds for making the proposed change. The bill was then reported to the Senate without amendment, and... Continue Reading
Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the resolution to authorize the purchase of a certain number of the copies of the Journals of Congress, from 1774 to 1788, reported it without amendment.
Mr. Van Buren, from the same committee, reported the bill to provide for the settlement of certain pecuniary claims against the United States, without amendment.
Mr. Van Buren, from the same committee, reported the bill in further addition to "An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization," without amendment.
Mr. Van Buren, from the same committee, to whom the subject was referred, reported a bill in further addition to "An act to establish an... Continue Reading
The Senate then proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to consider the bill reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, "in addition to the act relative to the election of a President and Vice President of the United States." The question was upon agreeing to certain additional sections, proposed... Continue Reading
On motion of Mr. Van Buren, the bill reported by the Judiciary Committee, in addition to an act relative to the election of a President and Vice President of the United States," was again taken up for consideration, in Committee of the Whole; Mr. Gaillard in the Chair. The amendment offered... Continue Reading
The bill "in addition to the act relative to the election of a President and Vice President of the United States," was again taken up for consideration in Committee of the Whole. Several amendments were made to the bill, on motion of Mr. Van Buren. The bill was then reported to the Senate.
Some... Continue Reading
Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, stated the objects of his amendment. His plan was to extend the circuit system to all the Western States, upon the same principles that it rests upon in the other States. He spoke against the bill reported by the committee, as doing away the intimate and highly important... Continue Reading
Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Anna Dubord, wife of Joseph Antonio de Reano, reported a bill to permit Anna Dubord to bring certain slaves into the State of Louisiana; which was read, and passed to a second reading.