of the United States, belonging to any nation with whom commercial intercourse shall be permitted," It was determined in the negative, Yeas 35. Nays 77. The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of the members present, Peterson Goodwyn, Daniel Heister, William Helms, Peter B. Porter, ichn Randolph, John Rea, (Pennsylvania) Thomas Sammons, Archibald Van Horn, Robert Whitehill, Richard Winn, The first member of the said proviso being re jected, the second member failed of course. A motion was made by Mr. Taylor, and seconded, to amend the said bill by inserting after the word the," at the end of the second line of the first section, the words "first and second.” And the question being taken thereupon, S Yeas, 15. { It was determined in the negative, Nays, 100. The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are Those who voted in the negative, are Orchard Cook, Thomas Gholson, junior, Richard M. Johnson, William Kennedy, Herman Knickerbacker, Joseph Lewis, junior, Edward St. Loe Livermore, Vincent Matthews, Joseph Pearson, Timothy Pitkin, junior, John Porter, Peter B. Porter, John Rea, (Pennsylvania) A motion was made by Mr. Montgomery, and seconded, to amend the same by inserting after the word "shall," in the first line of the fourth section, the words "during the continuance and after the expiration thereof." And the question being taken thereupon, It was resolved in the affirmative. A motion was made by Mr. Livermore, and seconded, to add to the end of the first section of the said bill, the following words: and for the purposes of this act, no country or place shall be considered as a colony or dependency of Great Britain or France, which is not under the immediate government, or in the possession of either Great Britain or France." And the question being taken thereupon, It was determined in the negative, Nays 97. Yeas 1. The yeas and nays as demanded by one fifth of the members present, are as follow: Yea. Edward St: Loe Livermore. Lemuel J. Alston, Willis Alston, junior, William Anderson, Ezekiel Bacon, William Baylies, David Bard, Burwell Bassett, Nays. Robert Brown, William A. Burwell, William Crawford, Richard Cutts, Joseph Desha, James Emott, Jonathan Fisk, Barzillai Gannett, Gideon Gardner, Thomas Gholson, junior, Gurdon S. Mumford, Thomas Newton, Wilson C. Nicholas, Peter B. Porter, Josiah Quincy, John Randolph, John Rea, (Pennsylvania) Erastus Root, Ebenezer Sage, Thomas Sammons, Samuel Shaw, Daniel Sheffey, John Smilie, William Helms, John G. Jackson, Walter Jones, William Kennedy, Herman Knickerbacker, Nathaniel Macon, John Montgomery, Nicholas R. Moore, George Smith, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Henry Southard, Richard Stanford, John Stanley, Jacob Swoope, John Taylor, Uri Tracy, George M. Troup, Nicholas Van Dyke, Archibald Van Horn, Robert Weakley, Robert Whitehill, James Wilson, Richard Winn, Robert Witherspoon. A motion was made by Mr. John G. Jackson, and seconded, further to amend the said bill, by adding to the end of the fourth section, the following words: "and the acts therein referred to." And the question being taken thereupon, |