A motion was then made by Mr. Livermore, and seconded, that the House do now adjourn, And the question being taken thereupon,

It was determined in the negative, Nays 63.
S Yeas 39,

The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

Matthew Clay,
Howell Cobb,

James Cochran,
Orchard Cook,
James Cox,

William Crawford,
Richard Cutts,
John Dawson,

Joseph Desha,
John W. Eppes,
William Findley,
Jonathan Fisk,
Meshack Franklin,

Barzillai Gannett,

Gideon Gardner,

Thomas Gholson, junior,
William Helms,

James Holland,
Benjamin Howard,
Jacob Hufty,
John G. Jackson,
Richard M. Johnson,
Walter Jones,
William Kennedy,
Aaron Lyle,

Alexander M'Kim,
John Montgomery,
Nicholas R. Moore,
Thomas Moore,
Jeremiah Morrow,
Thomas Newton,
John Porter,

Peter B. Porter,

John Rea, (Pennsylvania)
John Rhea, (Tennessee)
Matthias Richards,
John Roane,
Erastus Root,
Ebenezer Sage,

Lemuel Sawyer,
Samuel Shaw,
John Smilie,
George Smith,
Samuel Smith,
Henry Southard,
Richard Stanford,
Robert Weakley,
Robert Whitehill,
Richard Winn,

Robert Witherspoon.

Samuel M.Kee,

The question was then stated from the chair, that the House do agree to the first resolution contained in the said report, in the words following, to wit:

"Resolved, That the election held in Plymouth district in November last, was legal and proper.'

A motion was made by Mr. Livermore, and seconded, to amend the said resolution, by adding after the words "legal and proper," the words "but not conclusive."

Mr. Speaker decided that the said motion was not in order, it being a substitute for the resolution under consideration, and that agreeably to the standing rules and orders of the House, no new proposition shall be admitted, under color of amendment, as a substitute for the motion or proposition under debate.

From which decision of the chair, an appeal was made to the House,

And on the question, "Is the decision of the chair correct?"

It was resolved in the affirmative.

A motion was made by Mr. Bibb, and seconded, that the said first resolution do lie on the table. And the question being taken thereupon,

It was determined in the negative.

The question was then taken, that the House do agree to the said first resolution, as originally proposed by the Committee of Elections,

And resolved in the affirmative,

Yeas 58.

Nays 13.

i ne Speaker declaring himself with the yeas.

The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

Barzillai Gannett,

Gideon Gardner,

Thomas Gholson, junior,

William Helms,

James Helland,

Benjamin Howard,
Jacob Hufty,
John G. Jackson,
Richard M. Johnson,
William Kennedy,
Aaron Lyle,
Samuel McKee,
Alexander M⭑Kim,
John Montgomery,
Nicholas R. Moore,
Thomas Moore,

Jeremiah Morrow,
Thomas Newton,

John Porter,
Peter B. Porter,
John Rea, (Pennsylvania)
John Rhea, (Tennessee)
Matthias Richards,
John Roane,
Erastus Root,

The question was stated from the chair, that the House do agree to the second resolution contained in the aforesaid report, in the words following, to wit: "Resolved, That William Baylies is not entitled to a seat in this House,

And the same being taken,

There appeared

The

yeas and

Yeas 56.

Nays 12.

nays being demanded by one fifth of

the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

Lemuel J. Alston,

Richard Cutts,

John Dawson,
Joseph Desha,
John W. Eppes,
William Findley,
Jonathan Fisk,
Meshack Franklin,
Barzillai Gannett,
Gideon Gardner,

Thomas Gholson, junior,
William Helms,
James Holland,

Benjamin Howard,
Jacob Hufty,
John G. Jackson,
Richard M. Johnson,
William Kennedy,
Aaron Lyle,