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[No. 58-, of Vol. lII.] Wednesday, November i 6, ijyi.
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
IN SENATE, November 7, 1791
The report of the trujlees of the Jinking fund, was read asfollows :
THE Vice-Pre/idem of the United States and President of the Senate,
the Chiej Jujltce,the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Trea
hry, and the Attorney-General, refpectful/y report to the Qonzrefs of the
United States of America—
That purluant to the ad, intitled, «An Ast making provision for the
reiiuflion of the public debt," andin conformity to two refeiutions agreed
upon by them, one on the 15th day oj January, and another on the 1 tfh
*f Auguji lajl, andfeverally approve'd by the President of the United
States, they have caujed purchases of the said, debt to be made through
the agency 1 efpeSively of Samuel Meredith,Treafurer of the United States,
fVilljam Seton, cashier of the Bank of Mew-York, Benjamin Lincoln,
tolleflor of the dijtrift of Boflon and Charleflon, and William Heth,
eolleßor of the dijirkl of Bermuda Hundred, to the amount of 852,67 7
dollars 46 cents, for which there have been paid 540,924 dollars and 14
tents, in specie, as will more particularly appear by the several documents
Ho. 1 to 8, herewith submitted as part of this report, and which fpecify
the places where, the times when, the prices at which, and the persons
of whom thefaid purchases have been made.
That tho theflatements of ft illiam Seton and Benjamin Lincoln have not
yetpajfed through the forms of fetilement, it appears by the document No.
8, being a certified tranfeript from the books of the Treasury, that the
amount of thejlock by taem refpeflive/y reported to have been purchased,
tas been duly tran ferred to the said books.
That the purchases now ana keretofore reported, amount in the
whole to 1,131,364 dollars and 76 cents, for which there have been
paid 699,163 dollars and 38 ccvti, m specie.
Signed in behalf of the Board,
JOHN ADAMS.
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1 lie following was laid before the House of Re
preleniatives on the 7th inft. by the Secretary
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Treasury Biiartmekt, Kov. 4th, 1791
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HAVE the honor to transmit herewith a Report to the House
•*J^ c P re fcntativcs, accompanying certain climates of sums ne
, j.ry he appropriated for various obje£U therein fpecified, in-
service of/the year 1792.
I have the honor to be, with great refpeft, SIR,
Your most obedient, and humble fervanr,
Honorable Jonathan Trumbull, Efquire t
Speaker c] the House of Reprejentativcs
The SECRETARY of the TREASURY
Relbeclfully Reports to the
HOUSE* of REPRESENTATIVES
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The firft relating to the civil lift, i t the expehditure
■or the support of government during the year
1792 (including incidental ard contingent ex
peuces of the several dcpaitroe.-tj and offices a
n.ount.ng.o - . _ . 328,653.56
inolecond relating to certain liquidated claims
upon the Treasury ; to certain deficiencies in for
mer ellimates lor the cutrent £ ; vice, and to pro
vtfion in aid of the fund here'r.iuic appropriated
for the payment of certain officers of the courts,
jurors, witnesses, &c,
Tiie (iiird relating to the depart riK i .'if v ar, (hewing
the stated exp nditure of thatc lartmciit frr the
year 1792, . . 357,73,. 6.
I he amount of a years petitions to invalids, 87,463. 60
Pay and fubiiftence to sundry ofF.cers for which no
appropriation has yet been ma* e,
Arrearages due upon Indian affairs for the year 1791,
and the sum supposed to be neceffarv for the,
year 1792, - . . 39,424. 7
Expences incurred for the defcafive protection of
the-trontiers for the year 1790, and 1791, and
for which no appropriation ..as yet been made, 37,339. 4!
Amounting together to
As appears by No. 4, which contains a summary of the three pre
ceding ones: exhibiting in one view the total fuin as above
stated, for which an appropriation is requisite.
The funds out of which the laid appropriation may be made,
are, firft, the sum of fix hundred thousand dollars reserved an
nually out of the duties on imports and tonnage, by the ast mak
ing provision for the debt ot the United States, for the support of
the government thereof : And Secondly, such surplus as fnall
have accrued 10 the end of the present year, upon the revenues
heretofore eftablifhcd, over and bov,e the fnms neccfl'ary for the
payment of interest on the public debt during the fame year, and
for the fatistying of other prior appropriations.
Judging from the returns heretofore received at the treasury,
there is good ground toconcluck that, that surplus, together with
theabovementioued sum of fix hundred thousand dollars, will be
adequate to the object.
All which is humbly submitted.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON,
Secretary cf the Treafiiry.
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fident,chief justice and aflociate judges, 51,500
Ditto to the diftrid judges, - - 21,300
Members of the senate, houfeof repiefen
tative® and their officers, 129,730
Treasury department, - - 60,300
Department of (late, - . 6,000
Department of war, • • 9,600
Board of commiflioners, - 15,100
Government of the weilern territory, 11,000
Grant to baron Steuben, - 2,500
Pensions granted by the late government, 2,767. 7$
Incidental and contingent expeoces of the
civil lift eftabliflimcnts,
EXTRAORDIN ARIES.
For discharging certain liquidated claims
on the United States, - - 117,626.70
To make good deficiencies in the civil lift
eltabli foment, - - 49,043.79
Clerks, of courts, jurors, witnefles, &c. 5,000
Maintenance of light-houses and lepairs, 16,000
Keeping prisoners, - - 4,000
Arranging the public securities, 2,450
Purchase of hydrometers, - - 1,000
Building and equipping ten cutters, 2,000
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Stated annual expenccs, - 357>73i-6i
Annual allowance to invalids, 87,463. 60J
For formtr deficient appropriations, 47,829. 84
Indian departmeut, - . 39>4 2 4-7 i
Treasury Department,
Regijler's Ojficc, Nov, 4, 1791
JOSEPH NOURSE, Register.
THE canal of Languedoc is the most ftupendn
ous work of art in Kurope.—The projeift origi
nated among the Romans who abandoned it as
impracticable. Monf. Riqnet began the enter
prize in 1666, and completed it in 168 c, sur
mounting every ebftacle in a broken uneven
country, carrying his works over and through
mountains, and even removing rivers which lay
in his way, by aquedudts. Where the canal is
carried through mountains it is curiously arched
over with fiee ltone, Descending towards the
ocean there are 15 locks, and towards the Medit
erranean 45, as well as 47aqueducfls and 8 bridges.
Near Beziers there are 10 locks which have a
pretty effect down a descent of 936 feet, and 66
feet from the level above. This amazing work
cost upwards of 2 millions of crowns, half of
which was paid by the king. It communicates
the Mediterranean with the Bay of Biscay, parting
by Bourdeaux and Montpelier, being upwards
of 150 miles in length, and of the utmost utility
especially in time of war, as flats carrying 60
tons burthen keep up a fafe and an easy inland
water communication.
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CANAL OF LANGUEDOC
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1 <058,222. 8: J
Mr. Gerry observed, that in all the decisions
legislature, we ought to follow as far as
pollibje the opinion of the great body ofthe peo
ple.—'f this opinion should be found to be a
gainll the ratio of thirty thousand, the amend
ment ought to be adopted ; but if we refer to
the amendments proposed by the conventions to
rhe constitution, we fball find that five dates were
m favor of one reprcfentative to every thirty
thousand persons, till the number should amount
to two hundred. None of the propositions now
moved as amendments to the motion of the gen
tleman trom New-York, amount to that number
— Several others of the conventions were of opi
nion that rhe representation was too small to fe
cu. e thr lioci tits of this country. This govern
ment, laid he, is a government of representation ;
the people may controul their reprefetitatives,
but their influence is small in respect to the se
nate and the executive, and (till less over the of
ficers of government—On what then do the peo
ple depend for checking encroachments, or pre
venting abuses ' On their reprefetitatives—lf
these should be too few, or if they ffiould fail
them, they never can redress their grievances
without having recourse to violence.—lf the
number is small, a majority may be the more ea
sily corrupted—on the other hand, too large a
number will be attended with difficulties a°me
dium then is moll eligible.—An adequate number
is absolutely neceflary,—and to fliew that one to
thirty thousand would r.it produce more than aU
adequate number, he referred to the ratio of re
presentation in England and France, in wliicl#
there was a greater proportion of reprefentativci
than in the legislature of the United States.
It has been objected to an increase of repre
sentatives, that it would lead to encroachments
on the part of the general government, over
those ot the individual governments—He tho'c
that the reverse of the objection was true, and
instanced the opinion and plan of Gov. Hutchin
fon of Maflachufetts, who proposed and advised
a redudion of the representation of MafTachu
fetts, as a neceflary Rep in order to effect the de
ficits of Great-Britain—decreasing the number,
therefore, will be leflening in proportion the se
curity of the liberties of the people.
He then adverted to the objection arising from
the additional expence—but, he observed, after
Congress fliall have pafled a few more of the raoft
important arts, it is not probable that the Public
bulinefs will in future require that the leifiona.
should be for more than four months annually .
this would reduce the expence'greatly, in the fii It
instance ; and agreeable to a calculation, an ad
dition of 47 members to the present number,would
make the aggregate expence but about one eigh
teenth part more than at present, supposing the
feftions to be four months long—But he consider
ed the objetfion on account of the expence at
merely speculative.
Although Congress is not positively bound by
the conflitution to give one member for every
thirty thousand inhabitants, yet he wauld ask,
whether the citizens of the United States did not
expert that this ratio would be adopted ? and
whether the 3' would not consider it as an abufa
of power, if Congress, instead of or.e to thirty
thousand should fettle the representation at one
to forty thousand ? Eight States have already
adopted the firft: article of the .proposed amend
ments to theconflitution : and if thelioufe lhould
t0 >555- %
-328,653 56
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Dollars, 1,058,222.8 if
[Whole No. 266.'
CONGRESS.
PHILADELPHIA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
THURSDAY, November 10.
IN COMMITTEE OP THE WHOLE.
Debate on the Ratio of Representation.
"|\/TR. LAWIiANCE had previously moved That
-L»-L until the next enumeration, the number
of Reprefencatives should be one for every thirty
thousand persons.
Mr. Dayton had moved to strike out thirty be
fore thousand—this amendment was under coa
fideration.
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