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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journals of the Continental Congress --SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1783
A motion was made by Mr. A[rthur] Lee, seconded by Mr. [Samuel] Holten, that the Superintendant of finance do lay before Congress immediately, an account of all monies which were in his hands at his coming into office, or have been received since for the public use, together with the application of all such monies in each month, distinguishing the date of each payment, the person to whom, and the purpose for which such payment was made.
A motion was made by Mr. [Samuel] Osgood, seconded by Mr. [Hugh] Williamson, that the motion be committed:
And on the question for commitment, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. A[rthur] Lee,
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So the question was lost.
A motion was then made by Mr. [Abraham] Clark, seconded by Mr. [Hugh] Williamson, that the motion of Mr. [Arthur] Lee be postponed, in order to fill up the committees of five, appointed on the 1st Monday in July and the 1st Monday in January last, pursuant to the resolution of the 17 June, 1782: and on the question for postponing, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. A[rthur] Lee,
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So it passed in the negative.
A motion was then made by Mr. [James] Madison, seconded by Mr. [James] Wilson, that the motion before the house be postponed, in order to take into consideration the following motion:
That it be the duty of the Superintendant of finance, with as little delay as may be, and thereafter on the day ofin every year, to lay before the United States in Congress assembled, a state of all monies received into his department, with the times when, and the persons from whom they shall have been received; and also a state of all payments made immediately under his warrant, with the times when, the persons to whom, and purposes for which such warrants shall have been issued: that he also, at the periods aforesaid, lay before the United States in Congress assembled, copies of the receipts given to him for all such warrants, with the amount of the estimates or substance of the other documents on which the warrants shall have been issued; and also a report from the comptroller's office, how far the monies issued under warrants of the said Superintendant, as aforesaid, shall have been finally and satisfactorily accounted for:1
[Note 1: 1 This motion, in the writing of James Madison, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 36, II, folio 49.]
And on the question for postponing, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. A[rthur] Lee,
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So it passed in the negative.
After farther debate, an adjournment was called for and carried.
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