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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 --WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1785.
Congress assembled. Present, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina; and from the State of Pennsylvania, Mr. [Joseph] Gardner;from South Carolina, Mr. [John] Bull, and from Georgia, Mr. [William] Houstoun.
An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory, being under consideration, it was moved by Mr. [James] Monroe, seconded by Mr. [Rufus] King, that the following clause respecting reservations, be struck out, viz:
"Also one third part of all gold, Silver, lead and Copper mines for the purpose of special sale, at such times and places as Congress may hereafter direct." A division of the question was called for by Mr. [Rufus] King, so far as the word "mines," inclusive,
And on the question, Shall the first part of the proposition stand? the yeas and nays were called for by Mr. [David] Howell,
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So it was resolved in the affirmative.1
[Note 1: 1 On this day also, according to Committee Book 190, the committee of February 7, on Moses Hazen's memorial, rendered a report which was read April 26.]
[Motion of] Mr. [David] Howell, [seconded by] Mr. [Gunning] Bedford].
Resolved, That the commissioner to be appointed in pursuance of the resolution of the 13th April, 1785, be allowed the same pay while actually employed as is or may be allowed to the Commissioners appointed under the Resolution of February 20th, 1782.2
[Note 2: 2 This motion, in the writing of David Howell, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 36, III, folio 561. See post, April 21.
April 20: The following committees were appointed:
Mr. [Rufus] King, Mr. [James] Monroe and Mr. [William Samuel] Johnson, on the report of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, dated April 18, on a letter from the Chargé d'Affaires of France, announcing the appointment of Sieur Ignatius Remain Chevalier D'Avistay de Chateaufort as French consul for North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia; and also on the brevet appointment of Pierre Francois de Barbé Marbois, Junr., as French consul for Pennsylvania and Delaware and the Consular Convention with France. It is in No. 81, I, folio 203, and was read this day. The committee reported May 2, and the report was acted on May 11.
Mr. [David] Howell, Mr. [Samuel] Holten and Mr. [William Samuel] Johnson, on the memorial of the Reverend Samuel Kirkland, dated April 6, praying for compensation for services. It was read this day and a report rendered April 25. The memorial is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, V, folio 45.
Mr. [William] Ellery, Mr. [James] McHenry and Mr. [William] Grayson, on the letter of April 9 from President John Dickinson, of Pennsylvania on the appointment of John Ewing and Thomas Hutchins as commissioners to run and mark the boundaries of the state. It is in No. 69, II, folio 491. A report was rendered April 22. The letter was presented to Congress by the Pennsylvania delegates.
Committee Book No. 190.
Also, according to Committee Book No. 191, a report on Invalids was rendered this day and acted on June 7.]
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