Debates in the Senate on the Twelfth Amendment, 1803

December 16, 1803

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1: Senate, December 16, 1803, ¶ 1 (Senate1803.Dec16.1)

The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 28ih of October last, for an amendment to the Constitution, in the mode of electing the President and Vice President of the United States; AMoftied. That the further consideration thereof be postponed until the first Monday in September Cta motion that a committee be appointed to take into consideration the expediency of establishing an uniform law on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States," it was agreed that this motion should lie for considnA motion was made" that no person shall bead- [tied on the floor of the Senate Chamber except members of ibe House of Representatives, foreign Ministers, and the Heads of Departments, uotMa introduced by a member of the Senate."

2: Senate, December 16, 1803, ¶ 2 (Senate1803.Dec16.2)

Ordered, That this motion lie for consideration.

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