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OF

THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA :

BEING

THE SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTIETH CONGRESS.

BEGUN AND HELD

AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON,

DECEMBER 4, 1848,

IN THE SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES.

ALSO,

THE JOURNAL OF THE SENATE

AT

THE SPECIAL SESSION,

Commencing March 5, 1849,

AND

THE EXECUTIVE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE,

PROM WHICH THE INJUNCTION OF SECRECY WAS REMOVed during THOSE SESSIONS.

WASHINGTON:

WENDELL AND VAN BENTHUYSEN, PRINTERS.

1849.

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

The SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTIETH CONGRESS commenced this day, conformably to the constitution of the United States; and the Senate assembled at the city of Washington,

From the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,