ed States, and the other
moiety to the use of such person or persons, who shall sue
for and prosecute the same.

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG.
_Speaker of the House of Representatives._

JOHN ADAMS, _Vice-President of the United States,
and President of the Senate_.

APPROVED--March the twenty-second, 1794.
G^o: WASHINGTON, _President of the United States_.

That the memorial, to the General Assembly of Connecticut, was
presented, accompanied with a memorial from the Abolition Society of
that state; whereupon, a bill was originated, and passed, in the House
of Representatives, to abolish slavery in Connecticut; which bill was
negatived by a small majority in the legislative Council.

That the memorials, to the Assemblies of New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
were presented, but not acted upon.

That the memorial, to the Delaware Assembly, was presented late in the
session, but no order taken thereon.

That the memorials, to the Legislatures of New York, Maryland, and
Virginia, by reason of accidents, were not presented.

That no certain information is yet obtained, that the memorials were
presented to the Legislatures of North Carolina, South Carolina, or
Georgia, although your committee have reason to believe they were
presented, as they were forwarded by a careful person.

The committee, appointed to prepare an address, as proposed in the
first and fourth sections of the report of the committee of
arrangement, presented one, which was read, and ordered to lie on the
table.

The committee, to whom was referred the third section of the report of
the committee of arrangement, made report, which was read, and ordered
to lie on the table.

The following resolutions were then adopted, _viz._

Resolved, That addresses be prepared and presented to the Legislatures
of those states, which have not passed laws for preventing the
importation of slaves.

Samuel Coates presented an essay of an address on this subject, to the
state of Georgia, which, with the above resolution, was referred to
William Dunlap, William Rawle and Joseph Townsend.

Resolved, That a memorial be transmitted to the Legislature of South
Carolina, requesting a continuance of the act for preventing the
importation of slaves.

Jonathan Edwards presented a draught of an address on this subject,
which, with the resolution, was referred to the above committee, who
were authori