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Excerpt from Compilation of Reports of the Committee on Foreign Relations, Vol. 8: United State Senate, 1789-1901, First Congress, First Session to Fifty-Sixth Congress, Second Session; Treatises and Legislation Respecting Them; General Index On the petition of Charles Colvill and communications in regard to American prisoners in Algiers, Mr. Butler reported as follows: Resolved by the Senate of the United States, in their capacity as Council of Advice, That if the President of the United States shall enter into any treaty convention for the purpose of establishing and preserving peace with the Regency of Algiers and with Tunis and Tripoli, "at an expense not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars annually," for such a term of years [as] shall be stipulated, and for the purpose of ransoming the citizens of the United States in captivity with the Algerines, "at an expense not exceeding forty thousand dollars for the said ransom," the Senate will advise and consent to the same and ratify and approve any measures which the President of the United States shall take for accomplishing these objects to an amount not exceeding live thousand dollars, although such measures should prove unsuccessful. Resolved, That if a convention or treaty for the establishment and preservation of peace can not be made with the Regency of Algiers the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars annually shall be distributed among the said captives or their families, as they may prefer, in such manner and in such proportion as the President of the United States shall order and direct during their captivity. Resolved, That the President of the United States be authorized and empowered to draw on the Treasury of the United States for the sum of one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. (Annals, 2d Cong., 26; Leg. Jour., pp. 336, 349, 354, 394; Ex. Jour., vol. 1, p. 91.) March 15, 1792. On the message of the President as to treaty with Spain, Mr. Cabot made the following report: The committee to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States of the 7th instant, with the report of the Secretary of State accompanying the same, stating the reasons for extending the negotiation proposed at Madrid to the subject of commerce, etc., explaining, under the form of instruction, to the commissioners lately appointed to that court the principles on which commercial arrangements with Spain might, if desired on her part, be acceded to on ours, report that it is expedient for the Senate to resolve that they advise and consent to the extension of the powers of the commissioners as proposed, and that they will advise and consent to the ratification of such treaty as the said commissioners shall enter into with the court of Spain in conformity to these instructions. (Ex. Jour., vol. 1, pp. 110, 115.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.