Note 31 — Chapter IX
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One was reported, May 9, 1820, by Mercer's committee, and passed May 12: House Journal, 16 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 497, 518, 520, 526; Annals of Cong., 16 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 697–9. A similar resolution passed the House next session, and a committee reported in favor of the Right of Search: Ibid., 16 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 1064–71. Cf. Ibid., pp. 476, 743, 865, 1469.