2. That they be forfeited and left to the disposal of the States (proposed by Bidwell and Early: _Ibid._, pp. 181, 221, 477. This was the final settlement.) 3. That they be forfeited and sold, and that the proceeds go to charities, education, or internal improvements (Early, Holland, and Masters: _Ibid._, p. 273). 4. That they be forfeited and indentured for life (Alston and Bidwell: _Ibid._, pp. 170-1). 5. That they be forfeited and indentured for 7, 8, or 10 years (Pitkin: _Ibid._, p. 186). 6. That they be forfeited and given into the custody of the President, and by him indentured in free States for a term of years (bill reported from the Senate Jan. 28: _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 2 sess. V. 575; _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 2 sess. p. 477. Cf. also _Ibid._, p. 272). 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury dispose of them, at his discretion, in service (Quincy: _Ibid._, p. 183). 8. That those imported into slave States be returned to Africa or bound out in free States (Sloan: _Ibid._, p. 254). 9. That all be sent back to Africa (Smilie: _Ibid._, p. 176). 10. That those imported into free States be free, those imported into slave States be returned to Africa or indentured (Sloan: _Ibid._, p. 226). 11. That they be forfeited but not sold (Sloan and others: _Ibid._, p. 270). 12. That they be free (Sloan: _Ibid._, p. 168; Bidwell: _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 2 sess. V. 515). [5] Bidwell, Cook, and others: _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 2 sess. p. 201. [6] Bidwell: _Ibid._, p. 172. [7] Fisk: _Ibid._, pp. 224-5; Bidwell: _Ibid._, p. 221. [8] Quincy: _Ibid._, p. 184. [9] _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 2 sess. p. 478; Bidwell: _Ibid._, p. 171. [10] _Ibid._, p. 172. [11] _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 173-4. [12] Alston: _Ibid._, p. 170. [13] D.R. Williams: _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 2 sess. p. 183. [14] Early: _Ibid._, pp. 184-5. [15] Lloyd, Early, and others: _Ibid._, p. 203. [16] Alston: _Ibid._, p. 170. [17] Quincy: _Ibid._, p. 222; Macon: _Ibid._, p. 225. [18] Macon: _Ibid._, p. 177. [19] Barker: _Ibid._, p. 171; Bidwell: _Ibid._, p. 172. [20] Clay, Alston, and Early: _Ibid._, p. 266. [21] Clay, Alston, and Early: _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 2 sess. p. 266. [22] Bidwell: _Ibid._, p. 221. [23] Sloan and others: _Ibid._, p. 271; Early and Alston: _Ibid._, pp. 168, 171. [24] Ely, Bidwell, and others: _Ibid._, pp. 179, 181, 271; Smilie and Findley: _Ibid._, pp. 225, 226. [25] _Ibid._, p. 240. Cf. Lloyd: _Ibid._, p. 236. [26] Holland: _Ibid._, p. 241. [27] _Ibid._, p. 227; Macon: _Ibid._, p. 225. [28] Bidwell, Cook, and others: _Ibid._, p. 201. [29] Bidwell: _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 2 sess. p. 221. Cf. _Ibid._, p. 202. [30] Early: _Ibid._, p. 239. [31] _Ibid._