Sec. 8. Penalty for bringing slaves, $400 per slave; the same for buying or hiring, knowingly, such a slave. Sec. 16. This act to take effect May 1, 1806. _Statutes at Large of Virginia_, New Series, III. 251. ~1806, Jan. 27. Congress (House): Bill to Tax Slaves Imported.~ "A Bill laying a duty on slaves imported into any of the United States." Finally dropped. _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 8 Cong. 2 sess. V. 129; _Ibid._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. V. 195, 223, 240, 242, 243-4, 248, 260, 262, 264, 276-7, 287, 294, 305, 309, 338; _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 273, 274, 346, 358, 372, 434, 442-4, 533. ~1806, Feb. 4. Congress (House): Proposition to Prohibit Slave-Trade after 1807.~ Mr. Bidwell moved that the following section be added to the bill for taxing slaves imported,--that any ship so engaged be forfeited. The proposition was rejected, yeas, 17, nays, 86 (?). _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. p. 438. ~1806, Feb. 10. Congress (House): New Hampshire Proposed Amendment.~ "Mr. Tenney ... presented to the House certain resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Hampshire, 'proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, so as to authorize and empower Congress to pass a law, whenever they may deem it expedient, to prevent the further importation of slaves,' or people of color, into the United States, or any part thereof." Read and laid on the table. _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 1 sess. V. 266; _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. p. 448. ~1806, Feb. 17. Congress (House): Proposition on Slave-Trade.~ The committee on the slave-trade reported a resolution:-- "_Resolved_, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons, to import or bring into any of the Territories of the United States, any slave or slaves that may hereafter be imported into the United States." _House Journal_, 9 Cong. 1 sess. V 264, 278, 308, 345-6; _House Reports_, 9 Cong. 1 sess. II. Feb. 17, 1806; _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 472-3. ~1806, April 7. Congress (Senate): Maryland Proposed Amendment.~ "Mr. Wright communicated a resolution of the legislature of the state of Maryland instructing their Senators and Representatives in Congress to use their utmost exertions to obtain an amendment to the constitution of the United States to prevent the further importation of slaves; whereupon, Mr. Wright submitted the following resolutions for the consideration of the Senate.... "_Resolved_, That the migration or importation of slaves into the United States, or any territory thereof, be prohibited after the first day of January, 1808." Considered April 10, and further consideration postponed until the first Monday in December next. _Senate Journal_ (repr. 1821), 9 Cong. 1 sess. IV. 76-7, 79; _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 229, 232. ~1806, Dec. 2. President Jefferson's Message.~ See above, pages 97-98. _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 2 sess. V. 468.