Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16)United States. Congress
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Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16)
United States. Congress
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Messrs. CLAIBORNE and NICHOLSON supported and Messrs. GRISWOLD and
GREGG opposed this resolution, which, on the question being taken, was
carried--ayes 61, nays 38.
The committee then rose, and reported their agreement to the resolution.
Mr. GREGG moved an amendment directing the proper accounting officer of
the Treasury to settle the claim of Amy Dardin, on the same principle
with similar cases, the statute of limitations notwithstanding.
Messrs. GRISWOLD and GREGG supported, Messrs. NICHOLSON and CLAIBORNE
opposed the amendment.
A concurrence in the report was then agreed to, and the Committee of
Claims instructed to bring in a bill.
FRIDAY, November 25.
_Ordered_, That the petition of Memucan Hunt, William Polk, and Pleasant
Henderson, for themselves and others, addressed to the General Assembly
of the State of North Carolina; also, sundry resolutions of the said
Assembly, respecting a claim for the value of certain lands in the State
of Tennessee, presented to this House on the nineteenth of January, one
thousand eight hundred and two, and the report of a select committee
thereon, made the twenty-fourth of March, in the same year, be referred
to the committee this day appointed on the memorial of the Legislature of
Tennessee.
_Bankrupt Law._
Mr. NEWTON called for the order of the day on the bill to repeal an act
to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States;
and the House then resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on the
said bill.
Mr. VARNUM moved an amendment, extending the period of repeal to the
first of January, 1804, instead of from the passage of the act; and
afterwards varied the motion, so as to leave the period of repeal blank.
This motion was supported by Messrs. R. GRISWOLD, EARLY, and SKINNER; and
opposed by Messrs. SMILIE, NEWTON, RODNEY, and HASTINGS. Lost--ayes 25.
On motion of Mr. R. GRISWOLD, an amendment was introduced, directing the
completion of all proceedings under commissions taken out previous to the
repeal.
The committee then rose and reported the bill with the above amendment,
in which the House immediately concurred, and ordered, without a
division, the bill to be engrossed for a third reading on Monday.
[The bill is concise, and is confined to repealing the bankrupt act,
saving cases where commissions have been taken out previously to the
passage of the act, at which time the repeal takes effect.]
MONDAY, November 28.
_Public Roads._
On the call of Mr. JACKSON, the House resolved itself into a Committee of
the Whole on the following resolution:
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