Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-01-30
THURSDAY, JANUARY 50.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 50. S.
fse following Bill is nosybefore the House q
Rehresentatfue8, and has hqsaed rs yfrsf ana
second reading
"A BILL
To amend the Laws within the District o.
Columbia.
Re II enacted 6y the Senate and Hoase Q,
Pehresentotiues of the United States ct IL
nserica, in Congress- assembled, That all pro-
missory notes for the payment of money here
after drawn and endorsed or transferred with
in the county Of Alexandria, In the district OF
Columbia, shall be governed by, and subject
10. the same laws as are now IN force and ap-
plicable to such notes, drawn, endorsed or
transferred within the county of Washington,
In the said district and the rights, remedies
and responsibility of the person or persons
4 hereafter holding, drawing, endorsing or
transferring any such promissory note, as a.
foresaid, shall BIC the same within the said
county of Alexandria as they now are within
the said county of Washington and all laws
now in force within the said county OF Alex
andria contrary to this provision, are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 9. Ind be, il further enacted, That II
shall be lawful for any creditor of any insol-
vent debt, who shall hereafter apply for rel;tf
under the act of congress, passed on the thiid
day of March, one thousand eight hundred
and three, entitled g An act for the relief of
insolyent debtors within the district of Column
bia,' to make the same allegations in writing,
at any time before the oath ofinsolvency Shall
be administered, as are now permitted by the
seventh section of said act, which allegation
shall be made before the Judge by whom the
oath of insolvency is proposed to be admins
stored, ard copy fthe same, together with
notification from such Judge of the time and
place at which the truth;o such allegation is
to be tried, shall be forthwith served on such
insolvent and any one Judge OF the said dis
trict shall have the same power and authority
to examine the debtor or any other person,
on oath, touching the substance OF the SAID
alteration, or to direct an Issue or issues to
he tried before him, in a summary way, to
determine the truth OF the same, as are now
vested in the court of the said dlstrict'by the
seventh section of the said act; and if upon
the answer to the said interrosatories, or up
IN the trial of the issue or issues, such debt
or shall be found guilty of any fraud or deceit,
towards his creditors, or of having lost by
gaming within twelve months next preceding
his application for relief, more. than three
hundred dollars, or OF having within that time
assigned or conveyed any part OF his property,
rights, or credits. with an intent TO give a
preference to any creditor or creditors or any
surety, he shall not be permitted to take the
said oath, and shall be precluded from any be-
ne6t under the said act; and IN case any such
debtor, or anv other person, Shall at any time
thereafter be convicted of swearing or affirm
ing wiIfuly and corruptiy to any matter or
thing touching the inquiry aforesaid, the per-
son so offending shall suffer as in the case of
wlful and corrupt perjury; and upon such
convictioTof the debtor or any, other person
testifying for him, such debtor shall he tore
yer precluded from any benefit under the said
act; but nothing herein contained shall be
considered as In any manner impalrlng or re-
pealing the provisions ofthe seventh section
of the said act.
Sec. 8. Ind Del further. enacted, That the
benefit of the prison rules shall not be allowed
70. any debtop.s hereafter taken or charged III
execution within the said district, for more
than one year from the date of the bond given
by him or her for keeping within the said
rules: after the expiration of which time, it
the person so taken or charged in execution
shall not be discharged by due course OF law,
it shall be the duty of the marshal, or other
oaicer to whose custody such person was COM
niittetl, to re-eoinnlit iin or her to close jail
and confinement, there to scmain until the
debt foiswhich he or she was taken or charg-
ed in exec, tion shall be paid, or until he or
she Shall be discharged under the act OF con-
rress for the relief of fpsoyent debtors within
the district Of Columbia.
See. A. ind &c IL f;n-ther enacted, Thatreal
estate III the county of Alexandria shall be
subject to the 55ay nent Of debts hereafter con-