Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-04-10
IN SENATE.

Tuesday, IfrH2.
The Senate resumed the consideration of
the bill to incorporate the Subscribers to
the Bank of the United States.
The amendments made in commit
tee of the whole, having been concurrea
III
Mr.. Mason of n. II. renewed his motion
tn add to the 18th section the following pro-
viso:
" And if the said corporation shall at a
ny time suspend or refuse payment in, gold
or silver of its notes, bills or obligations, or
other debts, TO such an amount, and for
such length of time as Congress may deem
Injurious to the United States, in such case,
Congress may repeal this act, and abolish
the said corporation, and make such regu-
latlons and provisions for the settlement of
the affairs and payment of the debts of said
corporation, and for distributing its remain
ing property among the stockholders, as
shall be deemed just and proper"
THIS motion was determined in the neg
alive.
Yeas ID, Nays o.
On motion of Mr.. Daggett. to amend the
bill, by adding thereto the following new
section, viz:
SEC. %. .4nd BE il further enacted. That
it shall at all times be law for commit
tee OF either House of Congress appointed
for that purpose, to inspect the books, and
to examine into the proceedings of the cor
poration hereby created, and to report whe-'
Their the provisions Of this charter have
| been by the same violated or not and
whenever any committee as aforesaid shall
| ind or report, or the President of the Uni
ted States shall have reason to believe that
| the Charter has been violated, it may be
lawful for Congress to direct, or the Presi-
dent to order a Scire faci0S to be sued out of
the Circuit Court of the District of Penn
| sylvania, in the name of the United States,
| (Which shall be executed upon the Presi-
dent OF the said corporation for the time be-
ing, at least fifteen days before the COM
| mencement of the term of said Court,) cal
ling on the said corporation to shew cause
why the charter, hereby granted, shall
not be declared forfeited and it shall be
| lawful for the said court, upon the return of
the said Scire .faciaS, to examine into the
truths of the alleged violation and if such
violation be made appear, then to pronounce
and adJudSe that the said charter is for
teited and annulled +: Provided, however,
every issue of fact which may be joined be-
/ tween the United States and the corpora
ton aforesaid, shall be tried by jury And
it shall be lawful for the court aforesaid to
require the production of such of the books
OF the said corporation, as it may deem ne
cessary tor the ascertainment of the contro-
verified facts; and the final judgment of the
| court aforesaid, shall be examinable in the
| Supreme Court of the United States by
writ OF error, and may be there reversed
or affirmed, according to the usages of
! law.
| The question on agreeing to said amend
ment, was determined in the affirmative
| by the following vote
| Yes 81, Nays g.
| On motion of Mr.. Harper, 10 strike out
the scale OF votes at elections, &c. there
were
Yeas 7, Nays 49,
So the motion was lost.
| The bill having been further amended
the question on ordering the amendments
to be engrosSed, and the bill to be read a
| third time, was decided ia the affirma-
tive.
Wednesday, .Ahril 3.
| Besides other business
| The great BANK BILL was read
a third time. On the question: Shall
the bill pass ?"-The following was the
| vote:
| YEAS-Mcssrs Barbour, Barry, Brown,
Campbell, Chace, Coadit, Dagge;t. Fro
mentin, Harper, Horsey. Howell, Hunter,
Lacock, Mason Va. Morrow, Roberts,
Talbot, TAFT, Taylor, Turner, Varnum,
| Williams-22.
NAYS.-Messrs. Dana, Ga Hard, Colds
| borough, Gore, King, Macon, Mason N. H.
| Ruggles, Sanford, Tichenor, Wells, Will
| son-12.
| [Messrs. Bib and Thompson, the only
absentees, are understood to have been de-
tanned from the Senate by ill-health !:
the former ofthcse gentlemen being, we
are very sorry to say, seriously indispos-
| ed.
So the bill was passed, and the concur
| renee of the House of Representatives or
| dered to be requested in the amendments
thereto.
Thursday, Atirl 4.
The bill to regulate the mode Of calling
out the militia to suppress instructions,
repel invasioHs, &c. was postponed, after
consideration, to day beyond the session.
The bill for refunding to the corporate
on of New York, Certain expences incur
red in erecting defences near New York
during the late war, was recommitted to
select committee, with instructions to en-
quire into the propriety of reporting bill,
with general provisions on that subject, to
include all such cases.
The bill to establish navigation sys
tenn being the order Of the day, was, ON
motion Of MI. Harper, postponed till to-
morrow. MIR. Harper at the same time
laid upon the table the following resoluti.
ons
Resotved, That provision ought to be