Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-03-19
TUESDAY. MARCH I2.
IN SENATE.


The Senate resumed the consideration OF
the following bill TO amend the charter of the
Bank of the United States.
. lie 1t enacted, S'c. That II shall be lawful furthe
directors OF the Bank of the United States TO appoint
an agent and register and l,at all bills and uores
OF the said corporations issued after The first appoint
ment OF such agent and register, shall he signed by
the agent and coun,ersisued by the register that
SUCH BUS and notes shall have the like force and
erect is the bills and notes OF the said corporation
wuich are now signed by the president and counter
s'shed ny Inc cashier thereof and that often as
an agent or register OF the said corporations shall he
apho'hted no note Oh bill signed by agent or coun-
tersgned 10y register, shall DO issued until public
"o'Ge Oh me appointment oil such agent or register
SHAH have been previously given, for ten days, in
Two oazettes printed at The City of " Washington
See z lind be ii further enacted That il any pre-
s,tient, DIRECTOR cashier other officer, or servant
OF the Bank OF the United States, OF of any of It's
ohces, slali randuientiy his own use anv
money, b'il, note, security for money, evidence Of
debt, or oiherefecs Whatever belonging to The said
BANK, such person shall, upon due conviction, be
punished by imprisonment, not exceeding vea,s
and by hne, not exceeding dollars; either. or
noih, O.. SAID punIshments, according The aggrava-
tios of the offence.
When this bill was under consideration,
yesterday, motiIn was pending, made by
Mr. FINDLAy, TO rccommit the bill with in
struchons, as heretofore stated. This motion
he withdrew and, in lieu thereof, proposed
to amend the bill by adding the following sec
| ton:
'1"a De enacted, That so much OF the second rule
% tue eieVenth section al the act enIuled +" An Act
10 incorporate the subscribers The Bank of the
ohneu States as provides that Director shall
hoa ms ONCE more than three years out of four in
succession, and much of The four;eenth ruIe 81.
provides that no Director of office of discount and
ueposite shall hold his Office more than three wears
out OF Tour IN succession, be- ard the same is hereby
| repealed.
| This amendment was rejected by large
majOrity.l
On taking up the bill this morning, Mr..
iALBoT moved its indefinite postponement.
On this motion and those which followed, a
debate took place which occupied the Senate
Till near q o'clock.
Inc motion TO postpone the bill indefinitely
was finally lost by the following vote:
YEAS.-Messrs Brown OF Ohio, Chandler. Lam
man, Macon, Noble, Ruggles, Smith, Talbot, Taylor
Thomas, Williams of Ten-Il
NAfS'-Messeurs Barbour, Barton, Benton,
66oardman, DWolf,, Dckerson, Eaton, Findlay,
ua''Iard, Holmes of Name, Holmes of Miss. John.
son son OF Lou King of AIab King of ~ Y Knight,
Lloyd, Lowrie, Mills, Morrill, Gus, Parrot, Pleasanis
seymour, Southland, Stokes, Van Dixie Walker
| Ware, Williams of Miss-29.
Mr.. PLEAsANTs then moved 10 strike out
the Cd section of the bill and after some de-
bate, this motion was also lost, by the cast
ing vete of the Chairman, (Mr DIcKERsos'
the votes being 10 for, and 10 against, the
| motion.
Mr.. EATON moved an amendment to the
End section, providing that the court before
whom the conviction shall take place, shall
nave power to enter "A Judgment against the
party Tor the amount or value of the thing so
fraudulently converted" &c.
The question was not taken on this amend.
ment when the Senate adjourned.