Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-11

" 90 ...fg qIlOI VI
4 ger ORG , ~, u Alabama and disslsslp-
] aths - .A was twice read and eomnl''
! q s..,,aps, from the committee on
VI per- ,''i:ry. reported a bill for the re-
q '9di anthony Kennedy which was
III o lad and committed. H.
sse fea .;o :" of MIR. Blair, the House
% rlO" ..ts into consideration re-
cred = Dsrstofore offered by him, cal
.sas'n the The President ofthe U. States
@guP0h ION relative to the operation
pr rR.nkrupt Law of 1900, in the
\ 4 tho : Virginia, Maryland, Pennsyi
;'is' ed New York.
,,Dla' a.. .t,ted his OBJECT to be, to 90
Af u information relative to the
piD 'e'- Of the old bankrupt law as
oP'fauSSs = useful, if not as a guide, at
ny" reference, to those VINO were
east :, = he called upon to vote Tor
so'd' y Inch he conceived to be similar
s!'''s'D,, essential features y properties
bin lsv Of 1920. Ae thought no guide
p". safe as the footsteps OF expert
~ " In anticipation of an Objection
q, might possibly be urged, he would
i" rs that it was by no means his
S''' ,;oo to retard the progress of the
g s'.S.t had been reported on that sub
@ 0or should he, at any time, solicit
,noosmsnt of that bill, for the pur-
'g e oaining time to obtain the in
~.tO9 which he now sought. He
u confined the call for information to
y. y, .t,tss of Virginia, Maryland, Penn
II .,.nia and New York-not for the
most Of giving partial view of the
F hiset but because those states were
mast mast dsenlg Interested in, and affected
/, i, operation; and also because the
;.nrmation from those states could be
nS,,insd more expeditiously than from
.,hs,, that we're more remote. They
.sordsd, in his opinion, the fairest sam
rs ,fits operation, & with those views,
soj those only, he had proposed to limit
the inquiry,
Mr. Cooke proposed to amend the re
solution by including the District of
Columbia; which suggestion was assent
satobythe mover
Some observations were made in ia
yor and against the propriety OF adopt
Ing the resolution by Mr.. Whitman,
Nr. Blair, Mr.. Golden, Mr.. Lowndes &
Mr. Sergeant.
The resolution was further supported
BY lessrs Wright and Warfeld, when
hs question was taken thereon, and
carried in the atfirmatlve-yeas77, nays
H.
On notion Of Mr. Cooke, the house
then agreed to consider the resolution
By hin submitted yesterday, calling for
information respecting the expences of
the Ordnance Department. This re-
soiullOn was adopted.
NJ Metcalf called for the considera
tlon Ofthe resolution he had heretofore
proposed, calling for information rela-
i've to the efforts that had been made to
a'lhze and christianize the Indians.
rhshouse agreed to consider the same,
which, after verbal emendation, was
adopted.
Mr. Cook laid the following resolu-
ton on the table:
ResolTsS, That the Secretary of the
Treasury Be directed to lay before this
mousse statement showing in what
Oaaas the moneys received from the
Vie Of the public lands have been de-
posted since the first Of January. 1915;
us contracts under which said deposits
nave Oeen made; the correspondence
U'Seen them anG the Trea .ury De-
tsr'nsns relative thereto; the amount
HUcPoslts that were to be left in each,
= consideration of taking charge Of the
D''Hce Oh the money deposited; whether
-, Isny Instance, the deposits allowed for
~ ~,1' purpose have been increased; and
WY 'ach increase was allowed, togeth-
irwin copies of the statements of their
e. s'na'l0l, furnished to said department
-, VT Sn' last twelve months preceding
S S-'a increase, as we'll as to the time of
~, ~l'' making them banks of deposite,
~ nu''uef any of those banks have failed
Il ' "a with their engagements, and
49," "uSS amount; what measures have
sssa u aSen IN consequence thereof, to
80 ~, Ts government against any los
,bo. .''u'Hhg from such failure: what
.vD AVN" measures have been, and at what
enfran '' Whether, in any instance, uu-
e sa''sO' Or appreciated paper has been
,yS;.b ' :. from them, or any of them,
n - ue government was not bound
,,.S sv . by any agreement between
rbs a USnSs and the said Secretary and
s.,', any further measures are ne
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