Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-15
Congressional Proceedings.
From the National Intelligence.
Tuesday, March IL.
IN SENATE.


Tuesday, March IL.
IN SENATE.
Mr.. Holmes, of Maine from the Com.
mittes on Finance, made an uDfavora.
bio report on the petition of Jesse Hunt,
and of J. Remsen Holmes ACo. praying
relief from the duties on goods consum
ed by fire.
Mr.. Stokes, from the Committee on
tho Post Office and Post Roads. reported
a bill for tho relief of Thomas w. Ba-
/ Get, and the bill was read
The Senate then resumed the consid-
GRAFTON of the following bill to amend
the charter of the Bank Of the u. S.
Be 1T enacted, &c. That it shall be law
full for the directors of the Bank of the
United States to appoint an agent and =
register; and that all bills aud notes of
the said corporation, issued after the
first appointment of such agent and re-
gister. shall be signed by the agent and
countersignsd by tho register; that such
bills and notes shall have the like force
and effect as the bills and notes of tho
said corporation which are now signed
BY the president and countersignsd by
the cashier thereof; and that, as often 40
an agent or register Of the said corpora
ton shall be appointed, no nois or bill
signed by an agent or countsrslgnsd by
a register, shall DO issued until public no
tice of the appointment Of such agent or
regis er shall have been previously 81
ven, for ten days, IN two Gazettss print
ed at the City of Washington.
| Sec. And b. Ut further enacted,
That If any president. director, cashier,
or other officer, or servant of the Bank
| of the United States, OF Of any of It's Of
fees, shall fraudulently convert to his
| own use any money, bill, note, security
for money, evidence Of debt, or other ef-
fects whatever, belonging to the said
bank, such person shall, upon due con-
viction, be punished by imprisonment
not exceeding years, and by fine, not
exceeding dollars; either. or both.
ofsaid punishmen.s according to the ag-
| gravstion Of the offence.
when this bill was uAder considers
ton. yesterday molten wss pending,
made by Mr. Findiay, to recommit the
bill with instructions. az heretofore sta
Led. This motion he withdrew; and, in
lieu thereof, proposed to amend the bill
by adding the following section:
And be 1T enacted. That 80 much of
the second rule of the eleventh section
of the act eAtitled Gan Act to incorpo-
rate the subscribers to the Bank of the
United States" as provides that no Dr.
rector shall hold his office more than
| 3 years out of four in succession and so
much of the fourteenth rule as provides
that no Director Of an office Of discount
and deposit shall hold his office more
than three years out of four in success
sion, be and the same is hereby repeal
ed.
This amendment was rejected by q
large majority.
On taking up the bill this morning,
Mr. Talbot moved it's indefinite post
ponement.
On this motion and those which fol-.
lowed, \ debate took place which occu-
pied the Senate till near 4 o'clock
The motion to postpone the bill inde-
fnitely was finally lost by the following
vote: Yeas IL, Nays29.
Mr.. Peasants then moved to strike
out the Cd section of the bill; and after
some debate, this motion was also lost,
| by the casting vote of the Chairman,
| (Mr. Dickerson) the votes being 10 for
and l9 against, the motion.
Mr.. Eaton moved an amendment to
the Cd. section, providing that "ths court
before whom the conviction shall take
place, shall have power to enter Judge
ment against the party for the amount
or value ofths thing SO fraudulently con
verted, "&c.
The question was not taken on this a
mendment; when
The Senate adjourned.