The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-08-14
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
! .s THURSDAY, Aug. 10.
The Journal of yesterday was read and approved
| BANKRUPT LAW.
Mr.. BARNARD offered the following resolution

Mr. BARNARD offered the following resolution
Il Resolred That on Friday next the 18th instant at
IL O'clock meridian, all debate in Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, on Senate bill No.
B. I'd establish uniform system ofbankruptcy through
out the United States, shall cease and the committee
shall then proceed to vote any question then pend
ing and any amendment then pending, or that may
be offered and shall then report said bill the House.
with such amendments may have leen agreed to by
the committee: Propded That nothing in this reso-
luton shall preclude the committee from reporting said
bill at earlier hour.
Mr. MORGAN inquired of the Speaker whether
il was in order TO call the resolution offered by his
colleague, (Mr. J. q. FloydO in relation to the Nc
Leod affair And stated that he was DESTROYS of
making some remarks upon the resolution
The SPEAKER decided that the resolution of the
gentleman's colleague Mr. Barnard) had precedence.
Some conversation followed.
Mr. WISE moved TO amend the resolution by stiik-
ing out the words Friday next, at - o'clock mer-
dian, and inserting "to-day, at 3 o'clock, P. NJ"
On this, the vote stood-ayes 81, noes "a. Noquo-
rum voting, call of the House was ordered, and
proceeded in, till 156 members answered to their
names, when il was suspended.
The previous question having been ordered-Ml.
WISE'S amendment was rejected.
Mr.. ANDREWS of Kentucky, moved to lay the
resolution the table; which motion decided in
the negative Ayes Sc, noes SO.
And the question recurring on its adoption
Mr.. JAMES asked the yeas and nays; which we've
ordered, and, being taken were as. follows
YEAS--Messrs Adams, Allen, Aycrigg, Babcock,
Baker, Barnard, Barton, Blair, Boardman, Borden,
Bronson, Milton Brown, Sampson III. Butler, Will
liam Butler Calhoun Carutbers, Childs Chittenden,
John c. Clark, Cranston Cravens, Gushing, VIM. C.
Dawson, Fillmore, Thomas f. Foster, Gamble, Gid
dings, Goggin, Patrick g. Goode, Green, Greig, Ha-
bersham, Halsted, Hudson, Hunt, William w. Ir-
win Linn, Samson Mason, Mathiot Mattocks, Max
we'll, Maynard, Meriwether, Moore Morgan, MGR
row. Pierce Powell, Ramsey, Benjamin Randall,
Randolph, Ridgway, Russell, Sergeant, Shepperd, 81
monitor, Straton, Stuart, sweeney, Taliaferro Rich
ard w. Thompson, Tillinghast Toland, Tomlinson,
Triplett Trumbull, Underwood, Van Rensselaer,,
Warren, Washington, Watterson, Joseph L. White,
Thomas w. Williams, G. H. Williams, Winthrop,
Wood, A. Young, J. Young--76.
NAYS--Messrs. L. w. Andrews, Arnold, AIRING
ton, Anterior, Banks, Bceson, Bidlack, Birdseye,
BOVINE Boyd, Briggs, Aaron v. Brown, Charles
Brown, Jeremiah Brown, Burke, William o. Butler,
Green W. Caldwell, Patrick G. Caldwell, J. Camp
bell, W. B. Campbell, Clifford, Clinton Coles, Cowen,
Cross, Daniel, e. Davis X. ID. Davis, Debeny, Doan,
Doig, John Edwards, John G. Edwards, Egbert,
Ferris, John g. Floyd, Torrance, Gerry, William o.
Goode, Harris, John Hastings, Hays, Holmes, Hop
kins, Houck, Houston, Hubbard, Ingersol Jack,