Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-21

/ And the main question was ordered to be taken
Mr CLIFFORD asked the yeas and nays, which
were ordered.
And the main question (beng ON the motion To
,Seonslderl was then taken, ami resulted follows:
Yeas ll6, Nays %.
30 the vote was reeonsidered.
And the question recurring On the adoption of the
amendment of Mr Clifford
MIR e. modified il To read as follows:
PTorided That nothing IN this act contained shall
be construed to alter repeal any State law for the
reliet OF insoveni debtors or 10 alter repeal any
such law eScmpins certain goods and chattcs from
attachment, execution, and distress, so that any
InSolvent debtor may, at his election, either take
the benefit Of the provisions Of this &c. relating TO
voluntary bankruptcy or Of the State laws where he
| resides"
MIR LEWIS WILLIAMS would merely in.
qulre, he said, whether that would bo a uniform
bankrupt law
Mr. FILLMORE inquired Of the Speaker wheth.
or the previous question Ordered yesterday would
apply TO this question:
Tine SPEAKER replied that il would
Mr. CLIFFORD asked the yeas and nays on the
adoption of this amendment as modified, which were
ordered, and, being taken, were as iullowS-Yeas
20, Nays 40.
So the amendment, rs modified, was rejected
AnC the question REQUIRED on cnncurring in the
amendment TO the lstn seellon) reported from the
Committee Of the Whole On the state OF the Union,
and which aDiendmeU at postponed the time at which
the biz to 90 into operation until the first day
OF February ncNs, (tne original day fixed IN the oil
being the first d'y Of November currently
The question was taken, and the amendment was
concurred in.
INnrE-This was the only amendment made
20 the bill, except verbal one suggested by MIR
Adams and agreed to, which struck out from the end
OF the same section the words land not sooner."l
And the amendment was ordered to be ensrosSed.
And the sIll las amended) WAS ordered to a third
reading at this time.
And the bill having been read a third time by
us title, and the question being on the final passage
thereof.
Mr. BRIGGS moved the previous question.
MIR WISE moved a call OF the House, remaTking
that he made the motion that 1t might be seen who
lodged this question.
MIR PROFFIT asked the yeas and nays on the
motion that there be call Of the House: which
were ordered, and, being taken, were-Yeas SO,
nays ll6.
So 4 call Of the House was refused.
And the question recurring on the demand for the /
previous question, there was a second.
And the man question (beng on the passage Of |
the OIl) was ordered 10 be taken.
MIR CLIFFORD asked the yeas and nays which
were ordered.
And the main question, "ShaIl this bill pas,2"
was then taken, and decided in the affirmative, as
O.lows:
NEAS-Mc,srs. Adams, Allen. s J Andrews
Arnold, AycrlgG, Babcock, BIker, Barnard, Black
3Iair, Boardman, Borden Bngss, Brockwny, Bron-
on, NJ Brown, Burne.l, Calhoun, Thomas J Cam.
veil, Caru;hsrs, ChIds, Chittenden, J c Clark : y
;larke, Cowen, Cranston, Cravens, Gushing, G
Davis, William c Dawson, John Dawson De-
,e[ry John Edwards, Everett, 'Fessenden, Fillmore,
l l. Foster, Gamble, Gates, L G. Goode Grsio .
isbershsm, Hall, Halsled, w Hastings, Henry,
Toward, Hudson, Hunt, Jas Irwin, William w Ir.
YIN, James, w Johnson, u Jones, z Kennedy,
King, Lane, Lawrence, Linn, Mason, Matbiol /
iaNwe1l, Maynard, Meriwether, Moore Morgan,
doris, Morrow, NiSbe', Osborne, Pearce PcEdIc.
on, Powell, Benjamin Randall, Alexander Randall.
Randolph, Rayncr, Ridgeway, Rodney, Roosevelt,
russell, Sa.ionStail, Sergeant, SImonIon, Sade,
m'th' Sellers, Snny, Stokely, S,auon, John L
.Uar' Iahaisrro, w Thompson, TrItnghast
GLAND, Tom.lnson, Van Rensselaer,, Wallace
warren, Edward u. White, Joseph l.. White, Tho
Williams, Lewis Williams, Z II Williams, Jos
Williams, Winthrop, Wood, IOrke, Augustus
Dung, John Gouug-llO.
NAGS-Messrs. L w Andrews, Arlington.
rhcrion, Banks, Beeson, Bidlack, Brdseye, Bots
ownc, Boyd, Aaron V Brown, Charles Brown
Brown, Burke, VIM Butler William O Butler.
ircen w Caldwell, Patrick e Caldwell Jno Camp.
ell, William 3 Campbell, Cary, CHAPMAN, Cliff
'rd, Clinton. Coles, Cross, Daniel, Il u Davis,
lean, Doan, Dog, Eastman, c Edwards. Esbeu,
errs, john Floyd, Charles Floyd, Torrance
hos Foster, Gentry, Gerry, GlIner, Gossn, I
William . Goode, Gordon, Graham, Cuisine, Har-
5, John Hastings HAYS, Holmes, Hopkins, Houck,
Iouston, HUBBARD, Hunter, lugerSoil, Jack, Cave
ohnson, John w Jones, keIm, Andrew Kennedy, !
evils, Ll'teheld Abraham Mcclellan, Rober; Me : .
.etiln, Mckay, Mallory, March md, Thomas f /,
latSGaI, NlalheWs, NlAltOCkS, MeuIl, Miller, New
ard, Parmcn;er, Payne, Plckens, PIumer, Pope. !
rotfii, Ramsey, Rcilng, Rencher, Rhett, Riggs, ,
ogcrs, Saunders, shaw, Sheppegd, Shields, Sny- ,
r, SpSIgg, Steenroj, Sweeney, Thompson, :
nPcIt Turncy, Underwood, Van Buren,. Ward, !
PATTERSON, Weller, WestJrook, James w VIII !
ans, WIsc-IO6.
SO THE BILL WAS PASSED.
Mr. MORGAN moved a reconsideration Of the
'te by which the bill had passed, and demanded t
e previous question thereon. ,
And there WAS second.
And the NUN question was ordered TO be taken.
Mr. BOYD asked the ayes and nays, which were
dered.
And the main question "Shall the vote be re- h
nsidcredl" was then taken and decided in the ne. h
tive Yeas 80, nays lis.
So the vote net re considered
DISTRICT BANK BILL.
The House resolved itself into Committee Of the
hole on the state flhe Union, upon the Bill from
10 Senate to revive and extend the Charters of GER
IN Banks IN the District OF Columbia.
The discuss on upon the Bill was very brief, and II
e amendment Of the Committee on the District 2
Owing notes to he issued between the denomina. e
JUs Of 80 and $40, was passed The Bill was
ported 20 the House when a motion was made tn -
lIoJrn, and lost, ~ 10 10.
The Previous Question was then moved, and the
" passed hualy, ayes los, noes s..
This Bill will 90 10 the Senate, and the amend
ent be cOncurrei 10 "a morrow. d
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