Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-18

ns,ant imperative and that it did not require the o1ue'
ri day 10 give il new force tie had oeen feuuy %
report in obedience to the order OF inc i,ou'e' ee
since Tuesday last and he held himself ready 10 report
the Till now, if it was the pleasure oi Inc ii'o'
ceive II.
rCries of snow, now; and, on the other han'' mo-
Mr.. SAUNDERS said that he understood the cha'r-
- saw that he considered the order on The COM
mttee as imperative and that he held himse teooy 10
report now if The House would receive Tue cepo -,
Nav he mir 81 had received instructions from lne
committee since the order of to day was passed. anu ne
now rose in obedience the order oil tne House, anu
asked leave to report bill TO repeal the p aIs
rGreat confusion calls TO order, and frequent caiis
oil the Speaker for his decision
The SPEAKER said that 1t must be obvious 70 'm y.
House that the question presented new and DUN
cu one There as no precedent bearing on II 70 ne
found on the Journals. 1t was clear TO ii'm tat Tue
House could determine upon the oroef OF us
Let the Chair decide either way, iaJo,y u T." No,
could upon an appeal decide The question: IL was not
very material therefore, how the Char DECIDED: Inc
Uousc had however decided on the Slh inst that The
Committee should report on Tuesday ias'' anu aea
d,v il had decided that the committee should report IN
staner He therefore, thought TO De 1he uuiy u Tue
Chair 10 call upon tina committee tor It's report
Mr. CUSHING appealed from the decis'on Of the
Chair and stated the grounds OF his appeal ana Iste
some remarks from Messrs. FlLLMOkE ana Wis.,
Mr.. WELLER moved the previous question ON The
appeal and after Intellectual motion iot
which was nega,ved-yeas 50, nays w.
rbe SPEAKER stated the question and his decision
at length.
cussed,
Mr.. c. H. WILLIAMS moved to lay the appeal on
the table. Carried--yeas lOl nays -.
So the appeal was laid on the table
Mr. TURNEY called for the report AND the Diil IN
accordance with the decision of the Chair
Mr.. WINTHROP insisted that the Speaker should
call upon the remaining States for petitions
The SPEAKER said that the report and bill were
first in order.
Mr. BARNARD Chairman Of the Committee on
the Judiciary then rose and said Mr. Speaker, in ODE
dence to the peremptory order Of the House, report
bill TO repeal the act establishing an uniform system
of Bankruptcy
Mr. WINTHROP objected to the reading Of the bill,
and presented the point of ORDER that the order OF the
House having been complied with By the report OF the
committee the House must return to lis regular bust.
ness.
Mr. HOPKINS called the attention Of the Chair to
the 18th rule which prescbes that when bill pre-
sented must first be read for information and if OBJ
ected H. the question arises shall be rejected He
therefore, raised The point of order, whether the next
question was mol, 'sShall this bill be rejected"
The SPEAKER decided that the bill must first be
read which was accordingly DONE and after that, he
further decided that the point Of order raised BY Mr.
WISruRop vas correct, and that the call for petitions
must be proceeded with-gyng his reasons for his de-
cison at length
Mr. WISE appealed from the decision of the Chair,
and after debate, in which Messrs Wise and Fillmore
took part,
Mr. EVERETT moved TO lay the bill and appeal on
the table.
Mr. ARNOLD moved that the House ad journ.
Mr. UNDERWOOD wanted TO know whether, if
the House adjourned, the bill and appeal would be the
first thing in order on Monday morning.
The SPEAKER said that the appeal would
The question was then taken upon the motion to
adjourn and decided in the Acknowledgements lO5 nays
l02 So the House adjourned