The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-27
Proceedings i'm the National House of
REPRESENTATIVES with Regard to the
bankrupt Law-The Vote on the
Question of Repeal.


Mr.. Bingham-I desire unanimous con
sent to report from the judiciary committe,
bill to declare the true intent and mean
ing of the act amendatory of the bankrupt
law which passed the House in June last
as remember, without division. 1t pro-
poses to extend the exemptions of the
BANKRUPT law to the extent of saving the
Is of all bankrupts IN the states
which have been recognized and admitted
into the Union. That is all there is of it,
and it is bill which ought to pass.
No objection was made ; and the bill (H.
r. No. 1919 to declare the true intent and
meaning of the act approved June 8, 1872,
was lesd first and second time.
TIE question was upon ordering the
bill to be engrossed and read third time.
The bill, which was read, declares that
it was the true intent and meaning of an
act approved June s, 1872, entitled "An
act 10 amend an act entitled AN act to es-
tablish uniform system of bankruptcy
'hroughouG the United States approved
March 2, 1867" that the exemptions
allowed the bankrupt by the said amcnda-
tory act should ard shall be the amount
allowed by the constitution and laws of
each state, respectively, as existing in the
year 1871; and that such exemptions
should be valid against debts contracted
before the adoption and passage of such
state constitution and laws, as well as
those contracted after The same, against
liens by Judgment or decree of any state
court, any decision OF any such court rem
iered since the abortion and passage of
such constitution and l,.Js to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Mr.. Hazelton, o" Wisconsin, desire to
move rs a $50 i're y this bill the bill
which send 10 the desks dc7k.
Mr.. bingham, Il viii hear il. a., a
The cleT!; read tae tie. a. follows:
"An acs TO r zeal an act entitled An
act to establi h q rniform system Of bank
ruptcy thror.hoc. the U'',ed States and
all acts amerdatoTy thcrooi."
Mr.. Bingham cannot receive any,
thing Ike that in the form of an amend
ment. Iappeal to the House, that so long
as this law s.ards il ought to conform to
the requirements of the constitution and
be uniform. That is al that my bill pre-
poses to accomplish.
Mr.. Haze'ton, Of Wisconsin, deaire
to have the entire lew repealed.
Mr.. BinghGm--I cannot consent to that. |
Mr.. Hazelton, OF Wi,corsiD--TEcn l |
move thai the rules be so suspended as to
pass the substitute | offer instead of the
bill proposed by the gentleman ION Ohio, !
Mr.. Bngham.) /
Mr.. Bingham--Can that be done?
The Speaker-The Chair understands |
that the gentleman from Ohio, (NIr. Bing-
ham) by unanimous consent, reports bill |
from the commil.ee on the Judiciary to
amend certain features of Che bankrupt
law. That bill is now before the House
for its consideration and action. TEE gen.
teman from Wisconsin (Mr. Hazleton)
moved as substitute for that bill an
amendment repeating the entire bankrupt
law. That requires suspension of the
rules and a two-thirds vote. The substi-
tate will be read.
The substitute was read, repeating the
act entitled San act to establish uniform
system of bankruptcy throughout the
United States" approved March 2. 1867,
and all acts amendatory thereof, and pro
ylding that nothing contained in this pct
shall be construed TO interfere with or affect
suits ard proceedings under the provisions
of the act of March 2, 1867, pending at
the time Of the passage of this act, and
also that the provisions Of said act relative
to involuntary bankruptcy shall remain in
force for a period of six months from the
passage of this act as to all cases where
proceedings are predioated on the facts oc-
curing prior thereto.
The Speaker--The effect of the vote
now to be taken, If two-thirds vote in the
affirmative, will be to substitute the pro-
visions just read for the bill reported by
the gentleman from Ohio, (Mr. Bingnham,)
and also to pass the bill as so amended.
The question was then taken; and up
on division there were--ayes SO, noes
AZ two-thirds voting in the affirmative.
Before the result of the vote was an
nounced,
Mr.. Critcher called for the yeas and
NAYS.
The question was taken on ordering the
yeas and nays; and there were thirty-five
in the affirmative. 1859,
So tthe affirmative being more than one
fifth of the last vote) the yeas and nays
were ordered.
Inc question was again taken; and these
were-yees 129, nays 60. not voting 80 /: as
follows:
Weaknesses. Acker, Amber, Archer,
Arthur, Barber, Beatty, James b. Beck,
Bell, Bird, Austin, Blair, POLES. Bright,
Buckley, Bunnell, Burdett, Benjamin f.
Butler, Caldwell, Carroll, Coburn, Comm
go, Cotton, Cox, Crebs, Crockett, Grassland,
Davis, Dodds, Donnan, DuBose, DUEL,
Eames, Eldredge Ely, Farewell, Charles
Foster, Frye, Garrett, Getz, Gliding, Col
laday, Griffith, Haldeman, Hale, Handle
ton, Hancock, Handley, Harmer, Ravens,
Hay, Gerry w. Hazelton, Hereford, Hern-
don, Hubbard, Hoar, Holman, Houghton,