Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-02-11

, u he OG0CF dIAcUutdcutS CoCutCu " VIC
Judiciary, Committee were agreed to rs
reported, with few verbal changes; i,
The committee's amendments, rs shaped
by, the Senate, fix the time It forty days
within which any banker, broker. mer-
chant, trader, manufacturer or miner who
has stopped or suspended and not resumed
payment of his commercial paper shall
not be deemed bankrupt. and prescribe
that fees. commissions, charges and allow
ances, excepting actual and necessary
disbursements ofand to be made by officers,
agents, marshals, messengers, assignees
and registers in cases of bankruptcy shall
be reduced to one-half of the allowances
heretofore provided for. The Justices of
the Supreme Court. who are to make
new rules and regulations in respect to
the law, are empowered to consolidate the
duties of register, assignee, marshal and
! clerk and to reduce the cost of charges, to
the end that prolixity, delay and unneces-
sary expense may be avoided.
Mr. Edmunds offered new amendment
comforting jurisdiction in bankruptcy on
any Circuit or District Court of the United
States, which was agreed to.
He also offered an amendment dispens-
| ing with personal service of notice in cases
of claims not exceeding fifty dollars, and
providing in cases where the amount should
be under that sum, notice could be given
by publication in the newspapers. Agreed
! to. He also offered an additional section
to the bill, providing that it should be the
| duty of the marshal in each district, in
July of each year, to report to the Clerk
of the District Court in tabular form
statements of cases and of fees and costs
in each case. This section was adopted
and secures hereafter such information as
will clearly show how the law is working.
House. A bill to pay Joseph j. Petri
of Illinois $4,000, in recognition of his
heroic and successful efforts in rescuing
from starvation and impending death a
train of emigrants showed in between the
Sierra Nevada and Trinity mountains, in
November and December, lS49, and in
payment of his expenses and losses, gave
rise to considerable discussion in the Com
mittee of the Whole Finally the bill was
agreed to, and the Committee rose.
SATURDAY. House. The session was
for debate only Mr., Fort of Illinois in the
chair. Speeches were made by Mr.. Crit
tenden on the wealth and wants of the
West: by Mr. Clark on cheap transporta-
ton; Mr.. Vance. on the issue of 800
bonds; Mr.. Thornburg, on the disposition
of claims for quartermasters' stores; Mr..
Sayler, against patent monopolles; Mr..
Beck against tariff monopolies; General
| Hawlev of Connecticut declaring the read
mess of New England to dispense with
tariff projections Mr.. Cox, on a revenue
tariff. and Mr.. Ransier on civil rights.
| The Senate was not in session.
MONDAY. Senate John S. Hagar OF
California, being qualified, took the seat
vacated by ex-senator Casserly, and was
appointed on the committee on territories,
in place of Mr. McCreery of Ky, who de-
sired to be excused.
The consideration of the bankrupt bill
was resumed. Notaries public were au-
thorized to take dispositions in bankruptcy
cases and an amendment adopted allowing
the assignee in certain cases to bring suits
to recover less than $500 in the state
courts.
| House. Various bills were introduced,
among them certain canal and railroad
schemes for the amelioration of the human
! family in general and certain portions of
it in particular.
A resolution to adjourn sine die May
/ 18th was referred to the committee of ways
and means. Although new years day has
been pretty long gone to be resolving to
be good. resolutions We're adopted. under
suspension of the rules, declaring it the
sense of the House that Congress should
not adjourn until some measures are en-
acted providing for reform in the present
system of currency, on the subject of trans
portation, and for a more economical adj
ministration of the government; also, (by
a vote of 10 to OF declaring it within the
constitutional power of Congress to regu-
late commerce among the several states Sc
rs to protect the portion of commerce
which is among the several states from all
unjust or oppressive tolls, taxes, obstruc-
lions or other burdens. whether imposed
by railroad companies or by combinations
thereof, or by other common carriers. and
that the present condition and magnitude
of commerce among the states demand the
prompt and wise exercise of those powers
and duties
Mr.. Randall of Pa. moved to suspend
he rules and adopt Il resolution declaring
that if any increase of the currency shall
be directed by Congress. the same ought
to be of United States notes, commonly
called greenhacks, but the House, SO to %
refused to suspend the rules.