The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-18
An Amendment Aimed at Corporations
Included in the interstate Commerce
Act-The House


found
1t also repeals 50 much Of Section 10 OF
the act as provides for the punishment
by Imprisonment.
MILLION FOR THE RUSSIAN THIsTLE.
The consideration Of the agricultural
appropriation bin was resumed and Mr..
hans0rOush Qtep, DakJ offered an
amendment 80 insert an item appropriate
ing million dollars for the destruction ot
The Russian thisue. The amendment
caused a four hours debate. In its course
Mr tockreH moved That cockle-oUrr and
Canadian thistle be Included in The eN-
urpdtion measures. and Mr. McLaurn
moved 10 include cocoa grass These We're
rejected and Mr.. Hansbrough'- motion
agreed to-yeas =, nays "a. 1t is in these
For the destruction Of the Russian
cactus O0chnical, s4lsOli kQli tragls one
| million dollars, or 80 much thereol as may
be necessary % be apporuoned ny The
Secretary of Agriculture among the Sew
eral states infested By Russian
cactus, said apporuOnment 10 De
made IA accordance "Ith ne ne
cessiues Of the case. to DE as
certaincd By tho Secretary, ana to Doe
paid 80 the Governor of each of said states
upon his excepting an ODuEatiOn on be-
| half or his State that the sum So paid
| shall be raised from that purpose Do his
| State for the destruction of SAID cactus.
The following is the vote In detail:
1HE VOTE II DETAIL.
Yeas-Aldrich. Allen. Allison CAu. Carr,
| Do.ph. George Hale, HausbroLgh Hig-
! gins Kyle, Mcmillan. MaudcrsOn. Martin,
| Mitchell (Oro), Patton. PETER, Perkins.
| Platt Power, Proctor, quay H"teh h'
| Shoup squire Stewart. Washhurn. %.
| Nays-Bate. Blackburn. Blanchard, Brice,
| Canery. Cockrel, coke, Daniel. Faulkner.
! Gibson, Gray, Harris, Hunton. Jarvis,
! Jones (Ark), Lindsay, McLaurin, falmer,
Pasc1, Push, Ransom, Vest Villas Nhite.
! %
The Indian appropriation bill was then
/ taken up and went over unut to-morroW
! a conference was ordered on tne Dis
! trict Of Columbia appropriation biu, ana
! Messrs. German. Cockren and Allison
[ We're appointed as c0hterets on the pdrt
! of the Senate.
| The Senate. after short executive ses-
| sion, at CI0. adjourned
BANKRUPTCY Bin PASSES the House.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Senate
! amendments to the river and harbor APP
| preparation bill were nou-concurred IN
/ and conference agreed TO.
/ The bankruptcy bin coming over from
| yesterday was passed-yeas, II, nays, 81.
PROVISIONS or THE Bill.
After providing that its terms shall
| cover all assignments In which the deDt1
| owes 500 o. more. and that each asst -n-
| ment shall Doe made In accordance with
| the laws of the debtors domicile, the
! bin continues:
! THAT such assignment may contain all
or any Of the following preferences,
Debts due the United States or any
| State I'm which amy Of the property Of
| the debtor Is situated. or 20 the servants
! or lahorers of the debtor.
That any debtor after the expiration
! OF four months from the date # the
! execution of the decd Of assignment and
| the acceptance of the trust by tne uus-
| tees may file his petition ln the DIS
| Of ID
! district I'm which he resides. or II he be-
| "a resident II the District of Columbia.
! then ia the Supreme Court Of the said
! district. or If ne be a resident Of a
such Territory Il the district iu which
! he resides, asking for discharge from
| said debts. Tie petition shdA contain "a
true copy of the deed Of ASSIGNMENT anu
| shall be verified by the oath or the
.'That the creditors of the debtor shall
! be made parties defendant and snail
have thirty days notice OF the nlln- oi
| in the courts of the United States, and
shall have thirty days thereafter in which
10 answer said petition.
Upon hearing OF the petition, II II
shall appear that the debtor did make
an assignment as authorized by TINS
act and that the same contained full
/ and complete conveyance Oi all ms eN-
empt property and that within three
| no creditor of such debtor mad been pre-
! ferred in any manner except as au-
| thOrzed by this act. ana during SAD
time no Othcr act was done or suffered
| 10 be- done by such debtor respectln-
| his business or estate 90 prevent an
equal distribution ~ his estate among
| his creditors, or 10 give one creditor an
| advantage over another, or ID uelidul
| his creditors. and that no attachmeni
| has been levied upon the property D..
eueh debtor.
"Providcd. however. that II, within -four
months after the levy of an attachment
! the debtor shall execute an assienment OF
| CesSlOn and hle a petition Tor dlr hafEe
as herein provided for the execution oi
such assignment and the filing ot sucn
! petition shall tacate the levy oi tucn
| attachment and such debtor shall DE
| then entitled To the benefit OF the prONi-
sions Of this act. the court shall order
| and ad Judge that such debtor be forever
| discharged from the payment OF the debts
mentioned and set forth In the petition
and such order and adJudIcatiOn shall
! be a full. complete and final discharet
| of such debtor from the payment OF the
said debts. provided that no person shall
! be discharged from any debt or obll-
cation which shall have been created iu
consequence OF defalcauOn as publ,
| officer. or as executor, TRAITOR
| guardian, or trustee. or while actlns IN
any nduciary capacity.
THAT this act shall continue I'm force
1 TWO years anu no l'l4hi4 20 fANthA tilfA
all actions commenced within that time
shall not b. affected by ITS expiration
| but the same shall be- conducted ID a con
clusion as If said act was IN full force
and effect
Under the call OF committees three pub
| lie buildings bills were reported. The res
! Of the days session was devoted 10 the
| consideration Of bills to be called up by
the Committee ON the Judiciary. The first
! one named was Senate bill authorizing
| the appointment Of an additional circuit
| Judge In the Eighth judicial circuit II
| was passed. The Senate amendments q
| the legislative. executive, ana Juiicial Dli
were nOn-cOncurred in ordered prihteH
| and referred TO the Committee on AppIo-
priauons.
| House bill declaring that for the pur-
| pose Of Jurisdiction all railroad corpora
! tons shall be deemed TO be citizens oI any
| State into which their lines eNtehl OF w w
| which they shall DO any business wa
| next taken up. ~ a.. -.
1t was amended by adding aI.ef tae
word business" the folloWlhs' As u
| all cases which may arise IN salu ~ ~9late
and Territories against said corpora1is1H'S. '
Pending roll-call on the passage OF Ihe
bill the District OF Columbia approprla-
( non hi1 vas referred with Senate amend
| ments 10 the Committee on Approprh'
| lions and ordered printed. The railroad
bul ,yas na ssed without divisioIb aftef the
thir6 reading had been ordered by a vote
| Of III TO l2-ten members present ana not
voting. "A ,z o,otocle od
| journed.