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Displaying 2591 - 2600 of 2972 On motion by Mr. Van Buren, the last mentioned bill was recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Van Buren said he was in the minority on the committee that reported this bill, and subsequent reflection had confirmed him in the opinion that the bill ought not to pass. Before the State of Alabama was admitted into the Union, she was required to pass an ordinance that the then navigable... Continue Reading
Mr. Van Buren made a few remarks, in explanation of his amendment. The question was upon adopting his substitute for the first section of the bill; which substitute provides that, on an affidavit of the debtor's intention to leave the country, substantiated by the evidence of two credible witnesses... Continue Reading
The fourth section of the original bill having been stricken out, yesterday, the question was upon inserting a new section, proposed in lieu of it, by Mr. Van Buren, which provides that, on a return of no property found, upon a fieri facias, the plaintiff may file an affidavit that he has good... Continue Reading
Mr. Van Buren, of New York, said, that it had not been his intention to add any thing to the remarks he had heretofore submitted on the motion now under consideration, but some explanation on his part had become necessary. It would, he thought, be injustice, as well to his constituents as to... Continue Reading
Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act giving the consent and sanction of Congress to a certain act of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida," reported it without amendment.
Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Charles S. Hempstead, and others, members of the bar in Missouri, reported a bill to alter the times of holding the District Courts in the District of Missouri; which was read, and passed to a second reading.
Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted a report on the petition of Thomas Hewes, of Louisiana, accompanied by a bill for his relief. The bill was read, and passed to a second reading, and the report was ordered to be printed.
Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Message of the President of the United States, in relation to certain acts of the Governor of the Territory of Arkansas, reported a bill, "confirming certain acts of James Miller, as Governor of the Territory of Arkansas,... Continue Reading
Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the bill extending the benefit of copy-rights to the authors of paintings or drawings, and the bill, entitled "An act to alter the times of holding the district court of the United States for the district of Illionois,"... Continue Reading