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A copy of the Bill now before the House
of Representative of the United States 10
establish an uniform system of Bankruptcy
throughout the u States has been received


The provisions of the bill it appears are
extended only to = merchants or other per-
sons, residing within the United States ac-
tually using the trade OF merchandise, by
buying and selling in gross, or by retail,
or dealing in exchange, or as banker, bro
ker, factor underwater, or marine insurer"
and especially declaring, " that, farmers,
grazlers, drovers, diers, bleachers, shoem a.
kecs, carpenters, ship carpenters, butchers,
tallofs, bakers, schoolmasters, coach ma
kers, tanners, inn keepers, or any artifcers
whose living is substantially gotten by me-
chanical labor, though with some mixture
ofbuying and selling, shall not, as such only
be deemed or taken within the pros isions of
this act" The bill declares, that it shall
not be construed 10 repeal or annul the laws
now existing or hereafter passed in any
) ate for the relief of insolvenl debtors, 9TH
er than such as are expressly provided 70,
in this act. The preference to United
States debts is continued no existing lien
is to be impAired-discharge is TO be ronclu-
sive Of cour se]aeains all debts Judgments,
executions, sc of any kind in The U.
States-and penalties for frauds are proyi.
dcd. 1 he bill contains Ga sections