PROMISSORY NOTES.
Mr. STEWART, from the Judiciary Committee reported back Mr. Jewett's bill [H. R. 26] to amend Section 6 of an act concerning promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds or other instruments of writing, with a recommendation that it pass.
Mr. McMULLEN submitted another report from. page: 172[View Page 172] the same Committee recommending that the bill [H. R. 26] be indefinitely postponed.
Mr. JEWETT moved that the report presented by Mr. Stewart be adopted.
Mr. McMULLEN moved to substitute for that report the report signed by himself and four other members of the Committee.
Mr. FRAZER moved that the consideration of the two reports be made the special order for 2 o'clock.
The motion was agreed to.
