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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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On June 19, the Massachusetts House of Representatives rejected a Senate order to suspend the excise revenue act (46-92), declined to reconsider (59-67), and appointed a committee to draft a repeal bill contingent on Congress assuming state debt (72-53).
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GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
SATURDAY, JUNE 19th, A. M.
The house proceeded to the consideration of the order of Senate of yesterday, for appointing a committee to bring in a bill for the purpose of suspending the operation of an act to raise a public revenue by excise, &c. and the question being taken, whether the house would concur with the Hon. Senate in the said order, it passed in the negative, 138 members being present, 46 only voted in the affirmative.—A motion was made and seconded, that the said vote be reconsidered so far as the subject lies open to debate on Tuesday next, (to-morrow,) and that the order of Senate be committed in the mean time; and the question being put, passed in the negative also, 126 members being present, Yeas, 59 only.
A motion was then made and seconded, that a committee be raised to bring in a bill to repeal the excise law when Congress shall assume the debt of the Commonwealth—and the question being put, it was determined in the affirmative, 125 members being present—Yeas 72. Mr. Gardner, Mr. Breck, Mr. Wedgey, Mr. Bowdoin, and Mr. Shurtleff were then appointed on that committee and ordered to report on Monday next.
(This day.)
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Boston, Massachusetts
Event Date
Saturday, June 19th
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house rejected senate order to suspend excise act (46 affirmative, 138 present); rejected reconsideration (59 yeas, 126 present); approved committee to draft repeal bill upon congress assuming debt (72 yeas, 125 present). committee appointed and to report monday next.
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The House considered and rejected the Senate's order for a committee to suspend the excise revenue act. A motion to reconsider on Tuesday and commit the order was also rejected. A committee was then raised to bring in a bill repealing the excise law when Congress assumes the Commonwealth's debt.