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The New York Packet
New York, New York County, New York
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On March 14, 1787, in the New York Assembly, Mr. Doughty reported from the Committee of the Whole on a bill for relieving New-York merchants indebted to British merchants pre-war. Mr. Tayler's motion to reject the bill after its first enacting clause was debated and defeated by vote, with the negative prevailing. The committee was granted leave to sit again.
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Wednesday, 10 o'clock, A. M. March 14, 1787.
Mr. Doughty from the Committee of the whole House, on the bill entitled an act for the relief of persons therein mentioned, Merchants in the City of New-York, who previous to the late war were, still are, indebted to merchants in Great-Britain, & for other purposes therein mentioned; reported, that after the said bill had been read in the Committee, and after the first enacting clause had been again read, Mr. Tayler made a motion that the said bill should be rejected. That debates arose on the said motion, and that the question having been put thereon, it passed in the manner following, viz.
For the NEGATIVE,
Mr. Malcom, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Bayard, Mr. Bancker, Mr. Denning, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Harper, Mr. Parker, Mr. Jones, Mr. Wyckoff. Mr. E. Clark, Mr. Strang, Mr. Paine, Mr. Savage, Mr. Martin, Mr. Griffen, Mr. Rockwell, Mr. Purdy, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Schenck, Mr. Taulman, Mr. Frost, Mr. C. Smith, Mr. Patterson, Mr. Duboys, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Havens, Mr. Dongan, Mr. D'Witt, Mr. Batchelor, Mr. N. Smith, Mr. Tierce, Mr. Osborn, Mr. Ludenton, Mr. Tompkins, Mr. Lansing.
For the AFFIRMATIVE,
Mr. Vrooman, Mr. Frey, Mr, Jas. Livingston, Mr. Hedges, Mr. Sickles, Mr. Cantine, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Powers, Mr. Tyler, Mr. Glen, Mr. John Livingston, Mr. Bronck.
That the Committee had made further progress in the bill, and had directed him to move for leave to sit again.
Ordered that the said Committee have leave to sit again.
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New York
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Wednesday, 10 O'clock, A. M. March 14, 1787.
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the motion to reject the bill passed in the negative, with votes listed for negative and affirmative; the committee was ordered to sit again.
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Mr. Doughty reported from the Committee of the whole House on the bill for relief of New-York merchants indebted to British merchants. Mr. Tayler moved to reject the bill after the first enacting clause. Debates arose, and the question was put, passing in the negative as listed. The Committee had made further progress and moved for leave to sit again, which was ordered.