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Washington, District Of Columbia
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In the US Senate on February 1, 1802, Mr. Breckenridge announced plans to discharge the committee on the judiciary bill. On February 2, a Philadelphia bar memorial opposed repeal; debate followed, and the motion passed 16-14, returning the bill to the floor.
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MONDAY, Feb. 1, 1802.
Mr. BRECKENRIDGE gave notice, that he would on the next day move that the select committee, to whom had been referred the judiciary bill, should be discharged from any further consideration thereof.
TUESDAY, Feb. 2.
Mr. Ross presented a memorial from the gentlemen of the bar of Philadelphia, unanimously remonstrating against the repeal of the present judiciary system.
Mr. BRECKENRIDGE then made the above motion, on which a debate of some length ensued, in which Messrs. Breckenridge, Cocke, S. T. Mason, Anderson, Wright, Baldwin, and Jackson, supported, and Messrs. Dayton, Ross, Tracy, Morris, opposed the motion.
When the yeas and nays were taken as follow:
Yeas.--Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Bradley, Breckenridge, Brown, Cocke, Ellery, Th. Foster, Franklin, Jackson, Logan, S. T. Mason, Nicholas, Stone, Sumter, Wright--16.
Nays.--Messrs. Calhoun, Chipman, Dayton, D. Foster, Hillhouse, J. Mason, Morris, Ogden, Olcott, Ross, Sheafe, Tracy, Wells, White--14.
The motion was, therefore, carried; and the bill, in the shape in which it was committed, is again before the Senate.
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United States
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February 1 2, 1802
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motion carried 16-14; judiciary bill returned to senate floor.
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Mr. Breckenridge moved to discharge the select committee from further consideration of the judiciary bill. A memorial from Philadelphia bar opposed repeal. Debate ensued with supporters and opponents. Yeas: Anderson, Baldwin, Bradley, Breckenridge, Brown, Cocke, Ellery, Th. Foster, Franklin, Jackson, Logan, S. T. Mason, Nicholas, Stone, Sumter, Wright (16). Nays: Calhoun, Chipman, Dayton, D. Foster, Hillhouse, J. Mason, Morris, Ogden, Olcott, Ross, Sheafe, Tracy, Wells, White (14).