Chap. 79.—JOINT RESOLUTION asking Congress to extend the provi-
sions of the Bankrupt Act concerning the fifty per cent. clause. ;

Agreed to May 2, 1870. _ CTR

Whereas, under the delusive hopes excite hy the long con-
tinued stay laws, heretofore passed by the general assembly and
extended by military orders until recently, many debtors have
failed to avail themselves of the provisions of the bankrupt
act; and whereas, the estates of such debtors in many cases
will not be sufficient to pay fifty per centum of the debts
proven against them, and they cannot therefore obtain dis-
charges under said act; therefore be it

Resolved by the house of delegates (the senate concurring),
That the congress of the United States be respectfully re-
quested to repeal so much of the bankrupt act as requires the
payment of fifty per centum of the debts proved against the
voluntary petitioner to entitle him to a discharve. ae

Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing preamble and reso-
lution be transmitted to congress, and that our senators be
instructed and our representatives requested to take such steps
as they may deem best to secure the said repeal. =