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The Daily Dispatch: December 30, 1865., [Electronic resource], Interesting to Masons — question of invasion of Jurisdiction. (search)
The stay law. We were led into an error yesterday in the remarks in this paper on the subject of the stay law of Virginia, in reply to the New York Times. According to some newspaper reports, it appeared that before the Legislature took a recess it so amended the stay law as to except from its operation any debt contracted since the 3d April last. Upon examination, we find the case to stand thus: The Legislature passed, on the 19th December, an act amending the act of the Legislature which met at Alexandria so as to stay the collection of debts during the session of the Legislature, unless sooner repealed or amended. This brief act made no exceptions, and therefore applied to all debts to the present time. This was against the wishes of a majority of the members, and its passage in that form was more accident than design. The next day the House got up an amendment to the act, declaring that it should not apply to contracts made since the 1st of April last. It was matured a