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ing secular or business day. And provided further,
that when any person shall receive for colleccion any
bill of exchange, bank check or promissory note,
due and presented for acceptance or payment on any
half holiday Saturday, such person shall not be
deemed guilty of any neglect or omission of duty, nor
incur any liability in not presenting for payment or
acceptance, or collecting such bill of exchange, bank
check, draft or promissory note on that day. And
provided further, that in construing this section every
half holiday Saturday shall, until 12 o'clock noon,
be deemed a secular or business day. Nothing in this
section shall effect the provisions of sections 9 and 10
of said Article 13, applicable to any Saturday, when-
ever the same shall, under the provisions of said
sections, be a legal holiday.

"Sec. 2. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage."

Mr. Hepbron submitted the following amendment
to the amendment:

AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT.

Provided that the provisions of this bill shall not
apply to Kent county.

Which was rejected by yeas and nays, as follows:
AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Bennett, Robinson,

Dawson, Seibert,

Getty, Smith,

Hepbron, Toadvin—9.
Moss,

NEGATIVE.

Messrs. President, Hubner,

Austin, Pearre,

Brown, Posey,

Coffin, Waters,

Evans, Wilkinson,

Gorter, Wirt,

Hayes, Wootton—14.

Mr. Wootton moved to indefinitely postpone said bill.
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