28 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [April 30,

proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States,
which was adopted, as a joint resolution, by Congress, and
approved by the President; and which is authenticated un-
der the seal of the Department of State, at Washington.

THOS. H. HICKS.

[See Document C.]

Which were read any referred to the committee on Federal
Relations,

On motion of Mr. Harrison,

The House took up, for consideration, the Senate bill, en-
titled an Act to amend the nineteenth section, relating to
Banks, of Article XII of the Code of Public General Laws.

Said bill being upon its second reading,

Mr. Harrison proposed the following amendment:

SECTION 2. And be it enacted, That no bank shall issue or
pay out notes or certificates of deposits of less denomination
than one dollar to an amount greater than ten per cent, of
their capital actually paid in; provided, that any bank may
issue such notes to the amount of five thousand dollars.

SBC. 3. And be it enacted, That the issue is not to contin-
ue beyond sixty days after the session of 1862.

SEC, 4. And be it enacted, That the provisions of this act
is to extend only to such banks and institutions as now pos-
8668 the right of'issue;

Which was adopted.

The bill was then read the second, and by special order
the third time, and passed by yeas and nays, as follow:

Messrs.	AFFIRMATIVE.
Kilbourn, Sp'r,	Maxwell,	Wallis,
Morgan,	Bryan,	Scott,
Rasin,	Legg,	Winans,
Medders,	Starkey,	Morfit,
Welch, Mackubin,	Jacobs, Dennis,of Wor,	Wilson, of Har, Bayless,
Briscoe,	Kessler,	McCoy,
Parran,	Claggett,	Eakle,
Burgess,	Routzhan,	Brining,