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passed, on the 19th December, an act amend- 1 ing 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which met at Alexandria so as to stay the collection of debts during the session of the Legislature, unless sooner repealed or amended.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