...National Bankrupt Law (Rep. p. 29). The Constitution of the United States, Article 1, Section 8, provides that Congress shall have power to " establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy throughout the United States." By the same clause, power is given to Congress to "establish...

...bankruptcy. 8. SAME— CONSTITUTIONALITY OP ACT — " UNIFORMITY. * Under Const. US art. 1, § 8. providing that congress shall have power to "establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States," the uniformity required is geographical, and not personal:...

...down, and now forms a standing topic of opprobrium. § 55. Power a$ to Bankruptcy, (a) The words are, " Congress shall have power to establish uniform laws...of bankruptcies throughout the United States." This power is intimately connected with that of regulating commerce; for bankrupt laws most particularly...

...introduction of a Bankrupt bill. Prior to this time, Congress had but once exercised the constitutional power " to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States." This was in the Bankrupt law of 1800, which was repealed in ISO4. Of the power of Congress to legislate...

...of the constitution of Hill, administrator, vs. Sheibley. the United States, by which it is provided that congress shall have power to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy throughout the United States; and contrary to the act of Congress and the amendments...

...national bankruptcy laws, and is given by section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution, which provides that "Congress shall have power * * * to establish • * * uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States." No state legislature can establish bankruptcy laws which...

...been held that the provision of the Constitution of the United States, art. 1, § 8 (4), providing that Congress shall have power to. establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy, does not in itself inhibit the states from passing valid insolvent laws. In the case...

...Pass— (See CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND BANKRUPTCY). — The constitution of the United States provides that "congress shall have power to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States."* 4. Constitutionality of State Insolvent Laws. — A...

...must always exist in the general government of a commercial State ; and this Constitution provides that " Congress shall have power ... to establish . . . uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States, "(m) As this does not expressly and precisely declare...

...desired. THE BANKRUPTCY ACT OF 1898. THOMAS B. WALL. [Read by Otto Eckstein.} The Constitution provides that Congress shall have power to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States. The provision gave rise to acrimonious debate in the...