Act of Apr. 4, 1800, ch. 19, 2 Stat. 19
The 64-section original 1800 enactment, which was never amended, and its 1803 repeal. Every entry links to the page images from the United States Statutes at Large; where a transcription has been prepared, it links to that too and to a page with the full text.
Bankruptcy Act of 1800
1800–1803
Act of Apr. 4, 1800, ch. 19, 2 Stat. 19
An Act to establish an uniform System of Bankruptcy throughout the United States
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Act of Dec. 19, 1803, ch. 6, 2 Stat. 248
An Act to repeal an act, intituled “An act to establish an uniform system of Bankruptcy throughout the United States”
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