Mr. DAVIS. I offer the following amendment to be inserted in line 418, other the word “days:" and any collector or asstcollector who, having postponed, or agreed, or consented, in writing, with the debtoror anycreditorof the debtor, to post pone to a day certain any sale authorized by this act to be mado shall.in fraudof such agreementor consent, proceedto sell the property so advertised before the time fixed therefor by such agreementor consent shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not lessthan $1,000nor morethan 8100!), in the discretion of the court; shallforfeit his office and shall, moreover, beliable to any party "grieved by such act to all damashcs which may be sustained or suffered by reasont eroof. I offer this amendment for the purpose of correcting an evil which I presume as not often been experienced under the provisions of the existing law, but which has been expe rienced in some cases. A collector seizes the property of a party who has made himself amenable to the penalty of the law, and adver tises it for sale. That property may be valuableand upon it the creditors of the party may Ioolr for their security. In a case to which I have reference aeollector seizes the property of the party thus amenable to law, worth perhaps 50 or 60,000 dollars, while the penalty amounts to $20,000. oHfc iatdvertises the property for sale. The owner is in debt nearly the value of the entire estate. A creditor having a claim to the amount of $20,000 sends an agent to ascertain the condition of the property and see whether it is worth while to attend the sale and make arran ements for the ui chase of it in case it shall e sold. He applies to the collector, who, after explaining the nature of the property to him, says if it is any accommodation to him to be present on the day of the sale and bid, he will be happy to have him do so, and he will postpone the sale with that understanding, to suit his convenience, to a certain day in order that he may go home to raise the money and come again and attend the sale. The sale is accordingly post poned for ten days upon the written agreement with the collector and yet. on the day on which that property was oriinally advertised to be sold it is put up and so d, and bid in for $20,000 by the collector or some friend, and when the creditor returns to attend the sale and purchase the property he is met with the declaration that the title is already gone. Now, such cases may exist under this bill, and there is no provision for the punishment of a party who shall be guilty of such a fraud. Therefore it seems to me due to the American people that they shall have their rights protected by some provision which shall prevent the perpetration I of such frauds. now it may be said, and will be said, perhaps, by the chairman of the committee, that such a case will not occur; but such a case has occurred; and we all know the liability of human nature to err. We know the tend ency which exists in human nature to yield to corrupt influences. I think, therefore, we should impose penalties for any malfeasancos by a public officer under the provisions of this act. I hope the amendment will be adopted. MrgBO TW ELL. It seems to me this is an effort to provide by a general law a remedy for an evil which probably has never arisen but in a single instance, and is not likely to arise again. Here are provisions for the adjournment of sale from day today, at the discretion of the oficer, not to exceed 30 days in all. Now, I understand the reposition of the Gentleman is that if the collector shall give information of any sort that he intends to postpone the sale, and he does not do it, he is to be held guilty of a misdemeanor.