Mr. CONKLING. I move, as an amendment to the amendment of my colleague, [ML Hii. it, j with a view of perfecting the section which he proposes to strike out, to strike out from the commencement of the section down to the word“ assign, ” in the 17th line, as follows: That the scverul circuit courtsof the U. S. within and for the districts wherethe proceedingsin bankruptcy shall be pendinit, shall have a general superintendence nndjurisdiction of all casesandquestions arising under this act; nnd. c ccptwhen special provision is otherwisenizide, may, pon bill, petition, or other properprocess, of any pnrtyii cgricved, hour and determine the case as a court of equity. The powersnndjurisdiction herebygranted may be exercised either by said court, or by any justice thereof, in termtinic or vacation. said circuitcourts shall also have concurrent jurisdiction u ith the district courts of the same district of till suits at law or in equity which mayors biill be brought by tnoussignce in bankruptcy against any personclaiming an adverse interest or by such person againstsuch assignec. touching any property or rights of property of said bankrupt trunsterublo to or vestedin such assignco. As I understand this section, despite the exlanntion of the Gentfrom RhdIsland, Mr. li1xcuus] it does give, to a very large extent. original and concurrent jurisdiction with the district court, and I call his attention to the lancuage of the section commencing at the end of line ten: “Said circuitcourts shall also have concurrent jurisdiction with the district courts of the same district of all suits at law or in equity which may or shall be brought by the assignce in bankruptcy against an personclaiming an adverse interest, or by any sue personncninst such assiznce. touching any property or rights of pro crtypf said bankrupt transfer a 10to or vested in weussignce. It seems to me that this whole section is less in its use practical workingin any district with which I am familiar. I will mention as an illustration the district in which I live; and I avail myself of this opportunity to say that I do not believe this bill can be put into operation at all in the State of NewYork, as regards the largest district of that State, unlesssome judicial machinery is to be created that is not provided for in the bill. The circuit, court and thg district; court are practically the something in that district, because the justice of the Supreme Court does not sit; it is the district judge all round. I do not forget that the gentleman provides for what under the English system are called registrars, and what are here called registers, to do clerical, chamber business. I remember that when I say that this bill, in my judgment, cannot be executed in the northern district of NewYork, whether with or without this section, because in either event the litigation to which it gives rise is to go up before the district judge, and business has so accumulated in that district within the last 2 or 3 years that no man can execute the provisions of this bill. In addition to that, I concur with my colleague [Mr. HALE] in the objection he makes to this section, because the only effect, Waiving the question whether it. can be executed or not, is to carry. parties from Albany to Buffalo and from Buffalo to Albany, to the end that they may say, in name and in form, now we are in the circuit court. although we are before the same actual tribunal. So, Mr. Speaker, I object to this section, 1st, as being unnecessary, inasmuch as it du plicates the jurisdiction conferred; and I object to it further upon a ground which oes more or less to all the other sections of this bill, namely, that without some additional machinery the bill itself cannot be executed either in the district gouit alone or in the district and circuit courts oi.