For an act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, see Nelson Act of 1889.
Bankruptcy Act of 1898
Other short titles
National Bankruptcy Act of 1898
Nelson Act
Nelson Bankruptcy Act of 1898
Long title
An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States.
Enacted by
the 55th United States Congress
Effective
July 1, 1898
Citations
Public law
Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 55–541
Statutes at Large
30 Stat. 544
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 1035 by Knute Nelson (R-MN)
Passed the House on February 19, 1898 (158-125)
Reported by the joint conference committee on June 24, 1898; agreed to by the Senate on June 24, 1898 (43-13) and by the House on June 28, 1898 (134-53)
Signed into law by President William McKinley on July 1, 1898
The Bankruptcy Act of 1898 ("Nelson Act", July 1, 1898, ch. 541, 30 Stat. 544) was the first United States Act of Congress involving bankruptcy to give companies an option of being protected from creditors. Previous attempts at federal bankruptcy laws had lasted, at most, a few years.[1]
Its popular name is a homage to the role of Senator Knute Nelson in its composition.
It was significantly amended by the Bankruptcy Act of 1938 and was superseded by the Bankruptcy Act of 1978.
^See Debt's Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America,
David A. Skeel, Jr., Princeton University Press 2001 (sample online at [1] Archived 2006-06-18 at the Wayback Machine).
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