penter, Casserly, Cole. Corbett, Davis, Edmunds. Ferry, Fowler, Hamilton of Maryland, Howe, Howell, Mc Creery, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Pomeroy, Ross, Saulsbury, Sawyer, Stockton, Thurman, Tipton, Trumbull, Willey-26. Mr. Pomeroy moved to amend the preamble to read as follows: July 19, 1867, until the admission of said State, by law, to representation in Congress; and for this purpose the State of Georgia shall constitute the third mixtary district. SEC. 2. That in accordance with the provisions of, and under the powers and limitations Whereas great irregularities have been prac- provided in, said acts, an election shall be held ticed in the organization of the Legislature in in said State, commencing on the 15th of Nothe State of Georgia, both in its first organiza-vember, 1870, and continuing as the President tion and in the expulsion of certain members, as well also as in its reorganization since the act of December last: Therefore, Which was agreed to. Mr. Edmunds moved to insert at the end of Mr. Drake's amendment the words "but the provisions of this section shall not be construed to suspend the writ of habeas corpus." Which was disagreed to-yeas 29, nays 30, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Buckingham, Carpenter, Casserly, Cole, Paris, Edmunds, Ferry, Fowler, Hamilton of Maryland, Hamlin, Howe, Howell, McCreery, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Patterson, Pomeroy, Ross, Saulsbury, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Stockton, Thurman, Tipton, Trumbull, Willey, Williams-29 NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Ames, Boreman, Chandler, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Fenton, Flanagan, Hamilton of Texas, Harris, Howard, McDonald, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Pool, Pratt, Ramsey, Revels, Rice, Robertson, Sherman, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Warner, Wilson, Yates-30. Mr. Pomeroy moved to insert the following additional section: SEC. That so much of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1868, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867, as prohibits the organization, arming, or calling into service of the militia forces in the State of Georgia be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Which was agreed to-yeas 48, nays 9, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Ames, Anthony, Boreman, Buckingham, Carpenter, Chandler, Cole, Corbett, Drake, Edmunds, Fenton, Ferry, Flanagan, Hamilton of Texas, Harris, Howard, Howell, Kellogg, McDonald, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Patterson, Pomeroy. Pool, Pratt, Ramsey, Revels, Rice, Robertson, Ross, Schurz, Scott, Sherman, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Warner, Willey, Williams, Wilson, Yates-48. NAYS-Messrs. Casserly, Fowler, Hamilton of Maryland, Hamlin, Howe, McCreery, Saulsbury, Sawyer, Stockton-9. The bill then passed-yeas 27, nays 25, as follow: NAYS-Messrs. Boreman, Chandler, Drake, Fenton, Flanagan, Fowler. Hamilton of Texas. Harris, Howard, Howell, McDonald, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Ramsey, Revels. Rice, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Trumbull, Williams, Wilson, Yates-25. may designate, for all the members of the general assembly of said State provided for in the constitution of said State, adopted by its convention on the 11th day of March, 1868; at which election all persons who by said constitution are electors shall be entitled to vote. And said general assembly so elected shall assemble at the capitol of said State, on Tuesday, the 13th day of December, 1870, and organize preparatory to the admission of the State to representation in Congress; and the powers and functions of the members of the existing general assembly shall cease and determine on the said 13th day of December, 1870. SEC. 3. That whenever it shall appear to the President, from an application by the legislature of any State, or by the governor of such State when the legislature cannot be convened, that domestic violence prevails in any city, county, not be suppressed by the local authorities, it shall or municipal organization in such State, that candomestic violence, and for that purpose he is herebe the duty of the President to suppress such by authorized to employ the military force of the United States, and any portion of the militia of any State he may deem necessary, and to exercise all such powers and inflict such punishment as may by the laws or the rules and articles of war be exercised or infiicted in case of insurrection or invasion. SEC. 4. That so much of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1868, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867, as prohibited the organization, arming, or calling into service of the militia forces in the State of Georgia be, and the same is hereby, repealed. IN HOUSE. 1870, June 24-Mr. B. F. Butler, from the Committee on Reconstruction, reported back the Senate amendment, with the recommendation that the bill previously reported by him be passed, with an addition to the 1st section, as follows: but nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive the people of Georgia of the right to elect members of the general assembly of said State in the year 1870, as provided in the constitution of said State; and also the following additional section: SEC. 2. That so much of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the The bill, as finally passed, stood as follows: army for the year ending June 30, 1868, and for Whereas great irregularities have been prac- other purposes," approved March 2, 1867, as proticed in the organization of the legislature inhibits the organization, arming, or calling into the State of Georgia, both in its first organiza-service of the militia forces in the States of Geortion and in the expulsion of certain members, as gia, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia, be, and the well also as in its reorganization since the act same is hereby, repealed. of December last: Therefore, Be it enacted, &c., That the existing government in the State of Georgia is hereby declared to be provisional; and the same shall continue subject to the provisions of the acts of Congress of March 2, 1867, and March 23, 1867, and of Mr. Dawes moved to amend by substituting for the Senate amendment as follows: SEC. 1. That the State of Georgia, having complied with the reconstruction acts, and the XIV th and XVth amendments to the Constitution of the United States having been ratified in good faith by a legal legislature of said State, it is Mr. Farnsworth moved to amend Mr. Dawes's substitute by inserting at the end of the 1st section as follows: But nothing in this act contained shall be construed to deprive the people of Georgia of the right to an election for members of the general assembly of said State in the year 1870, as provided for in the constitution of said State. Mr. Dickey moved to amend Mr. Farnsworth's amendment by striking out the words "in the year 1870;" which was agreed to-yeas 122, nays 71, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Ames, Armstrong, Ar Amasa Cobb, Clinton L. Cobb, Coburn, Conger, Covode, Davis, Dawes, Degener, Dixon, Donley. Dyer, Ela, Fisher, Gilfillan, Hamilton, IIarris, Ilays, Heflin, Hill, IIoar, Hooper, Alexander H. Jones, Julian, Kelley, Kelsey, Knapp, Lash, Lawrence, Loughridge, Maynard, McCrary, McKee, William Moore, Morphis, Myers, Negley, Newsham, O'Neill, Palmer, Peck, Perce, Phelps, Platt, Pomeroy. Porter. Prosser, Sanford, Sawyer, Scofield, Shanks, Porter Sheldon, William J Smith, WilStrickland, Taylor, Tillman, Twichell, Van Horn, Van liam Smyth. Stevens, Stevenson, Stokes, Stoughton, Wyck, Wallace. Ward, Welker, Wheeler, Whitmore, Wilkinson, John T. Wilson-90. SEC. Mr. Lawrence moved to amend Mr. Dawes's substitute further by adding as follows: That the State of Georgia is admitted to representation in Congress as one of the States of the Union, upon the following fundamental conditions: 1st, that it shall never be lawful for the said State to deprive any citizen of the United States, on account of his race, color, or previous condition of servitude, of the right to hold office under the constitution and laws of said State, or upon any such ground to require of him any other qualifications for office than such as are required of all other citizens; 2d, that the constitution of Georgia shall never be so amended or changed as to deprive any citizen or class of citizens of the United States of the school rights and privileges secured by the constitution of said State. Which, on a division, was rejected—yeas 48, nays 74. The amendment of Mr. Dawes was then sub nell, Asper, Atwood, Bailey, Banks, Barry, Benjamin, Bennett, Benton, Boles, Boyd, George M. Brooks, Buck, Buckley, Buffinton, Burchard, Burdett, Benjamin F. Butler, Cessna, Churchill, William T. Clark, Sidney Clarke, Amasa Cobb, Clinton L. Cobb, Coburn, Conger, Cook, Covode, Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Degener, Dixon, Donley, Dyer, Ela, Ferriss, Ferry, Fisher, Fitch. Gilfillan, Hale, Hamilton, Harris, Hay, Hays, Heflin, Hill, Hoar, Hooper. Ingersoll, Alexander II. Jones, Judd, Justituted for the Senate amendment without a lian, Kelley, Kelsey, Ketcham, Knapp, Lash, Lawrence, division-making the bill to stand as follows: Logan, Loughridge, Maynard, McCrary, McKee, William Moore. Morphis, Daniel J. Morrell, Myers, Negley, Newsham, O'Neill, Packard, Packer, Paine, Palmer, Peck, Perce, Peters, Phelps, Platt, Poland, Pomeroy, Porter, Prosser, Roots. Sanford, Sargent, Sawyer, Scofield, Shanks, Lionel A Sheldon, Porter Sheldon, William J. Smith, William Smyth, Starkweather, Stevens, Stevenson. Stokes, Stoughton, Strong, Taffe, Taylor, Tillman, Twichell, Tyner, Van Horn, Van Wyck, Wallace, Ward. Cadwalader' C. Washburn, William B. Washburn. Welker, Wheeler. Whitmore, Wilkinson, Williams, John T. Wilson-122. The State of Georgia having complied with the reconstruction acts, and the XIVth and XVth articles of amendments to the Constitution of the United States having been ratified in good faith by a legal legislature of said State, it is hereby declared that the State of Georgia is entitled to representation in the Congress of the United States. But nothing in this act contained shall NAYS-Messrs. Adams. Archer, Axtell, Beaman, Beatty, the right to an election for members of the genebe construed to deprive the people of Georgia of Beck, Biggs, Bingham, Bird, Blair, James Brooks, Burr, Calkin, Cleveland, Conner, Cox, Crebs, Dickinson, Dock-ral assembly of said State as provided for in the ery, Dox. Eldridge. Farnsworth, Finkelnburg, Garfield, constitution thereof. Getz, Griswold, Haight, Haldeman, Hambleton, Hawkins, Holman, Jenckes, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, Kellogg, Knott, Laflin, Lewis, Marshall, Mayham, McCormick, Me Kenzie, McNeely, Jesse II. Moore, Morgan, Morrissey, Mungen, Niblack, Orth, Potter, Reeves, Rice, Rogers, Schumaker, Sherrod, Shober, Slocum. John A. Smith, Joseph S. Smith, Stiles, Stone, Sweeney, Trimble, Upson, Fan Auken, Van Trump, Wells, Eugene M. Wilson, Winans, Wood, Woodward-71. Mr. Farnsworth's amendment, as amended, was then agreed to-yeas 98, nays 90, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Allison, Ambler, Archer, Axtell, Beaman, Beatty, Beck. Benjamin, Bingham, Bird, Blair, Booker, James Brooks, Burchard, Burr, Culkin, Cleveland, Conner, Cook, Crebs, Cullom, Dickinson, Dockery, Dox, Eldridge, Farnsworth, Ferris, Ferry, Finkelnburg, Fitch, Garfield, Getz, Griswold, Haight, Haldeman, Hale, Hambleton, Hawkins, Hay, Holman, Ingerso:1. Jenckes, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones. Judd, Kellogg, Ketcham, Knott, Laflin, Lewis, Logan, Marshall, Manham. McCormick, McKenzie, McNeely, Jesse II. Moore, Morgan, Danjel J. Morrell, Morrissey, Mungen, Niblack, Orth, Packard, Paine, Peters, Poland, Potter, Reeves, Rice, Rogers, Sargent, Schumaker, Sherrod, Shober. Slocum, John A.Smith, Joseph S. Smith, Starkweather, Stiles, Sme. Strong, Sweeney, Taffe, Trimble, Tyner, Upson, Van Auken, Van Trump, Cadwalder C. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Wells, Williams, Eugene M. Wilson, Winans, Wood, Woodward-98. NAYS-Messrs. Ames, Armstrong, Arnell, Asper, Atwood, Bailey.Barry. Bennett, Benton, Boles, G. M.Brooks, Buck, Buckley, Buffinton, Burdett, Benjamin F. Butler, Cessna, Churchill, William T. Clark, Sidney Clarke, SEC. 2. That so much of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1868, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867, as prohibits the organization, arming, or calling into service of the militia forces in the States of Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. IN SENATE. non-concurred in, and a committee of conference July 8.-The amendments of the House were asked, by the following vote: YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Bayard, Buckingham, Carpenter, Casserly, Cole, Conkling, Corbett, Cragin, Fowier, Hamilton of Maryland, Hamlin, Harlan, Harris, Howe, Johnston, Kellogg, McCreery, Morrill of Vermont, Patterson, Pomeroy, Pratt, Ross. Saulsbury, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Sprague, S'ockton, Thurman, Trumbull. Warner, Willey, Wilson-34. NAYS-Messrs. Ames, Boreman, Cameron, Chandler, Drake, Gilbert, Hamilton of Texas, Howard, Howell, Lewis, Morton, Nye, Pool, Ramsey, Rice, Robertson, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Williams, Yates-22. Messrs. Howard, Hamlin, and Thurman were Senate, and Messrs. B. F. Butler, Farnsworth, appointed such committee on the part of the and Paine on the part of the House, who reported the bill as passed above, LXI. MISCELLANEOUS. President's Message on European war and Ame- | proceedings under such acts or laws, and any rican shipping. person or persons taking or making such oath, To the Senate and House of Representatives: affirmation, or affidavit, shall knowingly swear Your attention is respectfully called to the or affirm falsely, the same shall be deemed and necessity of passing an Indian appropriation bill taken to be perjury, and the person or persons before the members of Congress separate. With-guilty thereof shall upon conviction thereof be out such appropriation Indian hostilities are sure sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceedto ensue, and with them sufferings, loss of life, ing five years and not less than one year, and to and expenditures, vast as compared with the a fine not exceeding $1,000. amount asked for. The latest intelligence from Europe indicates the imminence of a war between France and North Germany. In view of this a sound policy indicates the importance of some legislation tending to enlarge the commercial marine of this country The vessels of this country at the present time are insufficient to meet the demand which the existence of a war in Europe will impose upon the commerce of the United States, and I submit to the consideration of Congress that the interests of the country will be advanced by the opportunity to our citizens to purchase vessels of foreign construction for the foreign trade of the country. An act to this effect may be limited in its duration to meet the immediate exigency. SEC. 2. That if any person applying to be admitted a citizen, or appearing as a witness for any such person, shall knowingly personate any other person than himself, or falsely appear in the name of a deceased person, or in an assumed or fictitious name, or if any person shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit any oath, affirmation, notice, affidavit, certificate, order, record, signature, or other instrument, paper, or proceeding required or authorized by any law or act relating to or providing for the naturalization of aliens; or shall alter, sell, dispose of, or use as true or genuine, or for any unlawful purpose, any false, forged, ante-dated, or counterfeit oath, affirmation, notice, certificate, order, record, signature, instrument, paper, or proceeding as aforesaid; or sell or dispose of, to any person other than the The foreign mail service of the United States person for whom it was originally issued, any is in a large degree dependent upon the Bremen certificate of citizenship or certificate showing and Hamburg line of steamers. The Post Office any person to be admitted a citizen; or if any Department has entered into contracts in writ-person shall in any manner use, for the purpose ing with the two companies above named, and with the Williams and Guion lines respectively for a regular and continuous service of two years. The only arrangement that could be made with the Inman and Cunard lines is temporary, and may be broken off at any time. The North German lines are first-class in point of speed and equipment, their steamers usually making the trip across the Atlantic in from twenty-four to thirty-six hours in advance of the Williams and Guion line. Should the North German steamers be blockaded or impeded by France, our postal intercourse with foreign nations will be greatly embarrassed, unless Congress shall interpose for its relief. of registering as a voter, or as evidence of a right to vote, or otherwise, unlawfully, any order, certificate of citizenship, or certificate, judgment, or exemplifications showing such person to be admitted to be a citizen, whether heretofore or hereafter issued or made, knowing that such order or certificate, judgment, or exemplifica tion has been unlawfully Issued or made; or if any person shall unlawfully use, or attempt to use, any such order or certificate, issued to or in the name of any other person, or in a fictitions name, or the name of a deceased person; or use, or attempt to use, or aid, or assist or participate in the use of any certificate of citizenship, knowing the same to be forged, or counterfeit, or ante-dated, or knowing the same to have been procured by fraud, or otherwise unlawfully obtained; or if any person, and without lawful excuse, shall knowingly have or be possessed of any false, forged, ante-dated, or counterfeit certificate of citizenship, purporting to have been issued under the provisions of any law of the United States relating to naturalization, knowing such certificate to be false, forged, AN ACT to amend the naturalization laws and ante-dated, or counterfeit, with intent unlaw to punish crimes against the same. fully to use the same; or if any person shall Be it enacted, &c., That in all cases where any obtain, accept, or receive any certificate of citioath, affirmation, or affidavit shall be made or zenship known to such person to have been protaken under or by virtue of any act or law re-cured by fraud or by the use of any false name, lating to the naturalization of aliens, or in any or by means of any false statement made with 616 I suggest to Congress the propriety of further postponing the time for adjournment, with the view of considering the questions herein communicated. U. S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 15, 1870. This message was sent to Congress too late for insertion in the chapter of President Grant's messages. intent to procure, or to aid in procuring, the issue of such certificate, or known to such person to be fraudulently altered or ante-dated; or if any person who has been or may be admitted to be a citizen shall, on oath or affirmation or by affidavit, knowingly deny that he has been so admitted, with intent to evade or avoid any duty or liability imposed or required by law, every person so offending shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to be imprisoned and kept at hard labor for a period not less than one year nor more than five years, or be fined in a sum not less than $300 nor more than $1,000, or both such punishments may be imposed, in the discretion of the court. And every person who shall knowingly and intentionally aid or abet any person in the commission of any such felony, or attempt to do any act hereby made felony, or counsel, advise, or procure, or attempt to procure, the commission thereof, shall be liable to indictment and punishment in the same manner and to the same extent as the principal party guilty of such felony, and such person may be tried and convicted thereof without the previous conviction of such principal. SEC. 3. That any person who shall knowingly use any certificate of naturalization heretofore granted by any court, or which shall hereafter be granted, which has been or shall be procured through fraud, or by false evidence, or has been or shall be issued by the clerk, or any other officer of the court, without any appearance and hearing of the applicant in court, and without lawful authority, and any person who shall falsely represent himself to be a citizen of the United States, without having been duly admitted to citizenship, for any fraudulent purpose whatever, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof in due course of law, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not exceeding $1,000, or be imprisoned not exceeding two years, either or both, in the discretion of the court taking cognizance of the same. SEC. 4. That the provisions of this act shall apply to all proceedings had or taken, or attempted to be had or taken, before any court in which any proceeding for naturalization shall be commenced, had, or taken, or attempted to be commenced; and the courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of all offenses under the provisions of this act, in or before whatsoever court or tribunal the same shall have been committed. SEC. 5. That in any city having upward of twenty thousand inhabitants, it shall be the duty of the judge of the circuit court of the United States for the circuit wherein said city shall be, upon the application of two citizens, to appoint in writing, for each election district or voting precinct in said city, and to change or renew said appointment as occasion may require, from time to time, two citizens resident of the district or precinct, one from each political party, who, when so designated, shall be, and are hereby authorized to attend at all times and places fixed for the registration of voters, who being registered would be entitled to vote for representative in Congress, and at all times and places for holding elections of representatives in Congress, and for counting the votes cast at said elections, and to challenge any name proposed to be registered and any vote offered, and to be present and witness throughout the counting of all votes, and to remain where the ballotboxes are kept at all times after the polls are open until the votes are finally counted; and said persons, and either of them, shall have the right to affix their signature or his signature to said register for purposes of identification, and to attach thereto, or to the certificate of the number of votes cast, and statement touching the truth or fairness thereof which they or he may ask to attach; and any one who shall prevent any person so designated from doing any of the acts authorized as aforesaid, or who shall hinder or molest any such person in doing any of the said acts, or shall aid or abet in preventing, hindering, or molesting any such person in respect of any such acts, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment not less than one year. SEC. 6. That in any city having upward of twenty thousand inhabitants, it shall be lawful for the marshal of the United States for the district wherein said city shall be to appoint as many special deputies as may be necessary to preserve order at any election at which representatives in Congress are to be chosen; and said deputies are hereby authorized to preserve order at such elections, and to arrest for any of fense or breach of the peace committed in their view. Sec. 7. That the naturalization laws are hereby extended to aliens of African nativity and to persons of African descent. Approved July 14, 1870. [Portions of this act and of the act to enforce the XIVth and XVth amendments are taken substantially from the report of the Committee on Alleged New York Election Frauds, 3d sess. 40th Cong., report 31, which treated of these questions.] NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Boreman, Hamilton of Maryland, McCreery, Sulsbury, Stockton, Thurman, Vickers-8. IN HOUSE, June 11, 1870. YEAS-Messrs. Allison. Ambler, Ames, Armstrong, Asper, Atwood, Ayer, Bailey, Banks, Beatty, Lenjamin, Buck, Buckley, Buffinton, Burchard, Burdett, BenjaBenton, Bingham, Blair, Boles, Boyd, George M. Brooks, min F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Cake. Churchill, William T. Clark, Sidney Clarke, Amasa Cobb, Coburn, Dawes, Degener, Dickey, Donley, Duval, Ela, FarnsConger, Cook, Covode, Cowles, Cullom, Darrall, Davis, worth, Ferriss, Ferry, Finkelnburg, Fisher, Fitch, Garfield, Gilfillan, Hamilton, Harris, Hawley, Heflin, Kelsey. Ketcham, Knapp, Laflin, Lash, Lawrence, LoHill, Hoar, Hooper, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Judd, Kelley, gan, Loughridge, Maynard, McCarthy, McGrew, McKenzie, Mercur, Jesse H. Moore, William Moore, Morphis, Daniel J. Morrell, Myers, Negley, O'Neill, Orth, Packard, Packer, Paine, Palmer, Peck, Peters, Phelps, Platt, Poland, Porter, Prosser, Roots, Sargent, Sawyer, Schenck, Shanks, Lionel A. Sheldon, Porter Sheldon, John A. Smith, William J. Smith, Worthington C. son, Stokes, Stoughton, Strickland, Taffe, Tanner, Tay Smith, William Smyth, Starkweather, Stevens, Steven lor, Tillman. Townsend, Twichell, Tyner, Upson, Van SEC.. That all acts of Congress relating to Horn, Van Wyck, Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Wheeler, Whitmore, Wilk-naturalization be, and the same are hereby, inson, Willard, Williams, John T. Wilson, Witcher-132. amended by striking out the word "white" NAYS-Messrs. Axtell, Barnum, Beck, Bennett, Biggs, wherever it occurs, so that in naturalization Bird, Booker, James Brooks, Burr, Calkin, Conner, Cox, there shall be no distinction of race or color. Crebs, Dic' inson. Fox, Getz, Griswold, Haight, day, Hol man, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, Kerr, Knott, Lewis, Marshall, Mayham, McCormick, McNeely, Milnes, Morgan, Mungen, Niblack, Potter, Randall, Reeves, Rice, Rogers, Schumaker, Sherrod, Slocum, Joseph S. Smith, Stiles, Stone, Swann, Sweeney, Trimble, Van Auken, Van Trump, Eugene M. Wilson, Winchester, Wood, Woodward-53. Previous Votes. Which was disagreed to-yeas 22, nays 23, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Carpenter, Fowler, Hamlin, Harris, Kellogg, Lewis, McDonald, Morrill of Vermont, Pomeroy, Pratt, Ramsey, Revels, Rice, Robertson, Ross, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Sprague, Sumner, Trumbull-22. NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Boreman, Casserly, Corbett, Cragin, Davis, Drake, Edmunds, Gilbert, Harlan, we, Howell, Johnston, McCreery, Morton, Stewart, Stockton, Thurman, Tipton, Vickers, Warner, Williams, Wilson-23. The substitute of the committee was then dis agreed to-yeas 17, nays 33, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Carpenter, Conkling, Cragin, Edmunds, Fenton, Hamlin, Morrill of Vermont, Patterson. Pomeroy, Rice, Sawyer, Scott, Stewart, Sumner, Trumbull. Wilson 17. NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, l'oreman, Casserly, Chandler, Corbett, Davis, Drake, Gilbert, Harlan, Harris, Howe, Morton, Pratt, Ramsey, Revels, Robertson, Ross, Shurz, Sprague, Stockton, Thayer, Thurman, Tipton, Vickers, Warner, Willey, Williams-33. 1870, June 13-Mr. Davis introduced the bill, as finally passed, with the exception of the last three sections, which, under a suspension of the rules, was passed-yeas 130, nays 47, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Ames, Armstrong. Arnell. Asper, Atwood, Bailey, Banks, Barry, Beaman, Beatty, Benjamin, Bennett, Benton, Bingham, Blair, Booker, Bowen, Boyd, George M. Brooks, Buck, Buckley, Buffinton, Burchard, Burdett, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Cessna, Churchill, William T. Clark, Sidney Clarke, Amasa Cobb, Clinton L. Cobb, Coburn. Cook, Conger, Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Dickey, Dixon, Dockery. Donley, Duval, Ela, Farnsworth, Fer-Howell, Johnston, Kellogg, Lewis, McCreery, McDonald, riss, Ferry, Finkelnburg, Fisher, Fitch, Garfield, Gilfillan, Hale, Hamilton. Harris, Hawley, Hay, lleflin, Hill. Hoar, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Ingersoll, Alexander H. Jones, Thomas L. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, Ketcham, Knapp, Laflin, Lash, Lawrence, Logan. Maynard, McCarthy, McCrary, McGrew, McKee, Mercur, Eliakim II. Moore, Jesse H. Moore, William Moore, Daniel J. Morrell, Samuel P. Morrill, Myers, Newsham. O'Neill, Orth, Packard, Paine, Palmer, Peck. Perce, Pheips, Platt, Poland, Pomeroy, Porter, Roots, Sanford, Sargent, Sawyer, Lionel A. Sheldon, John A. Smith, William Smyth, Stevenson, Stokes, Stoughton, Strickland, Taffe, Tanner, Tillman, Twichell, Tyner, Upson, Van Horn, Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Wheeler, Whitmore, Wilkinson. Willard, Winans, Witcher-130. NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Axtell, Berk, James Brooks. Burr, Calkin, Conner, Cox, Crebs, Dor, Eldridge, Fox, Getz, Gib son. Griswold, Hamill, Holman, Johnson, Kerr, Knott, Lewis, Marshall, Maylum, McCormick, McNeely, Milnes, Morgan, Mungen, Nilack, Randall Reeves, Rice, Ridgway, Sherrod, Shoer. Js p' S Smith, Strader, Swann, Sweeney, Trimble, Van Auken Van Trump, Wells, Eugene M. Wilson, Win chester, Wood, Woodward-47. IN SENATE. 1870, June 18-Mr. Conkling, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill with the recommendation that it be substituted for the House bill. It provided that all jurisdiction over naturalization should be in the United States courts; that the applicant must have resided in the United States four years and six months, and in the State one year prior to the application; that every certificate of naturalization issued since July 4, 1868, in any city of over 100,000 inhabitants, shall not be evidence of naturalization unless presented to the United States court, and by it approved; that the minor children of naturalized persons shall be citizens of the United States on attaining their majority; that in all cities of upward of 20,000 inhabitants the court shall select two persons from each precinct to act as judges of election and registration, and the marshal shall also appoint as many deputies as he shall deem necessary to keep the peace provided for the punishment of the false and fraudulent issuing or using certificates of naturalization, or the disturbance of the court while sitting to grant certificates of naturalization. July 2-Mr. Sumner moved to amend the proposed substitute by adding the following new section. The question then recurring on the House bill, the Senate being in committee of the whole, Mr. Conkling moved to amend by the addition of the following sections, which were the last two sections of the committee's substitute: SEC. -. That in any city having upward of twenty thousand inhabitants it shall be the duty of the judge of the circuit court of the United States for the circuit wherein said city shall be, upon the application of two citizens, to appoint in writing for each election district or voting precinct in said city, and to change or renew said appointment as occasion may require, from time to time, two citizens resident of the district or precinct, one from each political party, who, when so designated, shall be, and are hereby, authorized to attend at all times and places fixed for the registration of voters, who being registered would be entitled to vote for representative in Congress, and at all times and places for holding elections of representatives in Congress, and for counting the votes cast at said elections, and to challenge any name proposed to be registered and any vote offered, and to be present and witness throughout the counting of all votes, and to remain where the ballot-boxes are kept at all times after the polls are open until the votes are finally counted; and said persons and either of them shall have the right to affix their signature or his signature to said register for purposes of identification, and to attach thereto, or to the certificate of the number of votes cast, and statement touching the truth or fairness thereof which they or he may ask to attach; and any one who shall prevent any person so designated from doing any of the acts authorized as aforesaid, or who shall hinder or molest any such person in doing any of the said acts, or shall aid or abet in preventing, hindering, or molesting any such person in respect of any such acts, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment not less than one year. That in any city having upward of twenty thousand inhabitants, it shall be lawful for the marshal of the United States for the dis SEC. |