Miller of California, Morgan, Pendleton, Pugh, Slater, Vest, Voorhees, Walker, Williams—32.

The next amendment, to strike out section fifteen, as follows:

SEC. 15. That the words "Chinese laborers," wherever used in this act, shall be construed to mean both skilled and unskilled laborers and Chinese employed in mining.

Was agreed to-yeas 29, nays 28:

YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Anthony, Blair, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Chilcott, Conger, DAVIS of Illinois, Dawes, Frye, Hale, Harrison, Hawley, Hill of Colorado, Hoar, Ingalls, Kellogg, Lapham, McDill, McMillan, Miller of New York, Morrill, Platt, Plumb, Rollins, Saunders, Sawyer, Van Wyck, Windom—29.

NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Beck, Butler, Call, Cameron of Wisconsin, Coke, Davis of West Virginia, Fair, Farley, George, Gorman, Grover, Hampton, Jackson, Johnston, Jonas, Jones of Nevada, McPherson, Maxey, Miller of California, Morgan, Pendleton, Pugh, Slater, Vest, Voorhees, Walker, Williams-28.

The bill having been reported to the SenateApril 28-The amendment of the Committee of the Whole to strike out the fifteenth section was disagreed to-yeas 20, nays 25:

YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Blair, Conger, DAVIS of Illinois, Dawes, Edmunds, Frye, Harrison, Hawley, Hill of Colorado, Hoar, Ingalls, Lapham, McMillan, Miller of New York, Morrill, Platt, Saunders, Sherman, Van Wyck-20.

NAYS-Messrs. Beck, Butler, Call, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chilcott, Coke, Fair, Farley, Garland, George, Grover, Hampton, Harris, Johnston, Jonas, Jones of Nevada, Maxey, Miller of California, Morgan, Pendleton, Pugh, Slater, Vance, Walker, Williams-25.

This had the effect of retaining the section. Mr. EDMUNDS moved to amend section fifteen by striking out all after the word "that," and inserting the following:

"The words 'Chinese laborers,' wherever used in this act, shall be construed to mean persons usually engaged in manual labor."

Which was disagreed to-yeas 17, nays 25: YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Blair, Conger, DAVIS of Illinois, Dawes, Edmunds, Frye, Harrison, Hawley, Hill of Colorado, Lapham, McMillan, Miller of New York, Morrill, Platt, Saunders, Van Wyck-17.

NAYS-Messrs. Beck, Butler, Call, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chilcott, Coke, Fair, Farley, Garland, George, Grover, Hampton, Harris, Johnston, Jonas, Jones of Nevada, Maxey, Miller of California, Morgan, Pendleton, Pugh, Slater, Vance, Walker, Williams-25.

Mr. EDMUNDS moved to amend section fourteen by striking out all after the word "that," and inserting:

Coke, Fair, Farley, Garland, George, Grover, Hampton, Harris, Hoar, Johnston, Jonas, Jones of Nevada, Maxey, Miller of California, Morgan, Pendleton, Pugh, Slater, Vance, Walker, Williams-25.

The bill then passed-yeas 32, nays 15:

YEAS-Messrs. Beck, Butler, Call, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chilcott, Coke, DAVIS of Illinois, Fair, Farley, Garland, George, Grover, Hale, Hampton, Harris, Hill of Colorado, Johnston, Jonas, Jones of Nevada, Maxey, Miller of California, Miller of New York, Morgan, Pendleton, Pugh, Saunders, Slater, Vance, Van Wyck, Vest, Walker, Williams-32.

NAYS-Messrs. Allison, Blair, Conger, Dawes, Edmunds, Frye, Harrison, Hawley, Hoar, Ingalls, Lapham, McMillan, Morrill, Platt, Sherman-15.

The bill, as amended by the Senate, is as follows:

An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese.

Whereas in the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of Chinese laborers to this country endangers the good order of certain localities within the territory thereof: Therefore,

Be it enacted, etc., That from and after the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the passage of this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be, and the same is hereby, suspended; and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Chinese laborer to come, or having so come after the expiration of said ninety days, to remain within

the United States.

SEC. 2. That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring within the United States on such vessel, and land or permit to be landed, any Chinese laborer, from any foreign port or place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 for each and every such Chinese laborer so brought, and may be also imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year.

SEC. 3. That the two foregoing sections shall not apply to Chinese laborers who were in the United States on the 17th day of November, 1880, or who shall have come into the same before the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and who shall produce to such master before going on board such vessel, and shall produce to the collector of the port in the United States at which such vessel shall arrive, the evidence hereinafter in this act required of his being one of the laborers in this section mentioned; nor shall the two foregoing sections apply to the case of any master whose vessel, being bound to a port not within the United States, shall come within the jurisdiction of the United States by reason of being in distress or in stress of weather, or touching at any port of the United States on its voyage to any foreign port or place; Provided, That all Chinese laborers brought on such vessel shall depart with the vessel on leaving port.

SEC. 4. That for the purpose of properly iden

or his deputy, shall proceed to examine such passengers, comparing the certificates with the list and with the passengers; and no passenger shall be allowed to land in the United States from such vessel in violation of law.

SEC. 10. That every vessel whose master shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed forfeited to the United States, and shall be liable to seizure and condemnation in any district of the United States into which such vessel may enter, or in which she may be found.

SEC. II. That any person who shall knowingly bring into, or cause to be brought into, the United States by land, or who shall knowingly aid or abet the same, or aid or abet the landing in the United States from any vessel, of any Chinese person not lawfully entitled to enter the United States, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars and imprisoned for a term not exceeding

one year.

SEC. 12. That no Chinese person shall be permitted to enter the United States by land without producing to the proper officer of customs the certificate in this act required of Chinese persons seeking to land from a vessel. And any Chinese person found unlawfully within the United States, shall be caused to be removed therefrom to the country from whence

he came, by direction of the President of the United States, and at the cost of the United States, after being brought before some justice, judge, or commissioner of a court of the United States and found to be one not lawfully entitled to be or remain in the United States.

SEC. 13. That this act shall not apply to diplomatic and other officers in the Chinese Government traveling upon the business of that government, whose credentials [in the usual form] shall be taken as equivalent to the certificate in this act mentioned, and shall exempt them and their body and household servants from the provisions of this act as to other Chinese persons.

SEC. 14. That hereafter no Siate court or court of the United States shall admit Chinese to citizenship; and all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 15. That the words "Chinese laborers," wherever used in this act, shall be construed to mean both skilled and unskilled laborers, and Chinese employed in mining.

In House.

May 2- -The bill was taken up by unanimous consent, and the amendments of the Senate were concurred in without a division.

The bill was approved by the PRESIDENT, May 1, 1882.

In House-47th Congress, 1st Session. 1882, May 12-The bill (H. R. 4197) re-establishing the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, and for the distribution of the unappropriated moneys of the Geneva Award, reported by Mr. REED from the Committee on the Judiciary, passed-yeas 133, nays 67:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Atherton, Barbour, Bayne, Berry, Bingham, Blanchard, Bliss, Bowman, J. H. Brewer, Briggs, Browne, BRUMM, Buck, Buckner, J. C. Burrows, J. H. BURROWs, Butterworth, Camp, Campbell, Candler, Cannon, Carpenter, Caswell, Chace, Chapman, Converse, Crapo, Cravens, Cullen, Cutts, Dawes, Deering, De Motte, Dingley, Dwight, Ellis, Errett, S. S. Farwell, Finley, FORD, FULKERSON, Geddes, Gibson, Grout, Guenther, Hall, Harmer, I. S. HASELTINE, Haskell, G. C. Hazelton, Heilman, Henderson, Hepburn, Hiscock, Hoblitzell, Horr, Houk, Humphrey, Jacobs, Jadwin, G. W. JONES, J. K. Jones, Joyce, Kelley, Lacey, Lewis, Lord, Lynch, Martin, Mason, McClure, McCoid, Miles, S. H. Miller, Money, Moore, Morey, MURCH,

Neal, O'Neill, Pacheco, Page, Parker, Payson, Peelle, Peirce, Ranney, Ray, Reed, J. B. Rice, W. W. Rice, Rich, D. P. Richardson, J. S. Richardson, Ritchie, E. W. Robertson, G. M. Robeson, G. D. Robinson, J. S. Robinson, Rosecrans, T. Ryan, Scoville, Scranton, Shultz, D. C. Smith, Spaulding, Spooner, E. F. Stone, Strait, Talbott, E. B. Taylor, Thomas, W. G. Thompson, Tillman, A. Townsend, R. W. Townshend, Tyler, T. Updegraff, Valentine, Van Aernam, Van Horn, Van Voorhis, Wadsworth, Wait, Ward, Washburn, Watson, Webber, West, C. G. Williams, M. R. Wise, W. A. Wood-133.

NAYS-Messrs. Aiken, W. Aldrich, Beltzhoover, Blackburn, Bland, Buchanan, Cassidy, J. B. Clark, J. C. Clements, Colerick, Cook, W. R. Cox, Culberson, Curtin, L. H. Davis, Dowd, Dugro, Dunn, Ermentrout, Evins, C. B. Farwell, Forney, Frost, Garrison, Gunter, N. J. Hammond, Hardenbergh, Hardy, Hatch, Herndon, A. S. Hewitt, G. W. Hewitt, J. Hill, Hoge, Holman, Hooker, House, Hutchins, Kenna, Klotz, Latham, Le Fevre, Matson, McMillin, Morrison, Muldrow, Mutchler, Phister, Randall, Reagan, T. M. RICE, Ross, Scales, Shackelford, J. W. Singleton, O. R. Singleton, A. H. Smith, Speer, Springer, Stockslager, Tucker, H. G. Turner, O. Turner, R. Warner, Wellborn, T. Williams, Willis-67.

A substitute of the minority of the Committee

The bill provides that there shall be three judges, who shall meet in Washington. The court shall exist two years, and all the claims are to be verified within six months after its organization. The claims are divided into two classes. The first class shall be for claims directly resulting from damage done on the high seas by Confederate cruisers during the late rebellion, including vessels and cargoes attacked on the high seas, although the loss or damage occurred within four miles of the shore, excluding claims which have been proved pursuant to section eleven of chapter four hundred and fifty-nine of the laws of the Forty-third Congress. The second class shall be for claims for the payment of premiums for war risks, whether paid to corporations, agents, or individuals, after the sailing of any Confederate cruiser. Judgments entered in the first class shall be paid before judgments of the second class are paid.

In Senate.

May 23-Mr. GARLAND moved a substitute for the bill, providing for the same number of judges, but limiting their term to eighteen months, claims to be proved in six, but the President to have the right to extend the term for an additional year if necessary. Section four of the substitute is as follows:

"That so much of the twelfth section of the said act as provides that no claim shall be admissible or allowed by said court by or in behalf of any insurance company or insurer, either in its or his own right or as assignee, or otherwise, in the right of a person or party insured, as aforesaid, unless such claimant shall show to the satisfaction of said court that during the late rebellion the sum of its or his losses in respect to its

or his war risks exceeded the sum of its or his premiums or other gains upon or in respect to such war risks; and in case of any such allowance, the same shall not be greater than such excess of loss,' be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

"That any claimant excluded by the provision hereby repealed shall have the like period of time within which to present, file, and prove its or his claim after the passage of this act, as he could have had after the passage of the said act if not so excluded."

Which was disagreed to-yeas 6, nays 40: YEAS-Messrs. Camden, DAVIS of Illinois, Davis of West Virginia, Groome, Ransom, Williams-6.

NAYS-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Brown, Call, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chilcott, Conger, Dawes, Farley, Frye, George, Gorman, Grover, Hale, Harris, Hawley, Hoar, Jackson, Jonas, Jones of Florida, Lapham. McDill, McMillan, McPherson,

Mr. GARLAND moved to amend by substituting for the bill a provision to refer the cases to the Court of Claims, with a right of appeal to the Supreme Court in cases exceeding $5,000.

Mr. MORGAN moved to add this as a new

section to the proposed substitute:

In the event that it shall be finally decided by the courts above mentioned that none of the

claimants of the fund mentioned in the first section of this act are entitled to the same, or in after the claims that are allowed by said courts the event that any part of said fund shall remain are fully paid off, the residue of said fund shall be paid, without interest, to the States respectively, that have paid a war tax to the United States under the requirements of an "Act to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," approved August 5, 1861, in the proportion that said States have paid the same.

Which was disagreed to-yeas 7, nays 36: YEAS-Messrs. Brown, Gorman, Jackson, Morgan, Pugh, Vance, Williams—7.

NAYS-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Call, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chilcott, Conger, DAVIS of Illinois, Dawes, Frye, George, Groome, Grover, Hale, Harris, Hawley, Hoar, Jonas, Jones of Florida, Lapham, McDill, McMillan, McPherson, Maxey, Miller of California, Miller of New York, Morrill, Platt, Rollins, Saunders, Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman, Slater, Vest, Windom-36.

Mr. GARLAND's substitute was then disagreed to-yeas 9, nays 32:

YEAS-Messrs. Brown, Camden, DAVIS of Illinois, Groome, Harris, Jackson, Maxey, Morgan, Williams-9.

NAYS-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Call, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chilcott, Conger, Dawes, Farley, Frye, George, Grover, Hale, Hawley, Hoar, Jonas, Jones of Florida, Lapham, McDill, McPherson, Miller of California, Miller of New York, Morrill, Platt, Rollins, Saunders, Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman, Slater, Vest, Windom -32.

The bill was then passed-yeas 38, nays 12: YEAS Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Brown, Call, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chilcott, Cockrell, Conger, Dawes, Farley, Frye, George, Gorman, Grover, Hale, Hawley, Hoar, Jonas, Jones of Florida, Jones of Nevada, Lapham, McDill, McMillan, McPherson, Miller of California, Miller of New York, Morrill, Platt, Rollins, Saunders, Sawyer. Sewell, Sherman, Slater, Vest, Windom-38.

NAYS-Messrs. Beck, Camden, Coke, DAVIS of Illinois, Davis of West Virginia, Garland, Groome, Harris, Jackson, Maxey, Morgan, Williams-12.