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who has boon or may bo admitted to be a citi- 

 shall, on outh or affirmation, or by aflida- 

 ..n.iwiii^ly driiy that ho has been so adtnit- 

 .\ itli iuti-iit to cvado or avoid any duty or 

 linliility imposed or required by law, every per- 

 son so oflVnd'mg shall bo doomed and adjudged 

 y of felony, and, on conviction thereof, 

 Hhall be sentenced to be imprisoned and kept 

 <.rd labor for a period not less than one 

 nor more than five years, or to be fined in 

 i not less than $300 nor more than $1,000, 

 or lioth such punishments may bo imposed, in 

 tin* discretion of the court. And every person 

 who shall knowingly and intentionally aid or 

 abet any person in the commission of any such 

 t'.'l* my, or attempt to do any act hereby made 

 tVlniiy, or counsel, advise, or procure, or at- 

 tempt to procure the commission thereof, is 

 to be liable to indictment and punishment in 

 .in. 1 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 prin- 

 cipal. 



The third section provides that any person 

 who shall knowingly use any certificate of nat- 

 uralization 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 author- 

 ity ; and any person who shall falsely represent 

 himself to be a citizen of the United States, 

 without having been duly admitted to citizen- 

 ship, 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. 



The fourth section extends the provisions 

 of this act to all proceedings had or taken, or 

 attempted to be had or taken, before any court 

 in which any proceeding for naturalization shall 

 bo commenced, had, or taken, or attempted to 

 be commenced ; and the courts of the United 

 States are to have jurisdiction of all offences 

 tinder the provisions of this act, in or before 

 whatever court or tribunal the same shall have 

 been committed. 



Mr. Eldridge, of "Wisconsin, said : "I desire 

 to move that the bill be rejected." 



The question was taken ; and it was decided 

 in the negative, as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Axtell. Bock, James Brooks, Burr, 

 Calkin, Conner, Cox, Creps, Dox, Eldridge, Fox, Getz, 

 Gibson, Griswold, Hamill, Holman, Johnson. Kerr, 

 Knott, Lewis, Marshall, Mayham, McCormick, Mc- 

 Neeley, Morgan.Mungcn. Niblack, Randall. Beeves, 

 Rico, Bidgway, Kogers, Sherrod, Shober, Joseph S. 

 Smith, Strader, Sweeney, Trimble, Van Auken, Van 

 Trump, Wells, Eugene M. Wilson, Winchester, 

 Wood, and Woodward 46. 



NATS Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Ames, Araell, 



A-I.IT, Atwood, Bnilcy, Barry, Seaman, Boatty. Ben- 

 jamin, Bennett, Bunion, Hint/hum, Bluir, Bole*, Boyd, 

 Georgo M. Brooks, Buck, Buckley. Buttlnton. Bur- 

 ciiurd, Burdett, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick II. 



Butler, Cessna, Churchill, William T. Clark, Sidney 

 Clarke, AuiaaCobb, Clinton L. Cobb.Coburn, Con- 

 ger, Cook, Cullom, Daviu, Dcgencr. Dickey, Dixon, 

 Donloy, Duval, Ela, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Finkoln- 

 I'lirjj, Fisher. Fitch. Gilnlluu, Hale, IIurrin, Huwkin-, 

 Jluwli-y, Heflin, Hill. Hoar, Hooper, Hotchkiss, In- 

 gersolf, Alexander II. Jotu-s. Judd, Julian, Kelley, 



William Moore, Daniel J. Morrell, Myers. Newnham, 

 O'Neill, Orth, Packard, Paine, Palmer, Peck, Perec, 

 Phelps, Platt, Poland, Pomeroy, Porter, Prosser, 

 Boots, Sargent, Sawyer, Lionel A. Sheldon, William 

 Smyth, Starkweather, Stevenson, Stokes, Stoughton, 

 Strickland, Taffe, Tanner, Tillman, Twiohell, Tvncr, 

 Upson, Van Wyck, Ward. Cadwalader C. Washburn, 

 William B. Washburn, Wiiittemoro, Wilkinson, Wil- 

 lard, John T. Wilson, Winans, and Witcher 121. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Adams, Archer, Armstrong, 

 Ayer, Banks, Barnum, Biggs, Bird. Booker, Bowen, 

 Cake, Cleveland, Covode, Cowles. Dawes, Dickinson, 

 Dockery, Dyer, Ferry, Garneld, Haight, Haldeman, 

 Hambleton, Hamilton, Hay, Hays, Heaton, Hoge, 

 Jenckes, Thomas L. Jones. Laflin, Loughriclge, 

 Lynch, Jesse H. Moore, Morpnis, Samuel P. Morrill, 

 Morrissey, Negley, Packer, Peters, Potter, Sanford, 

 Schenck, Schumaker, Scofleld. Shanks, Porter .Shel- 

 don, Slocum, John A. Smith, William J. Smith, 

 Worthington C. Smith, Stevens-Stiles. Stone, Strong, 

 Swann, Taylor. Tpwnsend,Van Horn, Voorhees, Wal- 

 lace, Welker, Wheeler, and Williams 64. 



So the House refused to reject the bill. 



The question recurred on the motion of Mr. 

 Davis, that the House suspend the rules and 

 pass the bill. 



The question was taken, as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Allison,Ambler, Ames, Armstrong, 

 ArnelK Asper, Atwood, Bailey, Banks, Barry, Bea- 

 man, Baatty, Benjamin, Bennett, Benton, Bingham, 

 Blair, Booker, Bowen, Boyd, George M. Brooks, 

 Burchard, Burdett, Ben- 



Clinton L. Cobb, Coburn,' Conger, Cook, Cullom, 

 Davis, Dawes. Dickey, Dixon, Dockery, Donlcy, 

 Duval, Ela, Farnsworth, Ferriss. Ferry, Finkeln- 

 burg. Fisher. Fitch, Garfield, Gilflllan, Hale, Hamil- 

 ton, Harris, Hawley, Hay, Heflin, 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 H. Moore, Jesse H. Moore, William 

 Moore, Daniel J. Morrell, Samuel P. Morrill, Myers, 

 Newsham, O'Neill, Orth, Packard, Paine, Palmer, 

 Peck, Perce, Phelps, Platt, Poland. Pomeroy, Porter, 

 Boots, Sanford, Sargent, Sawyer, Lionel A. Sheldon, 

 John A. Smith, William Smyth, Stevenson, Stokes, 

 Stoughton, Strickland, Taffe. Tanner, Tillman, 

 Twichell, Tyner, Upson ? Van Horn, Ward, Cadwal- 

 ader C. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Wheeler, 

 Whittemore, Wilkinson, Willard, Winans, and 

 Witcher 180. 



NATS Messrs. Adams, Axtell, Beck. James 

 Brooks, Burr, Calkin, Conner, Cox, Crebs. Dox, 

 Eldridge, Fox, Getz, Gibson,- Griswold. Hamill, Hol- 

 man, Johnson, Kerr, Knott, Lewis, Marshall, May- 

 ham, McCormick, McNeely, Milnes, Morgan, Mun- 

 en, Niblack, Randall, Beeves, Bice, Bidgway, 

 herrod, Shober, Joseph S. Smith, Strader, Swann, 

 Sweeney, Trimble, Van Auken, Van Trump, Well*, 

 Eugene M. Wilson, Winchester. Wood, and Wood- 

 ward 47. 



