CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



Inn- t \\vnty-t\vo, to tlio word " provided" in 

 line tueiit v nine. 



The next amendment was in section six, line 

 ;teeii, to strike out the words " tin- ^em-nil 

 l:i\\s," and in lieu thereof insert "any : 



law. 1 



amendment WHS to add to section 

 r l'<>r the administration of justice, or for 

 the keeping of the public pea 



The next amendment WHS in section seven, 

 line eiu'ht, to >trike out the word "twenty" 

 and insert " fourteen." 



The next amendment was to add after section 

 eight (ho following sections. 



SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That no civil court 

 of the United States, or of any State, shall have juris- 

 diction of anj- action or proceeding, civil or criminal, 

 against any such district commander or any officer or 

 person acting by his authority, for or on account of 

 the discharge of the duties imposed upon him by this 

 act or the acts to which it is supplementary. 



SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That no district 

 commander shall be relieved from the command as- 

 signed to him under the aforesaid acts, unless by 

 order of the General of the Army of the United 

 States, or unless the Senate shall have first advised 

 and consented thereto, or unless by sentence of court- 

 iiiiirtial he shall be cashiered and dismissed from the 

 Army, or in arrest for an offence punishable by dis- 

 missal from the Army, or disqualified by sickness for 

 the performance of bis duties. 



SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That any person 

 or persons who shall prevent or attempt to prevent 

 or obstruct the execution of this act or either of the 

 acts to which it is supplementary, shall be guilty of 

 a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be 

 fined in a sum not exceeding $5,000, or imprisoned 

 one year, or both, at the discretion of the court : Pro- 

 vided, That this section shall not extend to or include 

 any offence or offences of which the military author- 

 ities may have or take jurisdiction under the pro- 

 visions of this act or the acts to which it is supple- 

 mentary. 



SBC. 12. Andbe it further enacted, That all members 

 of said boards of registration, and all persons hold- 

 ing office in said mflitary districts under State or 

 municipal authority, or by detail or appointment of 

 the district commanders, shall be required to take 

 and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by law for 

 officers of the United States. 



SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That no district 

 commander or member of the board of registration, 

 or any of the officers or appointees acting under 

 them, shall be bound in his action by any opinion of 

 any officer of the United States. 



The next amendment was to change section 

 nine to section fourteen. 



The Senate refused to concur iu these amend- 

 ments, and committees of conference were ap- 

 pointed, who agreed upon the following report, 

 which was adopted in each House. 



The committee of conference on the disagreeing 

 votes of the two Houses on the amendments to the 

 bill (H. R. No. 123) supplementary to an act entitled 

 " An act to provide for the more efficient government 

 of i lie rebel States," passed on the 2d day of March, 

 1867, and the act supplementary thereto, passed on 

 the '.'3d of March, 1867, having met, after full and 

 free conference have agreed to recommend, and do 

 recommend to their respective Houses, as follows : 



That tin- Scnati.' agree to the first amendment of 

 the House with the following amendments : in line 

 ten strike out the word "illegal" and in lieu thereof 

 insert " not legal State governments ; " in line thir- 

 teen, before the word " authority," insert the word 



" paramount ; " and that the House agree to the Mine 

 aa amenili-.!. 



That tlir House recede from its second amendment 

 to the amendment of the Senate, and agree to the 

 second section of the Senate amendment amended u 

 follows: In line three strike out the won! " approval" 

 and insert "disapproval;" in line four, ult.-r th'.- 

 word "Stat<->" in . n "Mini to have effect till disap- 

 proved:" in line seventeen strike out the word 

 ''approved" and insert "disapproved;" in line 

 seventeen after the word " general " insert the word 

 " as ; " and add at the end of the section, " and to 

 fill vacancies occasioned by death, resignation, or 

 otherwise ; " and that the Senate agree to the same. 



That the Senate agree to the amendment of the 

 House to the third section of the amendment of the 

 Senate. 



That the Senate agree to the amendment of the 

 House to the fourth section of the ann ndmcnt of the 

 Senate. 



That the House recede from its amendments to the 

 fifth section of the amendment of the Senate. 



That the House recede from its amendments to the 

 sixth section of the amendment of the Senate and 

 agree to the same with the following amendments: 

 strike out the word "time" in the ninth line and in 

 lieu thereof insert " commencement ; " in line seven- 

 teen strikeout the words "the general laws" and 

 insert " any general law ; " and at the end of line sev- 

 enteen add "or for the administration of justice;" 

 and that the Senate agree to the same as amended. 



That the Senate agree to the amendment of the 

 House to the seventh section of the amendment of 

 the Senate. 



That the House recede from its amendments add- 

 ing sections nine, ten, and eleven, being House 

 amendments eight, nine, and ten. 



That the Senate agree to the House amendment 

 eleven, numbered section twelve, with the following 

 amendments: strikeout the word "holding" after 

 the word " persons" in line two, and in lieu thereof 

 insert the words "hereafter elected or appointed 

 to;" insert the words "any so-called" before the 

 word " State " in line three ; and that the House 

 agree to the same. 



That the Senate agree to the twelfth amendment 

 of the House, numbered section thirteen, with the 

 following amendment: insert the word "civil" be- 

 fore the word " officer " in the fifth line, and that the 

 House agree to the same. 



That the Senate agree to the thirteenth amend- 

 ment of the House, amended as follows : in line one 

 strike out "fourteen" and insert " eleven." 

 L. THUMB ULL, 

 G. F. EDMUNDS, 

 T. A. HENDRICKS, 

 Manager! on the part of the Senate. 

 T. STEVENS, 

 G. S. BOUTWELL, 

 W. S. HPLMAN, 

 Managers on the part of the Howe, 



The bill was returned by the President with 

 his objections, and subsequently passed with 

 the requisite majority in each House. 



On July 15th, Mr. Kelsey, of New York, 

 offered the followin.L' : 



Rtsoh-ed, Thai the Committee on the Judiciary be, 

 and t lu-\ are hereby, instructed to inquire and report 

 to this House whether the States of Kentucky, Mary- 

 land, and Delaware now have State governments 

 republican iu form, and that the committee have 

 leave to report by bill or otherwise at any time. 



The resolution was adopted ytas 77, nays 89. 



On July 20, Congress adjourned to Novem- 

 ber 21, when it again assembled. All important 

 business was laid over to the regular or second 

 session, commencing December -. 1867. 



