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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. (AMEBIOAN MERCHANT MARINE.) 



States, and shall bo entitled to like compensation, to 

 be audited and paid by the same officers. And the 

 United States shall pay all costs and charges for the 

 maintenance and return of any Chinese person hav- 

 ing the certificate prescribed by law as entitling such 

 Chinese person to come into the United States, who 

 may not nave been permitted to land from any vessel 

 by reason of any of the provisions of this act." 



Section 13 of said act is hereby amended so as to 

 read as follows : 



" SEC. 13. That this act shall not apply to diplomatic 

 and other officers of the Chinese or other governments 

 traveling upon the business of that government, whose 

 credentials shall be taken as equivalent to the certifi- 

 cate in this act mentioned, and shall exempt them 

 and their body and household servants from the pro- 

 visions of this act as to other Chinese persons." 



Section 15 of said act is hereby amended so as to 

 read as follows : 



" SEO. 15. That the provisions of this act shall apply 

 to all subjects of China, and Chinese, whether sub- 

 jects of China or any other foreign power ; and the 

 words " Chinese laborers," wherever used in this act, 

 shall be construed to mean both skilled and unskilled 

 laborers and Chinese employed in mining." 



So. 16. That any violation of any of the provis- 

 ions of this act, or of the act of which this act is 

 amendatory, the punishment of which is not other- 

 wise herein provided forj shall be deemed a misde- 

 meanor, and shall be punishable by a fine not exceed- 

 ing $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one 

 year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



SEO. 17. That nothing contained in this act shall be 

 construed to affect any prosecution or other proceed- 

 ings, criminal or civil, begun under the act of which 

 this is amendatory; but such prosecution or other 

 proceeding, criminal or civil, shall proceed as if this 

 act had not been passed. 



The vote in the House on this measure was 

 as follows: 



YEAS Aiken, Alexander, Atkinson, Bagley, Barks- 

 dale, Bayne, Beach, Blanchard, Bland, Boyle, Brain- 

 erd, Breckinridge, W. W. Brown, Bruram, Buchanan, 

 Buckner, Budd, Burns, Caldwefl, J. M. Campbell, 

 Candler, Carleton, Cassidy, Clardy, Clay, Clements, 

 Cobb, Collins, Connolly, Converse, Cook, Cosgrove, 

 8. 8. Cox, Crisp, D. B. Culberson, Cullen, Cutcheon, 

 Dargan, G. R. Davis, Deuster, Dibble, Dibrell, Dock- 

 cry, Do wd, Dunham, Dunn, Eaton, Elliott, Ell wood, 

 Ermentrout, J. II. Evins, Ferrell, Fiedler, Finerty, 

 Follett, Foran, Forney, Fyan, Garrison, George, Gib- 

 son, Glascock, Goff, Graves, Green, Greenleaf, Guen- 

 ther, Halsell, Hammond, Hancock, Hardeman, W. H. 

 Hatch, D. B. Henderson, Henley, Hepburn, Herbert, 

 G. W. Hewitt, Hill. H'wcock, Ilolrnan, Holmes, Hop- 

 kins, Horr, Houk, Houseman, Hurd, Jeffords, B. W. 

 Jones, J. H. Jones, King, Lacey, Lamb, Lanham, 

 Lawrence, Le Fevre, Lewis, Lovering, Lowry, Mc- 

 Adoo, McCoid, McComas, McCormick, McKmley, 

 McMillin, Matson, Maybury, J. F. Miller, S. H. Mil- 

 ler, Milliken, Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Morrison, 

 Murphy, Murray, Neece, Nutting, Gates, J. J. O'- 

 Neill. Paige, Patton, Pierce, S. w! Peel, S. J. Peelle, 

 Petti bone, Post, Pryor, Pusey, Randall, Rankin, 

 Reese, Robertson, J. S. Robinson, J. H. Rogers, W. F. 

 Rogers, Rosecrans, Rowcll, Scales, Sency, Seymour, 

 Shaw, Shelley, Singleton, T. G. Skinner, Slocum, 

 Smith, Springer, Steele, Stephenson, Charles Stewart, 

 Stockslager, Strait, Strublo, C. A. Sumner, D. H. 

 Sunmer, J. M. Taylor, Throckmorton. Tillman. Tul- 

 ly, H. G. Turner, Oscar Turner, Van Alstyne, Vance, 

 Van Eaton, Wakefield,Ward, Richard Warner, Weavl 

 er. Wellborn, Weller. Wemple, Milo White, Whitim?, 

 Wilkia*. Williams, Willis, James Wilson, W. L. Wil- 

 son. E. B. Winans, John Winuns, G. D. Wise, Wol- 

 ford, Worth ington, Yaple 184. 



NAYS G. E. Adams, F. B. Brewer, T. M. Browne, 

 Everhart T. J. Henderson, Hitt, Ketin, Lyman, Price, 

 Rioe, C. R. Skinner, Smalls, Spooner 13. 



NOT VOTING J. J. Adams, Anderson, Arnot, Bal- 

 lentine, Barbour, Barr, Belford, Belmont, Bennett, 

 Bingham, Bisbee, Blackburn, Blount, Boutelle, Bow- 

 en, Breitung, J. H. Brewer, Broadhead, Burleigh, 

 Cabell, Calkins, Felix Campbell, Cannon, Chace, 

 Covingtou, W. R. Cox, W. W. Culbertson, Curtin. 



Davidson, L. H. Davis, R. T. Davis, Dingley, Dor- 

 r, Duncan, Eldredge, Ellis, I. N. Evans. Find- 



sheimer 



lav, Funston, Geddes, Hanback, Hardy, Harmer, 

 Hart, H. H. Hatch, Haynes, Hemphill, A. S. Hewitt, 

 Hoblitzell, Holton, Hooper, Howey, Hunt, Hutchins, 

 James, Johnson, J. K. Jones, J. T. Jones, Jordan, 

 Kasson, Keifer, Kelley, Kellogg, KetchaYn, Kleiner, 

 Laird, Libbey, Loner, Lore, Millard, Mills, Morey, 

 Morrill, Morse. Moufton, Muldrow, Muller, Mutchler, 

 Nelson, Nicholls, Ochiltree, O'Hara, Charles O'NeillJ 

 Parker, Payne, Payson, Perkins, Peters, Phclps, Po- 

 land, Potter, Ranney, G. W. Ray, Ossian Ray, Rea- 

 gan, Reed, Riggs, Robinson, Rockwell, Russell, Ryan, 

 Snyder, Spriggs, Stevens, J. W. Stewart, Stone, 

 Storm, Talbott, E. B. Taylor, J. D. Taylor, Thomas, 

 Thompson, Townshend, Tucker, Valentine, Wads- 

 worth. Wait. A. J. Warner, Washburn, J. D. White, 

 J. S. Wise, Wood, Woodward, York, Young 125. 



The bill passed the Senate without debate, 

 July 3d, by the following vote : 



YEAS Allison, Bayard, Beck, Blair, Butler, Call, 

 Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin. 



Wisconsin, 



Cockrell, Coke, Conger, Cullom, Dolph, Fair, Farley, 

 Garland, Groome, Hale, Hampton, Harris. Hill, In- 

 galls, Jones of Florida, Jones of Nevada, Logan. 

 Manderson, Maxey, Miller of California, Miller or 

 New York, Morgan, Palmer, Pendleton, Pike, Plumb, 

 Pugh, Ransom, Sawyer, Sherman, Slater, Vance, Van 

 Wyck, Vest, Voorhees 43. 



NAYS Aldrich, Brown, Dawes, Edmunds, Hawley, 

 Hoar, Lapham, McMillan, Mitchell, Morrill, Platt 

 Wilson 12. 



ABSENT -Anthony, Bowen, Camdcn, Colquitt, Frye, 

 George, Gibson, Gorman, Harrison, Jackson, Jonas, 

 Kenna, Lamar, McPherson, Mahone, Ridrlleberger, 

 Sabin, Saulsbury, Sewell, Walker, Williams 21. 



The President approved the measure July 5, 

 1884. 



American Merchant Marine. In the House, a 

 bill to remove certain burdens on the Amer- 

 ican merchant marine, and encourage the 

 American foreign carrying-trade, was brought 

 forward and passed April 26, 1884. A kin- 

 dred measure had been discussed at length in 

 the previous Congress, and there was only one 

 section of the bill, as passed by the House, 

 which might be regarded as involving a par- 

 tisan issue. It was not a part of the measure 

 reported from the committee on American 

 ship-building and ship-owning interests, but 

 was proposed by Mr. Cox, of New York, as 

 follows : 



SEO. 20. That from and after the passage of this act 

 it shall be lawful for any citizen or citizens of the 

 United States to import iron- and steel-built steam- 

 ships of not less than 3,000 tons measurement free of 

 duty ; and such ships shall be admitted to American 

 register: Provided, That said ships shall be the ex- 

 clusive property of a citizen or citizens of the United 

 States: And provided further, That such ships shall 

 be excluded from the coastwise trade. 



This section was adopted by the following 

 vote: 



YEAS J. J. Adams, Aiken, Alexander, Arnot, Bng- 

 ley, Ballentine, Beach, Blanchard, Breckinridge. Bu- 

 chanan, Buckner, Budd, Burnes, Cabell, Calawcll, 

 Felix Campbell, Candler, Clements, Cobb, Cosgrove, 



