CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. (AMERICAN MEBOHANT MARINE.) 199 



Covington, S. S. Cox, W. B. Cox, Crisp, D. B. Cul- or steel plates, castings and forgings; angle-irons, 

 berson, Dargan, Deuster, Dibble, Dibrell, Dockery, beams, masts, yards, rivets, bolts, nuts, screws, boil- 

 Dunn, Eaton, Eldredge, J. H. Evins, Forney, Fyan, er-platcs, tubes, paints, flues of all descriptions, fur- 



Garrison, Gla*cock, Greenleaf, Guenther, Halsell, naces, pig-iron and yellow-metal for castings, iron 



Hammond, Hancock, H. H. Hatch, W. H. Hatch, and steel olooms, shaft-forgings not turned or fitted, 



Henley, A. S. Hewitt, G. W. Hewitt, Hill, Holman, and all other material, metallic or otherwise, used in 



B. VV. Jones, J. H. Jones, Kleiner, Lanham, Lover- the construction of marine boilers and engines, and all 



ing, Lowry, McMiUin, Matson, J. F. Miller, Mitchell, other materials and appliances which may be necessa- 



Morrison, Morse, Muller, Murray, Neece, Gates, Ochil- ry for the construction and equipment, alteration or 



tree, J. J. O'Neill, Pierce, S. W. Peel, Post, Pry or, repair, in whole or in part, of vessels, whether steam 



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Sumner, J. M. Taylor, Thompson, Throckmorton, the Treasury may prescribe; and upon proof that such 



Townshend, Tully, H. G. Turner, Oscar Turner, materials have been used for such purpose, no duties 



Vance, Van Eaton, Bichard Warner, Wellborn, Wei- shall be collected or paid thereon." 



ler. Wemple, Williams, Willis, W. L. Wilson, E. B. SEC. . That from and after the 1st day of January, 



Wmans, John Winans, G. D. Wise, Wolford, Wood- 1886, any citizen or citizens of the United States may 



ward, Worthington, Yaple, York 111. purchase the whole of any steam or sail vessel, not 



NAYS G. E. Adams, Bayne, Boutelle, Brainerd, less than 3,000 tons net register, no matter where said 



F. B. Brewer, J. H. Brewer, T. M. Browne, W. W. vessel may have been built, whether within the United 



Brown, J. M. Campbell, Collins, Converse, W. W. States or in a foreign country, or whether said vessel 



Culbertson, Cutcheon, E. T. Davis, Dingley, Dun- may have been owned in whole or in part by an alien 



ham, Ellis, Ellwood, I. N. Evans, Everhart, Finerty, or aliens ; and said vessel shall be registered free of 

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 Houk, 



Stephenson, Stone, J. D. Taylor, Thomas. Tillman, States : Provided, That such ships shall be excluded 

 Wait ; A. J. Warner, Washburn, J. D. White, Whit- from the coastwise trade. 



i, Atkinson, Barbour, Barks- . The amendment was rejected by the Mow- 



dale, Barr, Belford, Belmont, Bennett, Bingham.Bis- ing vote : 

 bee, Blackburn Bland, Blount, Bowen, Boyle, Brei- YEAS. Bayard, Beck, Camden, Coke, Colquitt, 

 tung, Broadhead, Brumm, Burleigh, Calkins, Cannon, Barley, Groome, Hamipton, Jackson, Lamar, McPher- 

 Carleton, Cassidy, Chase, Clardy, Clay, Connolly, Maxey, Morgan. Pendleton, Pugh, Eansom, Sla- 

 Cook, Cullen, Curtm, Davidson, G. E Davis, L. H. t er, Vance, Vest, williams-20. 

 Davis, Dorsheimer, Dowd. Duncan, Elliot, krmen- NAYS. Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Brown, Cameron of 

 trout, Ferrell, Fiedler, Fmdlay, lollett, Foran, Ged- Wisconsin, Conger, Cullom, Dawcs, Dolph. Frye, 

 des, Gibson, Goff, Graves, Green, Hanback Harde- Gorman H ale, HawW Hill, Hoar, Jones of Nevada, 

 man, Hardy, Banner, Hart, Hemphill, D. B. Hender- L ogan McMillan, Mahone, Miller of California, Mil- 

 son, Hepburn, Herbert, Hiscock, flitt, Hoblitzell, Hoi- i er fe o f New York, Mitchell, Morrell, Palmer, Platt, 

 ton, Hooper Hopkins Horr, Houseman, Hurd, Hutch- Plumb Biddleberger, Sawyer, Sewell, Voorhees, Wil- 

 ins, J. K. Jones, J. T. Jones, Jordan, Keifer, Kel- son _3i 



ley, Kellogo:, King, Lacey, Laird, Lamb, Lawrence, ABSENT. -Anthony, Bowen. Butler, Call, Cameron 

 Le Fevre/Xewis Libbey Long Lore. McAdoo Me- of p ennsy ivania, Cockrell, Edmunds, Fair, Garland, 

 Cormick McKmley, Maybury, Millard, S. H Miller, George Gibson, Harris, Harrison, Walls, Jonas 

 Mills, Money, Morey, Morgan, Moulton. Muldrpw, j one t O f Florida, Kenna, Lapham, Manderson, Pike, 

 Murphy Mutchler, Nelson, Nicnolls, O'Hara, Paige, Sabi Saulsbury, Sherman, Van Wyck, Walker-25. 

 Patton, Payne, Pay son, Perkins, Peters, Phelps, Pot- 

 ter, Pusey, Eandall, Banncy, Ossian Bay, Beagan, May 8, the Senate having completed its own 

 Beese, Biggs, Eobertson, J. S. Bobinson, Eowell, measure, indefinitely postponed it and took up 

 Eussell, Evan, Scales, Seymour, Shelley, Smalls, Sny- ^.r^ TT.., ' v-ii Tho firct thirfp^n aAntinna rf 

 der, J. V. Stewart, ^tockslager, Struble, Talbott, E. *? A I t , hirte se . ctlons ot 

 B. Taylor, Tucked, Valentme, Van Alstyne, Wads- this measure were adopted as identical with 

 worth, Wakefield, Ward, Weaver, Milo White, Wil- the first thirteen sections of the Senate bill, 

 kins, J. S. Wise, Wood, Young 142. and for the rest the Senate substituted the re- 

 April 30, the Senate took up a measure, re- maining sections of its own measure several 

 ported by the Committee on Commerce, to re- of which were also in the House bill. The 

 move certain burdens on the American mer- c hi * f P oint of difference was that the free-ship 

 chant marine, and encourage the American section was stricken out The usual disagree- 

 foreign carry ing- trade, and for other purposes. m ent and conference followed, and June 21st 

 The test vote in the shaping of this measure t he conference committee reported each side 

 was on the adoption of the following amend- conceding certain points at issue. The report 

 ment, moved by Mr. Vest, of Missouri, though of the committee was concurred m by both 

 the division was not strictly on partisan lines: Houses without a division, and the bill was 



approved by the President and returned June 



SEC. . That section 2513 of the Bevised Statutes F T , . f i, 



of the United States be amended so as to read as fol- 28 ' Lt 1S as lollows : 



lows, namely: Be it enacted^ etc., That the last clause of section 



" SEO. 2513. All or any part of the materials, wheth- 4131 of the Eevised Statutes be amended so as to read 



er wood, steel, iron, copper, yellow-metal, bolts, as follows : 



spikes, sheathing, treenails ; canvas for sails, whether " All the officers of vessels of the United States shall 



flax or cotton ; rigging and cordage, whether hemp, be citizens of the United States, except that in cases 



manila hemp, or iron wire ; anchors and cables ; iron where, on a foreign voyage, or on a voyage from an 



