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The Senate amendments on Bessemer steel, reducing the rate on steel bars from 13 cents per pound to 14, and on rails made partly of steel from 11 cents to 1 cent, were agreed to-the latter without a division; the former, yeas 99, nays 72, as follow:

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Kellogg, Kelsey, Ketcham, Knapp, Laflin, Lash. Law-
thy, McCrary, McGrew, McKenzie, Mercur, Milnes, Elia-
rence, Logan, Loughridge, Lynch, Maynard, McCar-
kim H. Moore, Jesse H. Moore, William Moore, Mor-
phis, Daniel J. Morrell, Myers, Negley, O'Neill, Orth,
Phelps, Poland, Porter, Prosser, Rice, Rogers, Roots,
Packard, Packer, Paine, Palmer, Peck, Perce, Peters,
Sargent, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Shanks, Lionel A.
Sheldon, Porter Sheldon, John A. Smith, William J.
Smith, Worthington C. Smith, William Smyth, Stevens,
Stevenson, Stokes, Stoughton, Strickland, Taffe, Tan-
ner, Taylor, Tillman, Townsend, Trimble, Twichell,
Tyner, Upson, Van Horn, Van Wyck, Ward, Cadwala
der C. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Welker,
Wheeler, Whitmore, Wilkinson, Willard, Williams,
John T. Wilson-144.
NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Archer. Asper, Beck, Biggs, Bird,
James Brooks, Burr, Cleveland, Cox, Crebs, Dickinson, Eld-
ridge, Fox. Getz, Griswold, Haight, Haldeman, Hambleton,
Hays, Holman, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, Kerr, Knott,
Lewis, Marshall, Mayham, McNeely, Morgan, Niblack, Potter,
Randall, Reeves, Schumaker, Sherrod, Slocum, Joseph S.
Smith, Stiles, Stone, Swann. Sweeney, Van Auken, Voorhees,
Wells, Eugene M. Wilson, Winchester, Wood, Woodward-49.
In submitting the report of the conference com-

YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Allison, Archer, Asper, Ayer, Beatty, Beck, Benjamin, Biggs, Bird, James Brooks, Buckley, Burr, Benjamin F. Butler, Sidney Clarke, Coburn, Cook, Cox, Crebs. Cullom, Darrall, Dickinson, Eldridge, Farnsworth, Finkelnburg, Fitch, Garfield, Getz, Gris wold, Haight, Haldeman, Hale, Harris, Hawkins, Hawley, Hay, Hays, Heflin, Ingersoll. Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, Judd, Kerr, Ketcham, Knott, Lewis, Logan, Loughridge, Lynch, Marshall, Mayham, McCormick, McCrary, McKenzie, McNeely, Eliakim H. Moore, Jesse II. Moore, Morgan, Mungen, Niblack, Orth, Packard, Paine, Potter, Reeves, Rice, Rogers. Sargent, Schumaker, Shanks, Lionel A. Sheldon, Sherrod. Slocum, Joseph S. Smith, Worthington C. Smith. William Smyth, Stevenson, Stiles, Stone, Stoughton, Strong, Swann, Sweeney, Taffe, Trimble, Twichell, Tyner, Vin Aulen, Van Wyck, Voorhees, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Wells, Wilkinson, Williams, Eugene M. Wilson, Winans, Winchester, Wood, Woodward-mittee, Mr. Schenck made the following statement NAYS-Messrs. Ambler, Ames, Armstrong. Arnell, Atwood, Bailey, Barry, Benton, Bingham, Blair, Buffinton, Roderick R. Butler, Cake, Churchill, Amasa Cobb, Conger, Covode, Cowles, Davis, Dawes, Donley, Duval, Ferriss, Ferry, Fisher, Gilfillan, Hill, Hoar, Hooper, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, Knapp, Lash, Maynard, MeCarthy, McGrew, Mercur, William Moore, Morphis, Daniel J. Morrell, Myers, Negley, O'Neill, Packer, Peck, Perce, Phelps, Porter, Prosser, Sanford, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Porter Sheldon, John A. Smith, Stevens, Stokes, Strickland, Tanner, Taylor, Tillman, Townsend, Upson, Wallace, Ward, William B. Washburn, Welker, Wheeler, Whitmore, Willard, John T. Wilson-72.

99.

A committee of conference appointed, consisting of Senators Sherman, Morrill of Vermont, and Hamilton of Maryland, and Representatives Schenck, Kelley, and James Brooks.

IN SENATE, May 13, 1870.

as to the reduction of taxes made by the bill:
"Calculated upon the basis of the receipts of the
fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1869, which
was at that time the only complete report we
had before us, I made out by a close analysis of
the bill, and as accurate a calculation as I could
furnish to the House, a reduction of the internal
taxes to the amount of $45.000,000, and of im-
port duties to the amount of $20,000,000, making
in the aggregate $65,000,000. After the bill had
passed the House, however, and before any action
upon it or change made by the Senate, the com-
plete returns of internal revenue, but not of im-
ports, were obtained for the year ending the 30th
June, 1870, and the increase has been such that
trying the bill by that standard it was found
that the reduction of internal taxes as compared

The report of the conference committee was with those for last year was $50,000,000, and of agreed to without a division.

IN HOUSE, July 13, 1870.
YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Ames, Armstrong,
Arnell, Atwood, Axtell. Ayer, Bailey, Barnum, Beatty,
Benjamin. Bennett, Benton, Bingham, Blair, Boles,
Booker, Boyd, George M. Brooks, Buck, Buckley, Buf
finton, Burchard. Burdett, Benjamin F. Butler, Rod-
erick R. Butler, Cake, Cessna, Churchill, William T.
Clark, Sidney Clarke, Amasa Cobb, Coburn, Conger,
Covode, Cowles Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Dickey, Dixon,
Donley, Duval, Ela, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry, Fink-
elnburg, Fitch, Garfield, Gilfillan, Hamilton, Harris,
Hawkins, Hawley, Hay, Heflin, Hill, Hoar, Hooper,
Hotchkiss, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Judd, Julian, Kelley,

import duties $27,000,000, making a reduction of $77,000,000, in the aggregate. By the striking off of some other taxes, including an additional deduction from the income tax, the tax on passports, and various other matters, I do not hesitate to say that the reduction by this bill, compared with the receipts of last year, will be to the people of this country an alleviation of the burdens of taxation from these two quarters, the internal taxes and import duties, of over $80,000,

000."

LX.

THE RESTORATION OF GEORGIA.

AN ACT to promote the Reconstruction of the | dated June 25, 1868, to appear on some day cer

State of Georgia.

tain, to be named in said proclamation, at AtBe it enacted, &c., That the governor of the lanta, in said State; and thereupon the said State of Georgia be, and hereby is, authorized general assembly of said State shall proceed to and directed, forthwith, by proclamation, to sum-perfect its organization in conformity with the mon all persons elected to the general assembly Constitution and laws of the United States, acof said State, as appears by the proclamation of cording to the provisions of this act. George G. Meade, the general commanding the military district including the State of Georgia,

SEC. 2. That when the members so elected to said Senate and House of Representatives shall

be convened, as aforesaid, each and every member and each and every person claiming to be elected as a member of said senate or house of representatives shall, in addition to taking the oath or oaths required by the constitution of Georgia, also take and subscribe and file in the office of the secretary of state of the State of Georgia one of the following oaths or affirmations, namely: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I have never held the office, or exercised the duties of, a Senator or Representative in Congress, nor been a member of the legislature of any State of the United States, nor held any civil office created by law for the administration of any general law of a State, or for the administration of justice in any State or under the laws of the United States, nor held any office in the military or naval service of the United States and thereafter engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or gave aid or comfort to its enemies, or rendered, except in consequence of direct physical force, any support or aid to any insurrection or rebellion against the United States, nor held any office under, or given any support to, any government of any kind organized or acting in hostility to the United States, or levying war against the United States: so help me God, (or on the pains and penalties of perjury, as the case may be; ") or the following oath or affirmation, namely: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I have been relieved by an act of the Congress of the United States from disability as provided for by section three of the XIVth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States so help me God, (or on the pains and penalties of perjury, as the case may be.") Which oath or affirmation, when so filed, shall be entered of record by the secretary of state of the State of Georgia, and said oath or affirmation, or a copy of the record thereof, duly certified by said secretary of state, shall be evidence in all courts and places. And every person claiming to be so elected, who shall refuse or decline or neglect or be unable to take one of said oaths or affirmations above provided, shall not be admitted to a seat in said Senate or House of Representatives, or to a participation in the proceedings thereof, but shall be deemed ineligible to such seats.

SEC. 3. That if any person claiming to be elected to said Senate or House of Representatives, as aforesaid, shall falsely take either of said oaths or affirmations above provided, he shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and shall suffer the pains and penalties thereof; and may be tried, convicted, and punished therefor by the circuit court of the United States for the district of Georgia in which district said crime was committed; and the jurisdiction of said court shall be sole and exclusive for the purpose aforesaid.

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SEC. 4. That the persons elected, as aforesaid, and entitled to compose such legislature, and who shall comply with the provisions of this act, by taking one of the oaths or affirmations above prescribed, shall thereupon proceed, in said Senate and House of Representatives to which they have been elected respectively, to reorganize said Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, by the election and qualification of the proper officers of each house.

SEC. 5. That if any person shall, by force, violence, or fraud, willfully hinder or interrupt any person or persons elected as aforesaid from taking either of the oaths or affirmations prescribed by this act, or from participating in the proceedings of said Senate or House of Representatives, after having taken one of said oaths or affirmations, and otherwise complied with this act, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and may be tried, convicted, and punished therefor by the circuit or district court of the United States for the district of Georgia in which district said offense shall be committed; and shall be punished therefor by imprisonment at hard labor for not less than two nor more than ten years, in the discretion of the court; and the jurisdiction of said courts shall be sole and exclusive for the purpose aforesaid.

SEC. 6. That it is hereby declared that the exclusion of any person or persons elected as aforesaid, and being otherwise qualified, from participation in the proceedings of said Senate or House of Representatives, upon the ground of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, would be illegal and revolutionary, and is hereby prohibited.

SEC. 7. That upon the application of the Governor of Georgia, the President of the United States shall employ such military or naval forces of the United States as may be necessary to enforce and execute the preceding provisions of this act.

SEC. 8. That the Legislature shall ratify the XVth Amendment proposed to the Constitution of the United States before Senators and Representatives from Georgia are admitted to seats in Congress.

Approved December 22, 1869.

The final votes on this act were as follow:

IN SENATE, December 17, 1869. ingham, Carpenter, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Anthony, Brownlow, BuckCorbett, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Fenton, Gilbert, Hamlin, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Kellogg, McDonald, Osborn, Patterson, Pomeroy, Pratt, Ramsey, Rice, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Robertson, Ros, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Sherman, Spencer, stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Warner, Willey,

Williams, Wilson-45.

NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Casserlu, Davis, Fowler, William T. Hamilton, Saulsbury, Stockton, Thurman, Vickers-9.

IN HOUSE, December 21, 1869. YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Armstrong, Arnell, Asper, Bailey, Beaman, Beatty, Benjamin, Bennett, Benton, Boles, Bowen, Boyd, George M. Brooks, Buck, Buckley, Buffinton, Burchard, Bardett, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Cessna, Amasa Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Conger, Cullom, Dawes, Deweese, Dickey, Dixon, Donley, Duval, Ela, Ferriss. Ferry, Finkelnburg, Fisher, Fitch, Garfield, Hale, Hamilton, Hawley, Hay, Heaton, Hill, Hoar, Solo non L. Hoge, Hooper, Hotch-, kiss, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Alexander H. Jones, Judd, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, Knapp. Lash, Lawrence, Logan, Loughridge. Maynard. McCarthy, McCrary, McGrew, Mercur, Eliakim II. Moore, Jesse H. Moore, William Moore, Daniel J. Morrell, Samuel P. Morrill, Myers, Negley, O'Neill Orth, Packard, Packer, Paine, Palmer, Peters, Phelps, Poland, Pomeroy, Prosser, Roots, Sanford, Sargent, Sawyer. Schenck, Scofield, Shanks, Lionel A. Sheldon, Porter Sheldon, John A. liam Smyth, Starkweather, Stevens, Stevenson, Stokes, Smith, William J. Smith, Worthington C. Smith, WilStoughton, Strickland, Strong, Taffe, Tanner, Townsend. Twichell, Tyner, Upson, Van Horn, Cadwalader C Washburn, Welker, Wheeler, B. F. Whittemore, Wilkinson, William Williams, John T. Wilson, Winans

121.

NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Archer, Axtell, Beck, Biggs, Bingham, Bird, Calkin, Cox, Crebs, Dickinson, Dox, Eldridge, Farnsworth. Getz, Greene, Griswold, Haldeman, Hambleton. Hamill, Hawkins, Holman, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, Kerr, Knott, Marshall, Mayham, McCormick, McNeely, Morgan, Mungen, Niblack, Potter, Randall, Reeves, Rice, Rogers, Joseph S. Smith, Stone, Strader, Swann, Sweeney. Trimble, Van Trump, Voorhees, Wells, Eugene M. Wilson, Winchester, Witcher, Woodward-51.

Previous Votes.

IN SENATE.

the restoration of Georgia, similar in terms to the Mississippi and Texas bills, (for which see chapter LV.)

Mr. Bingham moved to add the following proviso:

Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to vacate any of the offices now filled in the State of Georgia, either by the election of the people, or by the appointment of the governor thereof, by and with the advice and consent of the senate of said State; neither shall this act be construed to extend the official term of any officer of said State beyond the term limited by the constitution thereof, dating from the election or appointment of such officer; nor to "That the Legislature of Georgia shall be re-deprive the people of Georgia of the right, under garded as provisional only, until the further action of Congress,"

1869, December 17-Mr. Morton moved to strike out the eighth section of the bill as reported from the Judiciary Committee, which was in these words:

And to insert the section as in the text of the bill, which was agreed to-yeas 38, nays 15, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Brownlow, Buckingham, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Cragin, Drake, Fenton, Gilbert, Hamlin, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Kellogg, McDonald, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton. Nye, Osborn, Patterson, Pomeroy, Pratt, Ramsey, Robertson, Ross, Sawyer. Schurz. Scott, Sherman, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Warner, Williams, WilsonNAYS.-Messrs. Bayard, Carpenter, Casserly, Conkling, Corbett, Davis, Fowler, William T. Hamilton, Norton, Rice, Saulsbury. Stockton, Thurman, Vickers, Willey-15. A few unimportant changes were made, and the bill passed both Houses, as above.

38.

An act relating to the State of Georgia. Be it enacted, &c., That the State of Georgia, having complied with the reconstruction acts, and the XIVth and XVth articles of amendments to the Constitution of the United States having been ratified in good faith by a legal legislature of said State, it is hereby declared that the State of Georgia is entitled to representation in the Congress of the United States nothing in this act contained shall be construed to deprive the people of Georgia of the right to an election for members of the general assembly of said State, as provided for in the constitution thereof.

But

SEC. 2. That so much of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1868, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867, as prohibits the organization, arming, or calling into service of the militia forces in the States of Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and nothing in this or any other act of Congress shall be construed to affect the term to which any officer has been appointed or any member of the general assembly elected, as prescribed by the constitution of the State of Georgia.

Approved July 15, 1870.

This act, being the report of the committee of conference, was adopted in both houses without a division July 14, 1870.

Previous Votes.

IN HOUSE.

1870, February 25-Mr. B. F. Butler, from the Committee on Reconstruction, reported a bill for

their constitution, to elect senators and representatives of the State of Georgia in the year 1870, but said election shall be held in the year 1870, either on the day named in the constitution of said State or such other day as the present legislature may designate by law.

Which was agreed to-yeas 115, nays 71, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Allison, Ambler. Archer, Axtell, Panks, Beaman, Beatty, Beck. Biggs. Bingham, Bird, Blair, Booker, Burchard, Burr, Calkin. Churchill, Cleveland, Coburn, Cook. Cox. Crebs, Cullom. Dawes, Dickin Ferry. Finkelnburg. Garfield, Get. Griswold. Haight, son, Dockery Dox, Duval. Eldridge, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Haldeman, Hlale. Hambleton, Hamill, Fawkins, Hawley, Hay, Heaton, Hill, Holman, ingersoll, Jenckes, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kerr, Ketcham, Knott, Laflin. Logan. Marsh lt, Mayham, McCarthy. McCormick, McCrary, McKenzie, McNeely, Milnes, Eliakim H. Moore, Jesse H. Moore, Niblack. Orth, Packard. Packer, Platt, Pomeroy, Potter Randall. Reading Reeves, Rice, Rogers, Sargent. Schenck. Schumaker, Sherrod, Slocum, John A. Smith, Worthington C. Smith. Starkweather, Stiles, Stone, Strader. Strong, Swann. Tatie, Tanner, Trimble, Tyner, Van Auken Van Trump, Voorhees, Cadwalader C. Washburn. William B Washburn, Welker, Wells, Wheeler, Wilkinson, Willard, Williams, Eugene M. Wil son, John T. Wilson, Winans, Witcher, Wood, Woodward

-115.

NAYS-Messrs. Arnell, Asper, Atwood, Ayer, Benjamin, Boles Bowen. Boyd, George M. Brooks, Buck, Buckley, Buffinton, Burdett, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Cake, Cessna, Clarke, Amasa Cobb, Clinton L. Cobb. Conger, Covode. Davis, Dickey, Donley, Fisher, Gilfillan, Hamilton, Harris, Hays, Heflin Hoar, Hoge, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Alexander H. Jones, Julian, Kelley, Knapp, Lash, Lawrence, Loughridge, Maynard, McKee. Mercur, William Moore, Morrell, Morrill, Myers, Negley, O'Neill, Paine, Palmer, Perce, Phelps, Prosser, Roots, Sanford, Sawyer, Shanks, William J. Smith, William Smyth, Stevenson. Stokes, Stoughton, Strickland, Tillman, Townsend, Twichell, Upson, Van Horn

-71.

The bill was then passed-yeas 125, nays 55, as follow:

wood, Ayer, Banks, Beaman, Beatty, Benjamin, Bingham, Blair, Boles, Booker, Bowen, Boyd, George M, Brooks, Buck, Buckley, Buffinton, Burchard, Burdett. Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Cake, Cessna, Churchill, Clarke, Amasa Cobb, Clinton L. Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Conger, Cullom. Davis, Dawes, Dickey, Dockery, Donley, Duval, Ferriss Ferry, Finkelnburg, Fisher, Garfield, Gilfillan, Hale, Hamilton, Harris, Hawley, Hay, Heaton, Heflin, Hill, Joar, Hoge, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Alexander H. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, Ketcham, Knapp, Laf lin. Lash, Lawrence, Logan, Loughridge, Lynch, McCarthy, McCrary, McKenzie, Mercur, Eliakim H. Moore, Jesse 11. Moore, William Moore, Morrell, Morrill, Myers, Negley, O'Neill, Orth, Packard, Packer, Paine, Phelps, Platt, Pomeroy, Prosser, Roots, Sanford, Sargent, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Shanks, John A. Smith, William J. Smith, Worthington C. Smith, William Smyth, Starkweather, Stokes, Stoughton, Strickland, Strong, Tillman, Townsend, Twichell, Tyner, Upson, Van Horn, Cadwalader C. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Wel

YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Arnell, Asper. At

ker, Wheeler, Wilkinson, Willard, Williams, John T. Wilson, Winans, Witcher-125.

NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Archer, Axtell, Beck, Biggs, Bird, Burr Calkin, Cleveland, Cox, Crebs, Dickinson, Dox, Eldridge, Getz, Griswold. Haight. Haldeman, Hambleton, Hamill, Hawkins, Holman, Johnson, Thomas L Jones, Kerr, Knott, Marshall, Mayham, McCormick, McNeely, Milnes Niblack, Potter, Randall, Reading, Reeves, Rice, Rogers, Schumaker, Sherrod, Slocum. Stevenson, Stiles, Stone, Strader, Swann, Tanner, Trimble, Van Auken, Van Trump, Voorhees, Wells, Eugene M. Wilson, Wood, Woodward-55.

IN SENATE.

1870, March 18-Mr. Morton moved to amend by inserting at the end of the bill as follows: SEC. 2. That so much of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1868, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867, as prohibits the organization, arming, or calling into service of the militia forces in the State of Georgia, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

Which was agreed to.

sert as follows:

| named in the said constitution; and the said general assembly shall, by joint resolution, consent to this fundamental condition before this act shall take effect."

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Mr. Pomeroy moved to amend the amendment of Mr. Wilson by striking out all after the word "that" in the first line and inserting as follows: "The existing government in the State of Georgia is hereby declared to be provisional; and the same shall continue subject to the provisions March 23, 1867, and of July 19, 1867, until the of the acts of Congress of March 2, 1867, and admission of said State, by law, to representation in Congress; and for this purpose the State of Georgia shall constitute the third military dis

trict.

"SEC. 2. That in accordance with the provis ions of, and under the powers and limitations provided in, said acts, an election shall be held in said State on the 15th day of November, April 14-Mr. Williams moved to strike out 1870, for all the members of the general assem the last clause of the Bingham proviso and in-bly of said State provided for in the constitution of said State, adopted by its convention on the 11th day of March, 1868, at which election all Persons who by said constitution are electors shall be entitled to vote. And said general assembly, so elected, shall assemble at the capitol of said State, on Tuesday, the 13th day of Deadmission of the State to representation in Concember, 1870, and organize, preparatory to the gress; and the powers and functions of the members of the existing general assembly shall cease and determine on the said 13th day of December, 1870."

Provided further, That the next election for members of the general assembly of said State shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, A. D. 1872, and the last clause of the second subdivision of the 1st section of the IIId article of said constitution, in the following words: "The general assembly may, by law, change the time of election, and the members shall hold until their successors are elected and qualified," shall never be by any legislature exercised so as to extend the term of any office beyond the regular period named in the said constitution; and the said general assembly shall, by joint resolution, consent to this proviso as a fundamental condition before this act shall take effect.

Which was disagreed to-yeas 24, nays 25, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Abbott., Ames, Boreman, Chandler, Cole, Drake, Fenton, Flanagan, Gilbert, Hamilton of Texas, Howard. Howell, Lewis, Nye, Osborn, Ramsey, Rice, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Warner, Williams. Wilson-24.

NAYS--Messrs. Anthony, Buckingham. Carpenter, Casserly, Corbett, Davis, Ferry, Fowler, William T. Hamilton, Howe, Johnston, McCreery, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Patterson, Pratt, Schurz, Scott, Sherman, Sprague, Stockton, Tipton, Trumbull, Vickers, Willey

25.

April 19-Mr. Wilson moved to strike out the Bingham proviso, and to insert, "That in consequence of the failure of the general assembly of Georgia to effect a legal organization for a period of over eighteen months it be, and hereby is, declared that the term of service of the said general assembly as now organized shall date from the 26th of January, 1870, and shall continue until the persons to be chosen on the Tuesday after the 1st Monday of November, 1872, as members of the general assembly of said State, are qualified: Provided, That the last clause of the second subdivision of the first section of the third article of the constitution of Georgia, in the following words: 'The general assembly may by law change the time of election, and the members shall hold until their successors are elected and qualified,' shall never be by any legislature exercised so as to extend the term of any office beyond the regular period

Mr. Pomeroy's amendment was agreed toyeas 37, nays 24, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Ames, Anthony, Buckingham, Carpenter, Casserly, Cole, Corbett, Cragin, Davis, Ed munds, Ferry, Fowler, Hamilton of Maryland, Hamlin, Harlan, Howe, Kellogg, McCreery, Morrill_of_Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Patterson, Pomeroy, Pool, Pratt, Robertson, Saulsbury, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Sherman, Stockton, Thurman, Tipton, Trumbull, Warner, Willey37.

NAYS-Messrs. Boreman, Brownlow, Drake, Fenton, Flanagan, Hamilton of Texas, Harris, Howard, Howell, McDonald, Morton. Nye, Osborn, Ramsey, Revels, Rice, Ross, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Williams, Wilson, Yates-24.

Mr. Wilson's amendment as amended was agreed to-yeas 36, nays 23, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Ames, Anthony, Brownlow, Buckingham, Carpenter, Casserly, Cole, Corbett, Davis, Edmunds, Ferry, Fowler, Hamilton of Maryland, Hamlin, Harlan, Howe, Kellogg, McCreery, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Patterson, Pomeroy, Pool, Pratt, Robertson, Saulsbury, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Sherman, Stockton, Thurman, Tipton, arner, Willey-36.

NAYS-Messrs. Boreman, Drake, Fenton, Flanagan, Hamilton of Texas, Harris, Howard, Howell, McDonald, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Revels, Rice, Ross, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Trumbull, Williams, Wilson,

Yates-23.

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Scott, Sherman, Stockton, Thurman, Tipton, Trumbull, | 19th line; which was agreed to-yeas 32, nays Warner, Willey-39.

Mr. Pomeroy moved further to amend by striking out all of the bill except the amendment just adopted; which was agreed to-yeas 38, nays 23, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Ames, Anthony, Brownlow, Buckingham. Carpenter, Casserly, Cole, Corbett, Cragin, Davis, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Fowler, Hamilton of Maryland, Hamlin, Harlan, Howe, Kellogg, McCreery, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont. Patterson, Pomeroy, Pool, Pratt, Robertson, Saulsbury, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Sherman, Stockton, Tipton, Trumbull, Warner, Willey-38.

NAYS-Messrs. Boreman, Chandler, Fenton, Flanagan, Hamilton of Texas, Harris, Howard, Howell, McDonald, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Ramsey, Revels, Rice, Ross, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Williams, Wilson, Yates-23.

SEC.

24, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Boreman, Buckingham, Car-
penter, Casserly, Cole, Cragin, Davis, Edmunds, Ferry,
Fowler, Hamilton of Maryland, Hamlin, Harlan, Howe,
Howell Morrill of Maine. Morrill of Vermont, Pomeroy,
Pratt, Robertson, Saulsbury, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott,
Sherman, Stewart, Stockton, Thurman, Tipton, Trum-
bull, Willey-32
NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Ames, Brownlow, Chandler,
Corbett, Drake, Flanagan, Ilamilton of Texas, Harris,
Howard, McDonald, Nye. Osborn. Pool, Ramsey, Revels,
Rice, Ross, Spencer, Sumner, Thayer, Warner, Wilson,
Yates-24.

Mr. Drake then asked and obtained consent to
withdraw the remainder of his amendment.
Mr. Drake then moved to amend by inserting
the following additional section:

Which was disagreed to-yeas 30, nays 31, a3 follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Ames, Brownlow, Chandler,

Cragin, Drake, Fenton, Flanagan, Hamilton of Texas,
Harris, Howard, Kellogg, McDonald, Morton, Nye, Os-
born, Pool, Pratt, Ramsey, Revels, Rice, Robertson,
Sherman, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Warner,
Wilson, Yates-30.

SEC.. That whenever it shall appear to the Mr. Drake moved to add the following section: President, from an application by the legislature That whenever it shall appear to the of any State, or by the governor of such State President, from an application by the legislature when the legislature cannot be convened, that of any State, or by the governor of such State domestic violence prevails in any city, county, when the legislature cannot be convened, that there exist in such State organizations or combi- cannot be suppressed by the local authorities, it or municipal organization in such State, tha nations of men engaged in the perpetration of shall be the duty of the President to suppress acts of violence against the persons or property such domestic violence; and for that purpose he of others, or in obstructing the due execution of is hereby authorized to suspend the privilege of the laws of such State, and that the government the writ of habeas corpus within the limits of of such State is unable to suppress the perpetra- such municipality, and to employ the military tion of such acts of violence or obstruction, the force of the United States, and any portion of the county or district wherein such organizations or militia of any State he may deem necessary, and combinations exist shall be considered as in a state to exercise all such powers and inflict such punof rebellion, and it shall be the duty of the Presi-ishment as may by the laws or the rules and dent to send in to such county or district such num-articles of war be exercised or inflicted in caso ber of the troops of the United States as may be of insurrection or invasion. necessary for the suppression of such acts of violence or obstruction and the subjugation and dispersion of such organizations and combinations; and the officer commanding such troops, upon arriving in such county or district, shall declare martial law over the same, with suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, if such declaration and suspension be authorized by the President, and in that case shall take all measures known to martial law for the suppression of such organizations and combinations and the punishment of parties engaged therein, and shall hold and maintain military jurisdiction over all persons arrested by his order until their cases shall be finally disposed of; and shall proceed to levy upon and collect from the inhabitants of such county or district a sum of money sufficient to pay the expenses of the transportation of such troops from the point whence they were ordered to the point of their operations in such county or district, and all other expenses of his command, except pay and clothing, while such command shall be there stationed for the purpose aforesaid. And this section shall apply to any case where the President may have heretofore sent a military force into any State, upon the request of the legislature or governor thereof, for the suppression of domestic violence. And if the army of the United States shall be so stationed or employed as that it cannot, in the judgment of the President, be advantageously used for this service, he shall call out and organize a sufficient number of the militia of States which have not at any time been in armed hostility to the United States to accomplish such suppression; and the provisions of this section shall apply to the militia so called out and organized.

Mr. Hamlin moved to strike out all of this amendment after the word "combinations" in the

NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Boreman, Buckingham, Carpenter, Casserly, Cole, Corbett, Davis, Edmunds, Ferry, Fowler, Hamilton of Maryland, Hamlin, Harlan, Howe, Howell, McCreery, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Pomeroy, Ross, Saulsbury, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Stockton, Thurman, Tipton, Trumbull, Willey,

Williams-31.

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at the suggestion of Mr. Sherman, as follows:
The same section was again proposed, modified
SEC. That whenever it shall appear to the
President, from an application by the legislature
of any
when the legislature cannot be convened, that
State, or by the governor of such State
domestic violence prevails in any city, county,
or municipal organization in such State, that
cannot be suppressed by the local authorities, it
shall be the duty of the President to suppress
such domestic violence, and for that purpose he
of the United States, and any portion of the mil-
is hereby authorized to employ the military force
itia of any State he may deem necessary, and to
exercise all such powers and inflict such punish-
ment as may by the laws or the rules and arti-
cles of war be exercised or inflicted in case of
insurrection or invasion.

Which was agreed to-yeas 32, nays 26, as follow:

ton, Flanagan, Hamilton of Texas, Hamlin, Harlan, YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Ames, Chandler, Drake, FenHarris, Howard, McDonald, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Patterson, Pool, Pratt, Ramsey, Revels, Rice, Robertson, Scott, Sherman, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Warner, Williams, Wilson, Yates-32.

NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Boreman, Buckingham, Car

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