Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 23-The committee
| on Reconstruction this morning agreed on
the following bill, to be hereafter pre-
Be it enacted, &C., That the appellate jur-
isdiction of the Supreme Court OF the
| United States shall not extend to any act
which shall be done, or to any proceeding
had or which shall be had, under and by
virtue of the act entitled an act to provide
for the more efficient government of the
rebel States, passed March 2, 1867, or of the
several acts. supplementary thereto, and
all such cases now pending in said court,
either by appeal or otherwise, from any
decision or proceeding had in the premises.
in any District or CCircuitr Court of the
United States, shall be dismissed by said
Supreme Court; and no record of any pro-
ceedings had, or which may be had. before
either of the district commanders, under
either of said acts, shall be removed to or
| reviewed in any other tribunal, either up
on habeas corpus, quo warranto, or any
other manner whatever. -i'ifaal1'i 9iih4-
The vote of theconmittee was in the
affirmative. The BILL if it should become
law, would apply to the McArdle and
| other cases involving similar constitutional
questions. --..-,-..-- rslIs-1srz = - ,f.fEs q
NaturaIized CittzeusAThe Bill greed
Upon by The Committee ON Foreign
Affairs. ., ,..r-..-- 81
The committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House this morning agreed upon the fol
lowing bill, which will be reported by Gen.
Banks: - KY g5E44, 8W- ov
Section l. Be. it enacted, &C., That all
naturalrZed citizens of the United States,
while in foreign States, shall be entitled
and receive from this Government the
same. protection of person and property
that is accorded to native born citizens nj
like situation and circumstances and the
President is empowered to use the influent e
o,,1- fhor Of I'll oil
fjust endeavOrs to secure the recognition OF
other Governments principles of pub
Ilic law which have been insisted upon and
maintained by the Government of the
United States, in regard to the right
of, naturalized citizens; Provided always,
no citizen, native born or, naturalized, who
Is guilty of crime against the laws of any
foreign state committed within its juris-
idiction, or of desertion from actual service
lin the army or navy of such state. or who
shall have acquired naturalization by mis-
representation or fraud, or who, as to resi-
dencevor otherwise, by treason or other
crime against the United States, shall have
forfeited, or who shall have renounced his
rights as anaturalized citizen, shall be. en-
titled to the projection contemplated by
this act. ~ -,5.,l s. --sy-s-,- a., ,., ...- g, ~
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
whenever it shall be duly made known to
the President that any naturalized citizen
of the United States has been arrested or
detained by any foreign Government in
contravention of the intent and purposes
of this act, upon the allegation that natur-
alizatiOn in the United States does not Oper-
ate TO dissolve his allegiance to his native
sovereign that any native born citizen
shall have been arrested and detained with
out charge of crime committed within the
jurisdiction ofsuch State, ,and whose release
shall have been unreasonably delayed or
refused, the President shall be and is here
by empowered by way of indemnity and
reprisal, to order the arrest and to detain
in custody any subject of such foreign
Government who may be found within the
Jurisdiction of the United States, and the
President, shall without unreasonable de-
lay give information to Congress of such
proceedings of indemnity and reprisal.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That il
any naturalized citizen of 1.-The United
States shall return to his native country
with the intent to resume his demicile
therein, or shall leave the United States
with the intention of permanent residence
in any foreign state, or shall engage as an
army or navy belligerent in any foreign
war or service, such naturslized citiz N
shall not be entitled to the interposition OF
the Government in his behalf under the
provisions ofsths act. iso5 Noetsaii--.LisHs,
Sec. f., And be it further enacted, That
the term "domicile " in the preceding sec
ton shall be construed to mean a con-
| tinuous residence of more than one year Ia
! the native country of the naturalized citi-
zen, or establishing himself in any business
which denotes an intention to resume Eer-
manent residence. n - -r,,,..-l = g