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THE CHINESE BILL.
The Conference Report Adopted BY
the United States Senate.

The Conference Report Adopted BY
the United States Senate.
The United States Senate, with scant
quorum present passed By vote Of thirty
to fifteen, the amended Chinese Exclusion
bill. The new sections Of the bill proposed
by the conferrses are:
SECTION 8. That after the passage Of this
act on an application to any Judge or court
Of the United States In the first instance for
q writ Of habeas corpus by q Chinese per-
son seeking to live in the United States, to
whom that privilege has been denied, no
bail shall be allowe and such application
shall be heard and determined promptly,
without unnecessary delay.
SEC. g. And It shall be the duty OF all
Chiness laborers within the limits Of the
United States at the time Of the passage OF
this act, and who are entitled to remain In
tho United States, to apply to the Collector
of Internal Revenue for their respective dis
tricts, within one year after the pas
sage Of this act for certif-
cate of residence; and any Chinese
laborer within the limits Of the United
States who shall neglect, fail or refuse to
comply with tho provisions Of this act, or
who, after one year from the passage there
of, shall be found within the jurisdiction Of
the United States without such certificate OF
residence. shall be deemed and adjudged to
be unlawfully within the United States, and
may be arrested by any United States Gus.
or his deputies United States Marshal or
his deputies, and taken before United
States Judge, whose duty it shall be to
order that he be deported from the United
States as hersinfore provided, unless he
shall establish clearly to the satis-
faction of said Judge that by reason
of accident, sickness, or other unayoid-
able cause, he had been unable to pro-
cure his certificate, and to the satisfaction Of
the court and by at least one creditable white
witness, that he was resident of the United
States at the time OF the passage Of this act,
and il upon the hearing it shall appear that
he is so entitled to a certificate, 1t shall be
granted upon his paying the cost. Should
it appear that said Chinaman had procured
q certificate, which mas been lost or
destroyed, he shall be detained and judgment
suspended reasonable time to allow him to
procure a duplicate from the officer granting
it, aud in such cases the costs Of said arrest
and trial shall be in the discretion Of the
Court. And any Chinese person other than
a Chinese laborer having right to be and
remain In the United States desiring such
certificates as evidence OF such right, may
apply for and receive the same without
charge.
The vote by which the bill was adopted,
as reported by the Conference Committee.
was:
Yeas-Allen, Allison, Chandler, Cockrell,
Cullom, Dolpr. FELTON,, Gallinger, German,
Hansbrough, Harris, Hiscoc@,, Jones, Of
Arkansas; Mcfherson. Mitchell, Morgan,
PETER IF. A., Perkins, Power, Ransom
Sanders, Shoup. Squire, Stanford, Stewart,
Stockbridge. Vest, WalthaD, Warren and
White-thirty.
Nays-Bate, Call. Colquitt, Dawes Dixon,
Frye. George. Gray, Hip--: :, hyle lnd.).
Palmer, Platt, Pugh, Sherman and Wilson
fifteen.