Yeas.—Messrs. Bingham, Chipman, Foster, Goodhue, Hillhouse, Howard, Latimer, Laurance, Lloyd, North, Paine, Read, Sedgwick, Stockton, and Tracy.
Nays.—Messrs. Anderson, Brown, Langdon, Livermore, Martin, and Mason.
Ordered, That this bill be referred to Messrs. Lloyd, Tracy, Stockton, Chipman, and Read, to consider and report thereon to the Senate.
Friday, June 29.
The bill to authorize the President to prevent and regulate the landing of French passengers, and other persons who may arrive within the United States from foreign places, was read the third time.
On motion, to amend the proviso to the fourth section to read as follows:
"Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the migration or importation of such persons as any State may think proper by law to admit, nor to such persons whose admission may be prohibited by the respective States:"
It was determined in the negative—yeas 3, nays 17, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson, Mason, and Tazewell.