Hoar from the same committee. was reeomntitted. and that wits the last over heard of it again outside of the committeeroom. until the gentleman from West Virginia took it up. and his bill. nless greatly clanged by the amendments just offered. is word for word. pacilaetii et tteratim. the identical bill which last year perished in the hands of Judge Hoar. and which was substantiallyall but two clauses omitted and some changes of phraseologythe same billkilled in the Hose the year before. (Congressional Reeord. April 24. 1874.) 1. The bill starts outas did the bill in 1874 and apain in 1875with declaring its purpose to be "to carry into execution ltie provisions of the fourteenth amnudinctit to the Constitution. concerning citizensbip." In this it can only refer to the first clause of tte first section of that amendment. which reads: All persons born or naturalized in the United States. and subject to the jurisdielion thereof. arc citizens of the United Statcs and of the State wherein theyresido. It is only the first section of the bill (and possibly the second clause of the second section. of which hereafter) that has any remote relevancy to. this subject of the amendment. in that it seeks to provide that the words "residle" and "domicile" "are to be construed as implying a fixed residence at a particular place. with direct or presnumptive proof of an intent to remain indelinitely." Let us see. The Constitution declares that citizens of the United States arc "citizens of the State wherein they reside." and this bill declares virtually that they shall be citizens of the State in which they may be. "with direct or presumptive proof" to remain indefinitely.
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