Mr. President. appears to be a long bill. but it is almost entirely a reenactment. The first section. which the committee struck out. provided for the naturalization of persons as citizens of the Philippine Islands. but the committee felt that that power could not be delegated to the legislative assembly of the Philippine Islands and that any provision for the naturalization of citizens of those islands must be made by a separate act here. Therefore we struck out that section. The next is all a reenactment except changing the term for the legislature. the commissioners. and the commissioners here representing the islands from two to four years.
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