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with amendments. in lines 11 to 17. page 62. contained the same provisions as above specified. 4. Senate hill 3175. reported on February 14. 1912. was on the same day recommitted to the Committee on Immigration. ansi was on the same day reported by Mr. LODGE with amendments. and the same provisions as above specified were contained in the bill. lines 11 to 17. rl.ge 62. 5. Said bill was. on April 15. 1910. ordered to be reprinted as amended. and the following provisions are found therein. Lines 8 to 11. page 8. coiftain the following: " Chinese persons or persons of Chinese descent. whether subjects of China or subjects or citizens of any other country foreign to the United States." And on page 63. lines 1 to 23 thereof. is found the following: "All laws relating. to the exclusion of Chinese persons or persons of Chinese descent. except such provisions thereof as may relate to the naturalization of aliens. and except as provided in section 3 of this act. and all other acts are hereby repealed on and after the taking effect of this act." 6. On April 19. 1912. Senate bill 2175 passed the Senate and was reported to the House on April 20. 1912. which contained the following provisions. lines 5 to 7. on page 8. as follows: " Chinese persons or persons of Chinese descent. whether subjects of China or subjects or citizens of any other country foreign to the United States." And on lines 19 to 24. page 57. is found the following provisions: "All laws relating to the exclusion of Chinese persons or persons of Chinese descent. except such provisions thereof as may relate to the naturalization of aliens. excepting as provided in section 3 of this act. are hereby repealed on and after the taking effect of this act." 7. The bill was considered by the House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization and reported to the House on June 9. 1910. which struck out all of the bill except the enacting clause and inserted what is known as the Burnett amendment. which is found on pages 58. 59. and 60 of the bill thus reported. 8. S. 3175 went to conference. and the first conference report (No. 1340) in substance adopted the Dillingham bill as it passed the Senate with the Burnett amendment as it passed the House. and on page 24 contains the following provision: . "Provided. That this act shall not be construed to repeal. alter. or amend existing laws relating to the immigration or exclusion of Chinese persons or persons of Chinese descent." 9. The second conference report (No. 1378) of the conference on S. 3175 contained the same provisions as specified in conference report No. 1340. in so far as it relates to Chinese immigration. 10. Conference report No. 1410. the report of January 28. 1913. to the House contained the same provisions relative to Chinese immigration as the first and second reports of the conference committee of both Houses. Had the bill as passed the Senate become the laiv. the Chineseexclusion bill would undoubtedly have been repealed. With the provisions of section 3 of the bill stricken out and the provision of the conference reports included as last above set out. the Chineseexclusion law will still remain in full force and effect.