Philippine Civil Government Bill
The Philippine civil government bill, as finally changed and agreed to by the committees of the House and Senate, passed the House on June 26 by a party vote of 141 to 97. All amendments were voted down, even one prohibiting slavery or involuntary servitude in the islands. This bill provides for a legislature consisting of two houses, one of which shall be a popular assembly elected by the people, after the existing insurrection shall have ceased; it makes provision for a Philippine coinage and currency, enumerates in the "bill of rights" the legal issues which may be carried up to the Supreme Court of the United States; and authorizes the purchase of the lands now held by the Catholic friars.