CHAPMAN COLEMAN, Second Secretary of Legation to J. C. B. Davis , Envoy Extraordinary, June 9, 1876

Sir: I have the honor, referring to my report of the 28th of April last upon a proposed law concerning the Evangelical Church constitution, to now submit a supplementary report thereon, together with a number of newspaper comments and reports of proceedings, accompanied by summaries of, and extracts from, them in translation.

In the former report above referred to the changes suggested by the commission of the House of Deputies to the bill, as submitted by the government, were pointed out and an effort made to explain their significance and importance.

The bill as reported back to the house by its committee was, after a few slight changes had been made, approved and transmitted to the House of Peers for its action.

The amendments to the bill by this house were unimportant, and there seemed to be no issue raised between the two houses which involved a question of principle. As these amendments affect only articles of the bill which were commented upon at length in the former report, I shall not discuss them here, but confine myself to pointing them out in an accompaniment hereto.

Returned from the House of Peers with these slight alterations, the bill has been approved by the House of Deputies, and now awaits but the signature of the King, which will not be withheld, to become a law, and substantially realize the object of the government in submitting it.

The full text of the bill as now passed by the two houses is also appended.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,