read as followi: .Resolved by the Senate (the Houss of Representatives concurring). That the Senate Committee on Immigration and the House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization be. and hereby are. authorized jointly to investigate the workings of the various laws of the United States and of the several States relative to immigration from foreign countries to the United States. especially the law of Congress "to regulate immigration." approved August 3. 1882. and also to investigate the workings of the contracts made by the Secretary of the Treasury under said law of August 3. with the various State commissions. boards. and officers. the investigation to be conducted at such times and places as said committees may deem proper. And the committees are hereby authorized jointly. as full committees or through subcommittees thereof. to send for and examine persons. books. and papers. and to administer oaths to witnesses.
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