The reason for the present consideration of the joint resolution grows out of a decision of the United States court. which holds that immigrants landing in the UnitedStates. atanyof its ports. come directly under the discretion of the General Government. Heretofore they have been landing at Castle Garden. but now the General Government proposes to take charge of the subject. But there is no place fixed for their reception. The joint resolution appropriates a small unoccupied portion of Governors Island to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out the law as it stands. The contract between the General Government and the State of New York expires by its own limitation within six or seven weeks. and something must be done and done speedily in order to provide the accommodation necessary.
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