If my friend from Maryland did me the honor to listen to what I said a few moments ago. he knows that I ..tated that under the present inefficient system of inspection it does yield enough. and in some years there is a surplus. while in some others there is a deficiency. but on an average it yields enough. Now. the bill under consideration creates a new office of commissioner of immigration. I do not undertake to say that that is unwise. It may be well. but I chose rather in the bill reported by the Judiciary Committee to provide for the enlarging and rendering more efficient of the present system than to try new experiments. It provides Ibr continuing the Secretary of the Treasury as general supervisor of immigration in both bills. but in the one under consideration the Commissioner of Immigration takes the place practically held now by the collectors of the various ports of the country. In the judiciary bill the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint inspectors. not more than three for any one port of entry. whose salaries shall be not less than $500 nor more than $4.000 a year. It invests him with a large discretion as to the appointment of these inspecters and in fixing their salary.
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