Chairman. as illustrating the amount proper to carry on the provisions of that act. and in support of the action of the committee. I wish to call attention to one statute. which. if the powers that be will vigilantly enforce. will enable us to get along without this appropriation. that would be required if it is not diligently enforced. During the last Administration there was a bill pending before the House for the purpose� of makiug more difficult th6 importation of those who were not allowed by law to come in as immigrantspaupers. assisted persons. lunatics. criminals. etc. There was an amnendmeat put in that bill. I drew it myself. and remember distinctly �its provision:" That any vessel which brought persons not entitled to come to the United States should take them back free of charge. and. failing to do so. shall never be permitted to enter our ports or clear therefrom again." Now. if the Administration will diligently enforce that law it will require the vessels bringing them here to carry them away without expense to the Government: The gentleman from Iowa has just stated that there :is an appropriation for guarding our border.
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