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Chairman. the gentleman from Iowa has read from the testimony taken by the Committee on Appropriations. when considering the sundry civil bill. the statement of a gentleman before the committee. and bearing the further statement from the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Spaulding. that $100.000 would be necessary to execute the laws then in force in relation to Chinese exclusionnot the act passed by this Congressand yet at the very same time the Secretary of the Treasury and himself sent to Congress his estimate that $60.000 would be amply sufficient. Now. I submit to the committee whether or not this estimate. sent regularly through the proper channels by the Secretary of the Treasury to Congress. should not be taken instead of the mere verbal statement of a gentleman representing the Treasury Department. who asserted that the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury wanted $100.000 instead of $60.000.