Speech #530167205

On amendment numbered 98: Strikes out the authority proposed by the House to use $5.000 of the appropriation for suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes in the necessary investigation of violations of section 5209 of the Revised Statutes. On amendmentsnumbered 99 and 100: Appropriates $400. as proposed by the Senate. instead of M500. as proposed by the House. for custody. care. and protection.of lands and other property belonging to the United States. On amendment numbered 101: Appropriates $100.000. as proposed by the Senate. instead of $90.000. as proposed by the House. for enforcing the alien contract labor laws. On amendment numbered 102: Makes. as proposed by the Senate. the decision of immigration or customs officers. when adverse to the admission of aliens. final. unless reversed on appeal to the Secretary of the Treasury. On amendment numbered 103: Increases. as proposed by the Senate. the head money from alien passengers. after October 1 next. from 50 cents to $1. and covers the receipts from all such head money. after July 1. 1893. into the Treasury. and requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the next session of Congress a plan for the organization of the immigration service and make detailed estimates therefor. On amendment numbered 104: Inserts the provision proposed by the Senate requiring that commissioners of immigration at the several ports shall be appointed by the President. with the advice and consent of the Senate. On amendment numbered 105: Authorizes. as proposed by the Senate. the payment of watchmen and night watchmen in customhouses. who may be designated as inspectorsof customs. On amendment numbered 106: Appropriates 84.000. as proposed by the Senate. for the protection of salmon tisheries in Alaska.