In addition to what was said by my colleague yesterday regarding the office of United States attorney. I have to say that the business of the marshal and of the United States attorney of that district is large. There are thousands of miles of shore and coast line under the revenue laws. and hundreds of miles of boundary line between the State of Washington and British Columbia to be guarded under the revenue and the Chinese exclusion laws. I have known instances where $5.000 or $6.000 was received by the Government in one lump from the sale of opium which had been captured from smugglers. recovery of which depends upon the vigilance and the industry of the marshal and his assistants. Washington is a large State.
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