A certain number of places which were formerly excepted have been put under the civil service by the late extension. On the change of Administration. as those appointments were political. the incumbents were largely dropped. and as they could only be filled from the eligible lists the places were found to be needless. In the immigrant department and in the enforcement of the alien contract laws there has been a saving. by simply giving up unnecessary places. of nearly $80.000 a year. They had an immigrant inspector down here at Alexandria at a pay of $8 a day to inspect immigrants who came there.
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