It is proposed to strike out the proviso at the end of section 16. The gentleman offering this amendment is an eminently fair man. as has been shown in the position he has taken on many questions in this House. but I doubt whether he has taken in fully the results that would follow if his amendment should be adopted. Surely he does not ask this House to say that when. under the law. the officer of the United States Government takes these immigrants off the ship and out of the jurisdiction and control of the ships officers[Here the hammer fell.]
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