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The amendment of the gentleman from New York. with a slight variation which does not change the effect of the amendment. is the same as the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan last week. and to which the point of order was sustained. The same question was raised in the Fiftyfourth Congress by a similar amendment to an immigration bill. and. as the Chair stated in passing upon it last week. Mr. Speaker Reed sustained the point of order on the ground. among other things. that the amendment related to contract labor. on a subject not included within the general scope of an immigration bill. One of the tests of the germaneness of an amendment would be whether if introduced originally it would go to the committee having in charge the bill before the House. Now. it seems to the Chair that the provisions contained in the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York. if submitted as an original amendment. would. under our rules. go to the Committee on Labor-