The first section of the bill is one which relates to the payment of clerks for the cost of naturalization proceedings. The object of the section is so concisely stated in the House report that I will take the liberty of reading it: It provides a means for compensating the clerks of courts exercising naturalization jurisdiction for the cost of additional clerical assistance beyond the limit of 3.000 allowed them under existing law. A provision was inserted for this purpose in the naturalization law. but the Comptroller of the Treasury held that it was ineffective. and at the request of the Division of Naturalization drafted the form which is herewith reported. Unless this bill is passed naturalization of persons entitled to it in large cities will very largely cease. The law provided that where the receipts were $6.000 a year additional clerical assistance might be allowed. but there was no appropriation for that purpose and the Comptroller ruled that it could not be paid. The amendment is for the purpose of rectifying that error and curing the defect in the law.
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