Mr. Speaker. the gentleman from New York . in opposing this motion. referred to the history of the law which by this amendment will be repealed as to the amount of money to be expended and the time within which the commission is to complete its work. This commission was created to do a certain work without limit of time and without limit of money. except in so far as the aggregate amount of money in the immigration fund limited their expenditures. Now. at the last session of Congress--and I refer to this for the purpose of giving the House the benefit of a few historical facts connected with it. the Committee on Appropriations recommended the repeal of the permanent indefinite immigration appropriationthat action was approved by the House. Then. we also recommended that hereafter the department having control of that service come to Congress with their estimates for the Immigration Service. so that Congress could appropriate annrailly for that purpose. The Committee on Appropriations also in the same bill. and in the next paragraph relating to the estimates. recommended the provision for the expenses of the commission provided for in section 39 of the immigration act of February 20. 1907. including the salaries of the commissioners. their clerks. and other employees. $300.000. That was recommended by the Committee on Appropriations as a specific appropriation for the work of this commission during the fiscal year 1910.
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