By the first section of the public- act 338 of 1906. under that act we compel the bureau to take statistics as to the name. age. occupation of the person described. the place of birth. last residence. Intended place of residence in the United States. the date of arrival in port. the name of the vessel. vastly extending the amount of clerical work. Then. in 1907. we provided stricter regulations as to immigrants. We extended from one to three years the time in which deportations can take place. The result was that the deportations through that law increased from 900 to 2.000 in the next fiscal year. That is done frony this office. Every deportation is made upon a warrant of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Now. the House at this session has passed In two forms an act in relation to the whiteslave traffic. which will Impose more burdens upon the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization. There have been transferred to that bureau nine clerks. I think it was. from other departments. who are now being called for. and they are being sent to their departments.
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