The salaries of commissioners of imnmigration at the respective ports are not set forth in detail by law. A lump sum is aplopriated for payneat of their salaries. and it is this ]lmpt :approliatio which I amn a mending that makes provision ii this bill for payment o2 the salaries of all these officials. Congress. instead of saying that the commissioner of immigration at New York or Philadellhia. shall receive a fixed compensation. has seen fit to leave that to the discretion of the Departntent of Labor. The Department of Labor has in the instant ease--the case at New Orleanusaccording to a letter that I hold int my hand of date Jtae 17. advised tme that the salary of the conmtissioner of iimigration at the port of New Orleans is fixed by it at $3.000 per aantm. I shall stbi t the letter to the chairnan. if lie so desires. though I do not care to ittrporiate it in the ItEcotD unless it is tnsisted on.
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