Speech #630287909

Be it enacted etc.. That Alcatraz Island and all its buildins thereon now under the control and jurisdiction of the Department ot War. and now used as and known. designated as. and called the United States military prison on Alcatraz Island. Cal.. be. and the same hereby is transferred to the Department of Labor. to be used by the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization. the said Alcatraz Island and aill its buildings thereon to be hereafter under the exclusive control and jurisdiction of the Department of Labor. The bill was amended by the Committee on Military Affairs. and. as amended. reads as follows: Be it enacted. etc.. That Alcatraz Island and all buildings. machinery. and improvements thereon. now under the control and jurisdiction of the Department of War. and used for and known as the Pacilic branch. United States military prison. on Alcatraz Island. Cal.. be. and the same hereby is. except as herein otherwise provided. transferred to the l)epartment of Labor to be used by the Bureau of Immigration as an immigration station or for such other uses as may be provided for by law. The said Alcatraz Island. together with all buildings. machinery. and tnprovements thereon. sball be hereafter under the exclusive control and jurisdiction of the Department of Labor. subject to the provisions of the act of Congress approved September 28. 1850. providing for a lighthouse at Alcatraz Island. The amendments were inI accordance with the departments recomnmendations. both War and Labor. This bill has been thoroughly considered by the Committee on Military Affairs. and the object and purpose of It is to transfer Alcatraz Island and. the buildings thereon now used for a military prison to the Department of Lqbor for an immigration station. The Island is about 2 miles front San Francisco. and there are buildings on it that have cost the Government $756.356.64. These buildings are in splendid repair.