Speech #640066863

If the gentleman will turn to his own bill. on page 62. line 11not the committee print. but the calendar print. No. 36he wvill see that this act is there referred to as " Section 6. chapter 453. third session Fiftyeighth Congress. approved February 6. 1905." Then there is this further language. "or the act appioved August 2. 1882." And then. If he will go back to page 21. he will find the same language: ."Section 6. chapter 453. third session Fiftyeighth Congress. approved February 6. 1905. or the act approved August 2. 1882." Now. what: I. want to get at is the legal construction. because the question of.immigration into the Philippines is a very inportant matter. and I agree with the gentleman as to the ex-