And yet the gentleman complains although by reason of this act he not only got an appropriation for the construction of a building for $250.000 for the city of Philadelphia. but when they attempted to locate it in Pennsylvania they found they could not do it. and had to locate it in New Jersey. and he and others came down here in the summer. during the recess of Congress. and got an Executive order enlarging the jurisdiction of that immigration station and covering in the State of Deleware and a large part of New Jersey and a part of Pennsylvania and all of Philadelphia into the port of Philadelphia.
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