Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-12-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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The joint committee on immigration
found itself unable to agree upon
measure and decided to report two bills
one to the house and the other to the
senate. That reported to the house is
the bill prepared by Mr.. Stump OF Mary
land and the one presented to the senate is
Senator Chambers bill. Mr.. Stump's
bill establishes foreign guarantees at
which alien immigrants are to be de-
tanned at least seven days before being
allowed to embark and at which their
clothing and baggageis to be thoroughly
disinfected by the most improved meth
DDS before they start for the United
States. Two experienced surgeons are
to be employed at each quarantine sta
ton, who are to furnish the United States
consul list of immigrants allowed to
embark, stating that the quarantine reg
ulations have been complied with and
that the immigrants are in healthy
condition. Full power is given the pres
ident to suspend immigration from all
countries for such length Of time as in
his Judgment the safety Of the public
may require. Owners or agents OF YES
sells violating the provisions Of the act
are liable to fine Of $4,000, for which
the vessel violating the law is to be held
as security until the fine is paid. Sena-
tor Chandler's bill suspends and pro-
hibits for one year from March l, 1893.
the admission of alien immigrants for
residence in the United States, as now al
lowed under the act Of March, 1891, ex-
cept those coming from American coun-
tries who have been citizens and resi-
dents therein for one year previous to
their departure. The secretary of the
treasury is directed to make and issue
rules and regulations for the enforcement
of the prohibitions Of the act, which
shall not hinder or. delay the admission
of returning American citizens or Of
aliens coming only as visitors or for
temporary sojourn in the United States.
Any alien immigrant entering the United
States contrary to the provisions of the
act shall be subject to penalties, and ali
persons who shall bring, land or aid in
bringing persons shall also be punished
in like manner. Senator Chandler, in
reporting his bill to the senate, said that
the matter was of such Importance that
there ought to be, at the re-assembling
of congress in January, an immediate
consideration Of it. He should therefore
ask the senate, on the first day of re-as-
sembling, to take up the bill for consid-
Grafton and action. The joint committee
on immigration has decided to send a
subcommittee to Cuba during the holt
day recess to gather additional in
formation. The sub committee is charged
An officer in the cash room of the
United States treasury has advanced a
new theory in regard to the conscience
contributions received at the department.
He said he had no doubt that a large
portion of the money returned to the
treasury on the ground that it was not
rightly the property Of the sender, was
due to overpayments by tellers. He
thought it right that the public general
ly should be informed that all mlSta kes
made by government and bank tellers, in
the way of overpayments, result in a
corresponding loss in their compensa-
ton, and in nowise affects the resources
of their employ rs. He gave many in
stances where government tellers had in
advertently paid out more than was
called for, and had been compelled to
rectify the mistake out of their own
pockets. He mentioned this solely In
the interest of the tellers, in the hope
that it would be remembered by all per-
sons whose conscience troubled them
concerning money received in this way,
so that it might be returned to the officer
who had been compelled to pay for his
csrelessness, rather than to the govern
ment or hank which had been already
reimbursed for the error.
One of those peculiar bills that occa-
sionslly find their way into congress
was Introduced Thursday (by rtquest)
by Senator Mitchell of Oregon. 1t is a
Sbill to prohibit electro-magnetizing,
mesmerizing and hypnotizing human
beings, etc. In brief, it provides that
any person who, anywhere within the