Mr. CHANLER. I am fully aware that some provision of this kind is necessary for the regulation ofimlnigrunt ships coming to this country. But the power proposed by this section to be given to the surveyor of the port is very great. He will hold in his hands the control of the whole business of immigration. I believe that the bill should contain some efficient. provision with reference to the measurement of accommodations given to the immigrants. I desire that those accommodations should be the most comfortable and healthy. My object is not to prevent. but to aid and facilitate immigration. But it appears to me that by put ting this immense power in the hands of a single officer we shall not so much facilitate immigration as enable the power of one man to control the whole system. There may be some stringent necessity for giving this extreme and unrestricted power to regulate the whole of the immense immigration into the port of NewYork. Unless such necessity exists, I think we should provide some system ofchecks, such as do not now appear in the bill. I have risen simply to call the attention of the House to this section. I desire to make no opposition to the bill nor to any properand beneficent measure having the same object. But this bill has been brought forward with very little explanation. We should not, I think, he called upon to pass on such a measurewithout fully understanding it. Certainly we are entitled to have full information on this subject. We are told that the section is vital, and that we might as well vote down the entire bill as to strike out this section. But that is no answer to the demand for information. If the entle man has no practical information to give, the majority of the House can act under his leadership. My object is not to defeat the bill. I only ask whether the gentleman is able to give a plausible reason why so much power should be given to the naval surveyor as to control immigration across the Atlantiq; that, indeed, it should be left entirely and exclusxivelly in the hands of the surveyor of NewYork.