In December, 1911, the resolution for the abrogating of the treaty, which was introduced in the House of Representatives by William Sulzer, of New York, was adopted with practical unanimity. But President Taft had anticipated this action by the instructions which he gave several days before to the American Ambassador in St. Petersburg, to serve formal notice on Russia that the Treaty of 1832 would be abrogated on December 31, 1912, i. e., after one full year shall have elapsed after the notice of abrogation, as it is provided by the terms of the agreement itself. Both houses of Congress soon afterwards approved the President’s act without a dissenting vote, and the battle was won, as far as the American side of it was concerned. But the work of negotiating and concluding a new treaty was perforce left to the slow procedure of diplomacy, which is doubly slow when a government, like the Russian, which is so unwilling to recognize the rights of Jews, is one of the contracting parties. CHAPTER XXXIV. LEGISLATION ABOUT IMMIGRATION. SUNDAY LAWS AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT. Jewish interest in immigration――The first legislation on the subject――The Nativists or “Know Nothings”――A Congressional investigation in 1838――President Taylor’s invitation to foreigners to come and settle here――A law to encourage immigration passed on Lincoln’s recommendation in 1864――The General Immigration Law of 1882――The “Ford Committee”――Permanent Immigration Committees in Congress――Continued agitation and legislation on the subject――A bill containing the requirement of an educational test is vetoed by President Grover Cleveland in 1897――The last Immigration Law of 1907――The Immigration Commission of 1907 and its report in 1910――Sunday Laws and their significance for the Orthodox Jew――Laws of various States and Territories――Their effect on movements for municipal reform――Status of the problems.