CONGRESS. (IMMIGRATION BILL.) 



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:neMure passed the Senate on Jan. 20, 1801, 

 icrate discussion, by a vote of 87 yeas 

 ali-fiit,;!?. ThoPresident approved 

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[migration Mill. This measure, "in 



of tin 1 various acts relative to ini- 



. ;.ni ami the importation of aliens under 



agreement to perform labor," was in- 



, (1 in the House by Mr. Owen, of Indiana, 



ami referred to the Committee on Immigration 



ili/aiion. It was reported back, dis- 



i. and amended, and passed the House, Feb. 



- follows : 



' enacted, etc.. That the following classes of 

 -hall bo excluded from admission into the 

 s, in accordance with the existing acts 

 '.n_' immigration, other than those concerning 

 rers: All idiots, insane persons, paupers 

 kely to become u public charge, persons 

 ._ from u loathsome or a dangerous contagious 

 . pcr>on> who have been convicted of a felony 

 r infamous crime or misdemeanor involving 

 turpitude, polygamies, and also any person 

 :ickct or passage is paid for 'with the money of 

 another or who is assisted by others to come, unless it 

 is affirmatively and satisfactorily shown on special in- 

 quiry that such person does not belong to one of the 

 ML' excluded classes, or to the class of contract 

 .ucled by the act of Feb. 26, 1885. But 

 -hall not be held to exclude persons liv- 

 in:: in the United States from sending for a relative 

 or friend who is not of the excluded classes, under such 

 ons as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre- 

 : Provided, That nothing in this act shall be 

 led fa apply to or exclude persons convicted 

 'litical onense, notwithstanding said political 

 utlcii-e may be designated as a "felony, crime, int'u- 

 rinie, or misdemeanor involving moral turpi- 

 '\ the laws of the land whence ne came or oy 



nvicting. 

 SKC. 2. That no suit or proceeding for violations of 



of Feb. :ji'>, 1885, prohibiting the importation 

 and migration of foreigners under contract or agree- 

 ment to perform labor, shall be settled, compromised, 

 or discontinued without the consent of the court en- 

 tered of record with reasons therefor. 



I. That it shall be deemed a violation of said 

 !-Vh. -jij, 1885, to assist or encourage the importa- 

 migration of any alien by promise of employ- 

 ment through advertisements printed and published 

 foreign country; and any alien coming to this 

 country in consequence of such an advertisement shall 

 .ted as coming under a contract as contemplated 

 U aet; and the penalties by said act impocd 

 shall be applicable in such a case: Provided, This 

 shall not apply to States, and immigration 



- of States, advertising the inducements they 

 otter for i in migration to such States. 



k That no steamship or transportation com- 

 r owners of vessels snail directly, or through 

 either by writing, printing, or oral represent n- 

 -olicit, invite, or encourage the immigration of 

 .11 into the United States except by ordinary 

 rcial letters, circulars, advertisements, or oral 

 iitations, stating the sailings of their vessels 

 and the terms and facilities of transportation therein ; 

 and for a violation of this provision any such steam- 

 ship or transportation company, and anv such owners 

 -els, and the agents by them employed, shall be 

 cd to the penalties imposed bv the third sec- 

 -aid aet or Feb. 26, 1885, for violations of the 

 ions of the first section of said act 



That section 5 of said act of Feb. 28, 1886 

 .-hall be, and hereby is, amended by adding to the' 

 proviso in said section the words " nor to min- 

 t any religious denomination, nor persons he- 

 Mr to any recognized profession, nor profewore 

 for colleges and seminaries, and by excluding from 

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the second pro vino of said Motion the word* "or any 

 relative or jH-rsonal fn- 



.. '1 hat any i-ron who shall bring into or 

 land in the United State* by vessel or otlierv. 

 who shall aid to bring into or land in the I 

 States by vessel or otherwise, any alien not lawfully 

 entitled to enter the United .States, shall be n 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, b.- 

 punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by im- 

 prisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or by 

 both such tine and imprisonment. 



SEC. 7. That the office of superintendent of immi- 

 gration is hereby created anu established, and the 

 President, by and with the advice and consent of the 

 Senate, is authorized and directed to appoint such 

 officer, whose salary shall be $4,000 per annum, pay- 

 able monthly. The superintendent of immigration 

 shall bo an officer in the Treasury Department, un- 

 der the control and supervision of the Secretary of 

 the Treasury, to whom he shall make annual reports 

 in writing of the transactions of his office, together 

 with such special reports, in writing, as the Secretary 

 of the Treasury shall require. The Secretary shall 

 provide the superintendent with a suitably furnished 

 office in the city of Washington, and with such books 

 of record and facilities for the discharge of the duties 

 of his office as may be necessary. He shall have a 

 chief clerk, at a salary of $2,000 per annum, and two 

 first-class clerks. 



SEC. 8. That upon the arrival by water at any place 

 within the United States of any alien immigrants it 

 shall be the duty of the commanding officer and the 

 agents of the steam or sailing vessel by which they 

 came to report the name, nationality, last residence, 

 and destination of every such alien, before any of 

 them are landed, to the proper inspection officers, who 

 shall thereupon go or sena competent assistants on 

 boarcLsuch vessel and there inspect all such aliens, 

 or the inspection officer may order a temporary re- 

 moval of such aliens for examination at a designated 

 time and place, and then and there detain them until 

 a thorough inspection is made. But such removal 

 shall not be considered a landing during the pend- 

 ency of such examination. 



The medical examination shall be made by sur- 

 geons of the Marine Hospital Service. In cases where 

 the services of a marine hospital surgeon can not be 

 obtained without causing unreasonable delay, the in- 

 spector may cause an alien to be examined by a civil 

 surgeon, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall fix 

 the compensation for such examinations. 



The inspection officers and their assistants shall 

 have power to administer oaths, and to take and con- 

 sider testimony touching the right of any such aliens 

 to enter the United States, all of which shall be en- 

 tered of record. During such inspection after tem- 

 porary removal the superintendent shall cause such 

 aliens to be properly housed, fed, and cared for, and 

 also, in his discretion, such as are delayed in proceed- 

 ing to their destination after inspection. 



All decisions made by the inspection officers or 

 their assistants touching the right of any alien to 

 land, when adverse to such right, shall be final unless 

 appeal be taken to the superintendent of immigration. 

 whose action shall be subject to review by the - 

 tarv of the Treasury. It shall be the duty of the 

 aforesaid officers ami agents of such vessel to adopt 

 due precautions to prevent the landing of any alien 

 immiirraiit at any j.lac. or time other than that 

 nated by the inspection officers, and any such officer 

 or agent or person in charge of such vessel who shall 

 either knowingly or negligently land or permit to 

 land any alien immigrant at any place or time other 

 than that designated by the inspection officers, shall 

 be deemed guilt v of a misdemeanor and punished by 

 a fine not exceeding $1,000, or bv imprisonment for a 

 term not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and 

 imprisonment. 



That the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe 

 rules for inspection along the borders of Canada, Brit- 

 ish Columbia, and Mexico so as not to obstruct, or 



