17" 



>S. 



on. Robertson of Louisiana. Sauerhering. Sayer*, 

 Snarfcraan. Stalling*. Strait 38. 

 TSor Tonv0-Abl. \M- 



rich. Allen of I'tah. Andrew*. 1 "f 



lUker'of Kana. liankhead. lUrhnm. llarrelt, Hart- 

 uh. Hrlknap. llmitclle. Itriimm. 



raid. 



A, .1,1. 



lUll-r. Hani' rf Nebraska, lUnly. Ham,, r. 



Titihania. Howard, Banter, 



-... iiyito. Jone*. Kem. ^ Kendall. Kulp. 



K 



f:- r. 



K 

 \l 







l.e-t.T. I.IVIIIgMi 



Ink. Martin. McTonnick. McC 



McM. M N i Vork. 



ley. Murphy. Newlaiids. od.-ll. 



e.' |{a- 



of Pennsylvania. I: ' nnccticut 



South- 

 strode of 



Thori.. Tucker. Turner of 



jidegraff. Walker of Massachusetts, \Van- 



\Vaahingtn. Wat-. n ..f Ohio. Wellington. \Vil- 



\\ lai I, V< tkura 



In the S M u i"ii of the 



measure, and the vote on the concurrence in the 



n. v rv|ort. Peb, IT. "a- a- follows: 

 , Aldrieh. Allison. Maker. Brown. Burrows, 



kins. 

 Faulkner. Fnre.Gallinper. Gear. Hill. H 



... Morn! rkins, 



Pettigrvw. Platt. I'ritchanl. I'mcior. (^iiiiy. Scwdl. 

 Sherman. Teller. Thurxmi. Wetm-.n .'M.' 



\ Bacon, Bate. Berry. Wain-hard. Cattery. 

 Call. Carter. Corkn-1 '. .rman. (. 



bnmgh. llawley. Lindsay. Mantle. Mills. Mitchell of 

 Wisconsin, Morgan. Murphy. Palmer. Paste, I'n-h. 

 Roach, Sh<Hij. Stewart. Tillnian.Tiirpic. \Y-t. Yilas 

 Voorhees, White-31. 



r TOTIJtO Allen. Blackburn. Brice. Cameron, 

 Cannon. Clark. Daniel. Dubois, George, (J.-rdon. 

 Hair. llnrriH. Irby. Jones of Arkansas, Jones of N. - 

 va|. McMillan. Mitchell of Oregon. 



..re. Walthall, Warren, Wilson. Wolcott 

 25. 

 The measure as flnallr adopted was as follows : 



> it enacted, etc.. that se<-ti.n 1 of the act of 

 Marrh 3. 1H01. in amendment of the immigration 

 and contract-labor acU, be. and hereby i-. amended 

 by adding to the classes of alien- thereby excluded 

 fr-'in SjdmlSllOQ to the 1'iiitcd Slates fchefoUowlng : 

 All persons physically capable and over si 

 roar* of age who can not read and write the Kn-- 

 lih language or some other language ; but a person 

 not so able to read and write who i- over fifty years 

 of age and is the parent or grandparent of a ojuali- 

 Tninigran! -ity-orie years of a-:- and 



cap*' ;-rting M. 



may ammipany *wh immigrant, or -uh a parent 

 or grandnarent mav Iw m-nt for and come to join 

 imily of a child or grandchild over twenty-one 

 year* of ape. similarly qualified and capable, and 

 a wife .. r nnii..r child n-t so able to read and write 

 may accompany or be sent for and come to join the 

 husband or narent similarly qualified and capable. 

 ,'. For the purpose of testing the ability of 

 the immigrant to read and write, as required' bv 

 the f Action, the inspection officer* -hall 



U- fsjraisMd with copies of the Constitution ..f the 

 I* nited Slates, printed on numbered uniform paste- 

 board slips, each containing not less than 20 nor 

 more than 95 words of M ; I , r i nted in 



the rariou9 languages of the immigrants in double 

 Mnall pica type. These slips shall lie kept in boxes 

 * for that purpose and so constructed as to con- 



ceal the >lips from view, each -.tain slips 



of luit one langnafn, mtl tli immiirrant may dcsi.i:- 



which he prefer* tin- leM shall 



: n immigrant shall lie required to 



draw I from the DO! ami read, and 



'.v rite out. in full view of the immi^rat ion 



rdS printed the]. xlip vhall 



urned to the lo\ immediately alter the ; 



tillishe<l. and the r, l |itriit .f t he !M,\ >hall I >e shaken 



op by an inspection . .:;. >tiu -r drawing 



i- made. N.. immigrant failing \ read and write 

 out the sli| thu- di-awn liy him shall be admitted. 

 bul he shall be returned ko the country fr..m \\hich 



i.e at the ex|M-ns<- of the Meamsliip or railroad 

 company which brought him. a- n.-w provided liy 

 law. Tin- inspect ion officers shall keej. in aaol 

 at all times a full number <-f said printed : 

 slips, and in the case of each excluded immigrant 

 shall keep a ccrliticd memorandum of the number 

 of the slip which the said immigrant failed \ r. ad 



ny out in writing. If in any case fruin any 

 unavoi'dalile <-aii-e the fore-oin^ slips are not a't 

 hand f<r u-.-. the in shall carefully 



and thoroughly test the ability of the immiirran! !< 

 read and \\ rit'c. i^iiiL' tin- ino>t appn>pnate and 

 available nn-an- at their commaml : and shall slate 

 fully in writing the rea-..nx \\h\ the slip^ ate lack- 

 iiiLT. and deseribc the substituted method adopted 



-tini: tin- ability of the iiuiui^raiit. 



That the provisions of the a<-t <>f March 

 ::. l s '.i;!. to facilitate tin- enforeeinent of the immi- 

 L'rati'.n and contract-labor laws, shall apply to the 

 persona mentioned in section 1 of this act. 



That it shall hereafter be unlawful for 

 any male alien who has not in piod faith made Ins 

 declaration before the proper court of his intention 



to become a dtisen of the ilnited 8( em- 



ployee! on any public w..rk- "f the I'liited Stale-, 

 .larly or habitually into the I'nited 

 Slates by land or water for the purp-> .,f ru- 

 in any mechanical trade or manual labor for I 

 or -alary, returning from time to time to a I : 

 count ry. 



That it shall l)e unlawful for an\ 

 son, partnership, company, or c<.rp. .ration kii"W- 

 inirly toomploy any alien 'coming into the I'nited 

 Slate- in riolation of the next preceding section of 

 thi* act : /Vor/Wr//. That the j 

 shall not apply to the employment of sailor-, deck 

 hands, or other employees of vessel-, or ia 

 train hands, such as conductors, enjjin- 

 men, firemen. 01 Mien, who-e duties refjuire 



them to pass over tin- frontier to reach the termini 

 of their runs, or to boatmen or guides <>n the lakes 

 and rivers on the northern border <>f the I'nited 



>i-. 0. That any violation of t!i M "f 



sections 4 and 5 of i his ad by any alien or cm/, n 

 shall be deemed ft mi-demeanor, punishable by a 

 line not exceeding $000 or DJ imprisonment fur the 

 term of n- .or by both -m-h fine 



and imprisonment, in the disitetion of the court : 

 That all persons convicted of a violation 

 of section 4 of this act shall be deported to the 

 country w hen. > t hey came. 



Thai notwithstanding the pr'\i-inn- of 



this or any other \i-tinu r law. tlie - I'lhe 



irv may permit alien- \ enter thi- country 



f Or the pOTpOSe of teaching new arts or indu-irics 



under -uch rule- and regulations as he may provide. 



That thi- act shall not apply to p> 

 arriving in the 1'nitcd State- from any port or 

 place in the island of Cuba, during the continuance 

 of the present di-orders there, who have heretofore 

 nhabitants r.f that island. 

 -. 9. That this act shall take effect July 1, 



