CORPORATIONS. Prior to the passage of the California Alien Land Law in 1913, there existed very few corporations controlled by Orientals and those that were in existence were principally commercial corporations. After the passage of the Alien Land Law, ownership of land by individual Orientals who were ineligible to citizenship was prohibited. Orientals, thereafter, for the purpose of avoiding the limitations of the Alien Land Law, formed corporations and bought or leased land in the corporate name. In order to comply with the provisions of the law relating to corporations having alien stockholders, the majority of the capital stock is issued to some American citizen or citizens to act as trustee. These corporations, however, are in equity owned, controlled and operated, practically, exclusively by Orientals. More recently, the Orientals, especially the Japanese, have resorted to the formation of corporations whose principal stockholders are the minor children, American-born of Japanese parents, the corporations in reality being operated by trustees who are of lawful age. A brief summary of the farming and commercial corporations controlled by Orientals, together with the acreage owned or controlled by them, is shown below, having been taken from the records of the State Board of Equalization and the State Commissioner of Corporations. NOTE-There is on file in the office of the Board of Control a complete list of all the Oriental corporations in the State of California on January 1, 1920, together with the amount of authorized capital stock of each and the number of acres (in case of land ownership) owned or under contract to purchase by each. In this section: PICTURE BRIDES. (1) International aspect as affects recognition of marriages consummated in accordance with customs of other nations. (2) Explanation by United States Commissioner General of Immigration as to practice followed in acceptance of passports held by incoming "picture brides." (3) Recommendations by Commissioner General. (4) Full description of so-called picture marriage prepared by the California Farmers Cooperative Association, which is a Japanese organization. (This presents the Japanese viewpoint and includes written announcements by the Japanese Consul General in San Francisco.) (5) Correspondence explanatory of the Gentlemen's Agreement and the admission of "picture brides" by the United States Government, which correspondence is between Senator Phelan and Acting Secretary of State Wm. Phillips. (6) Code sections of the Civil Code of Japan covering marriage and adoption. (7) "Picture bride" practice ordered discontinued by Japanese government, but rules of adoption still remain as before, permitting same results to be accomplished through adoption. (8) Letter of United States Government Inspector in the Immigration Service explaining procedure in admitting immigrants, especially adopted persons. (9) Number of "picture brides" arriving at the port of San Francisco from July 1, 1911, to February 29, 1920. (10) List of vessels arriving at the port of San Francisco during the calendar year 1918, showing number of "picture brides" and recorded births after arrival. (11) Detailed list of "picture brides" taken from ships' manifests, arriving at the port of San Francisco during the calendar year 1918, address of husbands to whom destined, and dates of births after arrival. |