Immigration LawsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1937 - Emigration and immigration law |
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Act approved act of February agent aircraft airport of entry alien seaman amended application authorized board of special bureau Canada Canal Zone certificate citizen citizenship classes collector of customs Commissioner of Immigration consignee consular officer deemed deportation District of Columbia duty east of meridian employees enforcement enter the United entitled An act examination expense foreign contiguous territory foreign country foreign port furnish Government gration head tax hereby hospital immi immigrant inspector immigration act immigration laws immigration of aliens immigration officer immigration visa imprisonment insular possession issued landing lying master ment nationality officer in charge otherwise admissible owner passengers passport permit person Philippine Islands port of arrival port of entry prior prostitution Provided further purpose quota immigrant refunded regulations prescribed Rule Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Labor special inquiry Stat Subdivision Territory of Hawaii thereof tion transportation company tuberculosis unlawful vessel violation
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Page 21 - ... the duty, necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally, of the Government of the United States or of any other organized government, because of his or their official character, or who advocate or teach the unlawful destruction of property...
Page 74 - The purpose of the Department of Labor shall be to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
Page 12 - ... might have been detected by means of a competent medical examination at such time, such person or transportation company, or the master, agent, owner, or consignee of any such vessel shall pay to the collector of customs of the customs district in which the port of arrival is located the sum of...
Page 48 - That any American citizen shall be deemed to have expatriated himself when he has been naturalized in any foreign State in conformity with its laws, or when he has taken an oath of allegiance to any foreign State.
Page 12 - ... and in addition a sum equal to that paid by such alien for his transportation from the initial point of departure, indicated in his ticket, to the port of arrival...
Page 52 - Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any person, company, partnership, or corporation, in any manner whatsoever, to prepay the transportation, or in any way assist or encourage the importation or migration of any alien or aliens, any foreigner or foreigners, into the United States, its Territories, or the District of Columbia...
Page 53 - All children heretofore born or hereafter born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were or may be at the time of their birth, citizens thereof, are declared to be citizens of the United States ; but the rights of citizenship shall not descend to children whose fathers never resided in the United States.
Page 62 - President may authorize and prescribe, be unlawful for any citizen of the United States to depart from or enter or attempt to depart from or enter the United States unless he bears a valid passport.
Page 63 - The payment of such advance wages or allotment, whether made within or without the United States or territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof, shall in no case except as herein provided absolve the vessel or the master or the owner thereof from the full payment of wages after the same shall have been actually earned, and shall be no defense to a libel suit or action for the recovery of s'uch wages.
Page 72 - ... shall pay to the collector of customs of the customs district in which the port of arrival is located the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every violation of the provisions of this section...