Immigration Laws: Act of February 5, 1917; and Acts Approved October 16, 1918; October 19, 1918; May 10, 1920; June 5, 1920; December 26, 1920, and May 19, 1921, as Amended, and Act May 26, 1922. Rules of May 1, 1917

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1922 - Emigration and immigration - 111 pages

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Page 107 - When construing and enforcing the provisions of this act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any...
Page 108 - 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 104 - That any American woman who marries a foreigner shall take the nationality of her husband. At the termination of the marital relation she may resume her American citizenship, if abroad, by registering as an American citizen within one year with a consul of the United States, or by returning to reside in the United States, or if residing in the United States at the termination of the marital relation, by continuing to reside therein.
Page 38 - ... any person whose ticket or passage is paid for with the money of another, or who is assisted by others to come...
Page 96 - States who later goes in transit from one part of the United States to another through foreign contiguous territory...
Page 18 - That in every case where an alien is excluded from admission into the United States, under any law or...
Page 26 - ... 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...
Page 36 - An act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States...
Page 20 - ... anarchists, or persons who believe in or advocate the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States, or of all government, or of all forms of law, or the assassination of public officials...
Page 6 - All aliens over sixteen years of age, physically capable of reading, who can not read the English language, or some other language or dialect, including Hebrew or Yiddish...

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