Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriations

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Page 49 - an act for the promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy, and for other purposes.
Page 104 - ... the name, nativity, and residence of the alien, the date and place of his arrival in the United States, and the date, as nearly as may be, for the final hearing of his petition, and the names of the witnesses whom the applicant expects to summon in his behalf; and the clerk shall, if the applicant requests it, issue a...
Page 90 - The clerks of the various courts exercising jurisdiction in naturalization proceedings shall pay all additional clerical force that may be required in performing the duties imposed by this act upon the clerks of courts from fees received by such clerks in naturalization proceedings.
Page 130 - For making, filing, and docketing the petition of an alien for admission as a citizen of the United States and for the final hearing thereon, two dollars; and for entering the final order and the issuance of the certificate of citizenship thereunder, if granted, two dollars.
Page 90 - ... the remaining one-half of the naturalization fees in each case collected by such clerks, respectively, shall be accounted for in their quarterly accounts, which they are hereby required to render the bureau of immigration and naturalization, and paid over to such bureau within thirty days from the close of each quarter in each and every fiscal year...
Page 90 - The clerk of any court collecting such fees is hereby authorized to retain one-half of the fees collected by him in such naturalization proceeding; the remaining one-half of...
Page 131 - Bureau duplicates of all petitions within thirty days after the filing of the same, and certified copies of such other proceedings and orders instituted in or issued out of said court affecting or relating to the naturalization of aliens as may be required from time to time by the said Bureau.
Page 49 - CHILDREN In carrying out its function to investigate and report upon matters pertaining to the welfare of children, the Bureau attempts quantitatively and qualitatively to determine how children in the United States are faring, and what physical and social conditions are inimical to their well-being.
Page 66 - Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, after January first, one thousand nine hundred [and] twenty-two, no person shall become entitled to vote by attaining majority, by naturalization or otherwise, unless such person is also able, except for physical disability, to read and write English [; and suitable laws shall be passed by the legislature to enforce this provision].
Page 66 - ... hereinafter provided. But a new voter may present as evidence of literacy a certificate or diploma showing that he has completed the work of an approved eighth grade elementary school or of a higher school in which English is the language of instruction. But the genuineness of the certificate and the identity of the voter shall remain questions of fact to be established to the satisfaction of the election inspectors and subject to challenge, like any other fact relating to the qualification of...

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