Annual Report of the Commissioner-General of ImmigrationU.S. Government Printing Office, 1912 |
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Page 124
... administration of this law is as difficult as it is important . Of the total number shown by the statistical tables to have been rejected for very grave physical causes , viz , 2,846 , the specified causes of exclusion were tuberculosis ...
... administration of this law is as difficult as it is important . Of the total number shown by the statistical tables to have been rejected for very grave physical causes , viz , 2,846 , the specified causes of exclusion were tuberculosis ...
Page 143
... administration affecting this matter , and possibly the methods have been brought as nearly to an ideal point as may be expected under the adverse and trying circumstances . Therefore , I believe that it can not reasonably be expected ...
... administration affecting this matter , and possibly the methods have been brought as nearly to an ideal point as may be expected under the adverse and trying circumstances . Therefore , I believe that it can not reasonably be expected ...
Page 144
... administration of the laws throughout the country . The report of the commissioner of immigration at New York reads as follows : I submit herewith my report with reference to Ellis Island affairs for the year ended June 30 , 1911 ...
... administration of the laws throughout the country . The report of the commissioner of immigration at New York reads as follows : I submit herewith my report with reference to Ellis Island affairs for the year ended June 30 , 1911 ...
Page 145
... administration . The law requires all immigrants who are not " clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to land " to be held , and during months when 75,000 to 100,000 arrive , many of an inferior class , it will readily be seen how we may ...
... administration . The law requires all immigrants who are not " clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to land " to be held , and during months when 75,000 to 100,000 arrive , many of an inferior class , it will readily be seen how we may ...
Page 147
... administration of any law which calls for the application of drastic remedies , the blame for the ensuing hardship is quite often placed where it does not belong , namely , on the executive authorities , and it would be too much to ...
... administration of any law which calls for the application of drastic remedies , the blame for the ensuing hardship is quite often placed where it does not belong , namely , on the executive authorities , and it would be too much to ...
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Page 199 - ... to a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than five years, or to both, at the discretion of the court.
Page 196 - States was afflicted with any of the said diseases or disabilities at the time of foreign embarkation and that the existence of such disease or disability might have been detected by means of a competent medical examination...
Page 185 - ... who are found to be and are certified by the examining surgeon as being mentally or physically defective, such mental or physical defect being of a nature which may affect the ability of such alien to earn a living...
Page 183 - ... may order a temporary removal of such aliens for examination at a designated time and place, but such temporary removal shall not be considered a landing, nor shall it relieve the transportation lines, masters, agents, owners...
Page 184 - That the following classes of aliens shall be excluded from admission into the United States: All idiots, imbeciles, feeble-minded persons, epileptics, insane persons, and persons who have been insane within five years previous...
Page 198 - ... 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...
Page 4 - It shall be the duty of said division to promote a beneficial distribution of aliens admitted into the United States among the several States and Territories desiring immigration. Correspondence shall be had with the proper officials of the States and Territories, and said division shall gather from all available sources useful information regarding the resources, products, and physical characteristics of each State and Territory...
Page 194 - States, or if that can not be done, then the cost of removal to the port of deportation shall be at the expense of the appropriation for the enforcement of this act...
Page 185 - ... 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 195 - ... is imposed, while it remains unpaid, nor shall such fine be remitted or refunded: Provided, That clearance may be granted prior to the determination of such...