civil and criminal, arising under any of the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 31. That after the first day of January,
nineteen hundred and three, all exclusive
privileges of exchanging money, transporting
passengers or baggage, or keeping eating
houses, and all other like privileges in con-
nection with any United States immigrant
station, shall be disposed of after public com-
petition, subject to such conditions and limi-
tations as the Commissioner-General of Immi-
gration, under the direction or with the
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may
prescribe: Provided, That no intoxicating
liquors shall be sold in any such immigrant
station; that all receipts accruing from the
disposal of such exclusive privileges as herein
provided shall be paid into the United States
Treasury to the credit of the immigrant fund
provided for in section one of this Act.

SEC. 32. That for the preservation of the
peace, and in order that arrests may be made
for crimes under the laws of the States and
Territories of the United States where the va-
rious immigrant stations are located, the offi-
cers in charge of such stations, as occasion
may require, shall admit therein the proper
State and municipal officers charged with the
enforcement of such laws, and for the purposes
of this section the jurisdiction of such officers
and of the local courts shall extend over such
stations.

SEC. 33. That the Commissioner-General of Immigration, under the direction or with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe rules for the entry and inspec

SEC. 9. That for the preservation of the
peace and in order that arrests may be made
for crimes under the laws of the States where
the various United States immigrant stations
are located, the officials in charge of such
stations as occasion may require shall admit
therein the proper State and municipal officers
charged with the enforcement of such laws,
and for the purposes of this section the juris-
diction of such officers and of the local courts
shall extend over such stations.

Part of section 8, act of March 3, 1893.

That the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe rules for inspection along the borders of

civil and criminal, arising under any of the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 31. That after the first day of January,
nineteen hundred and three, all exclusive
privileges of exchanging money, transporting
passengers or baggage, or keeping eating
houses, and all other like privileges in con-
nection with any United States immigrant
station, shall be disposed of after public com-
petition, subject to such conditions and limi-
tations as the Commissioner-General of Immi-
gration, under the direction or with the
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may
prescribe: Provided, [That no intoxicating
liquors shall be sold in any such immigrant
station.] That all receipts accruing from the
disposal of such exclusive privileges as herein
provided shall be paid into the United States
Treasury to the credit of the immigrant fund pro-
vided for in section 1 of this Act.

SEC. 32. That for the preservation of the
peace, and in order that arrests may be made
for crimes under the laws of the States and
Territories of the United States where the va-
rious immigrant stations are located, the offi-
cers in charge of such stations, as occasion
may require, shall admit therein the proper
State and municipal officers charged with the
enforcement of such laws, and for the purposes
of this section the jurisdiction of such officers
and of the local courts shall extend over such
stations.

SEC. [34] 33. That the Commissioner-General of Immigration, under the direction or with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe rules for the entry and inspec

tion of aliens along the borders of Canada and
Mexico, so as not to unnecessarily delay, im-
pede, or annoy passengers in ordinary travel
between the United States and said countries,
and shall have power to enter into contracts
with foreign transportation lines for the same
purpose: Provided, That any such transporta
tion line shall agree, as far as practicable, to
assume all the obligations imposed by this act
on the masters, agents, and owners of vessels
bringing aliens to ports of the United States.

SEC. 34. That for the purposes of this Act
the words "United States" as used in the title
as well as in the various sections of this Act
shall be construed to mean the United States
and any waters, territory, or other place sub-
ject to the jurisdiction thereof.

SEC. 35. That no intoxicating liquors of any
character shall be sold within the limits of the
Capitol building of the United States.

SEC. 36. That the deportation of aliens
arrested within the United States after entry
and found to be illegally therein, provided for
in this Act, shall be to the trans-Atlantic or
trans-Pacific ports from which said aliens
embarked for the United States; or, if such
embarkation was for foreign contiguous terri-
tory, to the foreign port at which said aliens
embarked for such territory.

SEC. 37. That all Acts and parts of Acts in-
consistent with this Act are hereby repealed:
Provided, That this Act shall not be construed
to repeal, alter, or amend existing laws relat-
ing to the immigration, or exclusion, of
Chinese persons or persons of Chinese descent.

Canada, British Columbia, and Mexico, so as not to obstruct or unnecessarily delay, impede, or annoy passengers in ordinary travel between said countries: Provided,* That not exceeding one inspector shall be appointed for each customs district, and whose salary shall not exceed twelve hundred dollars per year.

tion of aliens along the borders of Canada and
Mexico, so as not to unnecessarily delay, im-
pede, or annoy passengers in ordinary travel
between the United States and said countries,
and shall have power to enter into contracts
with foreign transportation [lines] companies
for the same purpose: Provided, That any such
transportation company shall agree, as far as
practicable, to assume all the obligations im-
posed by this act on the masters, agents, and
owners of vessels bringing aliens to ports of
the United States.

SEC. [35] 34. That for the purposes of this Act
the words "United States "as used in the title
as well as in the various sections of this Act
shall be construed to [mean] include United
States, its waters and any territory or other
place subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

SEC. [36] 35. That the deportation of aliens, pro-
vided for in this Act, shall be to the trans-Atlantic
or trans-Pacific ports from which said aliens em-
barked for the United States; or, if such embarka-
tion was for foreign contiguous territory, to the
foreign port at which said aliens embarked for
such territory.

SEC. 36. That the proviso" that no greater sum
shall be expended for the purposes herein before
mentioned, at any port, than shall have been col-
lected at such port," contained in section 1 of the
act entitled "An Act to Regulate Immigration
approved August 3, 1882; and the proviso that
"not exceeding one inspector shall be appointed
for each customs district, and whose salary shall
not exceed twelve hundred dollars per year' con-
tained in section 8 of an act entitled "An Act in
amendment to the various Acts relative to immi-
gration and the importation of aliens under con-
tract or agreement to perform labor" approved
March 3, 1891; be and the same are hereby re-
pealed: Provided, That this Act shall not be

[* This proviso should be repealed, together with others to be mentioned hereafter.]

SEC. 38. That whenever an alien shall have
taken up his permanent residence in this coun-
try, and shall have filed his preliminary dec-
laration to become a citizen, and thereafter
shall send for his wife or minor children to
join him, if said wife, or either of said chil-
dren, shall be found to be affected with any
contagious disorder, and it seems that this dis-
order was contracted on board the ship in
which they came, such wife or children shall
be held, under such regulations as the Secre-
tary of the Treasury shall prescribe, until it
shall be determined whether the disorder will
be easily curable, or whether they can be per-
mitted to land without danger to other per-
sons; and they shall not be deported until such
facts have been ascertained.

Passed the House of Representatives May
27, 1902.
Attest:

A. MCDOWELL,

Clerk.

construed to repeal, nor in any wise interfere with the administration of, laws relating to the immigration, or exclusion, of Chinese persons or persons of Chinese descent.

SEC. 37. That this act shall take effect at the expiration of thirty days after its passage.

STATEMENT OF ROBERT WATCHORN.

The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Watchorn, please state your official position in the Bureau.

Mr. WATCHORN. Special immigrant inspector.

The CHAIRMAN. Where are you now stationed?

Mr. WATCHORN. Montreal, Canada.

The CHAIRMAN. How long have you been there?

Mr. WATCHORN. Eighteen months.

The CHAIRMAN. You desire to address the committee in reference to the execution of the law and of the provisions of this bill in relation to the Canadian border?

Mr. WATCHORN. I do, sir. There are one or two points in the bill I would very much like to call the attention of the committee to.

Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, speaking broadly of the bill as it now stands, I should say that if everything pertaining to Canada or to foreign contiguous territory in the bill were eliminated except section 33 the interests of the Government would be best subserved. I shall try as briefly and as concisely as possible to state why.

Take page 2, beginning at line 18 and going to line 4 on page 3, all inclusive. Mr. Campbell has already alluded to these lines. You will observe that lines 18 and 19 read: "The head tax herein provided for shall not be levied upon aliens in transit through the United States." Now, let us stop at that for a moment and ask what provision has been made to show that immigrants alleging that they are going to Canada are going to be forced to go through, or that immigrants alleging that they are going to Mexico are going to be compelled to go through. When they leave the ship at Boston, Portland, or New York, as the case may be, they are placed on board a train, and it is optional with them whether they go to Canada or not. If this provision is going to be left open how many are you going to have who will allege that they are going to Canada?

The CHAIRMAN. That provision was put in by the Senate.
Mr. WATCHORN. I think so.

The CHAIRMAN. It was not in the bill as it passed the House. Mr. WATCHORN. I should like to call special attention to the word "once" in line 20 on page 2. In view of our experience in the enforcement of the law and the collection of a head tax from Canadian steamship companies, my private opinion is that that word "once" is going to leave the whole question open to endless discussions and controversies. It will be construed to mean that having once paid the head tax, no matter when or where, they may come and go as they please and never again be subjected to the payment of that tax. If the whole first section is to remaim it would be just as strong to have the word "once" stricken out and avoid that possible contingency.

I proceed a little further along with the section. Beginning on line 23 the proviso now reads as follows:

"Provided, That the Commissioner-General of Immigration, under the direction or with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, by agreement with transportation lines, as provided in section 33 of this act, may arrange in some other manner for the payment of the duty imposed by this section," etc.

That is all covered in section 33, and therefore, in my opinion, it is absolutely unnecessary where it is.

10.

Now I wish you to turn to page 9, line 18, which commences section It reads, "That it shall be unlawful for any person, including any