tion to be held at such ports or places in said foreign contiguous territory as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate. Such exami- nation shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, dispense with the necessity for further examination at United States bor- der ports under this act.
SEC. 27. That no bond or guaranty, written or oral, that an alien shall not become a public charge shall be received from any person, company, corporation, charitable or benevo- lent society or association unless authority to receive the same shall in each special case be given by the Commissioner-General of Immi- gration, with the written approval of the Secretary of the Treasury.
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:
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.
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
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