The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-02-02
EXCLUDED A TAX UF FIVE DOLLARS
ON EVERY ALIEN IMMIGRANT.
by ConsuIs Abroad.

Washington, Jan. 20, 18S9.-In the
house Mr.. Ford, of Michigan, from the
committee on immigration has reported
the bill to regulate immigration, and
it was placed on the house calendar.
Leave was granted to ~. Spinola,
of New York, to file minority report.
NO PAUPER, ANARCHIST OR SOCIALIST.
The bill proposes in its first Sec
ton to prohibit the admission into the
United States of any person who is an
idiot, insane, pauper or liable to
become public charge, or who has
been legally convicted of felony,
other infamous crime or misdemeanor
involving moral turpitude, or who is a
polygamist, anarchist or socialist, or
who is afflicted with any loathsome
| disease, or who has entered into con-
tract, express or implied, oral or
written, to perform labor or service for
any person, firm, company or corpora
ton in the United States, or doing
| business therein, or whose passage is
paid on a promise to labor.
1t also provides that alien laborers,
other than those excepted by the con-
tract labor law, shall not be admitted
to labor for limited time with the in
tention of returning. The section ex-
cepts professors in universities and
ministers from its prohibition.
THEY MAY BE SENT BACK.
The second section declares it to be a
misdemeanor for such Objectionable
persons to come into the United States,
or tor any person to assist them so to
do, and a penalty of not exceeding
81 900 and Imprisonment for three
years is provided in such cases.
Prosecution may be commenced within
two years after the commission of the
offense, and the alien may be returned
within two years to his country at the
expense of the transportation company
or of the United States.
LIMITING TRANSPORTATION.
Section limits the carriage of in
coming foreign passengers to one
passenger for every five tons burden OF
the ship, excepting children under one
year of age and counting those between
one and eight years of age as one
passenger. Violation of the provision
is made punishable by fine not ex-
ceedlng $500 for each passenger in
excess of the allowance.
AHEAD TAX.
The fourth section proposes to levy a
tax of s. on every alien coming into
the United States, which is to be paid
to the collector at the nearest port by
the transportation agent or master oi
the vessel. Diplomatic representatives
consuls or agents of foreign govern
ments are excepted. This section also
creates permanent annual appro-
priation to defray the expenses of the
execution of the act.
CONSULAR CERTIFICATES REQUIRED.
Section requires an intending
emigrant to the United States tC
possess a certificate from United
States diplomatic representative OF
consul near his residence, issued aftel
examination into his character, with
out fee, but this certificate is not to be
conclusive evidence of the right of the
person to come into the United States
nor relieve masters of vessels ol
responsibility.
INSPECTION ON LANDING.
The sixth section requires the master
of vessels and officers of railroad trains
coming into the United Stsses to repor
to the collector of the Port or his agen
the number, nationality and condition
of foreign passengers. The govern
meat officer is then TO board the vesse
b.. or train, inspect the passengers ant
compare their certificates. Passenger
I may be landed temporarily, awailin!
inspection, and the only appeal frou
the collectors decision shall be to tn,
: secretary of the treasury. In tn
g seventh and eighth sections the secre
Il tary of the treasury is charged with tn
: duty of supervising immigration,
s authorized to make rules and contract
and employ assislaDtS-nOt to eXcee
: three inspectors at any one port-at
: salary of between 81, 500 and $4,000
J. and to use United States property an
!. reservations. The last section vest
= full jurisdiction in United States circui
l. and district courts in all causes arisin
y under the act, which is to take effeC
: July l, next.
= THE COMMITTEES REPORT.
C The report accompanying the bi
begins with a recital OF the eXistin
l. statutes upon the subject of convict an
T. pauper labor and immigration gel
J. orally. 1t says that the committe
| have held sessions in New York, h
c Y; Boston. Mass. Pittsburg, Pa, an
C Detroit, Mich. A great many witnesst
d have been sworn and large amount {
r. testimony has been taken. The invest
c CATION was more extended at Ne,
: York than at any other place becaus
/. the great majority of immigrants al
" received there, 4lS,423 persons ont ,
&c total influx of 546,S landing thel
of during the fiscal year 1888, sometim,
'e at the rate of 5000 in one day. TT
report describes how the immigran
At are received at Castle Garden and el
nf amined singly by the registry clerk
l. says that owing TO the large number
in immigrants received each day duril