Rock Island Argus., 1897-01-22
BILL
New Measure Agreed Upon by the
Congress conferrees.
A NUMBER OF CHANGES ARE MADE

In tho Bnl - It Passed the Senate-Cor-
lis Plan for Exciuding Aliens from
Temporary Employment Adopted-sail-
ors. Railway Men and Refugee Cubans
Exempted-House Votes to Refuse Yost
sseat-senAte Deadlock Threatened.
Washington. Jan. 22-The compro-
mise immigration bill which has been
agreed upon by the conferrees OF the
house and senate and which will come
before the two houses for acceptance
within a few days contains several new
features which have not before BEEN
made public. The first section Of the
senate bill is retained which excludes
from the United States all persons over
16 years of age who cannot read and
write the English language or the
language of their own country. but is
amended by the words "or resident"
before country" in accordance with a
suggestion made by Chairman Barth-
oldt. of the house committee. For the
purpose Of testing the ability of imni-
grants to read it is provided that they
shall draw from a box a printed slip
containing between twenty and twen-
tyfive words of the constitution in
stead of five lines of it required by the
senate bill, and read these words. A
clause is added to the bill that IL the
slips are not at hand for use the ofii-
GERS shall make the test by the mos ap-
propriate and available means at hand.
and state in writing the reasons the
slips are lacking and the substitute test
employed.
Temporarily Employed Aliens.
The plan of Representative Corliss.
of Michigan, for excluding aliens from
temporary employment in the United
state reads as follows: That it shall
hereafter be unlawful for any male
alien who has not in good faith made
his declaration before the proper court
of record of his intention to become a
citizen Of the United States to be EN-
ployed on any public works OF the
United States. or to come regularly or
habitually into the United States by
land or water for the purpose CT en-
gaging in any mechanical trade or
manual labor for wages or salary. re-
turning from time to time to a foreign
countr,
Puts the Rein on Corporations.
THAT it shall be unlawful foc any
person. partnership. company or Cor
poration knowingly to employ any alien
coming into the United States i'm viola
ton of the next preceding section Of this
act; provided that the provisions OF
this act shall not apply to the employ
ment of sailors, deck hands, or other
employees of vessels, or railroad train
hands, such as conductors. engineers.
brakemen, firemen, or baggagemen.
whose duties require them to pass over
the frontier to reach the terminus of
their runs. or to boatmen or guides on
the lakes and rivers on the northern
border of the United States.
Cuban Refugees Are Exempted.
Violation of these sections by aliens
or citizens are made misdemeanors
punishable by $500 fine or imprisonment
not exceeding one year. or both. and
persons coming into the country in vio-
lation of the sections are to be dcported
to the country whence they came. The
secretary of the treasury is authorized
to permit the entrance OF aliens for
the purpose of teaching new arts or
industries under such rules as he may
provide The section of the senate bill
exempting from the act persons who may
enter from Cuba during the disorders
there is retained.
Iriai OF attens w no eet IN BY fraud.
A new section is added to the bill.
which follows: That any alien who
shall. in violation of this act or any
other existing law, secure entry into
the United States without inspection or
examination. or through mistake. mis-
representation, collusion. deception or
fraud, may be taken into custody by
the properly authorized immigration
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facts become known to them. and such
alien. upon special inquiry at the most
convenient place. according to section
five of the immigration act of March
3. 1898. shall be dealt with as provided
by law for alien immigrants upon
their first arrival"
Instead of taking effect three months
after its passage the bill il amended to
take effect July 1. 1897.