The herald., 1897-01-22

which has been agreed upon by the con-
ferees of the house and senate, and
which will come before the two houses
for acceptance within a few days, con-
tains several new features, which have
not before been made public. This sec
ton of the senate bill is retained and eX-
cludes from the United States all per-
sons over 16 years of age, who cannot
read and write the English language or
the language of their native country. put
it is amended by the insertion of the
words resident of before the word
country
For the purpose of testing the ability
of immigrants to read, it is provided
that they shall draw from box
printed slip containing between 70 ana
25 words of the constitution, and write
five lines of it, as required by the senate
bill A clause is added to the bill, that
IL the slips are not at hand for use, the
officers shall make the test by the most
appropriate and available means at
hand and state in writing the reason the
slips are lacking and the substitute test
employed.
The plan of Representative Corliss for
excluding aliens from temporary en-
ployment in the United States reads as
follows: THAT il shall hereafter be un-
lawful for any male alien who has not in
good faith made his declaration before
the proper court of record OF his inten-
ton to become a citizen of the United
States, to be employed 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
of engaging in any mechanical trade Or
manual labor, for wages or salary, re-
turning from time to time TO foreign
country.
THAT it shall be unlawful for any Per-
l.; trve eN,.o
ton knowingly to employ any alien COM
ing into the United tSates in violation
of the next preceding section of this act,
providing that the provisions of this act
shall not apply to the employment of
sailors, deckhands or othe" employees of
vessels, or railroad train hands. such as
conductors. engineers. or4kemen, ire
men or bagga gemen, whose services re-
quire them to pass over the frontier to
reach the terminus of their runs, or TO
boatmen or guides on the lakes or rivers
on the northern border of the United
States
Violations of these sections by aliens
or citizens are made misdemeanors. pun
ishable by $500 fine, or imprisonment not
exceeding one year. or boIh, and persons
coming into the country in violation Of
the sections are to be deDorted to the
country whence they came.
The secretary of the treasury is au-
thorized to permit the entrance Of aliens
for the purpose of teaching new arts or
industries, under such ruies as he may
provide.
The section of the senate bill exempt
ing from the act persons who may enter
from Cuba during the disorders there :5
retained.
new section is added to the bill, which
reads as follows: 'Tha. any alien who
shall. in violation of this act, or any 9TH
er existing law, secure entry into the
United States without inspection or
through Misrepresentation, collusion.
deception or fraud, may be taken into
custody by the properly authorized i'm
migration officers within thirty days af-
ter the facts become known to them. and
such alien, upon special inquiry at the
most convenient place, conducted ac-
cording to section V. of the immigration
act of March 3. 1893, shall be dealt with as
provided by law for alien immigrants
upon their first arrival
Instead of taking effect three months
after it's passage, the bill is amended
to take effect July l. 1887.