The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-22
MUST BECOME CITIZENS
Immigration Bill Amended to Stop
Employment of Aliens.
Violation Of Act Incurs Fine
and Deportation.
u Passed, Law VIII GO Into Effect on July I.
Conference Amendm onts.

Washington, Jan. The compro-
mise immigration b.l which has been
agreed upon by tie conferees of the
house and senate, and which will come
before the two houses for acceptance
within few days, contains several new
features whic.. have not heretofore been
made public
The first section OF the senate bill Is
retained, which excludes from the Unit
ed states ali persons over 16 years Of age
who cannot read and write the English
Language or the language Of their native
cou.-.ry. but Is amended by the words
''Dt resident" before country" In ac-
ovrdanoe with a suggestion made by
Chairman Bartholdt of the house COM
mittee. For the purpose of testing the
ability or immigrants to read, II Is pro-
yided that they shall draw from box
printed slip containing between 20 and
70 words Of the constitution, instead Of
i've lines Of 1t, required by the senate
bill, and read these words. A clause Is
added to the bill that If 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 reasons the slips are lacking
and the substitute employed.
The plan OF Representative Corliss of
Michigan for excluding aliens from tenn
porary employment in the United States
reads as follows: THAT II 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 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, returning from time to time to
q foreign country"
THAT Ii shall be unlawful for any
person, partnership, company or cor
poration knowingly to employ any alien
coming into the United States in viola
tion of the next preceding section of this
act; provided. that the provisions Of this
act shall not apply to the employment of
sailors or deckhands or other employees
of vessels or railroad trainhands, such
as conductors, engineers, brakemen,
firemen or baggagemen, whose duties
require them tu pass over the frontier
boatmen or guides on the lakes and riv-
ers of the northern border of the United
States"
Violations of these sections by aliens
or citizens are made misdemeanors pun
tshable by $500 fine or Imprisonment not
exceeding one year. or both, and persons
coming into the country in violation Of
the sections are to be deported 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 rules 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 is
retained.
A new section is added to the bill,
which follows: That any alien who shall
in violation Of this act or any other ex-
listing law, secure entry into the United
States without inspection or examina-
tion, or through mistake, misrepresenta-
tion, collusion deception or fraud, may
be taken into custody by the properly
authorized immigration officers within
30 days after the facts become known
to them, and such alien. upon "a special
Inquiry at the most convenient place,
conducted according to section Of the
Immigration act of March g. 1893 shall
be dealt with as provided by law for
alien immigrants upon their first ar
rival"
Instead of taking effect three months
after its passage, the bill is amended to
take effect July i, 1897.