The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-06-14

! sec. IS. mat no allen over sixteen
years of age physically capable Of read
ing shall be admitted to the United
States until he has proved to the salts
| faction of the proper inspection officers
/ that he can read English or some other
| tongue, and the Secretary OF Commerce
and Labor is hereby authorized and
! directed to prescribe from time to time
such methods and rules as he may
think best for the purpose of testing
the ability of such immigrants to read
/ Provided, That an admissible alien
| over sixteen years of age. or a person
now or hereafter i'm the United States
| of like age, may bring i'm or send for
! his wife, his mother. his affianCed wife,
| or his father who is over fifty-fve years
/ Of age, if they are otherwise admissi-
! BILE, whether they are able to read or
! not. Provided further. that the provi-
/ sions of this section shall not apply to
/ aliens entering the United states from
/ the Dominion of Canada Newfound-
/ land, the Republic of Cuba, and the
Republic of Mexico, provided that they
have been respectively domiciled in any
of said countries for a period of three
/ years. nor to aliens permanently do
]
nent returning overland from foreign
| contiguous territory after a temporary
| soiourn therein to resume a domicile in
/ the United States already acquired
and uninterrupted by absence except in
/ foreign contiguous territory: Provid-
| ed further, that the provisions Of this
| section shall not apply to aliens arriv-
/ ing i'm the Philippine Islands, Guam,
Porto Rico or Hawaii; but if any such
alien, not having become a citizen of
the United States, shall later arrive at
any port or place of the United States
On the North American continent, the
provisions of this section shall apply.
The provisions Of the House Bill are
as follows:
Sec. 80. That every male alien over
sixteen years of age shall be deemed
likely to become a public charge I'M
less he shows to the proper immigra-
ton officials that he has i'm his physical
possession at the time Of his inspection
money to the equivalent Of twenty-five
dollars, United States currency or that
the head of his family entering with
him so holds that amount on his ac-
count Every female alien and every
alien under sixteen years of age shall
i'm like manner be deemed likely to be-
come a public charge unless money to
the equivalent Of fifteen dollars United
states currency is shown to be possess
sed or held as above provided Provid-
ed, that whenever the head Of a family
seeking entrance shows. as provided
above, that he has in his physical pos
session money to the equivalent of fif-
ty dollars, United states currency, the
provisions of this section shall not be
held to be applicable to the female
members of his immediate family en-
tering with him. nor to the male mem
bers under eighteen years of age so
entering: Provided further. that moth
ing i'm this section shall be considered
rs emitting those financially qualified
as above provided to land unless other
conditions are such as to convince the
proper immigration officers that they
are not likely to become a public
charge.
Provided, further, that the provisions
of this section shall not apply to aliens
entering the United States from the Do
minion Of Canada, Newfoundland the
Republic of Cuba and the Republic of
Mexico, provided that they have been
respectively domiciled in any of said
countries for a period of three years,
ror to aliens permanently dOmiciled on
the North American continent return
ing overland from foreign contiguous
territory after a temporary sojourn
therein to resume a domicile i'm the
United States already acquired and I'M
interrupted by absence except in for
eign contiguous territory Provided
further. that the provisions of this
section shall not apply to aliens arriv-
ing in the Philippine Islands, Guam,
Porto Rico or Hawaii; but if any such
alien not having become a citizen of
the United States, shall later arrive at
any rort or place of the United States
on the North American continent, the
provisions of this section shall apply.
Sec. 40. That the Commissioned Gen
eral of immigration, under the direc-
ton of the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor, be, and he is hereby, authorized
and directed to establish and maintain
at each of the immigrant stations with
i'm the United States bureau of infor-
nation Such bureau shall be properly
differed, and shall under such rules
and regulations as the Commissioner
General of immigration may from time
to time establish, collect and furnish to
all incoming aliens, who may ask for
the same data as TO the resources,
products and manufactures of each
State, Territory, and District of the
United States the prices of land and
the character of the soils therein; the
routes of travel thereto; the cost of
transportation thereto; the opportuni-
ties for employment i'm the various
skilled and unsklled occupations in
each of said states, Territories AMI
Districts; the rates of wages paid for
such labor, respectively in each of sai@
States, Territories, and Districts; the
cost of living therein, and all other in
formation that in the judgment of said