The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-04-11
TO BAR ALIENS
Representative How sll's Eli
to Regulate Immigration
and Naturalization May
Keep Many Foreigners 0uf
IT'S CHEF PROVISIONS


HIBITED FROMENTERING THIS
COUNTRY AND A STRICT EDU.
CATIoNAL TEST IS INCLUDED.
WASHINGTON, April 10, 1866
Aliens wishing to come to this country
from foreign shores viii find it more dif.
fcult to pass the immigration inspectors
if the bill the committee on immigration
and naturalization has eported in rhs
House, and which has the approval Of
majority of the committee on immigra.
tion and naturalization, shall become 9
law. The bill has been prepared with
great care by a subcommittee consisting
of Representatives Howell, of New Jer
sey; Adams, of Pennsylvania; Gardner.
of Massachusetts, Ellerbe, Of South Car
olina, and Burnett. of Alabama Thq
committee had nineteen bills to consider
and mass of testimony taken at tbs
hearings that were held from time to
time since Congress convened.
In the bill as reported the head tax ia
increased from two to five dollars A.iels
passing through this country are except
ed, and all officers of foreign governments
coming here to represent them are alsa
exempt The list CT excluded classes is
increased to include aliens suffering from
tuberculosis.
The list as enumerated ithe bill fol
lows: All idoits, insane persons. persons
who have been insane, epilepties. imbe
Giles, Predetermined persons, persons
likely to become a public charge. profes-
sional beggars, persons afflicted with
tuberculosis, or with any loathsome or
dangerous contagious disease, persons
who are wholly dependent for their sup
port upon their own physical exertions
and who are certified by the examining
medical officer to be of low vitality or
poor physique, such as would incapaci-
tate them for such work, persons who
have been convicted of felony or other
crime or misdemeanor involving moral
turpitude, polygamists, anarchists OF per-
sons who believe in or advocate the over
throw of all government.
The Importation of women or girls for
immoral purposes is prohibited. the sos
licitation of aliens TO come In violation
of the contract labor clause is forbidden,
and persons are not permitted to assiss
aliens except in cases where the family
ties are close. There is a proyiso' which
permits the importation of skilled labor
if labor of like kind cannot be found un-
employed in this country. and professions
al actors, artists, lecturers, singers, min
listers, professors and persons belonging
to the learned profession, may be admit
ted.
A feature of the bill. which if e6acted,
will keep out lot of aliens. is the edn-
cationaI test Every alien more than six
teen years of age must read English or
some other tongue. There is also anoth-
er provision that each alien more than
sixteen years age must have $40 In
cash in his possession; every female Of
the same age shall have $15 in her pos
session. and the head of a family will be
reqnired to have $50 in his possession.
1t is believed that this viii lessen ths
likelihood of the aliens from becoming a
public charge.
The enactment of the bin viii eetab-
lish a bureau of information for the ben
eft of the incoming immigrants. Ths
idea is to give them information relative
to different sections of the United States
with view of putting stop to them
gathering in the larger cities in large
numbers. The different States will u
permitted to have Representatives at the
bureau to solicit the migration Of the
aliens to their States, if they wish.
The bill imposes penalties upon the
steamship companies or transportation
lines for violations of. the provisions Of
the law and reqires that the full list Of
the aliens carried on each steamer shall
be filed within thirty days after the sall~
ing Of the vessel. The steam=Aip com-
panies will also be severely fined for
bringing diseased aliens into this coun-
try. The penalties are similar in many
respects to those of the present law,
while in some particulars they have been
increased.
1t is possible the steamship lines win
object to some of the provisions of the
bill, but they are aldesigned 70 cut down
the number of immigrants coming into
this country and it is believed the pas
sage of the bill will show a marked de-
crease in the first year after its enaet-
ment. 1t is expected the committee may
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