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When it appears that the immigrant fails or refuses to fulfill his promises for a marital agreement made to procure his entry as an immigrant he then becomes immediately subject to deportation. (50 Stat. 164-165; 8 U. S. C. 213 (a).)

TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR APPLYING FOR AND RECEIVING BENEFITS UNDER THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE MEANS BY WHICH CERTAIN FILIPINOS CAN EMIGRATE FROM THE UNITED STATES"

[Act of May 14, 1937 (50 Stat. 165), amending the Act of July 10, 1935 (48 U. S. C. 1251-1257), which was superseded by the Act of July 27, 1939, p. 105.1

PENALTIES UNDER AIR COMMERCE ACT

[Act of June 23, 1938 (52 Stat. 1028-1029), amending subd. (f), sec. 9 and subd. (b), sec. 11, Act of May 20, 1926 (49 Stat. U. S. C. 179, 181 (b)), incorporated at pp. 89 and 90.]

EMIGRATION OF FILIPINOS FROM THE UNITED STATES

Act approved July 27, 1939, as amended

RETURN TO PHILIPPINES AT EXPENSE OF UNITED STATES

Be it cnacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any native Filipino residing in any State or Territory or the District of Columbia on the effective date of this Act, who desires to return to the Philippine Islands, may apply to the Attorney General, upon such form as the Attorney General may prescribe, through any officer of the Immigration and Naturalization Service for the benefits of this Act. Upon approval of such application, the Attorney General shall notify such Filipino forthwith, and shall certify to the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of War that such Filipino is eligible to be returned to the Philippine Islands under the terms of this Act. Every Filipino who is so certified shall be entitled, at the expense of the United States, to transportation and maintenance from his present residence to a port on the west coast of the United States, or in the case of a Filipino residing in Hawaii, to a port in that Territory, and from such port, to passage and maintenance to the port of Manila, Philippine Islands, on either Navy or Army transports, whenever space on such transports is available, or on any ship of United States registry operated by a commercial steamship company which has a contract with the Attorney General as provided in section 2. (53 Stat. 1133; 48 U.S. C. 1251.)

CONTRACTS FOR TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZED

SEC. 2. The Attorney General is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contracts with any railroad or other transportation company, for the transportation from their present residences to a port on the west coast of the United States or, in the cases of residents of Hawaii, to a port in that Territory, of Filipinos eligible under section 1 to receive such transportation, and with any commercial steamship company, controlled by citizens of the United States and operating ships under United States registry, for transportation and maintenance of such Filipinos from such ports to the port of Manila, Philippine Islands, at such rates as may be agreed upon between the Attorney General and such steamship,

railroad, or other transportation company. (53 Stat. 1133; 48 U.S. C. 1252.)

RULES AND REGULATIONS; COOPERATION WITH SECRETARIES OF WAR AND NAVY

SEC. 3. The Attorney General is authorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act, to enter into the necessary arrangements with the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, to fix the ports on the west coast of the United States and in Hawaii from which any Filipinos shall be transported and the dates upon which transportation shall be available from such ports, to provide for the identification of the Filipinos entitled to the benefits of this Act, and to prevent voluntary interruption of the journey between the port of embarkation in the United States or Hawaii and the port of Manila, Philippine Islands. (53 Stat. 1133; 48 U. S. C. 1253.'

RETURN TO UNITED STATES AS QUOTA IMMIGRANT

SEC. 4. No Filipino who receives the benefits of this Act shall be entitled to return to the United States, its Territories or possessions, except as a quota immigrant under the provisions of section 8 (a) (1) of the Philippine Independence Act of March 24, 1934, during the period such section 8 (a) (1) is applicable. (53 Stat. 1134; 48 U. S. C. 1254.)

APPROPRIATION

SEC. 5. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, amounts necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. All amounts so appropriated shall be administered by the Attorney General, and all expenses, including those incurred by the Navy and War Departments, shall be charged thereto. (53 Stat. 1134; 48 U. S. C. 1255.)

TIME LIMIT FOR APPLICATIONS

SEC. 6. No application for the benefits of this Act shall be accepted by any officer of the Immigration and Naturalization Service after December 1, 1940; and all benefits under this Act shall finally terminate on December 31, 1940, unless the journey has been started on or before that date, in which case the journey to Manila shall be completed. (53 Stat. 1134; 48 U. S. C. 1256.)

DEPORTATION UNAUTHORIZED; RETURN NOT DEEMED DEPORTATION

SEC. 7. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authority to deport any native of the Philippine Islands, and no Filipino removed from any State or Territory or the District of Columbia under the provisions of this Act shall hereafter be held to have been deported from the United States.55 (53 Stat. 1134; 48 U. S. C 1257.)

Act of July 27, 1939 (53 Stat. 1123-1134; 48 U. S. C. 1251-1257). This Act supersedes the Act of July 10, 1935 (49 Stat. 478-479), as amended by the Acts of June 4, 1936 (49 Stat. 1462), and May 14, 1937 (50 Stat. 165). The text of the Act of July 27, 1939, is identical to that of the Act of July 10, 1935. with the exception of the date of termination. For Philippine Independence Act of March 24, 1934, see p. 101.

RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF CITIZENS AND CORPORATIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PENDING FINAL WITHDRAWAL OF UNITED STATES SOVEREIGNTY

[Act of August 7, 1939 (53 Stat. 1230), amending sec. 8, Act of March 24, 1934 (48 U. S. C. 1238), incorporated at p. 101.]

ALIENS HAVING NO RECORD OF ADMISSION FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE

[Act of August 7, 1939 (53 Stat. 1243), amending sec. 1 (a) (1), Act of March 2, 1929 (8 U. S. Č. 106a), see p. 93.]

NEUTRALITY ACT OF 1939

Act approved November 4, 1939

RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF AMERICAN PORTS

SEC. 10. (c) Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under section 1 (a) he may, while such proclamation is in effect, require the owner, master, or person in command of any vessel, foreign or domestic, before departing from the United States, to give a bond to the United States, with sufficient sureties, in such amount as he shall deem proper, conditioned that no alien seaman who arrived on such vessel shall remain in the United States for a longer period than that permitted under the regulations, as amended from time to time, issued pursuant to section 33 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 (U. S. C., title 8, sec. 168). Notwithstanding the provisions of said section 33, the President may issue such regulations with respect to the landing of such seamen as he deems necessary to insure their departure either on such vessel or another vessel at the expense of such owner, master, or person in command. (54 Stat. 9; 22 U. S. C. 245j-9 (c).) MAKING IT A MISDEMEANOR TO STOW AWAY ON VESSELS AND PROVIDING PUNISHMENT THEREFOR

Act approved June 11, 1940

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person, without the consent of the owner, charterer, or master of any vessel and with the intent to obtain, without paying therefor, transportation on such vessel to any place, within or without the United States, who shall board, enter, or secrete himself aboard such vessel, and shall be thereon at the time of departure of said vessel from a port, harbor, wharf, or other place within the jurisdiction of the United States, including the Canal Zone, or who, having boarded. entered, or secreted himself aboard such vessel in any place within or without the jurisdiction of the United States, shall remain aboard any such vessel after such vessel has left such place and who shall be found thereon at or before the time of arrival of such vessel at any place within the jurisdiction of the United States. including the Canal Zone, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. (54 Stat. 306; 18 U. S. C. 469.)

PENALTIES FOR AIDING, ABETTING, OR ASSISTING ANY PERSON TO VIOLATE THIS ACT

SEC. 2. Whoever shall knowingly aid, abet, or assist any person to violate this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. (54 Stat. 806; 18 U. S. C. 470.)

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EXISTING LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AT Date of enaCTMENT OF THIS ACT, OR LAWS ENACTED THEREAFTER NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACT

SEC. 3. Nothing contained in this Act shall modify, restrict, alter, or change in any particular any laws of the United States in existence at the date of enactment of this Act, or which shall be thereafter enacted either for the purpose of preventing any person from entering the United States in violation of the laws of the United States or for the purpose of securing the deportation from the United States of any person who, under the laws of the United States, shall be subject to deportation. (54 Stat. 306; 18 U. S. C. 471.)

PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING OR ASSAULTING FEDERAL OFFICERS
[Act of June 13, 1940 (54 Stat. 391), amending sec. 1, Act of May 18, 1934
(18 U. S. C. 253), see p. 101.1

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR APPROPRIATION ACT OF 1941
Act approved June 26, 1940

TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

Salaries, Office of Commissioner: Departmental salaries: For the Commissioner and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $570,500.

Salaries, field service: For salaries of field personnel of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, including the personnel of the Immigration Border Patrol and the services of persons authorized by law to be detailed to the District of Columbia for duty, $7,979,110: Provided, That not to exceed $36,000 of the total amount herein appropriated shall be available for allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act approved June 26, 1930 (5 U. S. C. 118a), not to exceed $1,700 for any person: Provided further, That $130,000 of the amount herein appropriated shall be available only for the payment of extra compensation for overtime services of inspectors and employees of the Immigration and Naturalization Service for which the United States receives reimbursement in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March 2, 1931 (8 U. S. C. 109a109b): Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the compensation of assistants to clerks of United States courts: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of February 5, 1917 (8 U. S. C. 109), authorizing the Attorney General to draw annually from the appropriations for the enforcement of the laws regulating the immigration of aliens into the United States, $200,000, or so much thereof as may

be necessary, to enforce the law excluding contract laborers and induced and assisted immigrants, not to exceed $40,000 of the sum herein appropriated may be expended for such purposes, and such expenditure shall be made in strict compliance with the provisions of the Act of July 11, 1919 (18 U. S. C. 201).

General expenses (other than salaries): For all expenses of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, including the Immigration Border Patrol, incurred in the enforcement of the laws regulating the immigration to, the residence in, and the exclusion and deportation from the United States of aliens and persons subject to the Chinese exclusion laws; for enforcement of the laws authorizing a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens; expenses of officers, clerks, and other employees appointed to enforce said laws; care, detention, maintenance, transportation, and traveling expenses incident to the deportation and removal of aliens and persons subject to the Chinese exclusion laws, as authorized by law, in the United States, and to, through, or in foreign countries; purchase of supplies and equipment, including alterations and repairs; purchase, exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled vehicles, including passenger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work; arms, ammunition, and accessories; cost of reports of decisions of the Federal courts and digests thereof, books of reference, and foreign language textbooks for official use; verifications of legal papers; refunding of head tax, maintenance bills, and immigration fines, upon presentation of evidence showing conclusively that collection and deposit was made through error; mileage and fees to witnesses subpenaed on behalf of the United States, and for all other expenses necessary to enforce said laws, $1,200,000: Provided, That not to exceed $45,000 of the sum herein appropriated shall be available for the purchase, including exchange, of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles: Provided further, That the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, with the approval of the Attorney General, may contract with officers and employees stationed outside of the District of Columbia, whose salaries are payable from the appropriation for field salaries of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, for the use, on official business outside of the District of Columbia, of privately owned horses, and the consideration agreed upon shall be payable from the funds herein appropriated: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000 of the sum herein appropriated may be expended for payment of rewards, when specifically authorized by the Attorney General, for information leading to the detection, arrest, or conviction of persons violating the immigration or naturalization laws.56

Immigration stations: For remodeling, repairing (including repairs to the ferryboat, Ellis Island), renovating buildings, and purchase of equipment, $53,000.

The appropriation in this title for traveling expenses shall be available in an amount not to exceed $400 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Immigration and Naturalization Service when incurred on the written authority of the Attorney General. (54 Stat. 576.)

For other provisions covering rewards to informers, see footnote 2, p. 63, and sec. 5, Act of Feb. 26, 1917, p. 8.

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