ing person, imprisoned for not more than five years, or both; Corporation of and the officer, director, or agent of any corporation who ficial participat knowingly participates in such violation shall be punished by like fine or imprisonment, or both; and any Forfeiture of vehicle or any vessel, together with its or her appurtenances, equipment, tackle, apparel, and furniture, concerned in any such violation, shall be forfeited to the United States. vehicle, vessel, etc. Meaning of SEC. 3. That the term "United States as used in this terms: United Act includes the Canal Zone and all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. States." "Person." Appropriation. The word "person as used herein shall be deemed to mean any individual, partnership, association, company, or other unincorporated body of individuals, or corporation, or body politic. SEC. 4. That in order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act the sum of $600,000 is hereby appropriated. Effective on SEC. 5. That this Act shall take effect upon the date termination of when the provisions of the Act of Congress approved the Vol. 40, p. 559 22d day of May, 1918, entitled "An Act to prevent in previous act. Post, p. 385. Duration. Fees estab cation and issue of. time of war departure from and entry into the United States, contrary to the public safety," shall cease to be operative, and shall continue in force and effect until and including the 4th day of March, 1921. Received by the President, October 29, 1919. [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] [PUBLIC-No. 238-66TH CONGRESS.] [Extract.] [H. R. 11960.] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921. FEES FOR PASSPORTS AND VISÉS. SECTION 1. From and after the 1st day of July, 1920, lished for appli- there shall be collected and paid into the Treasury of the United States quarterly a fee of $1 for executing each application for a passport and $9 for each passport issued to a citizen or person owing allegiance to or en titled to the protection of the United States: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit the right of the Secretary of State by regulation to authorize the retention by State officials of the fee of $1 for executing an application for a passport: And provided further, That no fee shall be collected for passports issued to officers or employees of the United States proceeding abroad in the discharge of their official duties, or to members of their immediate families, or to seamen, or to widows, children, parents, brothers, and sisters of American soldiers, sailors, or marines, buried abroad whose journey is undertaken for the purpose and with the intent of visiting the graves of such soldiers, sailors, or marines, which facts shall be made a part of the application for the passport. Alien pass and application Persons ex SECTION 2. From and after the 1st day of July, 1920, there shall be collected and paid into the Treasury of ports. the United States quarterly a fee of $1 for executing Fees for visé each application of an alien for a visé and $9 for each for. visé of the passport of an alien: Provided, That no fee Proviso. shall be collected from any officer of any foreign Govern- empt. ment, or members of his immediate family, its armed forces, or of any State, district, or municipality thereof, traveling to or through the United States, or of any soldiers coming within the terms of the public resolution approved October 19, 1918 (Fortieth Statutes at Large, part 1, page 1014). SEC. 3. The validity of a passport or visé shall be limited to two years, unless the Secretary of State shall by regulation limit the validity of such passport or visé to a shorter period. Vol. 45, p. 1014. Validity lim ited. port fee if visé SEC. 4. Whenever the appropriate officer within the Return of passUnited States of any foreign country refuses to visé a refused by forpassport issued by the United States, the Department of eign officer. State is hereby authorized upon request in writing and the return of the unused passport within six months from the date of issue to refund to the person to whom the passport was issued the fees which have been paid to Federal officials, and the money for that purpose is hereby appropriated and directed to be paid upon the order of the Secretary of State. zens repealed. SEC. 5. Section 1 of the Act approved March 2, 1907, Authority to is entitled "An Act in reference to the expatriation of persons not citl citizens and their protection abroad" (Thirty-fourth Vol. 34, p. 1228, Statutes at Large, part 1, page 1228), authorizing the repealed. Secretary of State to issue passports to certain persons not citizens of the United States is hereby repealed. Approved, June 4, 1920. [PUBLIC-No. 357-66TH CONGRESS.] [Extract.] [H. R. 15872.] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular EXPENSES, PASSPORT CONTROL ACT. For expenses of regulating entry into the United States, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved May 22, 1918, and of this Act, to be immediately Alien passports available, $600,000: Provided, That the provisions of the quirements con Act approved May 22, 1918, shall, in so far as they relate to requiring passports and visés from aliens seeking to come to the United States, continue in force and effect until otherwise provided by law. and visés re tinued. Approved, March 2, 1921. Laws not affected. [PUBLIC RESOLUTION No. 8-67TH CONGRESS.] [Extract.] JOINT RESOLUTION Terminating the state of war between the SEC. 6. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to Construing ter- repeal, modify or amend the provisions of the joint resomination of war. lution "declaring that certain Acts of Congress, joint resolutions and proclamations shall be construed as if the war had ended and the present or existing emergency expired," approved March 3, 1921, or the passport conVol. 41, p. 1217. trol provisions of an Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922," approved March 2, Passport trol. con 1921. Approved, July 2, 1921. (EXTRACT FROM) [PUBLIC-No. 139-68TH CONGRESS.] [H. R. 7995.] An Act To limit the immigration of aliens into the United States, and for other purposes. IMMIGRATION VISAS. SEC. 2. (a) A consular officer upon the application of any immigrant (as defined in section 3) may (under the conditions hereinafter prescribed and subject to the limitations prescribed in this Act or regulations made thereunder as to the number of immigration visas which may be issued by such officer) issue to such immigrant an immigration visa which shall consist of one copy of the application provided for in section 7, visaed by such consular officer. Such visa shall specify (1) the nationality of the immigrant; (2) whether he is a quota immigrant (as defined in section 5) or a non-quota immigrant (as defined in section 4); (3) the date on which the validity of the immigration visa shall expire; and (4) such additional information necessary to the proper enforcement of the immigration laws and the naturalization laws as may be by regulations prescribed. (b) The immigrant shall furnish two copies of his photograph to the consular officer. One copy shall be permanently attached by the consular officer to the immigration visa and the other copy shall be disposed of as may be by regulations prescribed. (c) The validity of an immigration visa shall expire at the end of such period, specified in the immigration visa, not exceeding four months, as shall be by regulations prescribed. In the case of an immigrant arriving in the United States by water, or arriving by water in foreign contiguous territory on a continuous voyage to the United States, if the vessel, before the expiration of the validity of his immigration visa, departed from the last port outside the United States and outside foreign contiguous territory at which the immigrant embarked, and if the immigrant proceeds on a continuous voyage to the United States, then, regardless of the time of his arrival in the United States, the validity of his immigration visa shall not be considered to have expired. (d) If an immigrant is required by any law, or regulations or orders made pursuant to law, to secure the visa of his passport by a consular officer before being permitted to enter the United States, such immigrant shall not be required to secure any other visa of his passport than the immigration visa issued under this Act, but a record of the number and date of his immigration visa shall be noted on his passport without charge therefor. This subdivision shall not apply to an immigrant who is relieved, under subdivision (b) of section 13, from obtaining an immigration visa. (e) The manifest or list of passengers required by the immigration laws shall contain a place for entering thereon the date, place of issuance, and number of the immigration visa of each immigrant. The immigrant shall surrender his immigration visa to the immigration officer at the port of inspection, who shall at the time of inspection indorse on the immigration visa the date, the port of entry, and the name of the vessel, if any, on which the immigrant arrived. The immigration visa shall be transmitted forthwith by the immigration officer in charge at the port of inspection to the Department of Labor under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor. (f) No immigration visa shall be issued to an immigrant if it appears to the consular officer, from statements in the application, or in the papers submitted therewith, that the immigrant in inadmissible to the United States under the immigration laws, nor shall such immigration visa be issued if the application fails to comply with the provisions of this Act, nor shall such immigration visa be issued if the consular officer knows or has reason to believe that the immigrant is inadmissible to the United States under the immigration laws. (g) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to entitle an immigrant, to whom an immigration visa has been issued, to enter the United States, if, upon arrival in the United States, he is found to be inadmissible to the United States under the immigration laws. The substance of this subdivision shall be printed conspicuously upon every immigration visa. (h) A fee of $9 shall be charged for the issuance of each immigration visa, which shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Approved, May 26, 1924. |