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allowances for maintenance, where the latter is not provided by the hospital, approved by the Secretary of the Interior August 1 and November 25, 1919, respectively, or as may be modified hereafter by him, nothwitstanding [sic] the Act of April 6, 1914, or section 4839, Revised Statutes, United States, as amended. [41 Stat. L. 513.]

This and the succeeding paragraph are from the Deficiency Appropriation Act of March 6, 1920, ch. 94.

The Act of July 19, 1919, mentioned in the text, provided: "That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to adjust the compensation of officers and employees at Saint Elizabeths Hospital."

For R. S. sec. 4839, mentioned i the text, see 3 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 598.
For Act of April 6, 1914, mentioned in the text, see 8 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 958.

[Articles produced by patients disposal.] The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make regulations governing the disposal of articles produced by patients of Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the course of their curative treatment, either by allowing the patient to retain same or by selling the articles and depositing the money received to the credit of the appropriation from which the materials for making the articles were purchased. [41 Stat. L. 513.] See note to preceding paragraph.

[SEC. 1.]

[Marine Hospitals - admission of persons for study.] That there may be admitted into said hospitals for study persons with infectious or other diseases affecting the public health, and not to exceed ten cases in any one hospital at one time. [41 Stat. L. 884.]

This and the five paragraphs which follow are from the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of June 5, 1920, ch. 235. An identical provision with that above appears in the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of March 3, 1915, ch. 75, 3 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 571; in the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of July 1, 1916, ch. 209, 1918 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 208, and in the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of July 19, 1919, ch. 24, 1919 Supp. Fed. Stat.

Ann. 71.

[National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers - transfer of furniture by Secretary of War.] The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to transfer without charge to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for its use all the furniture and equipment in good condition, including hospital and medical supplies, quartermaster, motor transport and utilities, ordnance and Signal Corps property, at Army General Hospital Numbered Forty-three at Hampton, Virginia, which is not required by the Army. [41 Stat. L. 903.]

See note to first paragraph of this section.

* [Persons entitled to admission to Home.] The following persons shall be entitled to the benefits of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and may be admitted thereto upon the order of a member of the board of managers, namely: Honorably discharged officers, soldiers, sailors, and marines who served in the regular, volunteer, or other forces of the United States in any war in which the country has been engaged in campaigns against hostile Indians, or who served in any of the extraterritorial possessions of the United States, in foreign countries, including Mexican border service, or in the Organized Militia or National Guard when called into the Federal service, and

who are disabled by diseases or wounds and by reason of such disability are either temporarily or permanently incapacitated from earning a living. [41 Stat. L. 905.]

See note to first paragraph of this section.

[Rules governing assignment of classes eligible to admission to Home.] To increase the comfort of the members, the Board of Managers, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, is authorized to make such rules governing the assignment to the different branches of the various classes of those eligible to admission to the home as it deems advisable and best for the public service. [41 Stat. L. 905.]

See note to first paragraph of this section.

[Allotments by Bureau of War Risk Insurance to Home - expenditures.] The allotments made by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance to the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the care of beneficiaries of that bureau by the said board shall also be available for expenditure by the board on that account at such of the homes and for such of the objects of expenditure at such homes as are hereinbefore enumerated, including the sums allotted for alteration and improvement of existing facilities so as to provide adequate accommodations for the beneficiaries of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. [41 Stat. L. 906.]

See note to first paragraph of this section.

[State and Territorial homes for disabled soldiers and sailors -aid-sums collected from inmates-deductions.] State and Territorial homes for disabled soldiers and sailors: For continuing aid to State or Territorial homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers, in conformity with the Act approved August 27, 1888, as amended, including all classes of soldiers admissible to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, $1,000,000 : Provided, That for any sum or sums collected in any manner from inmates of such State or Territorial homes to be used for the support of said homes a like amount shall be deducted from the aid herein provided for, but this proviso shall not apply to any State or Territorial home into which the wives or widows of soldiers are admitted and maintained. [41 Stat. L. 906.]

See note to first paragraph of this section.

An Act To amend paragraph (e) of section 7 of the Act approved March 3, 1919, entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to provide hospital and sanatorium facilities for discharged sick and disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines."

[Act of June 5, 1920, ch. 267, 41 Stat. L. 1060.]

[Appropriations for specific hospital projects - Act of March 3, 1919, amended.] That paragraph (e) of section 7 of the Act approved March 3, 1919, entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to provide hospital and sanatorium facilities for discharged sick and disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines," is hereby amended to read as follows:

"(e) The sum of $550,000 is hereby authorized for the purchase of the land and buildings of the National School of Domestic Arts and Science, located at 2650 Wisconsin Avenue, in the District of Columbia, now under lease to the United States Government as a hospital, and for the construction of such additions and improvements thereto as may be necessary to suitably adapt them to the needs and purposes of the Public Health Service: Provided, That the purchase price of said land and buildings shall not exceed $460,000: Provided further, That in addition to the $550,000 hereby authorized, the sum of $250,000 from the amount appropriated by section 5 of the Act hereby amended and of $6,000 and of $154,000 from the amounts appropriated by section 6, paragraphs 1 and 2, respectively, of said Act, are hereby made available for the above mentioned purposes and shall remain available until expended." Stat. L. 1060.]

For par. (e) of sec. 7, here amended, see 1919 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 69.

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HOT SPRINGS RESERVATION

See PUBLIC PARKS

HOUSING.

See LABOR

HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE

See COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY; NAVY

IMMIGRATION

Act of May 10, 1920, ch. 174, 46.

Sec. 1. Deportation of Undesirable Aliens - Classes Enumerated, 46. 2. Finality of Decision of Secretary of Labor, 47.

3. Deported Aliens - Readmission - Denial, 47.

Act of June 5, 1920, ch. 235 (Sundry Civil Appropriation Act), 47.

Sec. 1. Immigration Officials - Inspection of Aliens in Foreign Contiguous Territory Reimbursement, 47.

Commissioner of Immigration at New Orleans-Compensation, 47.

Act of June 5, 1920, ch. 243 (Amending Act of Feb. 5, 1917), 48.

Mar

Exclusion of Undesirable Aliens Alien Unable to Read
riage to Soldier or Sailor in World War-Sec. 3 of Act of
Feb. 5, 1917, Amended, 48.

Act of June 5, 1920, ch. 251 (Amending Act of Oct. 16, 1918), 48.
Exclusion and Expulsion of Undesirable Aliens Members of
Anarchistic and Similar Classes - Sec. 1 of Act of Oct. 16, 1918,
Amended, 48.

An Act To deport certain undesirable aliens and to deny readmission tc those deported.

[Act of May 10, 1920, ch. 174, 41 Stat. L. 593.]

[SEC. 1.] [Deportation of undesirable aliens-classes enumerated.] That aliens of the following classes, in addition to those for whose expulsion from the United States provision is made in the existing law, shall, upon the warrant of the Secretary of Labor, be taken into his custody and deported in the manner provided in sections 19 and 20 of the Act of February 5, 1917, entitled "An Act to regulate the iminigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States," if the Secretary of Labor, after hearing, finds that such aliens are undesirable residents of the United States, to wit:

For secs. 19 and 20, mentioned in the text, see 1918 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 230, 232.

(1) All aliens who are now interned under section 4067 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the proclamations issued by the President in pursuance of said section under date of April 6, 1917, November 16, 1917, December 11, 1917, and April 19, 1918, respectively.

For R. S. sec. 4067, mentioned in the text, see 1 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 364.

(2) All aliens who since August 1, 1914, have been or may hereafter be convicted of any violation or conspiracy to violate any of the following Acts or parts of Acts, the judgment on such conviction having become final, namely:

(a) An Act entitled "An Act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes," approved June 15, 1917, or the amendment thereof approved May 16, 1918;

For Act of June 15, 1917, and amendment, mentioned in the text, see 1918 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 120.

(b) An Act entitled "An Act to prohibit the manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession in time of war of explosives, providing regulations for the safe manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession of the same, and for other purposes," approved October 6, 1917;

For Act of Oct. 6, 1917, mentioned in the text, see 1918 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 173.

(c) An Act entitled "An Act to prevent in time of war departure from and entry into the United States contrary to the public safety," approved May 22, 1918;

For Act of May 22, 1918, mentioned in the text, see 1918 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 136.

(d) An Act entitled "An Act to punish the willful injury or destruction of war material or of war premises or utilities used in connection with war material, and for other purposes," approved April 20, 1918;

For Act of April 20, 1918, mentioned in the text, see 1918 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 134.

(e) An Act entitled "An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto;

For Act of May 18, 1917, mentioned in the text, see 9 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 1136.

(f) An Act entitled "An Act to punish persons who make threats against the President of the United States," approved February 14, 1917;

For Act of Feb. 14, 1917, mentioned in the text, see 1918 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 667.

(g) An Act entitled "An Act to define, regulate, and punish trading with the enemy, and for other purposes," approved October 6, 1917, or any amendment thereof;

For Act of Oct. 6, 1917, mentioned in the text, see 1918 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 847.

(h) Section 6 of the Penal Code of the United States.

For sec. 6, mentioned in the text, see 7 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 423.

(3) All aliens who have been or may hereafter be convicted of any offense against section 13 of the said Penal Code committed during the period of August 1, 1914, to April 6, 1917, or of a conspiracy occurring within said period to commit an offense under said section 13, or of any offense committed during said period against the Act entitled "An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies," approved July 2, 1890, in aid of a belligerent in the European war. [41 Stat. L. 593.]

For sec. 13, mentioned in the text, see 7 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 460.

For Act of July 2, 1890, mentioned in the text, see 9 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 644.

SEC. 2. [Finality of decision of Secretary of Labor.] That in every case in which any such alien is ordered expelled or excluded from the United States under the provisions of this Act the decision of the Secretary of Labor shall be final. [41 Stat. L. 594.]

SEC. 3. [Deported aliens - readmission — denial.] That in addition to the aliens who are by law now excluded from admission into the United States all persons who shall be expelled under any of the provisions of this Act shall also be excluded from readmission. [41 Stat. L. 594.]

[SEC. 1.] [Immigration officials inspection of aliens in foreign contiguous territory — reimbursement.] Nothing in the proviso contained in the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act of March 3, 1917, relative to augmenting salaries of Government officials from outside sources shall prevent receiving reimbursements for services of immigration officials incident to the inspection of aliens in foreign contiguous territory, and such reimbursement shall be credited to the appropriation, "Expenses of regulating immigration." [41 Stat. L. 936.]

This and the paragraph which follows are from the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of June 5, 1920, ch. 235. For Act of March 3, 1917, mentioned in the text, see 1918 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 720.

[Commissioner of Immigration at New Orleans - compensation.] The limitation specified in the Act approved August 1, 1914 (Thirty-eighth Statutes, page 666), upon the compensation of the Commissioner of Immigration at the port of New Orleans, Louisiana, is hereby removed. [41 Stat. L. 936.]

See note to preceding paragraph.

For Act of Aug. 1, 1914, mentioned in text, see 3 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 702

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