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 874 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 27-29. 1917. i of the principal political lparty in the district in which the court is held o posing that to w `ch the clerk or a duuliy qualified deputy clerk than acting, may belong, the clerk, or a d y quahfied deputy clerk, and said commissioner each to place one name_in said box alternately, without reference to party affiliations until the whole number required shall be placed therein." Approved, February 3, 1917. February 3, 1917. · ls· J· R‘*" ml] CHAP. 28.-1 oint Resolution To enable the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of (Pub. Res., No. 47.] the House of Re resentativee to pa the necesm ex ses of the inaugural ceremozi; of the President of the United States on Marcqfifthjliiineteen hundred and seven- Resolved the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United isl°°°g°°ll _°°°m°°` States gA1r€/riea·in Congress assembled, Thliit to enable the Secretary of the nate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives to_§ay the necessary expenses of the inaugural ceremomes of the President of the United States, March fifth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, m accordance with such program as may be adopted by the joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed under PM. 1>· Mm a concurrent resolution of the two Houses, including the pay for extra police for three days, at $3 per day, there is hereby appropriated, out of any mone in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $35,000, or so much tliereof as may be necessary, the same to be immediately available; payment to be made upon vouchers approved by the chairman of said joint committee. Approved, February 3, 1917. February 5, 1917. _ IH-R- 1***8*-] CHAP. 29.—An Act To regulate the immigration of, aliens to, and the resi- {public, {(0,30],] dence of aliens in, the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the I"““*g'°“°“ A°°‘ United States of America in Uongress assembled, That the word "Mi¤¤¤"¤·¤¤•·i· "alien" wherever used in this Act shall include any person not a native·born or naturalized citizen of the United States; but this definition shall not be held to include Indians of the United States ,,,,mMSmBs,,cm_ not taxed or citizens of the islands under the jurisdiction of the gated. United States. That the term “United States " as used in the title as well as in the various sections of this Act shall be construed to mean the United States, and any waters, territory, or other lace subject ,,§”,;",,§g‘{}§¤‘§f°i”’“` to the jurisdiction thereof, except the Isthmian Canal {done; but if any alien shall leave the Canal Zone or any insular possession of the United States and attempt to enter any other place under the juris» diction of the United States, nothing contained in this Act shall be Pc md M construed as permitting him to enter under any other conditions than ° ° those applicable to all aliens. That the term " seaman " as used in this Act shall include every person signed on the ship’s articles and employed in any capacity on board any vessel arriving in the United Fnmmm m me States from any foreign port or place. raiuppmis. That this Act shall be enforced in the Philippine Islands by officers of the general government thereof, unless and until it is superseded by an act passed by the Philippine Legislature and approved by the Am, p_ 5,,,, President of the United States to regulate immigration in the Philippine Islands as authorized in the Act entitled “An Act to declare the purpose of the people of the United States as to the future political status of the people of the Philippine Islands, and to rovide a more autonomous government for those islands/’ approved August twenty- ninth, nineteen hundred and sixteen.