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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 29. 1917. 875 Sec. 2. That there shall be levied, collected, and paid a tax of $8 g°;§ag*6, mmm for every alien, including alien seamen regularly admitted as pro- engringé gm vided in this Act, entering the United States: Pia-v»i<?d,1 That clhil-    16 dren under sixteen years 0 a e w 0 accompan their at er or their _ ““ » mother shall not be subject toiaid tax. The said tax shall be paid to axiliigninmt. the collector of customs of the port or customs district to which said alien shall come, or, if there be no collector at such port or district, B mm then to the collector nearest thereto, by the master, agent, owner, or Y ' consignee of the vessel, transportation line, or other conveyance or B mm vehicle bringing such alien to the United States, or by the alien him- Y ‘ self if he does not come by a vessel, transportation l1ne, or other conveyance or vehicle or when collection from the master, agent, owner, or consignee of the vessel, transportation line or other conveyance, or vehicle bringing such alien to the United States is impracticable. um WVWL The tax imposed by this section shall  a lien upon the vessel or other vehicle of carriage or transportation bringing such aliens to the United States, and shall be a debt in favor of the United States against the owner or owners of such vessel or other vehicle, and the payment of such tax may be enforced by any legal or equitable rem- Empum edv. That the said tax shall not be levied on account of aliens who enter the United States after an uninterrupted residence of at least one year immediately (preceding such entrance in the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundlan, the Republic of Cuba, or the Republic of Mexico, for a temporary stay, nor on account of otherwise admissible residents or citiiens of any possession of the United States, nor on account of aliens in transit through the United States, nor upon aliens who have been lawfulz admitted to the United States and who later shall go in transit_ om one part of the United States to Cmmtimoem another through foreign contiguous territory, and the Commissioner General of Immigregzion wiitgi the approval ofbth§hSecr;t£py0;§ Iliggzcér ` ue rules an re u a ions an rescribe e co - . §iiiiyi1tii3Sprevent abuse 0% these exceptiiins: Pro#v{ded,_That the Com- ,,;,‘Y§'g§{§f;,,°§‘u,°'§Q'{‘,?’f missioner General of Immigration, under the direction or with the ¢¤¤>· approval of the Secretary of _Lab0r, by ageement with transporta- mq tion lines. as provided in secitiontltwenty-tl1rtee pflthis ;\;:t,   P¤•¢.i>· -- ' i r anner or e aymen 0 ic a. m *”_ ;eiitigiim1.iipi)>iih(i1n§il or all aliens siieking admission from foreign TM in me Mupcontieuous territory: Provided farther, That said tax, when levied uma uponcaliens entering the Philippine Islands, shall be paid into the "* Said ““‘“?S’ "rh"‘1*“*1i,“"°"S,§°£f‘§‘i€.J$§‘;°,?,Eiy‘$E,,S‘;%‘; ·=-···»~»»~¤-»¤- ‘· `· i·',¢ iurtier ia in eca. _ . D Zfibiiirfofeign contiguous territory and rejected, the head tax collected shall upon application, upon a blank which shall be furnished and explained to him, be refunded to the alien. chasm excluded em Src. 3. That the following classes of aliens shall be excluded from ,_,¥_ { ndinission into the United States: All idiots, imbeciles, feeble-minded <1¤¤¤S, i¤S¤¤°· ° °— persons, epileptics, insane persons; persons who have lpad ongrprtrnorii nmwks of insanity_at_=my time PYQYIOUSIY i P$"`S‘}“sl;’ IPOD? 1 uu“;I:_:_ p,,u,,,,,dB,&sa,as. psvchoputliic inferiority; p€I`SOI1S With chronic $1 C0 Qisfilsbpa [Q _, rsmvesnatc. professional beggars; vagrants; persons aiilicted wit _ u ercu osis in any form or with a loathsome or dangerous contagious diseaiseé persons not comprehended within any of the foregoing ercu e classes who are found to be and are certified by th; eiaminipgl geon as being mentally or physically defective, spe p ylsicii to iaem being of u nature which may affect UE ability 0 §*€_t*;] €v_ com- Q,,mi,,,,S_· ,,0,,;,,,, a living: persons who have been convicted of or a nn laying 1 m,m,s¤mms¤s, e e. mitted a felony or other crime or hm1sder§;1e;’nogl§1é§g\;1g1gbigpgac - . » · s w 0 rac 1 , iurpxtude! P°1"i,”mlStS’ 91  amvli anarchists, or persons who in or advocate the practice o po _ g _ _ f th believe in or advocate the overthrow by force or violence 0 e