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 1012 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sass, II. Cris. 181, 186. 1918. no contracts shall be made, property acquired, or other transaction _ _ performed under this Act except such as shall be necessary for the F“'“m’°‘A°°' puTose of this section and incidental thereto, and two years after P, suc proclamation of peace this Act shall cease to have effect aud_all _co¤ui¤u¤¤c¤ of powers conferred thereby shall end: Provided, That the termination §}§"”* "'°°°°°“°"S’ of this Act shall not prevent the subsequent collection of any moneys due the United States, nor shall it affect any act done or any right or obligation accrued or accruing, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced before such termination but all such collections, rights, obligations, suits and proceedings shall contmue as 1f•l2l.1lS Act had not terminated, and any offense committed or habihty mcurred prior thereto shall be prosecuted m_ the same manner and with the same punishment and effect as if this Act had not terminated. ,,,,$'{‘¥l‘,§L’°§,§§" “" Sec. 11. That employment under the provisions of this Act shall ·‘F¤¢¢» 1*-955- not exempt any person from mihtary service under the provisions of the selective t law approved May eiglhteenth, nineteen hundred _ and seventeen, or any Act amendatory thereto. I",g'§},,‘}*f{,,‘{§ ,}§,,{ Sec. 12. That if any section or provision of this Act shall be ge copstrued to affect the validity of any other section or provision · ereo. Approved, October 5, 1918. 0§b1il iil¤idi8` GHAP_I;;s8%-1An Act To excluida and eiipel from the United States aliens who are mem o e W ie an c asses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,,§}“:,,,, States of America in §’on,gg·es.s· assembled, That aliens who are anar- •¤·g&_w 1. M chists; aliens who believe m or advocate the overthrow by force or ' violence of the Government of the United States or of al forms of law; aliens who disbelieve in or are opposed to all organized government; aliens who advocate or teac the assassination of public officials; aliens who advocate or teach the unlawful destruction of property; aliens who are members of or affiliated with any organization that entertains a belief in, teaches, or advocates the overthrow py force or violence of the Government of the United States or of l forms of law, or that entertains or teaches disbelief in or elpposition to all organized government, or that advocates _ the uty, necessity, or propriety o the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of s ecific individuals or of officers generally, of the Government of the United States or of any other organized government, because of his or their official character, or that advocates or teaches the unlawful destruction of property shall be ex- D my I eluded from admission into the United States. .m.§,"°;; §°§myZ,,°‘Z,‘§ Sec. 2. That any alien who, at any time after enterin the United °‘°*“‘°° °“*“**‘· States, is found to have been at the time of entry, or to gave become thereafter, a member of any one of the classes of aliens enumerated in section one of this Act, shall, upon the warrant of the Secretary V of Labor, be taken into custody and deported in the manner (pro- °"°°·’T‘8°°‘ _ vided in the immigration Act of February fifth, nineteen hun red ,,,§§’?°""° °‘ °“‘° and seventeen. The provisions of this section shall be ap licable to the_classes of aliens mentioned in this Act irrespective of the time of Pumshmm for W their entry into the United States. aging may eepem,. Sec. 3. That any alien who shall,_ after he has been excluded and · deported or arrested and deported in pursuance of the provisions of this Act, thereafter return to or enter the United States or attempt to return to or to enter the United States shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be unished by imprisonment for a term o not more than five years; and shall, upon the termination of such imprisonment, be taken into custody, upon the warrant
 * ¤¤¤¤¤d¤*' ¤‘ ML declared mvalid for any reason whatsoever, such invalidity shall not