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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 8. 1921. 5 CHAP. 8.—An Act To limit the immigration of aliens into the United States. §?Y&92})$§Ij Be it enacted by the Senate and House ry Representatives of the United lP“"“°· N°· 5-} States of America in Congress assembled, That as used in this Act-- immigration or The term “United States" means the United States, and any "‘E?‘{,’,;,,ed 8,,,,,,, waters, territoig, or other place subject to the jurisdiction thereof ex- wnstmed. cept the Canal one and the Philippine Islands; but if any alien leaves su%'lZ§t$;`Z'£§,,i?° m` the Canal Zone or any insular possession of the United States and attempts to enter any other place under the jurisdiction of the United States nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as permitting lijim to enter under any other conditions than those applicable to all ens. The word " alien " includes any person not a native-born or natural- "·‘·H°“” d°““°d· ized citizen of the United States, but this definition shall not be held to include Indians of the United States not taxed nor citizens of the islands under the jurisdiction of the United States. The term "Immigrat»ion Act" means the Act of February 5, 1917, "Imm*€'°·“°¤ <*°*·” entitled "An Act to re late the immigration of aliens to, and the V°1'3°’pp‘m'8°8‘ residence of aliens in, til; United States"; and the term "immigra— tion laws" includes such Act and all laws, conventions, and treaties meaning of the United States relating to the immigration, exclusion, or expulsion of aliens. Sec. 2. (a) That the number of aliens of any nationality who may 1,;%%, $@2%*} be admitted under the immigration laws to the United States in any {*,*3;;*Eg* °’pg¤*° 1*** fiscal year shall be limited to 3 per centum of the number of forei - ' born persons of such nationality resident in the United States as $2- p,,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,6 termined by the United States census of 1910. This provision shall {gm P¤*’°°¤*·¤S¤ like not apfply to the following, and they shall not be counted in reckoning ` any o the percentage limits provided in this Act: (1) Government officials, their families, attendants, servants, and em loyees; (2) a.liens in continuous transit through the United States; {3) aliens lawfully admitted to the United States who later go in transit from one part of the United States to another through foreign contiguous territory; (4) aliens visiting the United States as tourists or temporarily for business or leasure; (5) aliens from countries immigration from which is regulated in accordance with treaties or agreements relating solely to immigration; (6) aliens from the so·cal ed Asiatic barre v¤1,ss,p.sn. zone, as described in section 3 of the Immigration Act; (7) aliens who ,,,]jl{,‘§*§§,°Q§f,;’S' §$“*‘ have resided continuously for at least one ear immediately precedin Pon. p. 54*%, the time of their admission to the Unitedy States in the Dominion ol Canada, Newfoundland, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Mexico, countries of Central or South America, or adjacent islands; Mi dum , or (8) aliens under the age of eighteen who are children of citizens of mmiiiiis. ui ° the United States. C I bm t (b) For the ur oses of this Act nationality shall be determined aeterniiiiniliniiamaneyi by country of Tarih, treating as separate coimtries the colonies or dependencies for which separate enumeration was made in the United States census of 1910. stm t,. (c) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the nationa§$§`ns°¢il’arigsu; Secretary of Labor, jointly, shall, as soon as feasible after the enact- gg§§,}”"*°·*°"°P'°‘ ment of this Act, prepare a. statement showing the number of persons of the various nationalities resident in the nited States as determined by the United States census of 1910, which statement shall be Es, t f F the population basis for the purposes of this Act. In case of changes mat.§i°ac$.m°{ra§s€w& in political boundaries in foreign countries occurring subseqéxent to ;?gS¤”*°"°d *°’*’“°‘ 1910 and resulting (1) in the creation of new countries, the ovem— ` ments of which are recognized by the United States, or (2) in the transfer of territo from one country to another, such transfer being recognized by therllnited States, suc officials, jointly, shall estimate the number of persons resident in the United States in 1910 who were