APPENDIXES.

A. SYNOPSIS OF IMMIGRATION AND CONTRACT-LABOR LAWS, 1875-1907. B.-UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION LAWS, 1864-1910.

C. UNITED STATES CONTRACT-LABOR LAWS, 1885-1887.

D. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, RETURNING TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WITHOUT APPROVAL, HOUSE BILL 7864, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES."

E. TREATIES AND LAWS RESPECTING CHINESE IMMIGRATION, 1881-1904.

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APPENDIX A.

SYNOPSIS OF IMMIGRATION AND CONTRACT LABOR LAWS, 1875-1907.

Law of 1907.

A tax of $4 for every
alien entering the
United States. The
money so collected to
be paid into the im-
migrant fund, to be
used in regulating
immigration, includ-
ing costs of contract-
labor laws, and costs
of decisions of the
Federal courts.
Limit to be paid into
immigrant fund in
any one year, $2,500,-
000. Aliens entering
the United States
after one year's unin-
terrupted residence
in Canada, New-
foundland, Cuba, or
Mexico and aliens in
transit through the
United States ex-
cepted from paying
the tax. Provision
does not apply to
aliens arriving in
Guam, Porto Rico,
or Hawaii (sec. 1).
Representatives of
foreign governments
exempt from all
provisions of this
faw (sec. 41).

a By act of 1884 this head tax was not to be collected from passengers coming into the United States by vessel from ports of Canada or Mexico. b By the law of 1894 head tax had been raised to $1.

c Exception extended to citizens of Newfoundland.

Synopsis of immigration and contract labor laws, 1875-1907-Continued.

Idiots, imbeciles, feeble-
minded persons, epi-
leptics, insane per-
sons, persons insane
within 5 years or who
have had two pre-
vious attacks; pau-
pers; persons likely
to become public
charge; professional
beggars; persons af-
flicted with tubercu-
losis or with a loath-
some or dangerous
contagious

disease;
persons not compre-
hended in the forego-
ing classes, but who
are mentally or phys-
ically defective, such
defect being liable to
affect their ability to
earn a living; con-
victs, except those
convicted of purely
political offenses and
those admitting hav-
ing committed such a
crime; polygamists;
anarchists; prostit
utes, or those bringing
in prostitutes: con-
tract laborers; a per-
sons deported within
a year for being con-
tract laborers; any
person assisted to
come by another, un-
less affirmatively
shown not to belong
to any excluded class;
children under 16 un-
accompanied by a
parent, at discretion
of Secretary of Com-

Contract labor laws of 1885 and 1887 in force; but ministers and professors and members of any recognized profession added to those excepted from the provisions of the act in regard to contract laborers (sec. 5).