sions of section seventeen, for service in foreign countries. (34 Stat. 905.)

This section and the section next following were sections 22 and 40 of the Immigration Act of 1907, entitled "An act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States," cited above. Other sections of the act are set forth under Title XXIX, "Immigration," c. A, §§ 4242-4289.

Provisions similar to those of this section were made by Act March 3, 1903, c. 1012, § 22, 32 Stat. 1219, repealed by section 43 of this act, post, § 4289. A Division of Information in the Bureau was authorized and its duties prescribed by section 40 of this act, post, § 960.

Provisions for the punishment of the transportation in interstate or foreign commerce of women or girls for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery or other immoral purpose, and designating the Commissioner-General of Immigration as the authority of the United States to receive and centralize information concerning the procuration of alien women and girls with a view to their debauchery, and prescribing his duties in that regard, in pursuance of the international agreement for the suppression of the white-slave traffic, are contained in the White-Slave Traffic Act of June 25, 1910, c. 395, § 6, post, § 8817.

Provisions for detailing immigrant inspectors and other officers for service at Washington, made by Act March 2, 1895, c. 177, § 1, Act June 6, 1900, c. 791, § 1, and Act March 3, 1901, c. 853, § 1, are set forth ante, §§ 937-939.

Notes of Decisions

Effect of rules.-Rules and regulations in pursuance of this section have been established for the enforcement of the law, and such rules and regulations have the force and effect of the act itself. U. S. v. Sibray (C. C. 1910) 178 Fed. 144, reversed (1911) 185 Fed. 401, 107 C. C. A. 483.

Cited without definite application, U. S. v. Holland-America Line (1914) 212 Fed. 116, 128 C. C. A. 632; Ex parte Li Dick (D. C. 1909) 174 Fed. 674; In re Rhagat Singh (D. C. 1913) 209 Fed. 700, 703.

§ 960. (Act Feb. 20, 1907, c. 1134, § 40.) Division of Information in Bureau; distribution of aliens admitted among the several States; agents of States at immigrant stations.

Authority is hereby given the Commissioner-General of Immigration to establish, under the direction and control of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, a division of information in the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization; and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall provide such clerical assistance as may be necessary. It shall be the duty of said division to promote a beneficial distribution of aliens admitted into the United States among the several States and Territories desiring immigration. Correspondence shall be had with the proper officials of the States and Territories, and said división shall gather from all available sources useful information regarding the resources, products, and physical characteristics of each State and Territory, and shall publish such information in different languages and distribute the publications among all admitted aliens who may ask for such information at the immigrant stations of the United States and to such other persons as may desire the same. When any State or Territory appoints and maintains an agent or agents to represent it at any of the immigrant stations of the United States, such agents shall, under regulations prescribed by the CommissionerGeneral of Immigration, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, have access to aliens who have been admitted to the United States for the purpose of presenting, either orally or in writing, the special inducements offered by such State or Territory to aliens to settle therein. While on duty at any immigrant station such agents shall be subject to all the regulations prescribed by the Commissioner-General of Immigration, who, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, may, for violation of any such regulations, deny to the agent guilty of such violation any of the privileges herein granted. (34 Stat. 909.)

See notes to section 22 of this act, ante, § 959.

Detailed estimates for appropriations for additional assistants, clerical and

otherwise, for the Division of Information, were required by a provision of Act March 4, 1907, c. 2918, § 1, post, § 6730.

Provisions for printing the annual reports of the Bureau were made by Res. March 3, 1905, No. 33, post, § 7137.

Annual appropriations for the Division of Information established by this act are made by the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation acts. The provisions for the fiscal year 1917, for a chief of division, $3,500, assistant chief of division, $2,500, and clerks of various classes, etc., were by Act May 10, 1916, c. 117, § 1, 39 Stat.

§ 960a. (Act July 1, 1916, c. 209, § 1.) Motor vehicles for enforcement of immigration and Chinese exclusion laws; purchase, etc., payment for.

The purchase, use, maintenance, and operation of horses and motor vehicles required in the enforcement of the immigration and Chinese exclusion laws outside of the District of Columbia may be contracted for and the cost thereof paid from the appropriation for the execution of those laws, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe. (39 Stat.)

This was a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1917, cited above.

Sec.

CHAPTER D

The Bureau of Naturalization

The designation of the Bureau of Immigration in the Department of Commerce and Labor was changed to Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, and said Bureau, in addition to the duties previously prescribed, was given charge of all matters concerning the naturalization of aliens, by Act June 29, 1906, c. 3592, § 1, 34 Stat. 596. On the transfer of that Bureau, with the Division of Naturalization therein, to the Department of Labor, it was divided into two bureaus, to be known as the Bureau of Immigration and the Bureau of Naturalization, and the titles Chief of Division of Naturalization and Assistant Chief were changed to Commissioner of Naturalization and Deputy Commissioner of Naturalization, by provisions of Act March 4, 1913, c. 141, § 3, 37 Stat. 737.

This chapter includes the provisions of said acts and those of other acts which remain in force and may be applicable to the Bureau of Naturalization in the Department of Labor.

961. Establishment of Bureau of Naturalization, on division of Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization; Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Naturalization. 962. Powers of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner; mode of appointment.

Sec.

963. Former Bureau of Immigration designated Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization; duties as to naturalization of aliens; registry of aliens; certificates of registry.

§ 961. (Act March 4, 1913, c. 141, § 3.) Establishment of Bureau of Naturalization, on division of Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization; Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Naturalization.

The Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization is hereby divided into two bureaus, to be known hereafter as the Bureau of Immigration and the Bureau of Naturalization, and the titles Chief Division of Naturalization and Assistant Chief shall be Commissioner of Naturalization and Deputy Commissioner of Naturalization. (37 Stat. 737.)

This was a provision of section 3 of the act to create a Department of Labor, cited above.

Preceding provisions of the section, which transferred the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, with the Division of Naturalization, from the Department of Commerce and Labor to the Department of Labor, are set forth ante, § 944.

§ 962. (Act March 4, 1913, c. 141, § 3.) Powers of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner; mode of appointment. The Commissioner of Naturalization or, in his absence, the Deputy Commissioner of Naturalization, shall be the administrative officer in charge of the Bureau of Naturalization and of the administration of the naturalization laws under the immediate direction of the Secretary of Labor, to whom he shall report directly upon all naturalization matters annually and as otherwise required, and the appointments of these two officers shall be made in the same manner as appointments to competitive classified civil-service positions. (37 Stat. 737.)

This was a further provision of section 3 of the act to create a Department of Labor, cited above.

See notes to preceding provision of this section, ante, § 961.

§ 963. (Act June 29, 1906, c. 3592, § 1.) Former Bureau of Immigration designated Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization; duties as to naturalization of aliens; registry of aliens; certificates of registry.

The designation of the Bureau of Immigration in the Department of Commerce and Labor is hereby changed to the "Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization," which said Bureau, under the direction and control of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, in addition to the duties now provided by law, shall have charge of all matters concerning the naturalization of aliens. That it shall be the duty of the said Bureau to provide, for use at the various immigration stations throughout the United States, books of record, wherein the commissioners of immigration shall cause a registry to be made in the case of each alien arriving in the United States from and after the passage of this Act of the name, age, occupation, personal description (including height, complexion, color of hair and eyes), the place of birth, the last residence, the intended place of residence in the United States, and the date of arrival of said alien, and, if entered through a port, the name of the vessel in which he comes. And it shall be the duty of said commissioners of immigration to cause to be granted to such alien a certificate of such registry, with the particulars thereof. (34 Stat. 596.),

This was the first section of the Naturalization Act of 1906, entitled "An act to establish a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, and to provide for a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout the United States," cited above.

Section 2 of this act directed the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to provide the Bureau with such additional offices, such books of records and facilities, and such additional assistants, clerks, etc., and other employés as might be necessary for the proper discharge of the duties imposed by this act upon the Bureau.

Appropriations for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act were made for the Bureau for the fiscal year 1908, including a chief of Division of Naturalization, $3,500, an assistant chief of Division, $2,500, clerks of various classes, and other employés, by the sundry civil appropriation act for that year, Act March 4, 1907, c. 2918, § 1, 34 Stat. 1329. Similar appropriations were made by the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for subsequent years. The provisions for such purposes for the fiscal year 1914 were by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 786, and, with the appropriations for miscellaneous expenses of the Division of Naturalization thereafter made by the sundry civil appropriation act for the same year, Act June 23, 1913, c. 3, § 1, 38 Stat. 65, were made available for expenditure in and by the Department of Labor, by provisions of Act May 1, 1913, c. 1, 38 Stat. 2. The appropriations for salaries for the fiscal year 1917 were by Act May 10, 1916, c. 117, § 1, 39 Stat., and were as follows: Commissioner, $4,000; deputy commissioner, $3,250; and clerks and other employés.

The appropriations for miscellaneous expenses of the naturalization service for the fiscal year 1917 were by Act July 1, 1916, c. 209, § 1, 39 Stat. Other sections of this act are set forth under Title XXX, "Naturalization," §§ 4351-4383.

All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with rates of salaries or compensation appropriated by the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation acts 1 U.S.COMP.'16-34 (529)

are repealed, and the rates of salaries or compensation of officers or employés appropriated for in said acts are to constitute the rate of salary or compensation of such officers or employés, respectively, until otherwise fixed by an annual rate of appropriation or other law, by Act July 16, 1914, c. 141, § 6, post, § 3228a.

The officers and employés of the United States whose salaries are appropriated for in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1916, Act March 4, 1915, c. 141, 38 Stat. 1049, are established and continued from year to year to the extent that they are appropriated for by Congress, by § 6 of said act, post, § 3228b.

Unless otherwise specially authorized by law, no money appropriated by any act shall be available for payment to any person receiving more than one salary, when the combined amount of said salaries exceeds $2,000 per annum, with certain enumerated exceptions, by Act May 10, 1916, c. 117, § 6, as amended by Act Aug. 29, 1916, c. 417, post, § 3230a.

Notes of Decisions

Registration of aliens.-Under Act June 29, 1906, §§ 1, 4, where an alien deserted a ship at New York harbor and entered the country without inspection, certificate of arrival, not based on his registry at that time, but on information acquired at a subsequent hearing, held not a sufficient compliance with section 4 to entitle him to admission to citizenship. In re Hollo (D. C. 1913) 206 Fed. 852.

Filing certificate in naturalization proceedings. The certificate which an applicant is required to file with his petition by Naturalization Act, § 4, post, § 4352, is not necessarily the same certificate which it is provided by this section shall be issued to an immigrant on his registry by the Commissioner of Immigration. In re Schmidt (D. C. 1913) 207 Fed. 678; In re McPhee (D. C. 1913) 209 Fed. 143.

Sec.

CHAPTER E

The Children's Bureau

The Children's Bureau was established in the Department of Commerce and Labor by Act April 9, 1912, c. 73, 37 Stat. 79, and was transferred to the Department of Labor, on the creation of that Department as a new executive department, by Act March 4, 1913, c. 141, 37 Stat. 736.

This chapter includes the provisions of said Act April 9, 1912, c. 73, as applicable to the Bureau in the Department of Labor.

964. Establishment of Bureau.

965. Chief of Bureau; investigations

and reports by Bureau; publica-
tions.

Sec.

966. Assistant Chief of Bureau; subordinate officers, clerks, and employés.

967. Quarters for work of Bureau.

§ 964. (Act April 9, 1912, c. 73, § 1.) Establishment of Bureau. There shall be established in the Department of Commerce and Labor a bureau to be known as the Children's Bureau. (37 Stat. 79.)

This was the first section of an act entitled "An act to establish in the Department of Commerce and Labor a bureau to be known as the Children's Bureau," cited above.

The Bureau was transferred to the Department of Labor by the act creating that Department, Act March 4, 1913, c. 141, § 3, ante, § 934.

All laws prescribing the work and defining the duties of the several bureaus, etc., transferred to the Department of Labor, remained in full force and effect, to be executed under the direction of the Secretary of Labor, by a provision of the act establishing the Department, Act March 4, 1913, c. 141, § 6, ante, § 936.

§ 965. (Act April 9, 1912, c. 73, § 2.) Chief of Bureau; investigations and reports by Bureau; publications.

The said bureau shall be under the direction of a chief, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall receive an annual compensation of five thousand dollars. The said bureau shall investigate and report to said department upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of chil

dren and child life among all classes of our people, and shall especially investigate the questions of infant mortality, the birth rate, orphanage, juvenile courts, desertion, dangerous occupations, accidents and diseases of children, employment, legislation affecting children in the several States and Territories. But no official, or agent, or representative of said bureau shall, over the objection of the head of the family, enter any house used exclusively as a family residence. The chief of said bureau may from time to time publish the results of these investigations in such manner and to such extent as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. (37 Stat. 79.)

See notes to preceding section of this act, ante, § 964.

§ 966. (Act April 9, 1912, c. 73, § 3.) Assistant Chief of Bureau; subordinate officers, clerks, and employés.

There shall be in said bureau, until otherwise provided for by law, an assistant chief, to be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, who shall receive an annual compensation of two thousand four hundred dollars; one private secretary to the chief of the bureau, who shall receive an annual compensation of one thousand five hundred dollars; one statistical expert, at two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one copyist, at nine hundred dollars; one special agent, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one special agent, at one thousand two hundred dollars, and one messenger at eight hundred and forty dollars. (37 Stat. 80.)

See notes to section 1 of this act, ante, § 964.

Appropriations for the Bureau are made in the annual legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation acts. The provisions for the fiscal year 1917 were by Act May 10, 1916, c. 117, § 1, 39 Stat. In addition to the appropriation for salaries said Act May 10, 1916, c. 117, § 1, 39 Stat., provided an appropriation for traveling expenses, per diem, etc., for the Children's Bureau.

All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with rates of salaries or compensation appropriated by the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation acts are repealed, and the rates of salaries or compensation of officers or employés appropriated for in said acts are to constitute the rate of salary or compensation of such officers or employés, respectively, until otherwise fixed by an annual rate of appropriation or other law, by Act July 16, 1914, c. 141, § 6, post, § 3228a.

The officers and employés of the United States whose salaries are appropriated for in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1916, Act March 4, 1915, c. 141, 38 Stat. 1049, are established and continued from year to year to the extent that they are appropriated for by Congress, by § 6 of said act, post, § 3228b.

Unless otherwise specially authorized by law, no money appropriated by any act shall be available for payment to any person receiving more than one salary, when the combined amount of said salaries exceeds $2,000 per annum, with certain enumerated exceptions, by Act May 10, 1916, c. 117, § 6, as amended by Act Aug. 29, 1916, c. 417, post, § 3230a.

§ 967. (Act April 9, 1912, c. 73, § 4.) Quarters for work of Bureau. The Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby directed to furnish sufficient quarters for the work of this bureau at an annual rental not to exceed two thousand dollars. (37 Stat. 80.)

See notes to section 1 of this act, ante, § 964.

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