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Attorney General, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor shall, at the request of the Secretary of State, each appoint a representative to render to the Secretary of State, or his representative, such assistance and advice as he may desire respecting the administration of this Proclamation and of the rules and regulations aforesaid.

RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS TO ENTER AND LEAVE THE UNITED STATES

FROM SEPTEMBER 15, 1918, TO FEBRUARY 1, 1925

[Executive Order No. 2932 of August 8, 1918]

Supplemental to the Presidential proclamation of August 8, 1918, and by virtue of the authority set forth therein, I hereby prescribe the following rules and regulations governing departure from and entry into the United States.

Section 1.

The present system of controlling entry into and departure from the United States by alien enemies and other persons, as administered by the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of Labor, is hereby confirmed and established by virtue of the authority vested in me as aforesaid and shall continue in full force and effect in the continental United States as defined herein until six o'clock in the forenoon of September 15, 1918, and in the outlying possessions of the United States until such time or times as the Secretary of State shall designate; when the following rules and regulations shall become operative and shall supersede all rules, regulations, and orders of the present system inconsistent with them; but the Secretary of State may direct at any time subsequent to the date hereof that seamen be kept on their vessels. (See Section 10 (c), infra.) The Secretary of State is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to prescribe exceptions to these rules and regulations governing the entry into and departure from the United States of citizens and subjects of the nations associated with the United States in the prosecution of the war.

TITLE 1.-Definitions

SEO. 2. The term "United States" as defined in the Act of May 22, 1918, and as used herein includes the Canal Zone and all territory and waters, continental and insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

SEO. 3. The term "continental United States" as used herein includes the territory of the several states of the United States and Alaska.

SEO. 4. The term "departure from the United States" as used herein includes, in addition to any entry whatever upon foreign territory or waters, any trip or journey on or over (1) the Great Lakes or their connecting waters, (2) any rivers or other waters coinciding with or covering the boundary of the United States, or (3) tidal waters beyond the shore line of the United States, said shore line being hereby defined as the line of sea coast and the

shores of all waters of the United States and its territorial possessions connected with the high seas and navigable by ocean going vessels. Provided, however, that no trip or journey upon a public ferry having both termini in the United States and not touching foreign territory or waters shall be deemed a departure from the United States.

SEO. 5. The term "passport" as used herein includes any document in the nature of a passport issued by the United States or by a foreign government, which shows the identity and nationality of the individual for whose use it was issued and bears his signed and certified photograph.

SEC. 6. The granting of a "permit" or "permission" to leave or enter the United States, as the terms are used herein, shall be construed to include the granting of a license under Section 3 (b) of the "Trading with the Enemy Act" whenever such license is essential to the lawful transportation of the person to whom the permit is granted. Wherever it is provided explicitly or by implication that any person may depart from or enter the United States without a permit or permission under these regulations, such provision of itself shall be construed as a license under said Section 3 (b) authorizing the transportation of such persons within the limits covered by the provision.

SEO. 7. The term "seaman" as used herein includes, in addition to the persons ordinarily described thereby, sea-going fishermen and all owners, masters, officers, and members of crews and other persons employed on vessels which for purposes of business or pleasure cruise on tidal waters beyond the shore line or on the Great Lakes.

SEC. 8. The term "hostile aliens" includes

(a) All persons who are alien enemies as now or hereafter defined by statute; or by proclamation of the President; and

(b) All subjects or citizens of enemy or ally of enemy nations.

TITLE 2.-Limitations upon and Exceptions to the Application of the Act of May 22, 1918

SEO. 9. The following general limitations upon and exceptions to the application of the Act of May 22, 1918, are authorized and prescribed:

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(a) No passports or permits to depart from or enter the United States shall be required of persons other than hostile aliens travelling between ports of the continental United States on vessels making no intermediate calls at foreign or noncontinental ports. Hostile aliens must obtain permits for all departures from, and entries into, the United States.

(b) No passports or permits to depart from or enter the United States shall be required of persons other than hostile aliens travelling between points in the continental United States and points in Canada or Bermuda, or passing through Canada on a trip between two points in the continental United States, except as provided and required by Title 3 of these

regulations. This exception is not applicable to persons going from the continental United States via Canada to other places outside of the continental United States. Persons other than hostile aliens starting from Newfoundland for the United States shall not be required to obtain visas or verifications from the American Consul in Newfoundland. (As to hostile aliens, see 9 (a), supra.)

(c) No passports or permits to depart from or enter the United States shall be required of persons in or attached to the military or naval forces of the United States or of any nation associated with the United States in the prosecution of the war, provided that such persons when in or attached to the military or naval forces of a nation so associated with the United States shall be identified and vouched for to the Secretary of State by a duly authorized representative of such nation; and provided further that when persons in or attached to such military or naval forces travel separately or otherwise than in regular commands they shall bear certificates issued by the War or Navy Department of the United States or by a duly authorized representative of an associated nation, adequately establishing the identity of the bearers and their connection with the military or naval forces aforesaid. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent a citizen of the United States, if a member of or attached to the military or naval forces of any country, from entering or leaving the United States provided he bears a valid passport in lieu of the certificate of identification above described. All such departures shall, however, be subject to the requirements of Title 3 of these regulations. The limitations and exceptions aforesaid are subject to the provisions of Section 88 hereof.

SEC. 10. The following limitations upon and exceptions to the application of Section I, subsection (a) of the Act of May 22, 1918, are prescribed:

(a) Aliens need not present permits in the usual form for travel across the Mexican border provided that they bear valid permits to cross and recross the border at specified points issued by an immigrant inspector. In applying for these border permits they shall fill out such forms, furnish such photographs, and answer such inquiries as the immigrant inspector shall require. The special permits so issued shall be valid for travel across the Mexican border for such limited period and for passage across the border at such specifically defined points as the issuing inspectors shall note on the permits. Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary of State, such permits shall be issued only to persons residing within ten miles of the border and shall be valid for travel only to points not more than ten miles beyond the border. Aliens entering Mexico with border permits must have such permits visaed by a diplomatic or consular representative of the United States in Mexico before returning to the United States unless the Secretary of State shall otherwise provide. Hostile aliens shall not be given permits to cross the Mexican border without special authorization from the Secretary of State.

(b) Hostile aliens residing in Canada or the United States may secure special permits allowing them to cross the border between the two countries by making application therefor to the representative of the Bureau of Immigration of the Department of Labor stationed nearest their place of residence. In applying for such permits they shall fill out such forms, furnish such photographs and answer such inquiries as the official receiving the application shall require. The special permits so issued shall be valid for such limited period, for passage across the border at such specifically defined points, and for such number of crossings as the issuing officials shall note on the permits.

(c) Aliens who are seamen on vessels arriving at ports of the United States and who desire to land in the country shall apply to an immigrant inspector. They shall submit to such immigrant inspector satisfactory evidence of their nationality and furnish such photographs and execute such forms and applications as the immigrant inspector shall require. The immigrant inspector may thereupon issue identity cards authorizing such seamen to land in the United States, unless the Secretary of State directs that they be kept on their vessels.

(d) Alien seamen desiring to sail from the United States shall submit satisfactory evidence of nationality to the United States customs inspectors stationed at the port of departure. If such applicants have landed in the United States since the date on which these regulations became effective at their port of arrival they shall further submit the identity cards issued by the immigrant inspector permitting them to land in the country. Said identity cards shall be stamped by the customs officials, if permission is given the applicants to depart, and such cards so stamped shall be the evidence of such permission. In case an applicant for permission to sail under this paragraph has not entered the United States since these regulations became effective, he shall apply to a collector of customs for an identity card and permission to sail. In making such application he shall submit satisfactory evidence of his nationality and furnish such photographs and execute such forms and applications as the collector of customs shall require.

(e) Identity cards issued to alien seamen as provided by the foregoing paragraphs (c) and (d) shall be retained by the seamen to whom they are issued and used by the holders from time to time as they land in and sail from the United States. An alien seaman bearing such card shall have the same validated for landing or sailing by the immigration or customs authorities respectively on each occasion when he applies for permission to land at or sail from a United States port.

(f) Aliens passing through the United States en route between two foreign points and not remaining in the United States more than thirty days shall make application for permission to depart through the immigration official acting as control officer at the point where they enter the United States. Such permission, if granted, will be given by the official acting as control officer at the designated point of departure. Nothing herein shall be construed as requiring a permit for de

parture from a transient alien in case such permit would not have been necessary if the journey to his final destination had commenced in the United States. A transient will be required to depart from the United States at the earliest date practicable. He shall submit to the immigrant inspector his itinerary to the port of departure, which shall be by the most direct route reasonably available, and upon obtaining approval of the same, he shall proceed immediately to the port of departure. Upon arrival at said port, he shall report forthwith to the customs officers. For all deviations and delays special permission must be obtained from the Secretary of State.

(g) No permits to depart from or enter the United States shall be required of officials or representatives of foreign countries duly accredited to the United States or a friendly country provided that such persons bear valid passports and provided further that the Department of State is notified in advance of their intended entry or departure and consents thereto. Such officials, however, when desiring to enter the United States shall have their passports visaed by a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States in the country from which they come and in the country from which they embark for or enter the United States; and such officials desiring to depart from the United States shall have their passports visaed by the Department of State.

Nothing in the foregoing paragraphs (a) to (g) inclusive shall be construed to prevent the entry or departure of an alien at the Mexican or Canadian border, of an alien seaman at a United States port, or of a transient alien at any point, provided he bears a valid permit for such entry or departure issued in accordance with Title 6 or Title 7 hereof.

SEC. 11. The following limitations upon and exceptions to the application of Section 2 of the Act of May 22, 1918, are authorized and prescribed:

(a) Citizens of the United States traveling between United States ports not within the continental United States, or between such ports and ports within the continental United States, on vessels making no intermediate calls at foreign ports other than those of Canada, or Bermuda, shall not be required to bear passports provided that they have received from the immigrant inspector at the port of departure United States citizens' identity cards. Applicants for such cards shall supply such photographs and execute such forms and applications as the immigrant inspectors require. When applications for such cards are made in dependencies of the United States where no immigrant inspectors are stationed they shall be made to the Governors of such dependencies or their representatives duly appointed for the purpose: provided that employees of the Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company and members of their families, civilian employees of the United States and members of their families, and the families of members of the Army and Navy, travelling between the continental United States and the Panama Canal Zone, may carry identity certificates issued by The Panama

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