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shall be admitted in evidence equally with the original from which such certification was made in any case in which the original thereof might be admissible as evidence. No such certification shall be made by any clerk of court except upon order of the court." (47 Stat. 166; 8 U. S. C. 399b (b).)

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SEC. 5. So much of subdivision (a) of section 33 of such Act of June 29, 1906, as amended, as reads "Upon obtaining a certificate from the Attorney General showing the date, place, and manner of arrival in the United States," is hereby repealed. (47 Stat. 166; 8 U. S. C. 399c (a).)

SEC. 6.99 Section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to supplement the naturalization laws, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1929, is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following: "except that no such certificate shall be required if the entry was on or before June 29, 1906." (47 Stat. 166; 8 U. S. C. 377b.)

SEC. 7. [Omitted as it relates to conditions under which certain deported aliens may reenter the United States.] (47 Stat. 166; 8 U.S. C. 181.)

SEC. 8. The compilation of the statistics to show races, nationalities, and other information, authorized and directed to be prepared by the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, shall be completed and published at the same time, as near as practicable, as the publication of the statistics of the 1930 census; except that reports covering the census of 1910 shall be completed and submitted not later than January 31, 1933, and reports covering the census of 1920 not later than December 31, 1933. Such statistics shall show the records of registry made under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to supplement the naturalization laws, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1929. Payment for the equipment used in preparing such compilation shall be made from appropriations for miscellaneous expenses of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. (47 Stat. 166; 8 U. S. C. 399e.)

SEC. 9.3 The Secretary of the Treasury, upon the recommendation of the Attorney General, is authorized to provide quarters, without payment of rent, in the building occupied by the Immigration and Naturalization Service in New York City, for a photographic studio operated by welfare organizations without profit and solely for the benefit of aliens seeking naturalization. Such studio shall be under the supervision of the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization.1 (47 Stat. 166; 8 U. S. C. 356a.)

SEC. 10. The tenth subdivision of section 4 of the Act of June 29, 1906 (ch. 3592, 34 Stat. 598), as amended by the Act of May 9, 1918 (ch. 69, 40 Stat. 545; Ú. S. C., title 8, sec. 377), is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Tenth. That any person not an alien enemy, who resided uninterruptedly within the United States during the period of five

See footnote 53, p. 470.

Repealed by sec. 504, Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1173; 8 U. S. C. 904), effective January 13, 1941. See sec. 345, p. 394, of that Act for similar provisions. See footnote 69, p. 476.

See footnote 61, p. 474.

Repealed by sec. 504, Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1173; 8 U. S. C. 904), effective January 13, 1941. See secs. 327 (h), p. 376, and 320, p. 370, for similar provisions in that Act.

years next preceding July 1, 1920, and was on that date otherwise qualified to become a citizen of the United States, except that he had not made a declaration of intention required by law and who during or prior to that time, because of misinformation regarding his citizenship status erroneously exercised the rights and performed the duties of a citizen of the United States in good faith, may file the petition for naturalization prescribed by law without making the preliminary declaration of intention required of other aliens, and upon satisfactory proof to the court that he has so acted may be admitted as a citizen of the United States upon complying in all respects with the other requirements of the naturalization law." (47 Stat. 166-167; 8 U. S. C. 377.)

CITIZENSHIP AND NATURALIZATION OF CERTAIN INHABITANTS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS-RESIDENCE IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

[Act approved June 28, 1932]

SEC. 5. Section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to confer United States citizenship upon certain inhabitants of the Virgin Islands and to extend the naturalization laws thereto," approved February 25, 1927, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"(d) All natives of the Virgin Islands of the United States who are, on the date of enactment of this subdivision, residing in continental United States, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or any other insular possession or Territory of the United States, who are not citizens or subjects of any foreign country, regardless of their place of residence on January 17, 1917." (47 Stat. 336; 8 U. S. C. 5b.)*

NATURALIZATION OF WOMEN BORN IN HAWAII

[Act of July 2, 1932, as amended by Act approved July 1, 1940]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act relating to the naturalization of certain women born in Hawaii," approved July 2, 1932, is amended to read as follows: That for the purposes of subdivision (b) of section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act relative to the naturalization and citizenship of married women," approved September 22, 1922, as amended, a woman born in Hawaii prior to June 14, 1900, shall be considered to have been a citizen of the United States at birth. (54 Stat. 707; 8 U. S. C. 368b.)

REORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

[Act approved March 3, 1933]

SEC. 16. Title IV of Part II of the Legislative Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1933, is amended to read as follows:

For provisions of sec. 1, Act of February 25, 1927 (44 Stat. 1235), prior to addition of subdivision (d) thereto, see p. 529.

The Act of July 2, 1932, in its unamended form read as follows:

"That for the purposes of subdivision (b) of section 3 of the Act entitled 'An Act relative to the naturalization and citizenship of married women,' approved September 22, 1922, as amended, a woman born in Hawaii prior to June 14, 1900, shall, if residing in the United States on the date of enactment of this Act, be considered to have been a citizen of the United States at birth."

"TITLE IV-REORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

"DECLARATION OF STANDARD

"SEC. 401. The Congress hereby declares that a serious emergency exists by reason of the general economic depression; that it is imperative to reduce drastically governmental expenditures; and that such reduction may be accomplished in great measure by proceeding immediately under the provisions of this title.

"Accordingly, the President shall investigate the present organization of all executive and administrative agencies of the Government and shall determine what changes therein are necessary to accomplish the following purposes:

"(a) To reduce expenditures to the fullest extent consistent with the efficient operation of the Government;

"(b) To increase the efficiency of the operations of the Government to the fullest extent practicable with the revenues;

"(c) To group, coordinate, and consolidate executive and administrative agencies of the Government, as nearly as may be, according to major purposes;

"(d) To reduce the number of such agencies by consolidating those having similar functions under a single head, and by abolishing such agencies and/or such functions thereof as may not be necessary for the efficient conduct of the Government;

"(e) To eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort; and "(f) To segregate regulatory agencies and functions from those of an administrative and executive character.

"DEFINITION OF EXECUTIVE AGENCY

"SEC. 402. When used in this title, the term 'executive agency' means any commission, independent establishment, board, bureau, division, service, or office in the executive branch of the Government and, except as provided in section 403, includes the executive departments.

"POWER OF PRESIDENT

"SEC. 403. Whenever the President, after investigation, shall find and declare that any regrouping, consolidation, transfer, or abolition of any executive agency or agencies and/or the functions thereof is necessary to accomplish any of the purposes set forth in section 401 of this title, he may by Executive order

"(a) Transfer the whole or any part of any executive agency and/or the functions thereof to the jurisdiction and control of any other executive agency;

or

"(b) Consolidate the functions vested in any executive agency;

"(c) Abolish the whole or any part of any executive agency and/or the functions thereof; and

"(d) Designate and fix the name and functions of any consolidated activity or executive agency and the title, powers, and duties of its executive head; except that the President shall not have authority under this title to abolish or transfer an executive department and/or all the functions thereof.

"SEC. 404. The President's order directing any transfer, consolidation, or elimination under the provisions of this title shall also make provision for the transfer or other disposition of the records, property (including office equipment), and personnel, affected by such transfer, consolidation, or elimination. In any case of a transfer or consolidation under the provisions of this title, the President's order shall also make provision for the transfer of such unexpended balances of appropriations available for use in connection with the function or agency transferred or consolidated, as he deems necessary by reason of the transfer or consolidation, for use in connection with the transferred or consolidated function or for the use of the agency to which the transfer is made or of the agency resulting from such consolidation." (47 Stat. 1517-1518; 5 U. S. C. 124–132.)

RELATIONS OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WITH UNITED STATES PENDING COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE

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(1) All citizens of the Philippine Islands shall owe allegiance to the United States.

(16) Citizens and corporations of the United States shall enjoy in the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands all the civil rights of the citizens and corporations, respectively, thereof.

SEC. 8. (a) Effective upon the acceptance of this Act by concurrent resolution of the Philippine Legislature or by a convention called for that purpose, as provided in section 17—

(1) For the purposes of the Immigration Act of 1917, the Immigration Act of 1924 (except section 13 (c)), this section, and all other laws of the United States relating to the immigration, exclusion, or expulsion of aliens, citizens of the Philippine Islands who are not citizens of the United States shall be considered as if they were aliens. For such purposes the Philippine Islands shall be considered as a separate country and shall have for each fiscal year a quota of fifty. This paragraph shall not apply to a person coming or seeking to come to the Territory of Hawaii who does not apply for and secure an immigration or passport visa, but such immigration shall be determined by the Department of the Interior on the basis of the needs of industries in the Territory of Hawaii.

(2) Citizens of the Philippine Islands who are not citizens of the United States shall not be admitted to the continental United States from the Territory of Hawaii (whether entering such Territory before or after the effective date of this section) unless they belong to a class declared to be nonimmigrants by section 3 of the Immigration Act of 1924 or to a class declared to be nonquota immigrants under the provisions of section 4 of such Act other than subdivision (c) thereof, or unless they were admitted to such Territory under an immigration visa. The Attorney General shall by regulations provide a method for such exclusion and for the admission of such excepted classes.

• See footnote 53, p. 470.

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(3) Any Foreign Service officer may be assigned to duty in the Philippine Islands, under a commission as a consular officer, for such period as may be necessary and under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, during which assignment such officer shall be considered as stationed in a foreign country; but his powers and duties shall be confined to the performance of such of the official acts and notarial and other services, which such officer might properly perform in respect of the administration of the immigration laws if assigned to a foreign country as a consular officer, as may be authorized by the Secretary of State.

(4) For the purposes of sections 18 and 20 of the Immigration Act of 1917, as amended, the Philippine Islands shall be considered to be a foreign country.

(b) The provisions of this section are in addition to the provisions of the immigration laws now in force, and shall be enforced as a part of such laws, and all the penal or other provisions of such laws not inapplicable, shall apply to and be enforced in connection with the provisions of this section. An alien, although admissible under the provisions of this section, shall not be admitted to the United States if he is excluded by any provision of the immigration laws other than this section, and an alien, although admissible under the provisions of the immigration laws other than this section, shall not be admitted to the United States if he is excluded by any provision of this section.

(c) Terms defined in the Immigration Act of 1924 shall, when used in this section, have the meaning assigned to such terms in that Act.

SEC. 10. (a) On the 4th day of July immediately following the expiration of a period of ten years from the date of the inauguration of the new government under the constitution provided for in this Act the President of the United States shall by proclamation withdraw and surrender all right of possession, supervision, jurisdiction, control, or sovereignty then existing and exercised by the United States in and over the territory and people of the Philippine Islands, including all military and other reservations of the Government of the United States in the Philippines (except such naval reservations and fueling stations as are reserved under section 5), and, on behalf of the United States, shall recognize the independence of the Philippine Islands as a separate and self-governing nation and acknowledge the authority and control over the same of the government instituted by the people thereof, under the constitution then in force.

(b) The President of the United States is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into negotiations with the government of the Philippine Islands, not later than two years after his proclamation recognizing the independence of the Philippine Islands, for the adjustment and settlement of all questions relating to naval reservations and fueling stations of the United States in the Philippine Islands, and pending such adjustment and settlement the matter of naval reservations and fueling stations shall remain in its present

status.

SEC. 14. Upon the final and complete withdrawal of American sovereignty over the Philippine Islands the immigration laws of

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