Any person entering the United States without the declaration required by this section shall be deemed to have enteredo unlawfully and shall be dealt with accordingly under the provisions of existing law. SEc. 3. That any alien who is about emigrating to the United States may make application to any United States consul. declaring his purpose. ant that he is not excluded from admission into the United States. and thereupon said consul shall make due inquiry and shall examine such evidence as may he submitted to him. and if he shall be satisfied of the truth of the declaration he shall so certify thereon. Such application shall be in triplicate. and may be sworn to before such consul as well as any other officer authorized by the laws of the locality to administer oaths. Any applicant may include in his declaration any members of his family intending to emigrate with him. Two of the triplicate applications. with the consular certificate thereon. shall be returned by the consul to the applicant and the third shall he kept by the consul. The two carried by the appllcant shall be delivered by him to the proper inspection officers on arriving in the United States. andif said applicant and the persons therein named. if any. admitted. the fact and date of admission shall be written or stamped thereon. and one shall he returned to the applicant and the other retained by the inspection offcers.
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