The Clerk will read the bill. The bill as amended was read. as follows: Be it enacted. etc.. That section 1 of the act of March 3.1891. in amendment of the immigration and contractlabor acts. be. and hereby is. amended by adding to the classes of aliens thereby excluded from admission to the United States the following: All male persons between 16 and 60 years of age who can not both read and write theEnglish language or some other language. But no parent of a person now living in. or hereafter admitted to. this country shall be excluded because of his inability to reaC and write. SEc. 2. That the provisions of the act of March 3. 1893. to facilitate the enforcement of the immigration and contractlabor laws. shall.apply to th6 persons mentioned in section 1 of this act. SEC. 3. That it shall be unlawful for any alien who resides or retains his home in a foreign country to enter the United States for the purpose of en gaging in any mechanical trade or manual labor within the borders thereof while residing or retaining his home in a foreign country: Provided.
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