At the proper time I shall move to exclude these insane persons. The reading of the bill was resumed. The next amendment of the Committee on Immigration was. on page 4. line 20. after the words "classes who." to insert "are found to be and. " so as to read: SEC. 2. That the following classes of aliens shall be excluded from admission into the United States: All idiots. imbeciles. feebleminded persons. epileptics. insane persons. and persons who have been insane within five years previous. persons who have had two or more attacks of insanity at any time previously. paupers ..persons likely to become a public charge. professional beggars. persons afflicted with a loathsome or with a dangerous contagious disease. persons not comprehended within any of the foregoing excluded classes who are found to be and are certified by the examining surgeon as being mentally or physically defective. such mental or physical defect being of a nature which may affect the ability of such alien to earn a living.
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