We propose to exclude imbeciles. feebleminded persons. epileptics. insane persons. ind persons who have had an attack of insanity at any time previously. Hitherto we have admitted any alien who has had a single attack of insanity unless it had occurred within five years. Moreover. we have provided for surgeons and matrons on shipboard. in the discretion of the Secretary of Labor. an entirely new provision of law. We have also made the captain of immigrant vessels responsible for the accurate determination as to whether or not any of his passengers are insane. and we penalize steamship companies for bringing over here persons whose insanity could be ascertained beforehand.
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