Chapter 826. To amend an Act entitled “An Act relative to naturalization and citizenship of married women,” approved September 22, 1922
317 words·~1 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-46/chapter-826-3814681·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
CHAP. 826.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act relative to naturalization and citizenship of married women,” approved September 22, 1922. July 3, 1930.[[S. 3691](/us/bill/71/s/3691).][[Public, No. 499](/us/pl/71/499).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the ActCitizenship and naturalization of married women.Vol. 42, p. 1021. entitled “An Act relative to the naturalization and citizenship of married women,” approved September 22, 1922, is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
" “Sec. 8. That any woman eligible by race to citizenship who hasNew matter.Admission of women, eligible to citizenship, who married citizen, etc., prior hereto. married a citizen of the United States before the passage of this amendment, whose husband shall have been a native-born citizen and a member of the military or naval forces of the United States during the World War, and separated therefrom under honorable conditions; if otherwise admissible, shall not be excluded fromVol. 39, p. 875.[U.
S. C., p. 131](/us/usc/p131).Exceptions. admission into the United States under section 3 of the Immigration Act of 1917, unless she be excluded under the provisions of that section relating to— “(a) Persons afflicted with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, except tuberculosis in any form; “(b) Polygamy; “(c) Prostitutes, procurers, or other like immoral persons; “(d) Persons convicted of crime: *Provided*, That no such wife*Proviso*.Offenses during legal infancy, etc., not to exclude. shall be excluded because of offenses committed during legal infancy, while a minor under the age of twenty-one years, and for which the sentences imposed were less than three months, and which were committed more than five years previous to the date of the passage of this amendment;
“(e) Persons previously deported; “(f) Contract laborers. “That after admission to the United States she shall be subjectStatus after admission. to all other provisions of this Act.” " Approved, July 3, 1930.