The text of the voluntary registration bill passed by the Senate reads as follows:
“A bill to authorize the issuance of certificates of admission to aliens, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that an alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence and who has continued to reside therein since such admission, shall upon his application to the Commissioner General of Immigration, in a manner to be by regulation prescribed, with the approval of the Secretary of Labor, be furnished with a certificate made from the official record of such admission Such certificate shall be signed by the Commissioner General of Immigration and shall contain the following information concerning such alien: Full name under which admitted; country of birth; date of birth; nationality; color of eyes; port at which admitted; name of steamship, if any, and date of admission. Such certificate shall also contain the full name by which the alien is then known, his signature and his address. A photograph of the alien shall be securely attached to the certificate, which shall bear an impression of the seal of the Department of Labor.
“Sec. 2. Such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the lawful admission of such alien. A fee of $3 shall be paid by such alien to the Commissioner General of Immigration for each such certificate. The moneys so received by the Commissioner General of Immigration shall be paid over to the disbursing clerk of the Department of Labor, who shall thereupon deposit them in the Treasury of the United States, rendering an account therefore quarterly to the General Accounting Office, and the said disbursing clerk shall be held responsible under his bond for such fees.
“Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect July 1, 1929,” The bill was introduced by Senator Blease.
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