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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . I. Cias. 913, 914. 1928.

1009 CHAP. 913 .-Joint Resolution Providing for the erection of a public historical museum on the site of Fort Defiance, Defiance, Ohio . Reso lved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o America in Congress assembled That the Secretary Fort Defi ance, Ohio . f

y Cooperation directed of War is authorized and directed (1) to cooperate with the proper with Ohio in selecting official of the State of Ohio, in selecting a site in the public park as si te for memorial public museum to General maintained by the State of Ohio on the site of Fort Defiance at Pubic parkWayne, in Defiance, Ohio, and (2) to construct thereon, as a memorial to C' i lren- eral Anthony Wayne, a public museum suitable for housing a collec- tion of historical relics which is already available ; but such museum shall not be constructed until the State of Ohio has made adequate Construct ion sns provision for its care and maintenance, and the Secretary of War pended until sum from may, in his discretion, suspend all construction under this Act until Ohio available . the State of Ohio has made available the sum of $50,000, to be used in the construction of such museum . SEC . 2 . The plans for such museum shall be subject to the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts . SEC . 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of appmaat horizedtobe $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the Post, p.1666. provisions of this Act. Approved, May 29, 1928 . CHAP. 914 .-Joint Resolution Relating to the immigration of certain relatives of United States citizens and of aliens lawfully admitted to the United States . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the Immigration Act of 1924 is amended by striking out the word " or " at the end of subdivision (d) and by striking out the period at the end of subdivision (e) and inserting in lieu thereof a semi- colon and the word " or " and by adding after subdivision (e) a new subdi vision to re ad as follow s " (f) A woman who was a citizen of the United States and who prior to September 22, 1922, lost her citizenship by reason of her marriage to an alien, but-at the time of her application for an immi- gration visa is unmarried." SEC. 2 . Subdivision (a) of section 4 of the Immigration Act of 1924 is amended to read as follows " (a) An immigrant who is the unmarried child under twenty-one years of age, or the wife, of a citizen of the United States, or the husband of a citizen of the United States by a marriage occurring prior to June 1, 1928 ;" SEC. 3. Section 6 of the Immigration Act of 1924 is amended, to take effect July 1, 1928, to read as follows " SEC . 6 . (a) Immigration visas to quota immigrants shall be is- sued i n each fi scal year as follo ws " (1) Fifty per centum of the quota of each nationality for such year shall be made available in such year for the issuance of immi- gration visas to the following classes of immigrants, without priority of preference as between such classes : (A) Quota immigrants who are the fathers or the mothers, or the husbands by marriage occur- ring after May 31, 1928, of citizens of the United States who are twenty-one years of age or over ; and (B) in the case of any nationality the quota for which is three hundred or more, quota immigrants who are skilled in agriculture, and the wives, and the dependent children under the age of eighteen years, of such immi- grants skilled in agriculture, if accompanying or following to join them. May 29, 1928. [S.J. Res.82.] [Pub. Res., No.60.1 Care, etc ., by Ohio . Approval of plans . May 29,1928. [S.J. Res.5.] [Pub. Res., No .61.1 Immigration Act of 1924 . Nonquota immi- grants . Vol. 43, p .155, amend . ed . New subdivision . Woman who lost her citizenship by marriage to an alien, but is un- married when immigra- tion visa applied for. Vol .43, p .15 5, amend . ed. Minor child wife of a citizen, or husband of a citizen by marriage prior to June 1, 1928. Quota preferences. Vol .43, p .155, amend- ed. Issue of visas each fiscal year . Available for 50 per cent of the year's quota of each nationality, for spec ifie d cla sses . Fathers, mothers, etc., of citizens who are 21 years old or over . If quota 300 or more, agriculturists, their wives and minor chil- dren .