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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 189-184-MAY 14, 1937 SEC. 2. That subdivision (a) of section 13 of the Immigration Act of 1924 . as amended (43 Stat. 161; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 213 (a) ), is amen ded to read as fol lows "No immigrant shall be admitted to the United States unless he (1) has an unexpired immigration visa or was born subsequent to the issuance of the immigration visa of the accompanying parent ; (2) is of the nationality specified in the visa in the immigration visa ; (3) is a nonquota immigrant if specified in the visa in the immigration visa as such ; (4) is a preference-quota immigrant if specified in the visa in the immigration visa as such ; and (5) is otherwise admissible under the immigration laws ." SEC. 3. That any alien who at any time after entering the United State s is f ound t o have secur ed eit her non -quota or pr eferen ce-quo ta visa through fraud, by contracting a marriage which, subsequent to entry into the United States, has been judicially annulled retro- actively to date of marriage, shall be taken into custody and depor ted pu rsuant to th e prov isions of sec tion 1 4 of t he Imm igrati on Act of 1924 on the ground that at time of entry he was not entitled to admission on the visa presented upon arrival in the United States . This section shall be effective whether entry was made before or after the enactment of this Act . Wh en it appear s that the i mmigra nt fai ls or r efuses to fu lfill his promises for a marital agreement made to procure his entry as an immigrant he then becomes immediately subject to deportation . Approved, May 14, 1937 . [CHAPTER 1831 [CHAPTER 1841 Exclusion from the United States . 43 Stat.161. 8U.S.C.§213a. Immigrants except- ed from . Deportation of a liens for un lawful securing of visas through marriage . 43 Stat.162. Retroactive opera- tion of section . B reach of mar ital agreement . AN ACT

May 14, 1937 Declaring Scajaquada Creek, Erie County, New York, to be a non-navigable [H.R.1751 stre am .

[Public, No . 80] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed S tates of A meri ca in Cong ress asse mbled , That Scajaquada Creek, Erie County , New York, is her eby dec lared to be non-na vigabl e east of a line one hundred and thirty feet west of the west line of Niagara Street, city of Buffalo, county of Erie, New York, within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States . SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expres sly re served . Approved, May 14, 1937 . Scajaquada Creek . Declared non-navi- gable in Buffalo, N . Y . Amendment. AN ACT May 14, 1937 To extend the time for applying for and receiving benefits under the Act entitled [H . R . 2305] "An Act to provide means by which certain Filipinos can emigrate from the [Puhlic, No . 81] Unite d States", approved J uly 10, 19 35 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide means by which certain Filipinos can emigr ate f rom t he U nited Stat es", appr oved July 10, 1935, as heretofore amended by the Act approved June 4, 193d' (Public Law Numbered 645, Seventy-fourth Congress), is further amended to read as follows "SEC. 6 . No application for the benefits of this Act shall be accepted by any officer of the Immigration Service after December 1, 1938 ; and all benefits under this Act shall finally terminate on December 31, 1938, unless the journey has been started on or before that date, in which case the journey to Manila shall be completed ." Approved, May 14, 1937 . Emigration of Fili- pinos from the United States . 49 Stat . 479, 1462 . 48U.S.C.,Supp. II,§1256. Time extended for filing application for be nefits, etc . 165