Apr. 29, 1948 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 1ST SESS.- CHS. 82 , 90- Ma 3, 1943 of such title, of refusing to approve a State plan under section 2 of such title, or of withholding certification pursuant to section 4 of such title. (g) In order to facilitate the employment by agricultural employ- ers in the United States of native-born residents of North America, South America, and Central America, and the islands adjacent thereto, desiring to perform agricultural labor in the United States, during continuation of hostilities in the present war, any such resi- dent desiring to enter the United States for that purpose shall be exempt from the payment of head tax required by Section 2 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917, and from other admission charges, and shall be exempt from those excluding provisions of Section 3 of such Act which relate to contract laborers, the require- ments of literacy, and the payment of passage by corporations, foreign government, or others; and any such resident shall be admit- ted to perform agricultural labor in the United States for such time and under such conditions (but not including the exaction of bond to insure ultimate departure from the United States) as may be required by regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Iihmigra- tion and Naturalization with the approval of the Attorney General; and in the event such regulations require documentary evidence of the country of birth of any such resident which he is unable to fur- nish, such requirement may be waived by the admitting officer of the United States at the point where such resident seeks entry into the United States if such official has other proof satisfactory to him that such resident is a native of the country claimed as his birthplace. Each such resident shall be provided with an identification card (with his photograph and fingerprints) to be prescribed under such regulations which shall be in lieu of all other documentary require- ments, including the registration at time of entry or after entry required by the Alien Registration Act of 1940. Any such resident admitted under the foregoing provisions who fails to maintain the status for which he was admitted or to depart from the United States in accordance with the terms of his admission shall be taken into custody under a warrant issued by the Attorney General at any time after entry and deported in accordance with Section 20 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917. Sections 5 and 6 of such Act shall not apply to the importation of aliens under this joint resolution. No provision of this joint resolution shall authorize the admission into the United States of any enemy alien. Approved April 29, 1943. [CHAPTER 90] AN ACT To revive and reenact an Act approved June 13, 1934 (48 Stat. 947), as amended, authorizing construction of a toll bridge across the Columbia River, at or near Astoria, Oregon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act approved June 13, 1934, as amended, and heretofore extended by Acts of Congress approved August 30, 1935, January 27, 1936, August 5, 1937, May 26, 1938, August 5, 1939, December 16, 1940, and July 14, 1941, authorizing the Oregon-Washington Bridge Board of Trustees to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Columbia River at Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon, be, and is hereby, revived and reenacted: Provided, That this Act shall be null and void unless the actual construction of the bridge referred to be commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date of approval hereof. Importation of workers from North, South, and Central America. Exemptions. 39 Stat. 875. 8U.S.c. 132. 8U.S.C.§136. Regulations. Proof ofbirthplace. Identification card. 54 Stat. 673. 8U.S.C.6451 note; Supp. II, 155, 467. Failure to maintain status, etc. 39 Stat. 890. 8 U.S. C.6 156. Post, p. 553 . 39 Stat. 879. 8 U.. C. [§139, 142. Enemy aliens. May 3, 1943 [H. R. 1114] [Public Law 461 Columbia River. Construction of bridge at Astoria, Oreg. 48 Stat. 949; 49 Stat. 1066,1104; 50 Stat. 563; 62 Stat. 445; 53 Stat. 1206; 54 Stat. 1222; 55 Stat. 590. Time limitation.
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