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160 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch. 190. 1924. I·§¤>i*¤¢*¤¤ g¤i*SS¤P (f) There shall be issued to quota immigrants of any nationality 2i§iii;it° mm 8 mm- (1) no more immigration visas in any fiscal year than the quota for such nationality, and (2) in aipy ciagendar motnth oi; apply fiscail ygai no more immi tion visas t an per cen um o e quo a o Forcalmdmmonthsl such nationalitiia except that if such quota is less than 800 the number to be issued in any calendar month shall be prescribed by the Commissioner General with the approval of the Secretary of Labor, but the total number to be issued during the fiscal year shall not be in excess of the quota for such nationality. _ iSS¤¤.¤¤ ¤£>¤·¤¤;¤*¤¤5 (g) Nothing in this Act shald prevent the_ issuance (without giiigaimmgrau W- increasing the total number of immigration visas wh1ch may be issued) of an immigration visa to an immigrant as a quota immigrant even though he is a non—quota immigrant. xauomiiey. · NATI0NALITY· }’°‘°"““‘°?“"“°'*b’ Sec. 12. a For the ur oses of this Act nationalit shall be mum Otbum determined country oi) bilith, treating as separate coiiiitries the ` colonies, dependencies, or self-governingljdominions, for which separate enumeration was made the nited States census of Children ¤¤d¤r 21, 1890; except that (1) the nationality of a child under twenty-one EEia§°m in Ummd years of age not born in the United States, accomipanied by its alien parent not born in the United States, shall be etermined by the country of birth of such tparent if such parent IS entitled to an immigration visa, and e_ nationality of a child under twenty-one years of age not born in the United States, accompanied by both ahen parents not born in the United States, shall be determined by the country of birth of the father if the father is m§,§{g;"¥§,*§,°”*h’g§j entitled to an immigration visa; and (2) if a wife is of a different band- nationality from her ahen husband and the entire number of immigration visas which may be issued to quota immigrants of her nationality for the calendar month has already been issued, her nationality may be determined by the country of birth of her husband if she is accompanying him and he is entitled to an immigration visa, unless the total number of immigration visas _ which may be issued to quota immigrants of the nationality of the E""‘"““°‘1 "°'S°“" husband for the calendar month has already been issued. An immigrant born in the United States who has lost his United States citizenshi shall be conidered as having been born in the country of which lie is a citizen or subject, or if he is not a citizen or subject _ _ of any country, then in the country from which he comes. ,,,§§,‘*,;'§§‘Q§{;f,,§’,{S'}?,‘,§{1§}Z (b) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the

¤§jeg*a;’;)9?Qsi;¤j),Q;*ug{;j Secretary of Labor, jointly, shall, as soon as feasible after the

` enactment of this Act, prepare a statement showing the number of individuals of the various nationalities resident in continental United States as determined by the United States census of 1890, which statement shall be the population basis for the purposes of B,,$[§?‘§.‘,§§;,§{*;d$°¥* subdivision (a) of section 11. In the case of a country recognized J by the United States, but for which a separate enumeration was not made in the census of 1890, the number of individuals born in such country and resident in continental United States in 1890, as estimated by such officials jointly, shall be considered for the purposes of subdivision (a) of section 11 as having been determined c,,gf}>‘;¤;§te;j;)¥;fl§é;{¤‘ by the United States census of 1890. In the case of a colony or dependency existing before 1890, but for which a separate enumeration was not made in the census of 1890 and which was not included in the enumeration for the country to which such colony or dependency belonged, or in the case of territory administered under a protectorate, the number of individuals born in such colony, dependency, or territory, and resident in continental