act Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 411, § 8July 3, 1930, ch. 82646 Stat. 849Section, , as added , , provided as follows:
section 136 of this title“§ 137a. Married woman whose husband is native-born citizen and veteran of World War. Any woman eligible by race to citizenship who has married a citizen of the United States before , whose husband shall have been a native-born citizen and a member of the military or naval forces of the United States during the World War, and separated therefrom under honorable conditions; if otherwise admissible, shall not be excluded from admission into the United States under , unless she be excluded under the provisions of that section relating to—
“(a) Persons afflicted with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, except tuberculosis in any form;
“(b) Polygamy;
“(c) Prostitutes, procurers, or other like immoral persons;
Provided“(d) Persons convicted of crime: , That no such wife shall be excluded because of offenses committed during legal infancy, while a minor under the age of twenty-one years, and for which the sentences imposed were less than three months, and which were committed more than five years previous to ;
“(e) Persons previously deported;
“(f) Contract laborers.
“After admission to the United States she shall be subject to all other provisions of [former] sections 9 and 10 and 367–370 of this title.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Savings Clause
Act May 24, 1934, ch. 344, § 548 Stat. 798, , provided that the repeal of this section should not affect any right or privilege or terminate any citizenship acquired under the section before such repeal.