[67] In 1849 New York required the masters of ships landing in New York City to report to the mayor what passengers were deaf, blind or insane. Laws, ch. 350. See also Laws, 1851, ch. 523; 1881, ch. 427. See Public Statutes of Massachusetts, 1882, p. 468. The present United States immigration laws do not directly exclude the deaf, but they have been thought at times to have been made to bear unduly upon them.
[68] Code, 1911, § 559. The application is to "proprietors of circuses and other migratory companies."
[69] In a few states, as California and New York, attempts have been made to secure laws barring the deaf from licenses to run automobiles. Such measures, however, are to be regarded less as discrimination against the deaf than for the public safety.
[70] Laws, 1776, ch. 20.
[71] Laws, 1818, p. 342; 1840, p. 345; Code, 1911, § 3089.
[72] Laws, p. 128.
[73] Laws, 1838, p. 40; 1841, p. 573.
[74] Rev. Stat., 1883, ch. 142, § 2.
[75] Digest, 1894, § 3571; 1904, § 3760.
[76] Stat., 1872, p. 672; Rev. Stat., 1909, § 407. In Kansas by opinion of the attorney-general, the juvenile court laws do not apply to the deaf.