Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-05

migrants arrive at one time, IL has
been found incsuvenient, il not inn
practicable, to carry such requirement
into practice, and, therefore, such eN-
animation has been conducted at some
designated place of landing under the
control of the board of immigration.
For instance, the examinations AT New
York are made at Castle Garden.
A point was raised in 8 case recently
before the United States court at New
York bearing on the question OF the
authority, under the law, TO return on
shipboard for deportation parties who,
haS ing been landed, are found TO be OF
a class whose landing Is prohibited.
While the court intimated, upon a
point outside of the Issue, that place
for the landing and subsequent eX-
animation of passengers might be des-
ignated under the law, 1t IL recon-
mended that further legislation be had,
giving specific authority to make snch
| designations. ,,
The Immigrant act of August 3, 1882.
| imposes no penalty for the landing OF
persons of the prohibited classes. The
| tipassenper5 actn Of August =, 1852,
| Section . J imposes fine not exceed
| ing one thousand dollars on the mas
ter of a vessel from foreign port for
allowing passengers to land without
| the consent of the customs officer IN
charge. While this latter might be in
voked as prescribing penalty for aYlo-
lation OF the former act, II is reeom-
mended that special penalty OF rea-
| sonable amount be prescribed for the
| violation of the Immigrant act In
respect to the landing OF passengers
and that such penalty be made lien
upon the transporting vessel. III IS
also recommended that the moneys 20
collected as penalties be made a part
| Of the immigrant fund TO be employed
as Drovlded by the immigrant act, a.
we'll as for the deportation of passen-
GERS Illegally landed. IL the reeon-
| mendation hereinbefore made Ds
adopted. viz, that passengers may be
landed at designated places for exami,
nation, the penalty suggested should
be made 10 apply in cases where nav
ing been so landed and examined, they
are found 10 be Of the prescribed
The section of the passenger act''
above referred TO tsectiOn 81 forbids the
master to allow any one to go on board
his vessel after her arrival, but before
the customs officer takes charge, ex
cent 80 pilot, officer Of the customs o.
health offieer, agents OF the vessel ane
conslls.'' The commissioners OF imnil'
Grafton are Hot allowed to board the
Sassel until after an officer has taken
charge. 1t will thus be- seen that ths
sgen9s OF the vessel may, with tins
consent OF the muster, board the vesse
In advance Of the commissioners, aGe
40 he afforded an opportunity 70 inter
view the immigrants without hinder
snee 10 prepare them for the snese
anent examination, 80 that the prom
bitlon OF the law ~ respec
IA he landing Of certaln claFse'
NAV be avoided. II II, there
fore. recommended that the law ne z
ap,ended as to allow the commi sslo9er
az immigration or their representative
eanal privileges with the agents o
gessels Ia respect TO boarding.
THE receipts and disbursements 81
account Of the immigrant fund for IN
tiseal year ended June 30, 1873, 2
shown BY covering and dispursinl
: vsarrants. respectively, were - follows
Receipts. SD. 286 50. disbursements
contlused on sassh rsgs.