The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-27
IMMIGRATION LAWS.

Section /. Chapter l64 of the Act
passed by Congress in 1885, regarding
the importation of alien contract labor
ers is as follows:
ut shall be unlawful for any per-
son, company, partnership, or corpora
ton, in any manner whatsoever. 10
prepay the transportation or In any
way assist or encourage the importa-
Gion or immigration Of any alien or
aliens, any foreigner or foreigners, into
the United States, its Territories, or the
District Of Column bia, under contract or
agreement 10 perform labor or service
of any kind.
Section 2 That all contracts or
agreements, expressed or implied, pa
role or special, which may hereafter be
made by and between any person,
company, partnership, or corporation
and any foreigner or foreigners, alien
or aliens, to perform labor or service
or having reference TO the performance
of labor or service, by any person in
the United States, its Territories, or
the District of Columbia, previous 10
the migration or Importation or the
person or persons, whose labor or SER
vice is contracted for. into the United
States, shall be utterly void and OF no
effect"
The provisions of the act are clear,
and leave no loop hole for judicial con-
struction. The Commissioners OF Immi-
grafton are empowered TO decide the
condition of the immigrant, and the
only appeal is to the Secretary of the
Treasury. This is an expensive pro-
ceeding, and the poor emigrant is not
able to make it.
On November Dist, female lmml-
grant from Strasburg, Germany, was
refused admittance, in the port of New
York. by the Immigrant Commissioner
on the ground that she was likely K
become a public charge. She wa!
brought before Judge Lacombe, one o
the ablest of the Circuit judges OF the
Federal courts The Judge said that n
could not overrule the decision of th'
Commissioner. The following is brie
account of the proceeding:
Mr.. Gottlieb, who appeared for tn
woman, said that she had relatives II
this city who would see that she dl'
not become a public charge, and n
declared that the woman ought 10 D.
set free. Judge Lacombe said that IN
immigration Commissioners had decld
ed that she should be deported, an'
that he could do nothing in the case
IF the Commissioners, he said
wish TO order an alien drawn
chartered, and chucked overheard the
could do so without interference.
but she has money" protested MI
Gottlieb.
THAT makes no difference" sal
Judge Lacombe; not even II she ha
500. 900. If Baron Rothschild cam
over here in the steerage as an I'M
migrant and the Commissioners decld
ed that it was likely that he would be
come public charge they could de
port him. The courts have decided
that over and over again The onl!
thing for you TO do is TO apply TO tn
Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr.. Gottlieb said he would do so
The young woman is said to have al
uncle in this city, IgnatZ Bobb or ITO
Lexington Avenue. She paid her owl
way to this country, and says ne
father is Superintendent of the larges
hospital in Strasburg.
Judge Lacomhe is conservative, an
his remarks from the Bench, show tina
he regarded the law as unjust in sew
eral ways.
These laws will be soon in operatio
here. Under them, a Commissioner
Immigration may reject any lmporte
laborers from Japan or elsewhere, If
his opinion, they are within the sta
ute, and the courts cannot reverse h
decision. The bearing of these laws o
our plans 10 supply our plantation
with Iaborers should be carefully col
sidered