The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-28

from entering the United States, and
Of regulating any matters pertaining
to such immigration
Sec 10. Authority is hereby given
the Commissioner General of Inlmf-
grafton to establish. under The direc-
ton and control OF the Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor, a division OF
information in the Bureau of Immi-
grafton and Naturalization, and the
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
shall provide such clerical assistance
as may be necessary. Tt shall be the
duty of said division to promote
beneficial distribution of aliens admit
ted into the United States among the
several States and Territories desir-
ing immigration. Correspondence
shall be had with the proper officials
of the States and Territories, and said
division shall gather from all avail
able sources useful information re-
garding the resources, products, and
physical characteristics of each State
and Territory, and shall publish such
information in different languages and
distribute the publications among all
admitted aliens who may ask for such
information at the immigrant stations
of the United States and to such other
persons as may desire the same. When
any State or Territory appoints and
maintains an agent or agents to rep
resent it at any of the immigrant sta
tons of the United States. such agents
shall. under regulations prescribed by
the Commissioner General of Immigra-
ton, subject to the approval of the
Secretary of Commerce and Labor,
have access to aliens who have been
admitted to the United States for the
purpose of presenting, either orally or
in writing, the special inducements
offered by such State or Territory to
aliens to settle therein. While on duty
at any immigrant station such agents
shall be subject to all the regulations
prescribed by the Commissioners Gen
eral of immigration, who, with the ap-
prevail of the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor, may, for violation of any
such regulations. deny TO the agent
guilty of such violation any of the
privileges herein granted.
/ Sec. Al That nothing in this act
shall be construed to apply to accred-
| tied officials of foreign governments
nor to their suites, families or guests.
/ Sec. IL. That it shall not be lawful
for the master of steamship or other
vessel whereon immigrant passengers.
or passengers other than cabin pas
sengers, have been taken at any port
or place in a foreign country or. domin-
| ion tports and places in foreign terri
tory contiguous to the United States
excepted1 to bring such vessel and
passengers to any port or place in the
United states unless the conpart-
sz,r,<a dot inns
/ hereinafter mentioned have been pro-
vided, allotted, maintained. and used
/ for and by such passengers during the
entire voyage; that is TO say, in a
i steamship, the compartments or spaces
goods, shall be of sufficient dimen-
i sions to allow for each and every pas
1 senger carried or brought therein
eighteen clear superficial feet of deck
allotted to his or her use, If the COM
partment or space is located on the
/ main deck or on the first deck next
below the main deck of the vessel, and
twenty clear superficial feet of deck
allotted to his or her use for each pas
4 senger carried or brought therein Il
4 the compartment or space is located
on the second deck below the MAR
deck of the vessel Provided. That Il
the height between the lower passenger
!. deck and the deck Immediately above
it is less than seven feet, or If thu
apertures exclusive of the side scut
tles) through which light and air ars
admitted together to the lower pas
senger deck are less in size than II
the proportion Of three square feet t.
every one hundred superficial feet o
that deck, the ship shall not carry {
greater number of passengers on tina
deck than in the proportion OF on
passenger to every thirty clear su
perficial feet thereof It shall not D.
lawful to carry or bring passengers OF
any deck other than the decks aboy'
mentioned And in sailing vessel
such passengers shall be carried o
brought only on the deck (not beins
an orIop declx) that is next below tn
main deck of the vessel, or in pool
| or deck house constructed on the mail
deck: and the compartment or space
unohstructed by cargo. stores, o
goods, shall be of sufficient dimen
sions to allow one hundred and tel
cubic feet for each and every passen
ger brought therein. And such pas
sengers shall not be carried or brougn
| in any between decks, nor in any com
partment, space, poop, or DECK mouse
the height of which from deck TO decl
is less than six feet. In computing
the number of such passengers carries
or brought in any vessel, children IN
der one year of age, shall not be IN
cluded. and two children between on
and eight years of age shall be counte'
as one passenger; and any person
brought in any such vessel who shal
have been, during the voyage, takel
from any other vessel wrecked or II
distress on the high seas, or have peel
picked up at sea from any boat, raft
| or otherwise, shall not be included
such computation. The master OF
vessel coming to a. port or place In TN
United States in violation Of erther O
the provisions of this section shall o.
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; ant
if the number of passengers other thar
cabin passengers carried or brough
in the vessel, or in any compartment
space. poop, or deck house thereon. i
greater than the number allowed to o.
carried or brought therein. respective
~, as hereinafter prescribed, the SAT-
master shall be fined fifty dollars 10
each and every passenger in excess o
the proper number, and may also o.
imprisoned not exceeding six months