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


thousand dollars, or by imprisonmen
for each and every alien so landed o
brought in or attempted to be lande,
or brought in.
| Sec. 9. That it shall be unlawful TO
any person, including any transporta
! ton company other than railway line
entering the United States from for
eign contiguous territory, or the owner
master. agent. or consignee of any yes
sci to bring to the United States any
alien subject to any of the following
| disabilities: Idiots, imbeciles, epilep
tics, or persons afflicted with tubercu
losis or with loathsome or dangerous
contagious disease, and if it shall ap-
pear to the satisfaction of the Secre-
| tary of Commerce and Labor that any
alien so brought to the United States
was afflicted with any of the said
| diseases or disabilities at the time of
foreign embarkation and that the ex-
istence of such disease or disability
might have been detected by means of
competent medical examination at
such time, such person or transporta-
ton company, or the master, agent,
owner, or consignee of any such vessel
shall pay to the collector of customs
of the customs district in which the
port of arrival is located the sum of
one hundred dollars for each and every
violation of the provisions of this sec
ton, and no vessel shall be granted
clearance papers pending the determin-
alton of the question of the liability
to the payment of such fine, and in
the event such fine is imposed, while it
remains unpaid, nor shall such fine be
RENTED or refunded: Provided, that
clearance may be granted prior to the
determination of such questions upon
the deposit of sum sufficient to cover
such fine and costs, such sum to be
named by the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor.
See. 10 That the decision of the
board of special inquiry, hereinafter
provided for, based upon the certificate
of the examining medical officer, shall
be final as to the rejection of aliens
affected with tuberculosis or with a
loathsome or dangerous contagious dis
ease, or with any mental or physical
disability which would bring such
aliens within any of the classes ex-
cluded from admission to the United
States under section two of this act.
sec. IL L dt upon the CCIIlHCdlc
of a medical officer of the United
States Public Health and Marine Hos
pital Service to the effect that re-
jected alien is helpless from sickness,
mental or physical disability, or in
fancy, if such alien is accompanied by
another alien whose protection or
guardianship is required by such re-
jected alien, such accompanying alien
may also be excluded, and the master,
agent, owner, or consignee of the YES
sci in which such alien and accompany
ing alien are brought shall be required
to return said alien and accompanying
alien in the same manner as vessels
are required to return other rejected
aliens.
See. Il. That upon the arrival of
any alien by water at any port with
in the United States it shall be the
duty of the master or commanding Off
Ger of the steamer, sailing or other
vessel having said alien on board to
deliver to the immigration officers at
the port of arrival lists or manifests
made at the time and place of embark
alton of such alien on board such steam
er or vessel, which shall, in answer
to questions at the top of said lists,
state as to each alien the full name,
age, and sex; whether married. or
single; the calling or occupation;
whether able to read or write; the ma
tionality; the race; the last residence;
the name and address of the nearest
relative in the country from which the
alien came; the seaport for landing in
the United States; the final destina-
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ing; whether having ticket through
to such final destination; whether the
alien has paid his own passage or
whether it has been paid by any other
person or by any corporation, society,
municipality, or government, and if 50,
by whom; whether in possession of ff
ty dollars, and if less, how much;
whether going to join a relative or
friend, and if so, what relative or
friend, and his or her name and COM
plete address; whether ever before in
the United States, and if so, when and
where; whether ever in prison or aims
house or an institution or hospital for
the care and treatment of the insane
or supported by charity; whether a
polygamist; whether an anarchist;
whether coming by reason of any offer,
solicitation, promise, or agreement, ex-
press or implied, to perform labor in
the United States, and what is the
alien's condition of health, mental and
physical, and whether deformed or
crippled, and if SO, for how long and
from what cause; that it shall further
be the duty of the master or command
ing officer of every vessel taking alien
passengers out of the United States,
from any port thereof, to file before
departure therefrom with the collee
tor of customs of such port com
plete list of all such alien passengers
taken on bosrd. Such list shall contain !
the name. age, sex, nationality, resi-
dence in the United States, occupation,
and the time of last arrival of every
such alien in the United States, and
no master of any such vessel shall be
granted clearance papers for his yes
sci until he has deposited such list
or lists with the collector of customs
at the port of departure and made
oath that they are full and complete
as to the name and other information
herein required concerning each alien