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

quired by section twelve of this acI
from the master or commanding Officer
of every vessel taking alien passen
gers out of the United States, the pen
atty shall be paid to the collector OF
customs at the port of departure anc
shall be fine of ten dollars for eacf
alien not included in said list; but in
no case shall the aggregate fine exceed
one hundred dollars.
Sec 16. That upon the receipt by
the immigration officers at any port
Of arrival of the lists or manifests OF
incoming aliens provided for in see
tions twelve, thirteen, and fourteen OF
this act, it shall be the duty of said
officers to go or to send competent as
sistants to the vessel to which said
lists or manifests refer, and there in,
spect all such aliens, or said immigra.
tion officers may order temporary
removal of such aliens for examina.
ton at designated time and place,
but such temporary removal shall not
be considered landing, nor shall it
relieve the transportation lines, mas
ters, agents, owners, or consignees of
the vessel upon which said aliens are
brought to any port of the United
States from any of the obligations
which, in case such aliens remain on
board, would, under the provisions of
this act, bind the said transportation
lines, masters, agents, owners, or con-
signees: Provided, That where a suita-
ole building is used for the detention
and examination of aliens the immi-
grafton officials shall there take charge
of oh ol. frap 70 N
companies, masters, agents, owners, and
aliens shall be relieved of the re-
sponsibility for their detention there
after until the return of such aliens
to their care.
Sec. II. That the physical and men
tai examination of all arriving aliens
shall be made by medical officers of
the United States Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service, who shall have
had at least two years experience in
the practice of their profession since
receiving the degree of doctor of medi-
cine and who shall certify for the in
formation of the immigration officers
and the boards of special inquiry here
matter provided for, any and all physi-
cal and mental defects or diseases OBJ
served by said medical officers in any
such alien, or, should medical officers of
the United States Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service be not availa-
bic, civil surgeons of not less than four
years professional experience may be
employed in such emergency for such
service, upon such terms as may be pre-
seribed by the Commissioner General
of immigration under the direction or
with the approval of the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor. The United
States Public Health and Marine Hos
pital Service shall be reimbursed by
the immigration service for all ex-
penditures incurred in carrying out the
medical inspection of aliens under reg
ulations of the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor
Sec. Is. That it shall be the duty
of the owners, officers, or agents of
any vessel or transportation line, other
than those railway lines which may
enter into a contract as provided in
section thirty-two of this act, bringing
an alien to the United States to pre-
vent the landing of such alien in the
United States at any time or place 9th
er than as designated by the immigra
ton officers, and the negligent failure
of any such owner, officer, or agent to
comply with the foregoing require
ments shall be deemed misdemeanor
and be punished by fine in each