The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-05

SuDcB thO DGlIAuud5S VI lIOU foreign
contiguous territory after temper.
airy sojourn therein, nor to alters in
continuous transit through the United
States, nor to the inhabitants Of the
Philippine Islands, Guam, Porto Rico,
or Hawaii except as hereinafter pro
vided, nor to aliens arriving in the
Philippine Island, Guam, Porto Rico,
or Hawaii, but If any such alien, not
having become a citizen of the United
States, shall later arrive at any port
or place of the United States on the
North American continent, the reading
and writing requirement shall apply
unless excluded"
Still another amendment to section
three shuts out
Persons who are not eligible to be-
come citizens of the United States by
naturalization, unless otherwise pro
vided for by treaties, conventions, or
by Agreements as to passports"
immoral Importation Penalty.
The following amendment to section
four was agreed to:
Sec That the importation into
the United States of any alien for the
purpose of prostitution, or for any
other immoral purpoIe, is hereby for
hidden; and whoever shall, directly or
indirectly, import, or attempt to i'm
port, into the United States, any alien
for the purpose of prostitution or for
any other immoral purpose, or shall
hold or attempt to hold any alien for
any such purpose in pursuance of such
Illegal Importation, or shall keep, main
tain, control, support, employ, or hGr-
Dor In any house or other place, for
the purpose of pro, titution or for any
other immoral purposes any alien, IL
pursuance of such illegal Importation,
shall in every such case be deemed
guilty Of felony, and on conviction
thereof be imprisoned not more than
ten years and pay a fine of not more
than $4,000.
Contract Labor Prohibited.
An amendment to section five agreed
to reads:
Sec. 5. That it shall be unlawful
for any person, company, partnership,
or corporation, in any manner what
soever, to prepay the transportation
or any in any way to induce, assist,
encourage, or solicit the importation
or migration of any contract laborer
or contract laborers into the United
States, unless such contract laborer
or contract laborers are exempted un-
der the provisions of lection three of
this act, and for every violation Of
any of the provisions of this section
the person, partnership, company, or
violating the same shall
forfeit and pay for every such offense
the sum of $1,000, which may be sued
for and recovered by the United
States, or by any person who shall first
bring his action therefor in his own
name and for his own benefit, includ-
any such aliens thus offered or prorcis.
ed employment as aforesaid, as debts
of like amount are now recovered III
the courts of the United States; or for
every violation of the rovisions hereof
the person or persons or officers Of an
offending company or corporation Vie
lating the same may be prosecuted in
a criminal action for a misdemeanor,
and on conviction shall be punished
by fine of $1,000, or by Imprisonment;
for term of not less than six months
nor more than two years; ana under
either the civil or the criminal plo
cedure mentioned separate suits or
prosecution may he brought for each
alien thus offered or promised employ
ment as aforesaid. And it shall be the
duty Of the district attorney of the
n oper district to pros ecute every such
suit when brought by the United
States"
Soliciting Barred
An amendment to section seven
agreed to is the fol owing:
"Sec. 7. That it shall be unlawful
for any person, association, society,
company partnership, or corporation,
and others engaged in the business Of
Transporting Aliens to the United
States or promoting emigration there
to, including owners, masters, officers,
and agents of vessels, directly OF in
directly, by writing, printing, or oral
representation to solicit, invite, or en-
courage any alien to come into the
United States, and anyone violating
any provision hereof shall be sub
ject to either the civil or the crimi-
nal prosecution prescribed by section
five of this act; or if It shall appear to
the satisfaction of the Secretary Of
Commerce and Labor that there has
been such a violation by an owner
MASTER officer, or agent OF a Vessel,
such owner, master, officer, or agen;
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