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1112 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. CII. 1007. 1903. rendered by the Tribunal of Arbitration, at Paris, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred dollars. C‘““°*° °‘°’““°“· ENro1zomMnN*r or rm: CHINESE-EXCLUSION A01`: To prevent unlawful entry of Chinese into the United States, by the appointment of suitable officers to enforce the laws in relation thereto, and for expenses of returning to China all Chinese persons found to be unlawfully in the United States, including the cost of imprisonment and actual expense of conve ance of Chinese persons to the frontier or seaboard _’,tg,‘}*“°”* °°“‘¥’°"‘ for de rtation, dive hundred thousand dollars, of which sum one thou- ` sand didllars per annum shall be paid to the collector of customs at Port Townsend as additional compensationand one thousand dollars per annum shall be paid to the C0mmissioner—General of Immigration

 mmm_ as additional compensation: Provided, That so much of the amount

hereby appropriated as may be necessary shall be available for the establishment and maintenance of the Bertillon system of identification "°‘-”· **-12**- at the various ports of entry; but this proviso shall not apply to per- . sonslernlbraged in Article Three of the treaty with China of eighteen hun re an ninet -four. I ,_¢,§°¤°°¤*’*°*·****°' ENFORCEMENT oyii ALIEN coN*raAo·r-Lxnon Laws: For the enforce· ' ment of the alien contract—labor laws and to prevent the immigration of convicts, lunatics, idiots, and persons liable to become a public charge frqpi foreign contiguous territory, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. L“""’*°‘°· LANDS AND ornmz rnormzrr or rms: UNITED Srarns: For custody, care, rotection, and expenses of sales of lands and other property of the llhited States, the examination of titles, recording o deeds, advertising, and auctioneer’s fees, four hundred dollars. . ,,,§';‘j,,,‘§d,,"?,§‘_‘lf ‘°` The Secretary of the Treasuryis authorized to sell such lands as have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States by devise, upon such terms and after such public notice by advertisement as he may deem best for the public interest. Q¤¤¤~¤¤¤¤ ¤·¤vi<=¤· QUARANTINE smnvrcm. ""*“‘°"“°°· For the maintenance and ordinary expenses, including pay of oflicers and employees of quarantine stations at Delaware Breakwater, Reedy Island, Cape Charles and supplemental station, Cape Fear, Savannah, South Atlantic, and Brunswick, Cumberland Sound, Saint Johns River, Biscayne Bay, Key West, Boca Grande, Tampa Bay, Cedar Key, Saint `eorges Sound (East and West Pass), Pensacola, Gulf San Diego, San Francisco, Columbia River, Port Townsend and supplemental stations, quarantine system of the Hawaiian Islands, and tpe quanéagtipe system of Porto Rico, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. "'*“""¥· An expenditure of not to exceed five hundred dollars may be incurred during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, for printing on account of the quarantine service at times when the exigencies of that service require immediate action, ghargeable to the appropriation, "Preventing the spread of epidemic iseases. “°‘*“· °’°· Books and journals for use of the Public Health and Marine—Hos ital Bureau may be purchased during the fiscal year nineteen hundredp and four at a cost not to exceed five hundred dollars, and paid for from the appropriation for the Public Health and Marine—Hospital Service. R°“‘· For rent of stable for the purpose of keepin horses and small animals of the Hygienic Laboratory, two hun red; and forty dollars. PREVENTION or nmvrzmres. d$g:”‘*°“ °‘ °P‘· The President of the United States is hereby authorized, in case of threatened or actual epidemic of cholera, typhus fever, yellow fever,