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896 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 29. 1917. ,D*?°¤**¤‘¤¤·m,¤P,•?f,»£·_ Sec. 33. That it shall be unlawful and be deemed a violation of the awm. preceding section to pay off or discharge any alien employed on board any vessel arriving in the United States from any foreign port or lace, unless duly admitted pursuant to the laws and treaties of the §`§.Y¥§"§;,,m¤ pu- United States regulating the immigration of aliens: Provided, That ¤*"°•*· in  := any such alien intends to reship on board any other vessel bound to any foreign port or place, he shall be allowed to land for the purpose of so reshipping, under such regulations as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe to fprevent aliens not admissible under any law, convention, or treaty rom remaining dpermanently in the United States and may be paid off, discharge , and permitted to remove his effects, anything in such laws or treaties or in this Act N°“°° '°‘1“"°‘· to the contrary notwithstanding, provided due notice of such proposed action be given bg the master or the seaman himself to the principal immigration officer in charge at the port of arrival. m?gg°{';{*;'; {’u',g;,d,; Sec. 34. That any alien seaman who shall _ and in a. lport of the 1¤¤¤•·r United States contrary to the rovisions of this Act shal be deemed to be imlawfully in the United) States, and shall, at any time within three years thereafter, upon the warrant of the Secretary of Labor, be taken into custody and brought before a board of special inquiry E’!’°°’“'· for examination as to his uali cations for admission to the United States, and if not admittdd said alien seaman shall be deported at 4¤¢¢»r>- M- the expense of the appropriation for this Act as provided in section · · nc. . a 1 s a e nm aw or ·an vesse ca in assen- E¤g,¤*¤**=·#&¤**¤¤··¤,,,,,,,, mint}, ig iii? iii 11 ll b 1 an i I · ivgclnkshm gers between a port of the United States ind a portrrdf g foreign country, upon arrival in the United States, to have on board employed thereon any alien afflicted with idiocy, iinbecility, insanity, epi epsy, tuberculosis in any form, or a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, if it appears to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Labor, from an examination made by a medical oilioer of the United States Public Health Service, and is so certined b such officer, that any such alien was so aiilicted at the time he was shipped or engaged and taken on board such vessel and that the existence of such aiiiiction might have been detected by means of a competent medical examina-

  • "¤°*¤¤P°••¤· tion at such time; and for eve such alien so aiiiicted on board any

such vessel at the time of arrivlal the owner, agent, consignee, or master thereof shall pay to the collector of customs of the customs dis- Detention ra- am- trict in which the port of arrival is located the sum of $50, and pend- "‘°“" ing departure of the vessel the alien shall be detained and treated in hospital under supervision of immigration officials at the ex ense of ummm wmuaia. the vessel; and no vessel shall be anted clearance pending the determination of the question of the Edbility to the ayment of such

 to mm fine and while it remains unpaid: Provided, That clearance may be

enema,-e. granted prior to the determination of such question upon the deposit R°““’°°“ °'°“°· of a sum sufficient to cover such fine: Provided further, That such iineigiay, in the discretion of the Secretary of Labor, be mitigated or rexm te . ,,§‘,,'Z,“v°,§$,‘§i§",§",§§'$’Qi Sec. 3Q. That upon arrival of any vessel in the United States from Qg;•u*;g_°¤ °¤’*"•* '¤¤¤ any foreign port or place it shall be the duty of the owner, agent, consignee, or master thereof to deliver to the principal immigration C°¤°¤¤°¤· officer in charge of the port of arrival lists containing the names of all aliens employed on such vessel, stating the positions they respectively hold in the ship’s company, when and where they were respectively shipped or engaged, and specifying those to be paid off and discharged in the port of arrival; or lists containing so much Rem of mmm? of such information as the Secretary of Labor shall by regulation am,,d,u,¤,_ prescribe; and after the arrival of any such vessel it shall be the duty of such owner, agent, consignee, or master to report to such