1218 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 1012. 1903. cautions to prevent the landing of any such alien from such vessel at any time or place other than that designated by the immigration officers, and any sup (tliwner, officer, ageéit, or person in charge of spch vessel who shall an or permit to lan any alien at any time or p ace other than thaté designated by the iinmigration ofncers, shall bel deemed guilty of a mis emeanor and shal on conviction be punishe by a fine for each alien so perniitted to land of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for a term} not exceeding one ear, or by both such fine and imprisonment, an every such alien so llanded shall be deemed to be unlawfully in the United States ‘ and shall be deported, as provided by law. m¥fgg*;*Hg;sill°8¤llY Sec. 19. That all aliens brought into this cpuntry in violation of law ` shall if practicable, be immediately sent bac to the countries whence ($****8**- , theylrespectively came on the vessels bringing them. The cost of their maintenance while on land, as well as the expense of the return of such aliens, shall be borne by the owner or owners of the vessels on m*;_g*:}_;Y ggmyg which they respectively came; and if any master, person in charge, ’ "agent, owner, or consignee of any such vessels shall refuse to receive back on board thereof or of any other vessel owned by the same ingerest, such aliens, orishall pleglect totpletspn them thereiton, or img re use or neg act to return em to e oreign rt rom w ic they came, or to pay the cost of their maintenance whge on land, such master, person in c argc, agent, owner, or consignee shall be deemed ilty o a misdemeanor and shall on conviction be punished by a She not less than three hundred dollars for each and’every such offense; . and no such vessel shall have clearance from any port of the United _ I*;’m°'?,§’{’,‘6n ,0 use as States while any such fine is unpmd: Promded, That the Commissionerwma. General of Immigpntion, under the direction or with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may suspend, upon conditions to be prescribed by the Commissioner-General, the deportation of any alien found to have come under promise or agreement of labor or service of anybl;ipd;f,gnll1isli'udgmerét, the éestimony of suchhalien is necessary on al o the United States `overnment in the prosecution of dc¤£`{¤e¢§¤¤¤¤<> wwe offendgrtsv atgginstlthe provigions of sectionsffour and five of this Act; 'Hoo' e i at the cost o maintenance o an erson so detaine resultingafrom such suspension of deportation shall be paid from the "immi rant fund " but no alien certitied, as rovidedi qectio ·e e — teen ofgthis Act, th be suffering with a loathdbine or wdli a dahgeijods contagious disease other than one of a quarantinable nature, s all be permiétecl to land for medical treatment thereof in the hospitals of the nite States. mI;¤m;;;i¤gt;i¤1g: Sec. 20. That any alien who shall come into the United States in nm} violation of law, or who shall be found a (public chargp therein, from causes existing prior to landing, shall be eported as ereinafter provided to the country whence he came at any time within two years after arrival at the expense, including one—half of the cost of inland transportation to the port of deportation, of the person bringing such alien into the United States, or, if that can not be done, then at the expense of the immigrant fund referred to in section one of this Act. mligydmmygnygesggg nc. 21. That in case the Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisned years. that an alien has been found in the United States in violation of this Act he shall cause such alien, within the period of three years after landing or entry therein, to be taken into custody and returned to the cpuptry whencebhe came, as prciyided in secgopl twenty of this Act, or, i t at can not e so one at the expense o the immigrant fund ro- Permlry f<>r refusal vided for in section one of,this Act; and neglect or refusal on the gart by Smpping °w°e”‘ of the masters a t i " f · l ' . , gen s, owners, or consignees 0 w esse s to com ly with the order of the Secretary of the Treasury to take on boardi guard safely, and return to the country whence he came any alien ordered
