Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 39 Part 1.djvu/904

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884 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 29. 1917. tion'; whether able to read or write; nationality; country of birth; country of which citizen or subject; race; last permanent residence in the United States; intended future permanent residence; and time and port of last arrival in the United States; and if a United States · citizen, whether native born or naturalized. uuliiggiggtgm ab Sec. 13. That all aliens arriving by water at the Eorts of the United States shall be listed in convenient groups, the names of those coming from the same locality to be assembled so far as practicable, and no one list or manifest shall contain more than thirty “"““°“"‘ "°"“‘· names. To each alien or head of a family shall be given a ticket on which shall be written his name, a number or letter designating the list in which his name, and other items of infomation required by m ‘P.§*‘”*· this Act, are contained, and his number on said list, for convenience ' of identification on arrival. Each list or manifest shall be verified by the signature and the oath or aiiirmation of the master or commanding officer, or the first or second below him in command, taken before an immigration officer at the port of arrival, to the effect that he has caused the surgeon of said vessel sailing therewith to make a hysical and mental examination of each of said aliens, and that from the report of said surgeon and from his own investigation he A M believes that no one of said aliens is of any of the classes excluded ’°’°' from admission into the United States by section three of this Act, and that also according to the best of his knowledge and belief the information in said lists or manifests concerning each of said aliens ° ,,:,_°‘ "' ""‘°“‘ °' named therein is correct and true in every respect. That the surgeon of said vessel sailing therewith shall also sign each of said lists or manifests and make oath or ailirmation in like manner before an immigration officer at the port of arrival, stating his professional experience and qualiications as a physician and sur eon, and that he has made a personal examination of each of the said aliens named therein, and that the said list or manifest, according to the best of V b cm his knowledge and belief, is full, correct, and true in all particulars nrgzigum Y relative to the mental and physical condition of said aliens. If no surgeon sails with any vessel bringing aliens, the mental and physical examinations and the veriiications of the lists or manifests shall be made b some competent surgeon employed by the owners of the said vessels, and the manifests shall be verified by such surgeon before a United States consular officer or other officer authorized to cnmgti umm; troy- administer oaths: Provided, That if any changes in the condition of °$"· such aliens occur or develop during the voyage of the vessel on which they are traveling, such changes shall be noted on the manifest before Nmdmv of lm the verification tliereof. unlawful. W Sec. 14. That it shall be unlawful for the master or commandin ollicer of an vessel bringing aliens into or carrying aliens out 0% the United States to refuse or fail to deliver to the immigration oflicials the accurate and full manifests or statements or informa- Ymw mt mum, tion rewarding all aliens on board or taken on board such vessel ew. ’ required by this Act, and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Labor that there has been such a refusal or failure, or that the lists delivered are not accurate and full, such master or commanding officer shall pay to the collector of customs at the port of arrival or departure the sum of $10 for each alien concerning whom such accurate and full manifest or statement or information is notf furnished, or concerning whom the manifest or statement or in ormation is not prepared and sworn to as rescribed b °*°°"“°°"**'¤h°*d· this Act. No vessel shall be granted clearance pendiiig the deter}; gnnation th: question of tlée liability! to the payment of such ne, or w 1 e 1 rema1ns unpai , nor s a such fine be remitted or §_"’,L’£ to mm refunded: Rromded, That clearance may be granted prior to the dammit. determination of such question upon the deposit with the collector of customs of a sum sumcient to cover such line.