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888 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 29. 1917. of any such vessel to refuse to receiveback on board thereof, or on board of any other vessel owned or oplerated by the same mterests, such aliens; or to fail to detain them thereon; or to refuse or fa1l_ to return them in the manner aforesaid to the foreign port from which they came; or to fail to pay the cost of their mamtenance wh1le on land; or to make any charge for the return of any such alien, or to take any security for the payment of such charge; or to take any

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£. W um ° to bring to the United States at any time within one dyear from the date of deportation any alien rejected or arrested and eported under any provision of this Act, unless prior to reembarkation the Secretary of Labor has consented that such alien shall reaplply for admis- {,;•g;,g>· sig-, v,°,a_ sion, as required by section three hereof; and if It shal appear to the ams. Y satisfaction of the Secretary of Labor that such master, purser,fper- Am nw son in charge, agent, owner, or consignee has violated any of the ore- ’ going provisions, or any of the provisions of section fifteen hereof, such master, purser, person in charge, agent, owner, or consignee shall pay to the collector of customs of the district in which the port of arrival is located, or in which any vessel of the line may be found the sum of*$300 for each and every violation of any provision of said °'““"’“°°"“m"l°· sections; and no vessel shall have clearance from any port of the United States while any such fine is unpaid, nor shall such Hne_be M w mm remitted or refunded: Provided, That clearance may be granted prior chance. to the determination of such uestion upon the deposit with the col- Devwune by ¤¤¤¤· lector of customs of a sum sugicient to cover such fine. If the vessel `°°°°°l` by which any alien ordered deported came has left the United States and it is impracticable for any reason to deport the alien within a reasonable time by another vessel owned by the same interests, the cost of de ortation may be paid by the Government and recovered by civil suit iiom any agent, owner, or consignee of the vessel: Provided 1>•w¤¤¤¤¤¤wi¤¤¤¤· further, That the Commissioner General of Immigration, with the approval of the Secretary of Labor, may suspend, upon conditions to be prescribed by the Commissioner General of Immigration, the deportation of any aliens found to have come in violation of an provision of this Act if, in his `udgment, the testimony of such ahen is necessary on behalf of the Ifnited States Government in the prosecution of offenders against any provision of this Act or other laws of hmmm the United States; and the cost of maintenance of any person so detained resulting from such suspension of deportation, and a witness fee in the sum of $1 per day for each day such rson is so detained, may be paid from the appropriation for the enfdicement of this Act, or such alien may be re eased under bond, in the penalty of not less than $500, with security approved by the Secretary of Labor, condimam tioned that such alien shall be produced when required as a witness ,w__,u,¤§;,bmdm_’ and for deportation. No alien certified, as provided in section six- Am»,p.sss. teen of this Act, to be suffering from tuberculosis in any form, or from a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease other than one of quarantinable nature, shall be permitted to land for medical treat- E*°°P**°¤· ment thereof in any hospital in the United States, unless the Secretary of Labor is satisfied that to refuse treatment would be inhumane or cause unusual hardship or suffering, in which case the alien shall be treated in the hospital under the supervision of the immigration oilicials at the expense of the vessel transporting him: Provided fur- “'{‘¤¤;¤¤¤g=;·mf¥¤•;f¤¤¤¤ ther, That upon the certificate of an examining medical officer to. the effect that the health or safety of an insane alien would be unduly imperiled by immediate deportation, such alien may, at the expense of the appropriation for the enforcement of this Act, be held for treatment until such time as such alien may, in the opinion of such ngirgrgiou or beg: medical officer, be safely deported: Provided further, That upon the »·,·¤.,£°d certificate of an examming medical officer to the effect that a re-