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894 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 29. 1917. United States at which the violation may occur or at which the per- Compromisesrv son charged with such violation may be found. That no suit or ’“'*°"°"· proceeding for a violation of the provisions of this Act shall be settled, compromised, or discontinued without the consent of the court in which it is pending, entered of record, with the reasons therefor. m¥gg¤·égL*¤° "*“°" Src. 26. That all exclusive privileges of exchanging money, trans- Dispcsald- porting passengers or baggage, or keeping eating houses, and all ‘*“"*"‘ 32* other like privileges in connection with any United States immigrant station, shall be disposed of to the lowest responsible and capable bidder, after public competition, notice of such competitive bidding havin been made in two newspapers of general circulation for a periog of two weeks, subject to such cond1tions and limitations as the Commissioner General of Immigration, under the direction or with the approval of the Secretary of Labor may prescribe, and all receipts accruing from the disposal of privileges shall be paid into ·‘·“°°‘ °"““d°d‘ the Treasury of the United States. No such contract shall be awarded d},§‘°‘*"°““ *°'bi°' to an alien. No intoxicating liquors shall be sold at any such immigration station.

 ggg Sec. 27. That for the preservation of the peace and in order that

¤¤w,•w. arrests may be made for crimes under the laws of the States and Territories of the United States where the various immigrant stations are located, the officers in charge of such stations, as occasion may require, shall admit therein the proper State and municipal officers chargpd with the enforcement of such laws, and for the pur ose of t is section the jurisdiction of such officers and of the local courts shall extend over such stations. ,,$,",§§’§°’ °§‘J{{ { Src. 28. That any person who knowingly aids or assists any} an- · '¤‘¤Y· archist or any person who believes in or advocates the overt row by force or violence of the Government of the United States, or who disbelieves in or is opposed to organized government, or all forms of law, or who advocates the assassination of public officials, or who is a member of or aiiiliated with any organization entertaining or teaching disbelief in or plpposition to organized government, or who advocates or teaches the uty, necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally, of the Government of the United States or of any other organized vernment, because of his or their official character, to enter the Iiiiiited States, or who connives or conspires with any person or persons to allow, procure, or permit any such anarchist or person aforesaid to enter therein, shall be Punishment. deemed guilty of a felony, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not Mm mryomlgm more than fire years, or both. _ • _ advocatgig ammmqu Any person who knowingly aids or assists any alien who advocates gQ§;’,,¥;,°0'§}’·°‘°··°‘”*s‘ or teaches the unlawful destruction of property to enter the United rumsnmmc. States shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine mmmmm mlm and imprisonment. ence on immgmim Src. 29. That the President of the United States is authorized,

  • ¤¤¤°¤¤*d· in the name of the Government of the United States, to call, in his

discretion, an international conference, to assemble at such point as _ may be agreed upon, or to send special commissioners to any foreign ifglggjcfs *° *>° °“*· country, for the purpose of regulating by international agreement, subyect to the_adv1ce and consent of the Senate of the United States, the immigration of aliens to the United States; of providing for the menta . moral, and Hphysical examination of such aliens by American consuls or other officers of the United States Government at the ports of embarkation, or elsewhere; of securing the assistance of foreign Governments m their own territories to prevent the evasion