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FIFTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 1012. 1903. 1215 · migration or importation of any alien to the United States to perform labor or service of any kind by reason of any olfer, solicitation, promise, or agreement, express or implied, parole or special, to or with such . alien shall forfeit and pay for every such offense the sum of one thousand dollars, which may be sued for and recovered by the United tS¤i¤ br i¤f<>¤¤¤r States, or by any person who shall first bring his action therefor in his ° °° own name and for his own benefit, including any such alien thus promised labor or service of any kind as aforesaid, as debts of like amount are now recovered in the courts of the United States; and separate

uits may be brought for each alien thus promised labor or service of

any kin as aforesaid. And it shall be the dutv of the district attorney of the pro r district to prosecute every such suit when brought by the Un1tedKStates. Sec. 6. That itshall be unlawful and be deemed a violation of sec- Advemailnz rg ggtion four of this Act to assist or encourage the importation or migration §g}.¤0¤°°pJm§ of any alien by a promise of employment through advertisements “°"· printed and pu lished in any foreigln country; and any alien comin to this country in consequence of suc an advertisement shall be treated as coming un er a promise or agreement as contemplated in section two of this Act, and the penalties i section five of this Act *`¤¤·¤¤¤·· shall be applicable to such a case:, That this section shall f,’¢,,•:;_·@·>d, mm, M_ not apply to States or Territories, the District of Columbia, or places subject to the jurisdiction of the United States advertising the inducements they offer for immigration thereto, respectively. ’ · _ Sec. 7. That no transportation company or owner or owners of ves- ,,,;f’*§,°’°§ sels or others engaged in transportin aliens into the United States, mvhibbcd. shall, directly or through agents, eitger by writing, printing, or oral representations, solicit, invite, or encourage the immigration of any aliens into the United States except by ordinary commercial letters, circulars, advertisements, or oral representations, stating the sailings of their vessels and terms and facilities of transportation therein; and for a violation of this provision any such transportation company and any such owner or owners of vessels, and all others envaged in transporting aliens to the United States, and the agents by them employed, _ shall be surpjlected to the penalties imposed by section five of this Act. "°°‘”"°*· _ Sec. 8. at any person, including the master agent, owner, or ,q,"·§j§’}§',}‘,f,'},;f;’,j,,jf,; consignee of any vessel, who shall bring into or lan in the United vw- States, by vessel or otherwise, or who shall attem t, by himself or through another, to bring into or land in the Unitedp States, by vessel or otherwise, any alien not duly admitted by an immiglrant inspector or not lawfully entitled to enter the United States, s all be eemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be punished by a une not exceeding one thousand dollars for each and every alien so landed or attempted to be landed, or by imprisonment for a term not less than three months nor more than two years, or by both such fine MS impl-iSThment.h ll be lawf lf l d E lm ‘ Cnc. 9. at it s a un u or any person, inc u in an trans·· of °° ° ¤°’· portation company other than railway lines entering the Unitedi States gc. <ii£¤•>kim°°m°' from foreign contiguous territory, or the owner, master, agent, or consignee of any vessel to bring to the United States any a ien afliicted _ with a loathsome or with a dan erous contagious disease; and if it Fm '°’“°l‘“°“· shall appear to the satisfaction o? the Secretary of the Treasury that any alien so brought to the United States was afflicted with such a disease at the time of foreign embarkation, and that the existence of such disease might have been detected by means of a competent medical examination at such time, such person or transportation company or the master, agent, owner, or consignee of any such vessel shall pay to the collector of customs of the customs district in which the rt of arrival is located the sum of one hundred dollars for each andxdvery violation of the provisions of this section; and no vessel shall be