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 FORTYEIGHTH coxemass. sms. 11. on. 164, 165. isss. 333 importation of the person or persons whose labor or service is contracted for into the United States, shall be utterly void and of no effect, Sec. 3. That for every violation of any of the provisions of section P¤¤¤·l*Y f°F Vi°· one of this act the person, partnership, company, or corporation violating  glgifst Eg; the same, by knowingly assisting, encouraging or soliciting the migrzr ,.w,§.m,d_ ’ tion or importation of any alien or aliens, foreigner or foreigners, into the United States, its Territories, or the District of Columbia, to perform labor or service of any kind under contract or agreement, express or implied, pmol or special, with such alien or aliens, foreigner or fo1·- eigners, previous to becoming residents or citizens of the United States, shall forfeit and pay for every uch offence the sum of one thousand dollars, which may be sued for and recovered by the United States or by any person who shall first bring his action therefor including any such alien or foreigner who may be a party to any such contract or agreement, as debts of like amount are new recovered in the circuit courts of the United States; the proceeds to be paid into the Treasury of the United States; and separate suits may be brought for each alien or foreigner being a party to such contract or agreement aforesaid. And it shall be the duty of the district attorney of the proper district to prosecute every such suit at the expense of the United States. Sec. 4. That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring M¤q*¤¤‘*·f "°$¤¤1· within the United States on any such vessel, and land, or permit to be §1“°:l;2§lg;u:ff;_;5 landed, from any foreign port or place, any alien laborer, mechanic, or ,,,%,,,3, guuiy of artisan who, previous to embarkation ou such vessel, had entered into mim¤¤{¤n¤¤r,;»u¤¤- contract or agreement, parol or special, express or implied, to perform §¤b=*\}l¤ by HM 0T labor or service in the United States, shall be deemed guilty of n mis— "“¥""’°”"‘°”*· demeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by e fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every such alien laborer, mechanic or artisan so brought as aforesaid, and may also be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months. Sec. 5. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent F<>f9i2¤¤¤‘¤ _*<?¤¤· any citizen or subject of any foreign country temporarily residing in {:"":H;Y U:*§‘:l;“§ the United States, either in private or official capacity, from engaging, Sm,,,, may engage under contract or otherwise, persons not residents or citizens of the oq1mrm···7gm·¤·q as United States to act as private secretaries, servants, or domestics for P¤"¤’* ¤*¤¤‘°*¤¤=*¤· such foreigner temporarily residing in the United States as aforesaid; “°é`¥Q;5*;;;knmu nor shall this act be so construed as to prevent any person, or persons, in {0,,,;:;,, ,,0 .1,,- partnership, or corporation from engaging, under contract or agreement, tries may be enskilled workman in foreign countries to perform labor in the United §*:S**<‘_*<> P{!'f°’m States in or upon any new industry not at present established in the ,:(:;,;‘; ”;gt"‘;;_v United States: Provided, That skilled labor for that purpose cannot be t,,;,;,,,;,,'.,, ;,, t;,,, otherwise obtained; nor shall the provisions of this act applyto pro- Unirm’Sr»m»¤. iessional actors, artists, lecturers, or singers, nor to persons employed £'Q”'~’°· ]_ strictly as personal or domestic servants: Provided, That nothing in ers ';;'Q$:jmtB°°J;;r` this act shall be construed ns prohibiting any individual from assisting ,,x.§q,t,,d_ ’ " any member of his family or any relative or personal friend, to migrate l{rovi00, as to asfrom any foreign country to the United States, for the purpose of set- :‘:g’;,§6H£I“·*"'°° t ement here. ' Sec. 6. That all laws or. parts of laws conflicting herewith be, and L¤w¤€·>¤*“<=¤*¤z the same are hereby, repealed. l;;5:di"°h· ’ °` Approved, February 26, 1885. CHAP. 165.-An not to nutnorize the construction of a bridge soma the Mississippi February 26, 1885. Rnver at Memphis, Tennessee. -·--——-————--·——~ Be it enacted M; the Senate and House of Representative: of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Tennessee and Ar- Bridge p¤r9¤¤ kansas Bridge Company, n corporation organized and created under )?;""¥’,$' TR"" and by virtue of the laws of the State ofArka.nsas, and the Tennessee ;,y§:`,£,,,:u.:,§:3 Construction and Connecting Company, a corporation organized and by me Tennessee oreuted under and by virtue of the laws of Tennessee, be, and the same md Ark•¤¤¤•