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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 220, 221. 1887. 415 hundred and eighty-five, and to provide for the enforcement thereof, be amended by adding the following: "SEO. 6. That: the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby charged with Contracts with the duty of executing the provisions of this act, and for that purpose he Stgm h°m°°'$,. *·° shall have power to enter into contracts with such State Commission, f;ig°;;ti2;g° ° 1m` board, or officers as may be designated for that purpose by the Gover- ` nor of any State to take charge of the local affairs of immigration in the ports within said State, under the rules and regulations to be prescribed _ by said Secretary; and its shall be the duty of such State Commission, . board, or officers so designated to examine into the condition of passen- Examination of gers arriving at the ports within such State in any ship or vessel, and ¤h'PS· for that purpose all or any of such commissioners or officers, or such other person or persons as they shall appoint, shall be authorized to go on board of and through any such ship or vessel; and if in such exami- Prohibited pernation there shall be found among such passengers any person included fa‘;13;’é“"° '° b° iu the prohibition in this act, they shall report the same in writing to ' the collector of such port, and such persons shall not be permitted to land. “ Sec. 7 Q That the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish such reg- Rules, em., to bc ulations and rules, and issue from time to time such instructions, non P‘;’S°'*biS’*}1b;}’_ S°°· inconsistent with law, as he shall deem best calculated for carrying out {QQ`? ° t ° ""' the provisions of this act; and he shall prescribe all forms of bonds, entries, and other papers to be used under and in the enforcement of the various provisions of this act. ~ “SEc. 8. That all persons included in the prohibition in this act, _Remm ofprchibupon arrival, shall be sent back to the nations to which they belong md P°'*'·°¤¤· and from whence they came. Thor Secretary of the Treasury may designate the State board of charities of any State in which such board shall exist by law, or any commission in any State, or any person or persons in any State, whose duty it shall be to execute the provisions of 'this section and shall be entitled to reasonable compensation therefor to be Compensation. fixed by regulation prescribed by the Secretary of-the Treasury. The. Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations for the return of ` the aforesaid persons to the countries from whence they came, and shall furnish instructions to the board, commission, or persons charged with the execution of the provisions of this,secticn as to the time of procednrc in respect thereto, and may change such instructions from time to time. The expense of such return of the aforesaid persons not per- Expenses of M_ mitted to land shall be borne by the owners of the vessels in which they mm. came. And any vessel refusing to pay such expenses shall not thereafter bepermitted to land at or clear from any port of the United States. And such expenses shall be a lion on said vessel. That the necessary expense in the execution of this act; Ihr the present liscal year, shall be Appropriation. paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. " Sec. 9. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are Cvniicting laws hereby repealed. "°P°“l°d· “SEc. 10. That this act shall take effect at tue expiration of thirty days after its passage." · 4 Approved, February 23, 1887. CHAP. 221.·—An not to amend section three thousand and iiffy-eight of the F¢b·23,lPB7· Revised Statutes. · ·—"_*—"——·· Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ownership of im- Slatcaof America in Congress assembled, That section three thousand and g.°"*°‘1 “‘*"°h“°‘ tlfty-eight of the Revised Statutes be amended to read as follows: "QII Su sw 3058 · p. 588, amended. y “ S20. 3058. All merchandise imported into the United States shall, C·~¤¤i¤¤¤¤ ¤1•¤¤¤¤— for the purpose of this title, be deemed and held to be the property of the "dE{hf’u°"’;‘;.’%.u of person to whom the merchandise may be consigned; but; the holder of 1adigg5;,,m€d`c0n_ any bill of lading consigned to order and properly iudorsed shall be Sigue.