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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 1012. 1903. 1219 to be deported under the provisions of this section shall be punished. g tge imposition of the penalties prescribed in section nineteen of _ is ct. Sec. 22. That the Commissioner-General of Immi tion, in addi- ,f°m“i’§°“°"G°“‘ tion to such other duties as may by law be assigngdato him, shall, e J¤(ti¤i¤u<l¢¢i¤ir§•?iii0u` under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, have char e of the administration of all laws relating to the immi tion of jiens into the United States, and shall have the controlimdirection, and supervision of all officers, clerks, and employees appointed thereunder. He shall establish such rules and regulations, prescribe such num, ew. forms of bonds, reports, entries, and other papers, and shall issue from time to time such instructions, not inconsistent with law, as he shall deem best calculated for carrying out the provisions of this Act and for protecting the United States and aliens migrating thereto from fraud and loss, and shall have authority to enter into contracts for the support and relief of such aliens as may fall into distress or need pub- _ lic aid; all under the direction or with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. And it shall be the duty of the Commissioner-General fo!{>¤$n¢¤é1¤n*<> Mm i¤· of Immigration to detail officers of the immigration service from time ° ' to time astmay be neeesssrpinhis judgmenqto secure informatiouas to the number of aliens detained in the penal, reform•tory,.aud charitable institutions (public and rivate) o the several·States and Territories, the District of Columbia, and othenterritory of the United States, and to inform the ofricers of such institutionsof the provisions of law in relation to the deportation of aliens who have become public charges: Provided, That the Commissioner·General of Immigration  f I may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, whenever in wma, °' °’°l°· his 'udgment suc action may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act, detail immigration officers for temporary service in foreign countries. ‘ _ Sec. 23. That the duties of the commissioners of immigration shall m§;*{'¥;,5_f‘&‘§,‘Qff’“°" °‘ be of an administrative character, to be prescribed in detail by regu- Dutieslations prepared, under the direction or with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 24. That immigrant inspectors and other immigration officers, 0,§f‘Q,'§Q€'““‘ ‘““"’°'" clerks, and em loyees shall hereafter be appointed, an their compen· D¤¤¤¤~ sation fixed and raised or decreased from time to time, by the Secre- ` tary of the Treasury, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner- General of Immigration and in accordance with the provisions of the civil·service Act of January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty- v01. zz, p.•0a three: Pwwided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to Mm. I alter the mode of appointing commissioners of immigration at the ;mC,{’,l',§l.'Ql&`i,°ll’°” ° several ports of the lnited States as lprovided by the sundry civil V<>1.¤8.p. 391· appropriation Act approved August cig teenth, eig teen hundred and mnetv-four, or the official status of such commissioners heretofore _ appointed. Immigration officers shall have power to administer oaths Pcwerw me remand to take and consider testimony touching the right of any alien to m°"Y’ °t°` enter the United States, and, where such action may be necessary, to _ make a written record of such testimony, and any person to whom P°m"Y' such an oath has been administered under the provisions of this Act who shall knowingly or willfully give false testimony or swear to any false statement in any way affecting or in relation to the right of an alien to admission to the United States shall be deemed guilty of perjury and be unished as provided by section fifty-three hundred and 10% S" “°°‘ M " ninety-two, United States Revised Statutes. The decision of any such D¤¤i¤i°¤¤- otiicer, if favorable to the admission of any alien, shall be subject to challenge by any other immigration officer, and such challenge shall operate to take the alien whose right to land is so challenged before a board of special inquiry for its investigation. Every alien who may