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 1220 rirrr-snvniwrn coivennss. sm. 11. on. 1012. 1903. not appear to the examining immigrant inspector at the port of arrival to be clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to land shall be detained for examination in relation thereto by a board of special inquiry. b£r;§§i¤1 i¤q¤irr Sec. 25. That such boards of special inquiry shall be appointed by ` the commissioners of immigration at. the various ports of arrival as may be necessary for the prompt determination of all cases of aliens C<>¤¤x><>¤i¤¤¤· detained at such ports under the provisions of law. Such boards shall consist of three members, who shall be selected from such of the immigrant officials in the service as the Commissioner-General of Immigration, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall from P···¤"·>¤<¤· time to time designateas qualified to serve on such boards: Provided, 0£ggji¤¤¤i¤¤¤f <>¤¤¤¤ That at ports where there are fewer than three immigrant inspectors, the ' Secretary of the Treasury, upon recommendation of the Commissioner- General of Immigration, may designate other United States ofli cials for service on such boards of special inquiry. Such boards shall have authority to determine whether an alien who has been duly held shall be allowed Hearings. to land or be deported. All hearings before boards shall be separate and apart from the public, but the said boards shall keep complete permanent records of their proceedings and of all such testimony as may be produced before them; and the decision of any two members APP°’“’~ of a board shall prevail and be final, but either the alien or any dis- ` senting member of said board may appeal, through the commissioner » of immigration at the port of arrival and the Commissioner-General. of Immigration, to the Secretary of the Treasury, whose decision i shall then be final; and the taking of such ap I shall operate to stay any action in regard to the final disposal of x alien whose ease is so appealeduntil the receipt by the commissioner of immigration at the _ port of arrival of such ecision. _ b_}f,§j*"°“°“ °“ Sec. 26. That no bond or guaranty, written or oral, that an alien shall not become a public charge shall be received from any person, company_, corporation, charitable or benevolent society or association unless authority to receive the same shall in each special case be given by the Commissioner—General of Immigration, with the written approval N of ghe Sgecregalry of the Treasury. d f 1 f h ° °"'“P ““‘ Ec. T. at no suit or rocee in or a vio ation o the rovisions ` iw mm mmm` of this Act shall be S8lZtlBd,l;OHlPl‘OH1?S6d, or discontinued writhout the consent of the court in which it IS pending, entered of record, with the reasons therefor. m*;:?g§¤8 ¤¤“¤ ¤•>° Sec. 28. That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to ` affect any prosecution or other proceeding, criminal or civil, begun under any existing Act or any Acts hereby amended, but such prosecutions or other proceedings, criminal or civil, shall proceed as if this Act had not been Exssed. er-;;¤¤;g`<§_g*¤¤ Of Fw- Sec. 29. That the circuit and district courts of the United States ` are hereby invested with full and concurrent jurisdiction of all causes, civil and criminal, arising under any of the provisions of this Act. m_§g}{g;{’S¤¤° m“°¤ Sec. 30. That after the iirst day of January, nineteen hundred and Dammit:. three, all exclusive privileges of exchanging money, transporting passengers or baggage, or keeping eatin houses, and all other like privileges in connection with any United States immigrant station, shall be disposed of after public competition, subject to such conditions and limitations as the Commissioner-General of Immigration, under the ggige mmm m direction or with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may named. P prescribe: Pravided, hat no intoxicating liquors shall be sold in any R¤<>·=iP*¤· such immigrant station; that all receipts accruing from the disposal of such exclusive privileges as herein provided shall be paid into the United States Treasury to the credit of the immigrant fund provided for in section one of this Act. ,mIgg§;t°§)*;f”¤¤¤*d Sec. 31. That for the preservation of the peace, and in order that arrests may be made for crimes under the laws of the States and Ter-