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 900 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I1. Ch. 1134. 1907. imprisoned not more than live years and pay a. fine of not more than ¤¤i>¤¤¤¤¤¤· Eve thousand dollars; and any alien woman or girl who shall be found an inmate of a house of prostitution or practicing prostitution, at any time within three years after she shall have entered the United States, shall be deemed to be unlawfully within the United States and shall be de rted as provided by sections twenty and twenty-one of this Act. higpggmigersgggt Sho. 4. That it shall be a misdemeanor for any person, company, ' partnership, or corporation, in any manner whatsoever, to prepay the transportation or in any way to assist or encourage the importation or migratioir of any contract laborer or contract laborers into the United States, unless such contract laborer or contract laborers are exempted under the terms of the last two provisos contained in section two of this Act. ,,,$""‘*' '°' “°"’ Sec. 5. That for every violation of anly of the provisions of section ` four of this Act the persons, rtners ip, company, or corporation violating the same, by knowinglylassisting, encouraging, or solicitipg the migration or importation of any contract laborer into the Uni States shall forfeit and pay for every such offense the sum of one thousand dollars, which ma be sued for and recovered by the United Suits by i¤f¤¤¤¤¤- States, or by any person wlio shall first brin 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 suits may be brought for each alien thus promised labor or service of any kind as aforesaid. And it shall be .the,duty of the district attorney of the prczper district to prosecute every such suit when brou ht by the Unite States. Advertising nbrwl Sec. 6. That it shall be unlawful and be deemed a violation of section mu four of this Act to assist or encourage the importation or migration of any alien by (promise of employment throng advertisements printed and publishe in any foreign country; and any alien coming to this country in consequence of such an advertisement shall be treated as coming under promise or agreement as contemplated in section two of this Act, andt e penalties imposed by section five of this Act shall be gfuégig, Sum m applicable to such a case: I’1·0vidcd, That this section shall not apply to emspua." States or, Territories, the District of Columbia, or places subject to the jurisdiction of the United States advertisingthe inducements they mi I offer fo':} irpmigmtion thereto, respectively. °* W '°¤**’ Sec. . at no trans rtation com an or owner or owners of vesdm.  Mm sels., or others engaged iritrans ortinlg aliens into the United States, shall, directly or indirectly, either by writing, printing, or oral representation, solicit, invite, or encourage the immigration of any aliens into the United States, but this shall not be held to revent transportation companies from issuing letters, circulars, or adhertisements, stating the sailings of their vessels and terms and facilities of transportar¤¤•nm. tion therein; and for a. violation of this provision, any such transportation company, and any such owner or owners of vessels, and all , others engage: in transporting aliens into the United States, and the agents by them employed, shall be severally subjected to the penalties rmposed byisection five of this Act. I Pvgglggnt leg ac. 8. hat any person, including the master, agent, owner, or si? ‘ ug ’ consrgnee of any vessel, who shall bring into or lan in the United States, by vessel or otherwise, or who shall attempt, by himself or through another, to bring into or land in the United States, by vessel or otherwise, any alien not duly admitted by an immigrant inspector or not lawfully entitled to enter the United States shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment
 * ’¤¤***“¤°°*— such case, be deemed guilty of a felony, and on conviction thereof be