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 F IFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 113-L. 1907. 903 for any other immoral purpose, and that also, according to the best of his knowledge and belief, the information in said lists or manifests concerning each of said aliens named therein is correct and true in every respect. i Sec. 14. That the surgeon of said vessel sailing therewith shall also M°‘“°“' "°'““"“‘°· sign each of said lists or manifests and make oath or alhrmation in like manner before an immigration officer at the port of arrival, stating his _ professional experience and qualifications as a hysician and surgeon, and that he has made a personal examination oi) each of the said aliens named therein, and that the said list or manifest, according to the best of his knowledge and belief, is full, correct, and true in all particulars relative to the mental and physical condition of said aliens. If no surgeon sails with any vessel bringing aliens the mental and physical examinations and the verifications of the lists or manifests shall be madelby some competent surgeon employed by the owners of the said vessc . Sec. 15. That in the ease of the failure of the master or command- m};§},‘:;*ES{g' “°* d°‘ ing officer of any vessel to deliverto the said immigration officers lists ` or manifests of all aliens on board thereof, as required in sections twelve, thirteen, and fourteen of this Act, he shall pay to the collector of customs at the port of arrival the sum of ten dollars for each alien concerning whom the above information is not contained in any listas aforesaid : [’r0’vidcd, That in the case of failure without good cause to  d deliver the list of passengers required by section twelve of this Act nig. mm °°m` from the master or commanding olhcer of every vessel taking alien *""‘·’·°°’° passengers out of the United States, the penalty shall be paid to the collector of customs at the port of departure and shall be a fine of ten ` dollars for each alien not included in said list; but in no case shall the aggregate fine exceed one hundred dollars. Sec. 16. That upon the receipt by the immigration officers at any grflQfg§°g};,’Qel,g'*¤m*‘ port of arrival of the lists or manifests of incoming aliens provided for On shipboard. in sections twelve, thirteen, and fourteen of this Act, it shall be the duty of said officers to go or to send competent assistants to the vessel to which said lists or manifests refer, and there inspect all such aliens, or said immigration officers may order a temporary removal of such aliens for examination at a designated time an place, but such temporary removal shall not be considered a landing, nor shall it relieve the transportation lines, masters, agents, owners, or consignees of the vessel upon which said aliens are brought to any port of the United States from any of the obligations which, in case such aliens remain on · board, would, under the provisions of this Act, bind the said transportation lines, masters, agents, owners, or consigneesz 15-m·»':{.»¢l, That f{°*,‘;’;n,mm M_ where a suitable building is used for the detention and examination of mms. aliens the immigration officials shall there take charge of such aliens, and the transportation companies, masters, agents, owners, and con- ‘ signees of the vessels bringing such aliens shall be relieved of the responsibility for their detention thereafter until the return of such aliens to their care. _ _ _ _ _ _ Sec. 17. 'l‘hat the physical and mental examination of all arrwing u_?g`¤g:¤g:dvge¤¤¤· aliens shall be made by medical officers of the United States Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, who shall have had at least two years? experience in the practice of their profession since receiving the degree of doctor of medicine and who shall certify for the information of the immigration officers and the boards of special inquiry hereinafter provided for, any and all physical and mental defects or diseases observed by said medical officers in any such alien, or, should medical officers of the United States Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service be not available, civil surgeons of not less than four years’ professional experience may be employed in such emergency for such service. upon such terms as may be prescribed by the Commissioner—General of