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 F1FTY-N1NTH CONGRESS. sm. 11. cu. 1134. 1907. 907 inguiry. Such boards shall haye authority to determine whether an A¤t¤¤¤¢yJ~¤¤r¤¤s·¤, ahen who has been duly held shall be allowed to land or shall be °t°' deported. All hearings before boards shall be separate and apart from the public, but the said boards shall keep 2. complete permanent record of their proceedings and of all such testimony as may bc produced before them; and the decision of any two members of a Appeals. board shall prevail, but either the alien or any dissenting member of the said board may appeal through the commmsioner of immigration at the port of arrive; and the Commissiqucr—Gcncral of Immigration to the Secretary of Commerce aud Labor, and the taking of such a. pcal shall operate to stay any action in rega.rd to the final disposal 0F any alien whose case is so appealed until the receipt by the commissioner of immi ration at the port of arrival- of such decision which shall bc rcndcrc<§ solely upon the evidence adducéd before the board of special inquiry: Provided, That in every casa where smalien is excluded from aP5g3g of excluadmission iuto the United States, under any layv or treaty now existing ° m or hereafter made, the decision of the a propriatc immigration 0Hiccrs, if adverse to the admission of sucg alien, shall be final, unless reversed on appeal to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor; but nothing in this section shall be construed to admit of any a. Pea.] in the case of an alien rejected as provided for in section ten of Sus Act. A¤u,p. 901. Szc. 26. That any alien liable to be excluded because likely to become Aumimqm pnde;
 * 1. public charge or because of physical disability other than tubcrcu— {’§'§°cP,§e'§?`"°d'"°°°

losis or ll loathsome or dangerous contagious disease may, if otherwise admissible, nevertheless be admitted in the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor upon the giving of a suitable and proper bond or undertaking, approved by said Secretary in such amount and containing such conditions as he may prescribe, to the people of the United States, holding the United States or any State, Territory, county, municipality, or district thereof harmless against such alien becoming a public charge. The admission of such alien shall be a consideration for the giving of such bond or undertaking. Suit may bc brou$·h{ thereon in the name and by the proper law officers either of the Lnitcd States Government or of any State, Territory, district, county, or municipality in which such alien becomes a public charge. Sec. 27. That no suit or proceeding for a. violation of the provisions Resfriction on comof this Act shall be settled, compromised, or discontinued without the ’"°`° ”"‘°°°‘ consent of the court in which it is pending, entered of record, with the reasons therefor. Sm:. 28. That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to mfQ*§’,{m§'3d§""’-°'°·· atfeet, any prosecution, suit, action, or proceedings brought, gr any act, thing, or matter, civil 01* criminal, done 01* existing ut pho tune of the taking effect of this Act; but as to all such prosecutions, suits, actions, proceedings, arts, things, or matters the laws Ol' parts of Iuws repealed 01* amended by this Act are hereby continued m force. and effect._ _. . Sm:. 29, That the circuit und dnstrict courts of the United States uQ§";jQ{§Q°“ °”`°"‘ am hereby invested with ful} and concurrent jurisdiction of all causes, civil and £‘!‘iI!lil1t1l, arising under any of the provisions of this Act. _ _ Sac, 30. That ull exclusive privileges of exchanging money, trans- P}$i'}Qgg;f“‘ “"“°“ ning passengers or buggugté. OP kcéping eating houses, and all other Dispcsalwf. me privileges in connection with any United States immigrant station. shall ba disposed of after public competition, subject to such condi- ' tions and limitations as the Commissioner-General of Immigration, under the direction or with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce _ and Labor, may prescribe: [‘r0c£Jud, :1`h¤.t no intoxicating Iiquprs  mmddm shall be sold in any such lmmlgl`3Ht Station: that all receipts 8.CCI'LllllF Recmpu. from the disposal of such exclusive privilcgesas herein provided sha. I be paid imno the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the »¤··¢·—,p.sm “ immigrant fund " provided for in section one of this Act,