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 srxrrtrrrzsr ooucnnss. sms. 11. cu. 395. 1910. 827 Every person who shall keep, maintain, control, support, or harbor ,n§f,';**’g)“b‘;‘ gggu in any ouse or place for the purpose of prostitution, or for an other by keeperspf house? immoral purpose, any alien woman or girl within three years after she ° ,{’,`§$§t§}’§§.Z" shall have entered the United States from any country, part to the said arraugpment for the supggession of the white-slave traflirc, shall file with the Commissioner neral of Immigration a statement in writing setting forth the name of such alien woman or girl, the place at which she is kept, and all facts as to the date of her entry into the United States, the port through which she entered, her age, nationality, and parentage and concerning her procuration to come to this country within the knowledge of such person, and any person who m§g§¤:;,;%§;$;¤w— shall fail within thirty days a ter such person shall commence to kee, ii mm maintain, control, support, or harbor in any house or place for tliie purpose of prostitution, or for any other immoral purpose, any alien woman or girl within three years after she shall have entered the United States from any of the countries, party to the said arrangement for the suppression of the white-slave traffic, to file such statement cxmcerning such alien woman or girl with the Commissioner- General of tion, or who shall lmowingly and willfull state falsely or fail to lose in such statement any fact within his knowledgeor belief with reference to the age, nationality, or parentage of any such alien woman or girl, or concerning her procuration to come ‘ to this count ', shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con- P¤¤i¤1¤¤<=¤¢~ viction shallrbe punished by a e of not more than two thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or by boltg such fine and imprisonlinenté inttilgz discretiqp of the couit. , an rosecution ro t UD er section, it a ar t at an *’¤'°¤¤¤¤P**°¤ if such staiiielfnent required islirot on file in the office of the Iéiiemmissionerx °°° mt °° m°` General of Immilggation, the dperson whose duty it shall be to file such statement shall resume to have failed to file said statement, as herein required, unllass such person or persons shall prove otherwise. No person shall be excused from furnishing the statement, as required by this section, on the ground or for the reason that the statemeng so. required b him, or the information therein contained, might ten to criminate  or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture, but no erson rmmarmvmrmrurshall be rosecuted or sub'ected to any penalty or forfeiture undier any '“' ’““‘°‘°°°‘”· law of tli)e United States flor or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing, concerning which he may truthfully report in such statement, as re uired by the rovrsions of this section. Sec. 7. Tilrat the term ‘pl`erritory," as used in this Act, shall include Aisha, xugulaé posi the district of Alaska, the insular possessions of the United States, and Liirsséinsiriéiiuaea mfr the Canal Zone. The word " person " as used in this Act, shall be "T.°,§*g*;*;g·;B,, com construed to import both the plural and the singular, as the case amen. ' demands, and sliiall include corporations, compames, societies, and associations. When construing and enforcing the provisions of this ¤¤r&¤·q¤·?¤s. em., Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person, §&E’° b ° °‘“8°“‘“· acting for or employed by any Otlielzperson or by any corporation, com any, society, or association within the scope of hrs employment or office, shall in every case be also deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such other person, or of such company, corporation, society, or association, as we l as that of the person himself. Sec. S. That this Act shall be known and referred to as the ‘ ‘White- Tm°· slave traffic Act." . Approved, June 25, 1910.