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 880 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 29. 1917. such questions upon the deposit with the collector of customs of a me sum sufficient to cover such fine: Provided éurther, That whenever °°"“°°" “°m°“' it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the ecretary of Labor that the provisions of this section are persistently violated by or on behalf of any transportation company, it shall be the duty of said Secretary to deny to such company the privile e of landing alien immigrant passengers of any or all classes at United States ports for such a period as in his judgment may be necessary to_ insure an observance "°“°°“· of such provisions: Provided further, That this section shall not be i held to prevent transportation companies from issuing letters, circu- _ lars, or advertisements, confined strictly to stating the sailinéof their ¤1;{,$§’;t§1§’,’:,,g‘Lf vessels and terms and facilities of transportation therein: rovided further, That under sections five, six, and seven hereof it shall be presumed from the fact that any_person, company, partnership, corporation, association, or society mduces, assists, encourages, solicits or invites, or attempts to induce, assist, encourage, solicit or invite the importation, migration or coming of an alien from a country foreign to the United States, that the offender had knowledge of such person’s alienage. ¥-¤¤¤f¤¢»¤¤=- ·¤¤¤¤ Sec. 8. That an erson, including the master, agent, owner or u°d’° consignee of any viesgel, who shall bring into or land in the United States, by vessel or otherwise, or shall attempt, by himself or through another, to bring into or land in the United States, by vessel or otherwise, or shall conceal or harbor, or attempt to conceal or harbor, or assist or abet another to conceal or harbor in any place, including any building, vessel, railway car, conveyance, or vehicle, any alien not duly admitted by an immigrant inspector or not lawfully entitled to enter or to reside within the United States under the terms of P¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000 and by imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, for each and every alien so landed or brought in or attempted to be landed or brought in. ,§}§’,,‘},",;,’}'g,,_“"”'“ Sec, 9. That it shal be unlawful for any person, includ` any transportation company other than railway lines entering theul§nited States from foreign contiguous territory, or the owner, master, a nt, or consignee of any vesse to bring to the United States either gsom a foreign country or any insular possession of the United States any alien atliicted with idiocy, insanity, imbecility, feeble·mindedness, epilepsy, constitutional psychopathic inferiority, chronic alcoholism, tuberculosis in any form, or a loathsome or dangerous contagious dismmi! ¤¤b•¥¤¤¤ ease, and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of ` Labor that any alien so brought to the United States was afflicted with any of the said diseases or disabilities at the time of foreign embarkation, and that the existence of such disease or disability might have been detected by means of a competent medical examination at such time, such person or transportation company, or the master, avent, owner, or consignee of any such vessel shall pay to the collector of customs of the customs district in which the port of arrival is lo- ·*•W¤°*¤* P¤¤¤**Y· cated the sum of $200, and in addition a sum equal to that paid by such alien for his transportation from the initial point of departure, indicated in his ticket, to the port of arrival, for each and everv vio- AH h mm lation of the provisions of this section, such latter sum to be delivered ,,;,1, $3*,2,}, u,,§,;°' by the collector of customs to the alien on whose account assessed. It shall also be unlawful for any such person to bring to an port of the United States any alien atilicted with any mental defyect other Am P 875 than those above specifically named, or physical defect of a nature ' ' which may aifect his ability to earn a living, as contemplated in section three of this Act, and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Fm H mwhu Secretary of Labor that any alien so brought to the United States allowed. was so afflicted at the tune of foreign embarkation, and that the ex-