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 886 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. 11. Ch. 29. 1917. the physical and mental examination, of aliens, including those seeking admission or readmission to or the privilege of passing through or residing in the United States, and the examination of al1ens arrested within the United States under this Act. shall be conducted by immigrant inspectors, except as hereinafter provided in regard to “§"'”‘*’°' "’°"'“”’ boards of s ecial inquiry. All aliens arriving at ports of the United ' States shali)be examined by at least two immigrant inspectors at the discretion of the Secretary of Labor and under such regulations as m:p:iii§°g.”’ °w" °' he may prescribe. Immigrant inspectors are hereby authorized and empowered to board and search for aliens any vesse, railway car, or any other conveyance, or vehicle in which they believe aliens are being brought into the United States. Said inspectors shall have power to administer oaths and to take and consider evidence touching the right of any alien to enter, reenter, pass through, or reside in the 1, I { mm United States, and, where such action may be necessary, to make a manu. °’ written record of such evidence; and any person to w om such an oath has been administered, under the provisions of this Act, who shall knowingly or willfully give false evidence or swear to any false statement in any way affecting or in relation to the right of any alien to admission, or readmission to, or to pass through, or to reside in the United States shall be deemed guilty of perjury and be punished v°"5"‘m1‘ as provided by section one hundred and twenty-five of the Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An Act Amdmu,  to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States." xamaumm-mag. All aliens coming to the United States shall be required to state under oath the purposes for which they come, the length of time they intend to remain in the United States, whether or not they intend to abide in the United States permanently and become citizens thereof, and such other items of information regarding themselves as will aid the immigration officials in determining whether they belon to any of the excluded classes enumerated in section three d,l;§§Y§'w_"””"°"` hereoi Any commissioner of immigration or inspector in charge shall also have power to require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses before said  and the production of books, papers, and documents touching the gght of any alien to enter, mmm, bv db reenter, reside in,_or pass through the Uni _ States, and to that end mamma. ‘ may invoke the_a1d of any court of the United States; and any district court within the jurisdiction of which investigations are being conducted by an immigrant inspector may, in the event of neglect or refusal to respond to a subpoena issued by any commissioner of immigration or inspector in charge or refusa to testify before said immigrant inspeetor, issue an order requiring such person to appear before sa1d immigrant inspector, produce books, papers, and documents if demanded, and testify; and any failure to obey such order Pmmmm for Ob_ of the court may be lpunislied by the court as a contempt thereof. mmm; meas, em. That any person, inc uding employees, officials, or agents of transportation companies, who shall assault, resist, prevent, impede, or inter-fegelwitih éany igimgglrationt of}iiceelb0rdempl<éyee  th; performanceo is uyun er isic s a e eeme ,1tO amisdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be puni§}i1ed}by imprison- Using deadly ment for a term of not more than one year, or by a fine of not more weapons. than $2,000, or both; and any person who shall use any deadly or dangerous weapon IH resisting any immigration official or employee in the performance of his duty shall be deemed guilty of a felony Dmntimofdoubtm and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for cass. not more than ten years. Every alien who may not appear to the examining immigrant inspector at the port of arrival to be clearly Hom { _1 _ end beyoredta denbt entitled ao la(nd fshall be detained for examina- . ea ¤r¤¢¤ ir; ion in rea ion 1ere o y a oar o s ia in uiry. In the event
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