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 § 4G}. rzrns 1s,»»-monzarsaoe oona ronte of any comxnonii carrier or carriers, shall he deemed o gniity of a felony, and on oonviotion thereof shall he pnnishm s hy a one of not more than $10,9%, or by imprisonment for a i tern: not exceeding ten years, or hy hoth such hne and impris-· r onnrent, in the disoretion of the court. (June 25, 1910, c. 395, s § 4, 3d Stat. 826.) ~ i i c r_ t aim. Same; jurisdiction of prosecuéons.-——Any violation of 8 any of sections 398 to 400 of this title Shall be prosecuted in $ any eonrt having jnrisdiction of crimes within the district in 5 rrhirh said violatiourvas committed, or from, through, or into C xrhieh any sneh woman or girl may have heexitarried or transporresl  as passeneger in interstate or foreign commerce, or in f any Territory or the District of Columbia, contrary to the pro- i rielons of any of said sections., (June 25, 1910, c. 395, § 5,  36 Stat. S26,) » _   S 402. Same; (1) prevention of, transportation in foreign S eornrnerce of alien women and girls under international agree- I ment; Commissioner General. of Immigration designated as _1 authority to receive information; duty to receive and keep rc statements of and pertaining to them;··-·For tloteupurpose of S aregrnlatingsc and preventing the. transportation in foreign (30111- 1 moron of alien-women and girls for fpurposes of prostitution t and debauchery, and in. pursuance of and for the purpose of, 1 carrying out the terins of the agreement or project of arrange~< ment for the suppression of theY white—slave` ~tr£1il‘ic, adopted I July 25, ,1902, for submission to their respectiye governments i hy the delegates of various powers represented Mat the Paris- 1 Conference and confirmed by a formal agreement- signed at 2 Paris on May 18, 1904, and adhered to by the United States on i June 6, 1968,_·as»shown by the proclamation of the President il of the United States, dated June 15, 1908, the Commissioner * General of Immigration is hereby designated as the authority 1 of the United States to ‘receive and centralisé information * concerning the procuration of alien yyomen and girls with al { view to their debauchery, and to exercise supervision over I such alien women and girls, receive their declarations, establish —* their identity, and ascertain from them who induced them l to leave their native countries, respectively; and it shall be i the `dnty of said Commissioner General of Imnoigration to l receive and ikeep on tile in his officethe statements and declara~ l tions which niay be made by such alien women and girls, and, ” theme whiclm are xeroinafter required pertaining to such alien I women and girlsxgngagetl in prostitution or` debauchery in this 1 country, and to furnish receipts for such statements anddecla- 4 rations, provided for in sections 39,7 to 404 of this title to the 1 persons, respectively, making andfiling them. y. 1 i l (2) Statement by person keeping woman or girl forxlm- * moral purposes; failure to tile, making false statement, or P failure to disclose facts.———Exj?§ry person who shall keep, maintain, control, support, £)1'*h{1fiQ01iv*i1l.__flll}’ houseor place for ‘ the purpose of prostitution, or for' any other immoral pur- ' pose, any allen wonaan or girl within threelyears after she] * shall have entered the United States from any country, party l to the said arrangement for the suppression of the white-slave tratlic, shall dle with the Commissioner General of immigration l a statementin writing setting forth the naxneof 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 Veoncerning her procuration to come to this country within the knowledge of such person, and any` person who shall fall within thirty days after such person shall oonunence to keep, · maintain,nf¢’?t>1ntrol, support, or harbor in any house or place for the purpose of prostitution, or for any other iminoral purpose, any alien woman or girl. within three years after she shall have entered the United States front any of the countries. party to the said arrangement for the suppression of the,\white—· slave traflic, to tile such statement concerning such alien woman

YB QRIMI.Na.,L P1£(}{§E1;?t$‘R§ 4§f_ag »r girl with the Commissioner General Q Immigration, or aaa; hall knowingly and willfully atate falsely or fail to dieeleea n each statement any fact within his knowledge or belle? vith reference to the age, nationality, or pa¥?2ata§e of aaa ‘ meh alien woman or girl, or concerning her proeuration to omg};. and on conviction ahall be punished by a dee of not mere than 32,000, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding me zeare, or by both such fine and ixnprlaonment, in the tlia<·re2lea >f the court. (3) Presumption of failure to Ele statement not on aio; allure to furnish not excused by self·criminating tendency: mmunity from prosecution.————In any proeecntton brought xzaaae =e_ctiona 397 to 404 of this title, if it appear that any same §`&temont required is not on ille in the·otiioe of the Cem;a%~..» donor General of Immigration, the person whose duty it elm; >e to tile such statement shall be presumed to have failed te ile said statement, unless sdéh person or persons shall prow nherwise. No person shall be excused from fnrnialeina the ztatexnent, ·as.required by this section, on the- ground or ?or the reason that the statement so ·re~qu,lred by him, or he information therein contained, might tend to erirainate 1lm or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture, but no gxexeoe mder any law of the United `Statea for or on account of ang; ransaction, matter, or thing, concerning which he may truthfully report in suclrstatement. (June 25, 1910, c., 305, § 6, ze smc. 826.) V, · 7 , » i 403. Same; “Territory? " person " construed; liability of persons or corporations for acts, and omissions of e§cera, agents, or `employees.·——-The term " '11erritory," as need in see- Lions 397 to 404 of this title, shall include the District of Alaska, the insular possessions of the United Stat@, and the Jamal Zone. The word " person ’”I shall be construed to import both the plural and the singular, as the case demands, and éhall include, corporations, companies, societies, and asaocim tions. _ When con-strulng and enforcing the proyiaione of gagtions 397 to 404, the act, omission, or failure ot_ any officer, agent, or other person, acting for or employed by any other person or by any corporation, company., society, or association within the scope of his employment or ofdce, Shall in every case be also deemed to`be the act, omission, or tailnreot such other person, or of auth company, corporation, society, or asaaoeiatiea, as well as that of the person himselgf. (Jane 25, 1910, c. 305,. 5 7, 36 Stat. 827.) e _ I v 404. Citation.·e-—S’eetions 397 to 404 of this tltle shall be known and referred to as the "Wl1lte Slave Tralflc Act." (Jnne·25, 1010, e. 395, §}8, 36 Stat. 827;) A h ‘l  . _ ‘ _ 405. Prize-Hght films; transportation or importation.--·It shall he unlawful forany person to deposit or eanae to be tlep0}ei.‘tecl` in the United States nmaila for mailing or delivery, or to deposit or muse to he deposited with any express com- ' pany or ot.h,er <:onm1¢»x1`carrfor for carriage, or to send or carry from one State or Territoryof the United Statw or the District of Columbia to any other St\te or ‘1`errltory‘ of the Fnited States or the Diatrlct of Columbia, or to bring or to cause to be brought into the United States from abroad, any illm or other-pictorial representation of any prize Hght or encounter of pugiliats, nnder whatever name, which is designed to betxaed or may be used for purposes of public exhibition. (July 31, 1912, c. 263, 5 1, 37 Stat. 240.), , 406. Same; receiving for sale or `exhibitiona-¤—It shall be unlawful for any peraonto take or receive, from the mails, or any express ‘c:on1pany»or.»other common carrier, with intent to. eell, distribute, circulate, or exhibit any matter ...-1<;m,· forbidden by section 405 of this title to be deposited for mailing, delivery, or carriage in interstate oommercewe (July 31, 1912, (2. 263, 5 2, 37 Stat. 241.) " ‘ o ‘
 * o this country, shall be deemed guilty at a miademeeaz;€» r,
 * hall be prosecntednor subjected to any penalty or forfeiture