than five hundred dollars with security approved by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, conditioned that such alien shall be produced when required for a hearing or hearings in regard to the charge upon which he has been arrested, and for deportation if he shall be found to be unlawfully within the United States. SEC. 21. That in case the Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall be satisfied that an alien has been found in the United States in violation of this Act he shall cause such alien, within the period of three years after landing or entry therein, to be taken into custody and returned to the country whence he came, as provided in section twenty of this Act, or, if that can not be so done, at the expense of the immigrant fund provided for in section one of this Act; and negleet failure or refusal on the part of the masters, agents, owners, or consignees of vessels to comply with the order of the Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Commerce and Labor to take on board, guard safely, and return to the country whence he came any alien ordered to be deported under the provisions of this section shall be punished by the imposition of the penalties prescribed in section nineteen of this Act: Provided, That when in the opinion of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor the mental or physical condition of such alien is such as to require personal care and attendance he may employ a suitable person for that purpose, and the expense incident to such service shall be defrayed in like manner. SEC. 25. That such boards of special inquiry shall be appointed by the commissioners of immigration at the various ports of arrival as may be necessary for the prompt determination of all cases of aliens detained at such ports under the provisions of law. Such boards shall consist of three members, who shall be selected from such of the immigrant officials in the service as the Commissioner-General of Immigration, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Commerce and Labor, shall from time to time designate as qualified to serve on such boards: Provided, That at ports where there are fewer than three immigrant inspectors, the Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Commerce and Labor, upon recommendation of the Commissioner-General of Immigration, may designate other United States officials for service on such boards of special inquiry. Such boards shall have authority to determine whether an alien who has been duly held shall be allowed to land or shall be deported. All hearings before boards shall be separate and apart from the public, but the said boards shall keep a complete permanent records record of their proceedings and of all such testimony as may be produced before them; and the decision of any two members of a board shall prevail and be final, but either the alien or any dissenting member of said board may appeal, through the commissioner of immigration at the port of arrival and the Commissioner-General of Immigration, to the Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Commerce and Labor, whose decision shall then be final; and the taking of such appeal shall operate to stay any action in regard to the final disposal of the alien whose case is so appealed until the receipt by the commissioner of immigration at the port of arrival of such decision: Provided, That in every case where an alien is excluded from admission into the United States, the decision of the appropriate immigration officers, if adverse to the admission of such alien, shall be final, unless reversed on appeal to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Sec. 40. Authority is hereby given the Commissioner-General of Immigration to establish, under the direction and control of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, a division of information in the Bureau of Immigration. The Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall appoint a chief of such division and such clerical assistants as may be necessary. It shall be the duty of said division to promote a beneficial distribution of aliens admitted into the United States among the several States and Territories desiring immigration. Correspondence shall be had with the proper officials of the States and Territories, and said division.shall gather from all available sources useful information_regarding the resources, products, and physical characteristics of each State and Territory, the character of the climate and soil, the prices of land, the routes of travel and cost of transportation, the opportunities of employment in skilled and unskilled occupations, the prevailing rates of wages, the costs of living, and all other information that may tend to aid aliens in selecting a place of residence, and shall publish such information in different languages and distribute the same among all admitted aliens at the immigrant stations of the United States and to such other persons and societies as may desire the same. When any State or Territory appoints and maintains at its own expense an agent to represent it at any of the immigrant stations of the United States, such agent shall, under regulations prescribed by the Commissioner-General of Immigra tion, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, have access to aliens who have been admitted to the United States for the purpose of presenting, either orally or in writing, the special inducements offered by such State or Territory to aliens to settle therein; and the Commissioner-General of Immigration may, when practicable, provide space at the various immigrant stations for displays by such agents of the resources and products of their respective States and Territories. While on duty at any immigrant station such agent shall be subject to all the regulations prescribed by the Commissioner-General of Immigration, who, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, may, for violation of any of such regulations, deny to the agent guilty of such violation any of the privileges herein granted. The expense of carrying the provisions of this section into effect shall be paid out of the "immigrant fund.” O EXTENDING LIMITS OF PORT OF ENTRY OF NEW MARCH 29, 1906.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. MALLORY, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany S. 411.] The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 411) to extend the limits of the port of entry of New Orleans, having considered the same report thereon with a recommendation that it pass without amendment. The bill has the approval of the Treasury Department, as will appear by the annexed letter, which presents the reasons for the enactment of the measure. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, SIR: Acknowledging the receipt of a letter from the clerk of your comittee, dated the 19th instant, inclosing Senate bill No. 411, providing for the extension of the limits of the port of entry of New Orleans, La., have to state that an officer who was instructed to investigate the matter has reported that the lower limits of the port of New Orleans on the west bank of the Mississippi now extend about 5 miles farther down the river than do those on the east bank, and that the object of the bill in question appears to be to make the boundaries equal on both sides of the river. Said officer furthermore states that the commerce of the port is steadily increasing in volume, and that in his opinion equal facilities should be afforded on both sides of the Mississippi for the transaction of business. The views herein expressed were communicated to the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, who submitted House bill No. 377, which is identical with Senate bill No. 411, for a report thereon. Respectfully, Hon. WILLIAM P. FRYE, H. A. TAYLOR, Acting Secretary. Chairman Committee on Commerce, United States Senate. AMENDING ACT TO ESTABLISH CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS, ETC. MARCH 29, 1906.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. BACON, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 12843.] The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 12843) to amend the seventh section of the act entitled "An act to establish circuit courts of appeals, and to define and regulate in certain cases the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1891, report the same with amendments and recommend that as so amended the bill do pass. At the end of the title insert "and the several acts amendatory thereto." Page 1, line 7, after the word "ninety-one," insert "as amended by act approved June sixth, nineteen hundred." Page 1, line 10, before the word "circuit," insert "in a." URGENT DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION BILL. APRIL 2, 1906.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. HALE, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 17359.] The Committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 17359) making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, and for prior years, and for other purposes, report the same to the Senate with amendments, with a statement showing the amount of the bill as passed by the House of Representatives and the amount as reported to the Senate, with the items of increase recommended therein. ADDITIONAL URGENT DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS, 1906 AND PRIOR YEARS. Amount of specific appropriations by House bill. Amount as reported to the Senate $136, 646. 42 140, 279.09 276,925, 51 The items of increase recommended by the committee are as follows: INCREASE. For compensation and expenses of a commission on the part of the For compensation and expenses of delegates to the International Con- For transportation of silver coin... For contingent expenses of the government of the District of Columbia. Total.... $50,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 5, 279.09 35,000,00 20,000.00 140, 279.09 Total as reported to the Senate 276,925, 51 Appended will be found various documents and letters relating to amendments to the bill recommended by the committee. SR-59-1-Vol 2-13 |