APPENDIX 4 LAWS (A) INDEX TO LAWS Establishment of Organization United States Emigrant Office.. Office of Superintendent of Immigration (under Treasury Department) 13 Stat. L., 385, 386 ..26 Stat. L., 1084, 1085 ...28 Stat. L., 764, 780 .32 Stat. L., 825, 826 Bureau of Immigration (first use of title in law).. Immigration Service at Large (by transfer from Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization. Bureau of Immigration (by segregation of Bureau Personnel Positions established .32 Stat. L., 825, 826 32 Stat. L., 825, 826 .34 Stat. L., 596 .37 Stat. L., 736, 737 .37 Stat. L., 736, 737 Assistant Commissioner-General of Immigration....35 Stat. L., 184, 240 Boards of Special Inquiry.... Commissioners of Immigration.. Commissioner-General of Immigration.. Inspector of Immigrants..... Method of appointment Boards of Special Inquiry..... Superintendent of Immigration...... Duties .32 Stat. L., 1213, 1220 .28 Stat. L., 372, 391 ..28 Stat. L., 764, 780 .26 Stat. L., 1084, 1086 .26 Stat. L., 1084, 1085 32 Stat. L., 1213, 1220 .28 Stat. L., 372, 391 .28 Stat. L., 764, 780 .26 Stat. L., 1084, 1086 39 Stat. L., 874, 893 .26 Stat. L., 1084, 1085 Assistant Commissioner-General of Immigration....35 Stat. L., 184, 240 Boards of Special Inquiry..... Commissioners of Immigration.. .32 Stat. L., 1213, 1220 .32 Stat. L., 1213, 1220 39 Stat. L., 874, 893 Commissioner-General of Immigration.... Immigration Matrons Inspector of Immigrants... Superintendent of Immigration.. Salaries ......28 Stat. L., 764, 780 31 Stat. L., 588, 611 32 Stat. L., 1213, 1219 39 Stat. L., 874, 892 .39 Stat. L., 874, 882 .26 Stat. L., 1084, 1086 39 Stat. L., 874, 886 32 Stat. L., 1213, 1219 ..26 Stat. L., 1084, 1085 Assistant Commissioner-General of Immigration...35 Stat. L., 845, 903 Certain Immigration Officers...... Commissioner-General of Immigration.. Immigration Laws-(in effect) General Oriental (Treaty) .39 Stat. L., 874, 893 35 Stat. L., 845, 903 .22 Stat. L., 214 23 Stat. L., 332 25 Stat. L., 565, 566 26 Stat. L., 1084 27 Stat. L., 449, 452 27 Stat. L., 569 28 Stat. L., 372, 390-1 28 Stat. L., 764, 780 31 Stat. L., 588, 611 32 Stat. L., 176 32 Stat. L., 488, 517 32 Stat. L., 825, 826 33 Stat. L., 631, 684 33 Stat. L., 689, 692 33 Stat. L., 1156, 1182 34 Stat. L., 1228 35 Stat. L., 945, 969 35 Stat. L., 1060 36 Stat. L., 825, 826 36 Stat. L., 1363, 1442 37 Stat. L., 417, 476 37 Stat. L., 736, 737 38 Stat. L., 1164 39 Stat. L., 545, 548 39 Stat. L., 874 40 Stat. L., 1012 40 Stat. L., 1014 41 Stat. L., 593 41 Stat. L., 1082 42 Stat. L., 5 42 Stat. L., 540 .22 Stat. L., 826 22 Stat. L., 58 23 Stat. L., 115 25 Stat. L., 476, 477 27 Stat. L., 25 28 Stat. L., 7 28 Stat. L., 575 Administration of laws relating to Chinese exclusion and regulating immigration into the United States, its Territories and the District of Columbia. Contract labor (alien).... Immigration in Philippine Islands. Immigration of aliens into the United States.. (B) COMPILATION OF LAWS (1) General .31 Stat. L., 588, 611 .28 Stat. L., 764, 780 .39 Stat. L., 874 39 Stat. L., 874, 892 1882-Act of August 3, 1882 (22 Stat. L., 214)-An Act To regulate immigration. [SEC. 1.] That there shall be levied, collected, and paid a duty of fifty cents for each and every passenger not a citizen of the United States who shall come by steam or sail vessel from a foreign port to any port within the United States. The said duty shall be paid to the collector of customs of the port to which such passenger shall come, or if there be no collector at such port, then to the collector of customs nearest thereto, by the master, owner, agent, or consignee of every such vessel, within twenty-four hours after the entry thereof into such port. The money thus collected shall be paid into the United States Treasury and shall constitute a fund to be called the immigrant fund and shall be used, under the direction of the Secretary of Labor, to defray the expense of regulating immigration under this act and for the care of immigrants arriving in the United States, for the relief of such as are in distress, and for the general purposes and expenses of carrying this act into effect. The duty imposed by this section shall be a lien upon the vessels which shall bring such passengers into the United States, and shall be a debt in favor of the United States against the owner or owners of such vessels, and the payment of such duty may be enforced by any legal or equitable remedy: Provided, That no greater sum shall be expended for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, at any port, than shall have been collected at such port. 1885-Act of February 26, 1885 (23 Stat L., 332)—An Act To prohibit the importation and migration of foreigners and aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor in the United States, its Territories, and the District of Columbia. [SEC. 1.] That from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any person, company, partnership, or corporation, in any manner whatsoever, to prepay the transportation, or in any way assist or encourage the importation or migration of any alien or aliens, any foreigner or foreigners, into the United States, its Territories, or the District of Columbia, under contract or agreement, parol or special, express or implied, made previous to the importation or migration of such alien or aliens, foreigner or foreigners, to perform labor or service of any kind in the United States, its Territories, or the District of Columbia. SEC. 2. That all contracts or agreements, express or implied, parol or special, which may hereafter be made by and between any person, company, partnership, or corporation, and any foreigner or foreigners, alien or aliens, to perform labor or service or having reference to the performance of labor or service by any person in the United States, its Territories, or the District of Columbia, previous to the migration or importation of the person or persons whose labor or service is contracted for into the United States, shall be utterly void and of no effect. 1888-Act of October 19, 1888 (25 Stat. L., 565, 566)—An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and for prior years, and for other purposes. That the act approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An act to prohibit the importation and migration of |