r. said pilots shal apply to any res orty-sixth chapter after the passage ay 10, 1848.] d consent of the suitable person to ch city and town sary for the exe o, before entering sworn, and shall council, shall determine the salar alien passengers by him appointed in his commission: Provided, how never exceed the net amount of ali by such superintendent, according SEC. 3. The superintendents of a care and oversight of all causes an act, in the city or town for whic whenever a breach of any of its pr knowledge, they shall, with the ad for their district, institute prosecut wise, for the forfeitures incurred. SEC. 4. Where any vessel shall within this State, with alien pass never before been within the Stat city or town where it is intended t go on board such vessels, and shall of said passengers; and the maste such vessel shall, within twenty-fo make a report in writing under of the name, age, sex, occupation, residence, and condition, of every them shall be landed, or permitte shall be made, except as is hereina SEC. 5. If, on examination, there passengers any lunatic, idiot, mai incompetent, in the opinion of the ing, to maintain themselves, or wh sick or destitute as to require relief, refuse to report them, or if said masagent, shall refuse to give such bond e said superintendent may permit them ch cases, any city or town that shall be the support, sickness, or burial, of any en years of the time he has so landed, of debt against said master, owner, recover all expense incurred as aforeling officer, owner, consignee, or agent, nalties provided in the tenth section el and cities in t SEC. 8. The may be no su perintenden fabsence or i tendent of alien passengers shall, on f January, April, July, and October, account to the treasurer of the comney received by him and his assistants, this act, up to the first days of said ril, July, and October; and after deamount of salary due to him up to the -terly accounts shall severally extend, o the State treasury; and the treasurer after the third Wednesday of January counts before the legislature. e authority shall in like m rer, and pay reasonable co SEC. 9. If an all land an State other tha tent to avoid mmanding of lars for every s SEC. 10. If a of the commonwealth shall, during the and September, of each year, cause to venient form for reference, an abstract ls deposited with him by superintene seventh section, which abstract shall hall land, or P engers as afore this act, said m Consignee there dollars for eve ays, that the men sent from United States, any alien pa danger. SEC. 11. The t Statutes of the relie id master, owne ssengers shall, uly, and October asurer of the com and his assistants first days of su Der; and after de > to him up to the severally extent and the treasure nesday of January islature. shall, during the ach year, cause t erence, an abstract m by superinter ich abstract shall and cities in the commonwealth. SEC. 8. The overseers of the poo may be no superintendent of alien superintendent shall be unable to p of absence or ill health, shall perfo the authority herein conferred on shall in like manner render their a urer, and pay over the money so re a reasonable compensation for their SEC. 9. If any master, or comma shall land any such alien passenge State other than those to which su intent to avoid the requirements commanding officer shall forfeit th lars for every such passenger so lar SEC. 10. If any master or comma shall land, or permit to be landed, sengers as aforesaid, without compl this act, said master or commandin consignee thereof, shall severally for dollars for every such alien passe always, that the provisions in this a men sent from foreign places by co United States, nor to vessels comi to any alien passenger taken from danger. SEC. 11. The two hundred and t statutes of the year one thousand 14 lien passengers. [Passed March 20, 1850.] owner, consignee, or agent of any vesarried by water, who shall bring or aid commonwealth any alien, never before , for each and every such alien, give a alth with good and sufficient sureties, superintendent of alien passengers, in sand dollars, with a condition that no ecome a city, town, or State charge as a of giving such bond, shall forfeit and ommonwealth the sum of one thousand lien so brought into the State, to be reebt, in any court competent to try the it shall be at the option of every such ee, or agent of any vessel, or passenger y to the superintendent of alien passencommonwealth, in place of such bond, for every such alien, who is not, in the tendent, a pauper, lunatic, or idiot, or or destitute, or incompetent to take care without becoming a public charge as a also, that this act shall not extend to ign ports by consuls or vice-consuls of to ambassadors, consuls, or public minrepresenting foreign states, nor to perrom vessels in distress, nor to any alien ny wreck where life is in danger. t, or the fift AN ACT concer c. 1. Wher mid to the sup ers of the poo of two dol equired by sec apter of the a tion first of t eighteen hundre efunded to said days after such said superinte fr whom said s March 20, 1850.] agent of any shall bring or alien, never bein the complaint of overseers of towns. SEC. 5. All acts and parts of acts are hereby repealed. SEC. 6. Whenever any city or tow expense or charge for the support of has been given, under the provisions act, or the fifth section of the thre chapter of the acts of the year 1848 town therefor, upon being approved paid by the treasurer of the common be to cause the same to be forthwith in such bond, and paid into the trea SEC. 7. This act shall take effect AN ACT concerning the transit of alien pass y such alien, give sufficient sureties alien passengers a condition that or State charge ad, shall forfeit um of one thousa the State, to be mpetent to tr ption of every s vessel, or passeng ent of alien passe place of such b who is not, in th lunatic, or idiot petent to take o public charge shall not extend? or vice-consuls suls, or public states, SS, nor to any alien is in danger. nor to per SEC. 1. When any master, consig paid to the superintendent of alien seers of the poor in any town or city sum of two dollars for the landing required by section fifth of the thre chapter of the acts of eighteen hund section first of the one hundred and eighteen hundred and fifty, said su refunded to said master, agent, or d days after such payment he shall pr to said superintendent, or to said ove for whom said sum was by him paid |