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PORT INSPECT!FBOX TIME TM' nBEIG.tUt LEAVES P)BT OK DEPARTURE UNTIL MB LANDS.iiwmr nut »r«H ntfrriMtt inunyLc bm mi rAitlibULAKEitry Assistance la Accorded the 3iti *cr, tVbv Mint ShviT Hi* Rlikt t» Lui.t interthe tTexas.In Custody *f Official*.Directly after the ■ issuattoe ct tickets the passengers are taken tn custody by the officials and itncd up for inspection. The quarantine officers have charge of this work. After every officer Is satisfies that the alien Jh ready for departure he is recommended for sailing. Before vessel leaves the port of [mtnigra.tfon every paasenger is required to register upon what is known as a manliest fcueol. u'his sheet carries the full knowledge of every case on 'board. Many questions and answer* axe recorded, while this work is going on, each ease that does not show to the officials in charge the Immigrant's right to sail or leave that port Is rejectod. The manifest covers every detail of information, such as the destination, to whom they are going.a.Liuu, ic wogm tney are going, money on hand and'description of personal appearance as to the color Of hair, and skin. The race and nationalityare essential in the beginning.On the Voyage.After all steerage passenger* are examined they are furnished with inspection cards. The voyage to their new homes has begun and every precaution must be taken with the 'immigrant to pursue the illegibility of his landing. Daily examination# of the steerage passengers are made by the attending physic Inns. The inspection card is used in these inspections. These cards are 4x5 Inches, white llnen-fluishcd records. The card bears the namo of the immigrant, name of ship, port of destination and date of departure. Margins are prominent upon the cards for the evidences of dailylimn eat Inn i..., *t. — ........Inspection. Every day that the Immigrant is inspected the card Is punched.immigrant signs the manifest sheet, on the line of tba sheet In which Ms name appears has n number. The manliest has room for thirty aliens. In whatever position the Immigrant takes' upon the asoct his inspection card bears this number. In large red figures which ®PP«»r upon the card denotes the number of the mam teat sheet he registered upon. All this numhering-and figuring; is done for a purpose.Inspection After Landing.The officials of Immigration are notified when the immigrant ship comes near port or quarantine station. After a hasty medical examination by quarantine physicians. tho I in migration department Immediately takes charge of the ship. These officers board her before a person is allowed to either come ashore or board the itfP’ Jiy tl4ls melhoil It is almoBt impassible tor a person to escape the surveillance of on officer.The cabin pasaengrs are examined first. The cabin is generally used for the quartet s. of the inspectors. One by one each passenger is brought before the Inspector, who is in possession of the manifest sheets. The same method Is pursued in the way of questioning as was done when the passenger signed the manifest at the point of departure. In case of any variance from the facts af the passengermanifest sheet, the officials know that there Is something wrong. In case the examiner detects any form of deceptionircm.lprrcri . _______ . „ft hoard of special inquiry. This board is composed of throe immigrant officials. After every statement originally ■- I fust has been verified, theimmigrant passenger is given a small ticket bearing the O K” mark, signed the inspect in g_ official. Case afterIs disposed of ihe steerage pqssenInspection of Steerage Passenger*.Now comes the use of the inspection cards which every Immigrant must have. Those cards nr« p timed upon the in pet of the mat nr waist In. plain sight of tho examiner. Each person ts us.semb]art according io his numerical position. 'When all are ready the immigrant proceeds down the gang plnnk and aro marc lied 10 their manifest sheets. Four sheotasheet Is checked another is brought out! ........-*’ —........migrant listsbeen cxa bofird ofperreferthoS full PIVthcrnitffrnInship. Tills boardadmit- they iludfngmake a finding mai sucu a case is liable to be excluded mi account of physical disabilities. In some case;- }w (? granted The privilege of landing under bond. These cases go before the ^oivIkij- of Commerce and Labor at Wnsiilngtun in tlie form of minutes. acroropartied by the recommendations of Hie Inspecting officer. The secretary makes the flnm decision whether.ml lug neither J ft stifles an up-bonil. After the oxj.niinailnn ^ finished fiu^special board laAt ihe p!»ee of eSnpoint tnland lie is given a ticket In exchange for his order. Thu Immigrant •U'AKCH from tlie Inspectors and railroad agents to tho custom house officials fOT the, examination of all grip?. handbagsand trunk*. After the payment* of duty. •houid any b* levied, their baggage 1* then checked to th* different roses o which they trt ie travel.ft i* AU lyMtMttort.Th* departments lust outlined are ■ systematic tuat It )* impossible for an Immigrant to pa** an efficiai without the necesnary txamlnation. The system• tns isred at Dili* Island, Nev.' Torfc. but i more crude state. When the now iigiatiou eittilon lor Galveston is ftn-imlmfrom the original inspection to tlie iait acts of the immigrant's release will b« bo systematized that every department for every form of inspection will bo carried on in a separata room fitted out for this particular work.f*m it would be nearly Impossible to carry on immigrant Inspection in the short time which is now required. It must be remembered that every assistance must be given the immigrant, for fully SO per cent of them coming ** America can neither speak nor read 55timmigrant homes thoee who ore without mean* and information. A large number or the immigrants wao pose tho port of Oalvestou are cured for by these homes.rvice.Tima and experience has schooled thin department in the Issues of carefulness and perfection. A great deal lies in this service for the protection of the United States. Through drastic and pertinent questioning a ml researching ot records the Introduction of anarchists and other undesirable classes are Sn many instances prevented from encroaching upon tho bo unites of this country.From the time the prospective alien makes a. declaration of his intention to come to America lie is advised of every dc-taII ot the trip and the time of his eolllcg. In many foreign ports where the Immigration to the United States is solicited there is a race or close competition between the several ^ steamshipImmigrant. All steamship or transportation .-milpanics or other people engaged in the transporting- of alien immigrants to the United Elutes are required to file reports twice :i year allowing that they have posted In full view of the public their authorization for selling tickets.The first act of the immigrant who contemplates coming to tho Untied States Is tho purchase of u. ticket. When tho ticket Is sold tho required hood 1.. always Included In the ticket. In three-fourths of the instances where tickets are bought by the alien inunK grant they do not realize that they are paying a head tax These bead taxes are collected from the steamship companies hy the immigrant official where the Immigrant lands, and are forwared tolt; the treasurer of the government When tickets aro bought by tho itickets aro bought by the passenger. In many Instances, through tickets are sold them—that is, tickets to their final points of destination. It is possible for a ticket to bo Issued by agents In many fore^p^^orts^ directly to any Inland city
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Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas, US
Sun, Sep 26, 1909
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