contain an alphabetical list of all the names of alien passengers that shall have been reported up to the time of publishing said abstract, and not previously published, with the reported age, sex, occupation, place of birth, and last place of residence, of each of said aliens; also the time and place of their landing, the name of the vessel from which they were landed, and, if bonds of indemnity shall have been given as is provided in the fifth section, the names of the obligors in said bonds, and their residences, and also the names of such alien passengers as shall have been permitted to land by any superintendent under the second proviso contained in said fifth section; together with the name of the vessel from which they were landed, the time when landed, with the names respectively of the master, commanding officer, owner, consignee, or agent of such vessel; and the treasurer shall forward a copy of said abstract, when so published, to the clerks of the several towns and cities in the commonwealth.

SEC. 8. The overseers of the poor, in any town where there may be no superintendent of alien passengers, or where such superintendent shall be unable to perform his duties by reason of absence or ill health, shall perform the duties and exercise the authority herein conferred on such superintendents, and shall in like manner render their accounts to the State treasurer, and pay over the money so received, deducting therefrom a reasonable compensation for their services.

SEC. 9. If any master, or commanding officer of any vessel, shall land any such alien passengers at any place within this State other than those to which such vessel is destined, with intent to avoid the requirements of this act, such master or commanding officer shall forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars for every such passenger so landed.

SEC. 10. If any master or commanding officer of any vessel shall land, or permit to be landed, in this State, any alien passengers as aforesaid, without complying with the provisions of this act, said master or commanding officer, and the owner or consignee thereof, shall severally forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars for every such alien passenger so landed: Provided always, that the provisions in this act shall not extend to seamen sent from foreign places by consuls or vice-consuls of the United States, nor to vessels coming on shore in distress, or to any alien passenger taken from any wreck, where life is in danger.

SEC. 11. The two hundred and thirty-eighth chapter of the statutes of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty

seven, and also the ninety-sixth chapter of the statutes of the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, and also the seventy-sixth chapter of the statutes of the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, are hereby repealed: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall release any city or town from paying into the treasury any amount of money which shall have accrued to the State.

SEC. 12. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

AN ACT concerning alien passengers. [Passed March 16, 1849.]

SEC. 1. So much of the seventh section of an act passed the tenth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, entitled "An act concerning alien passengers," not bonded, is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

AN ACT relating to alien passengers. [Passed March 20, 1850.]

SEC. 1. Any master, owner, consignee, or agent of any vessel, or any passenger carried by water, who shall bring or aid in bringing into this commonwealth any alien, never before within the State, shall, for each and every such alien, give a bond to the commonwealth with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the superintendent of alien passengers, in the penalty of one thousand dollars, with a condition that no such alien shall ever become a city, town, or State charge as a pauper, and in default of giving such bond, shall forfeit and pay to the use of the commonwealth the sum of one thousand dollars for every such alien so brought into the State, to be recovered by action of debt, in any court competent to try the same: Provided, that it shall be at the option of every such master, owner, consignee, or agent of any vessel, or passenger carried by water, to pay to the superintendent of alien passengers, for the use of the commonwealth, in place of such bond, the sum of two dollars for every such alien, who is not, in the opinion of the superintendent, a pauper, lunatic, or idiot, or maimed, aged, infirm or destitute, or incompetent to take care of himself or herself, without becoming a public charge as a pauper: And provided, also, that this act shall not extend to seamen sent from foreign ports by consuls or vice-consuls of the United States, nor to ambassadors, consuls, or public ministers, or other persons representing foreign states, nor to persons coming on shore from vessels in distress, nor to any alien passenger taken from any wreck where life is in danger.

SEC. 2. The superintendent of alien passengers in any city or town of this commonwealth may make all demands for bonds under this act, and all examinations of alien passengers, brought or coming into this State by water, necessary to enforce the provisions of this act and all other acts in relation to alien passengers.

SEC. 3. The abstract of returns and bonds deposited with the treasurer of the commonwealth by the superintendents of alien passengers, to be published by him in the months of January, May, and September, in each year, and forwarded to the clerks of the several towns and cities in the commonwealth, shall be so published and forwarded monthly.

SEC. 4. Justices of the peace may, upon the complaint of superintendents of alien passengers, exercise the same power which, by the seventeenth section of the forty-sixth chapter of the revised statutes, they are now authorized to exercise upon the complaint of overseers of towns.

SEC. 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 6. Whenever any city or town shall have incurred any expense or charge for the support of any alien for whom a bond has been given, under the provisions of the first section of this act, or the fifth section of the three hundred and thirteenth chapter of the acts of the year 1848, the claims of such city or town therefor, upon being approved by the auditor, may be paid by the treasurer of the commonwealth, whose duty it shall be to cause the same to be forthwith collected of the obligors in such bond, and paid into the treasury of the commonwealth. SEC. 7. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

AN ACT concerning the transit of alien passengers. [Passed May 23, 1853.]

SEC. 1. When any master, consignee, or agent, shall have paid to the superintendent of alien passengers, or to the overseers of the poor in any town or city in this commonwealth, the sum of two dollars for the landing of any alien passenger, as required by section fifth of the three hundred and thirteenth chapter of the acts of eighteen hundred and forty-eight, or by section first of the one hundred and fifth chapter of the acts of eighteen hundred and fifty, said sum of two dollars shall be refunded to said master, agent, or consignee, if within thirty days after such payment he shall produce satisfactory evidence to said superintendent, or to said overseers, that such passenger, for whom said sum was by him paid, left the State within forty

eight hours after such payment, and upon receiving such evidence, it shall be the duty of such superintendent, or overseer, to refund such money, and he shall state the amounts so refunded in his quarterly accounts, and shall not be bound to pay the same into the State treasury: Provided, That if any alien passenger, for whom the money paid shall have been refunded, as above provided, shall at any time return into this State, all the laws relating to alien passengers who have never before been in the State shall be applicable to such alien passengers, and to any person who shall bring such passenger a second time within the limits of the State.

SEC. 2. The superintendent of alien passengers, or the overseers of the poor, instead of receiving the payment of two dollars aforesaid, may in any case take a bond, with sufficient sureties, for such payment, and on proof that the passengers aforesaid have left the State within forty-eight hours after giving such bond, said superintendent or overseers shall cancel such bonds.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Foreign passengers.

No master of any vessel having passengers on board who have no settlement within the State, shall suffer such passengers to land, until he shall give bond to the State, in a sum equal to two hundred dollars for every such passenger, with sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of the selectmen of the town in which such passengers are landed, conditioned to indemnify and save harmless such town, and every town and county in the State, from all expenses, which for three years thereafter may arise from such passengers, whose names shall be inserted in said bond. [Sec. 7.]

If any master shall suffer any such passenger to land before such bond shall be given, unless the same shall be dispensed with by such selectmen on application therefor, he shall be punished by fine, not exceeding two hundred dollars for each passenger so landed, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year. [Sec. 8.]

Said bond shall be filed by the selectmen who approve the same, in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas for

the county, and may, by leave of the court, be prosecuted for the benefit and at the expense of the party applying. [Sec. 9.] Compiled Statutes, chap. 71; chap. 67 of the Revised Statutes; chap. 239 of the laws of 1845.

NEW JERSEY.

AN ACT to prevent the importation of convicts into this State. [Passed January 28, 1797.]

SEC. 1. No captain or master of any vessel, or any other person, shall knowingly or willingly import, bring, or send, or cause or procure to be imported, brought, or sent, or be aiding or assisting therein, into this State, by land or water, any felon-convict, or person convicted of an infamous crime, or under sentence of death, or any other legal disability incurred by a criminal prosecution, or who shall be delivered or sent to him or her from any prison or place of confinement, in parts out of the United States.

SEC. 2. Every captain, or master of a vessel, or other person. who shall so as aforesaid import, bring, or send, or cause or procure to be imported, brought or sent, or be aiding or assisting therein, into this State, by land or water, or shall sell or offer for sale, any such person as above described, knowing him or her so to be, shall forfeit for every such offence two hundred dollars, to be recovered with costs by action of debt, by any person who will sue for the same, in any court of record having cognizance thereof, in which the defendant shall be ruled to give special bail, the one moiety of said forfeiture to the State, and the other moiety to the person suing for the

same.

SEC. 3. Every person who shall offend against this act shall, on conviction thereof, be adjudged and ordered to enter into a recognizance, with sufficient sureties, to convey and transport, within such reasonable time as shall be directed by the court, to some place without the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, every such felon-convict, or other person of the description aforesaid, which he or she shall have been convicted of having brought, imported, or sent, or having been aiding or assisting therein, into this State, or of having so as aforesaid sold, or offered for sale; and in default of entering into such recognizance, with sufficient sureties as aforesaid, he or