hibited of any immigrants who have come to Canada otherwise than by continuous journey from the country of which they are natives or citizens, and upon through tickets purchased in that country. IV. RODOLPHE BOUDREAU, Clerk of the Privy Council. PRIVY COUNCIL, CANADA, AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT OTTAWA, Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council. Whereas a considerable number of European immigrants arrive in Canada by way of United States Atlantic and Pacific seaports, coming in by rail from port of landing in the United States, many of whom are of the classes prohibited by the immigration act from landing in Canada, and are for this reason or for causes arising within a period of two years of their arrival in Canada deportable under the act; And whereas upon the superintendent of immigration seeking to deport such persons, the railroad companies. responsible for carrying them across the border have pleaded inability to take them back on the superintendent's order, for the reason that the persons sought to be deported were not legally admissible into the United States, and would not be admitted into that country, except for transit to port of landing and immediate delivery into the custody of the steamship company responsible for taking them back to the port or place from which they were brought; And whereas the steamship companies have been communicated with in this matter and each company has been asked to enter into an agreement according to the draft attached hereto; And whereas the steamship companies have had this agreement and the request of the department of the interior with respect thereto before them since about the 23d of February, 1908, but the only company that has thus far executed the agreement is the Allan Line Steamship Company (Limited) of Glasgow, running ships to Boston, Mass., and Portland, Me.; And whereas on account of the neglect of the other companies to attend to this matter the department of the interior is, at the present time, in the position of having some fifty-five deportable immigrants on its hands and being unable to deport them; Therefore His Excellency the Governor-General in Council in these circumstances, and seeing that undesirable immigrants are constantly coming into Canada, as above described, and that the superintendent of immigration is unable to put the law in force with respect to such immigrants, is pleased to order, as a necessary measure of protection for Canada, under the authority of section 10 of the immigration act, chapter 93, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1906, that all such immigrants as seek to come into Canada by rail, who have come from any country on any ship landing at a United States port belonging to any steamship company or owner who has not entered into the agreement hereto annexed, shall be and they are hereby prohibited from landing in or coming into Canada. v. RODOLPHE BOUDREAU, PRIVY COUNCIL, CANADA, AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT OTTAWA, Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council. Whereas by the order in council of the 18th January, 1908, it is provided that in accordance with section 20 of the immigration act, the immigration agent at any port shall require every immigrant, male or female, 18 years of age or over, to have in his or her possession money to a minimum amount of $25, in addition to a ticket to his or her destination in Canada, unless satisfactory evidence is furnished that the immigrant is going to some definite em ployment or to relatives or friends already settled in Canada who will take care of such immigrants, and by a further order in council of the 27th March, 1908, this arrangement is continued in force; And whereas Canada is looking primarily for immigrants of an agricultural class to occupy vacant lands, and as immigrants from Asia belong as a rule to laboring classes, and their language and mode of life render them unsuited for settlement in Canada where there are no colonies of their own people to insure their maintenance in case of their inability to secure employment, it is necessary that provision be made so that such immigrants may be possessed of sufficient money to make them temporarily independent of unfavorable industrial conditions when coming into Canada; Therefore His Excellency the Governor-General in Council is pleased to order that the amount of money required to be in possession of each immigrant as a condition to his being permitted to enter Canada shall be, and the same is hereby, increased to $200 in the case of all Asiatic immigrants other than those with whose countries the Government of Canada has special arrangements or those concerning whose countries special statutory regulations exist on the part of Canada; the conditions as to tickets to destination to remain as at present. RODOLPHE BOUDREAU, Clerk of the Privy Council. VI. PRIVY COUNCIL, CANADA, AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT OTTAWA, Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council. "40. Every keeper of a tavern, hotel, or boarding house in any city, town, village, or place in Canada, designated by any order in council, who receives into his house as a boarder or lodger any immigrant within three months from his arrival in Canada, shall cause to be kept conspicuously posted in the public rooms and passages of his house and printed upon his business cards a list of the prices which will be charged to immigrants per day and week for board or lodging or both, and also the prices for separate meals, which cards shall also contain the name of the keeper of such house, together with the name of the street in which it is situate, and its number in such street. "2. No such boarding-house keeper, hotel keeper, or tavern keeper shall have any lien on the effects of such immigrant for any amount claimed for such board or lodging for any sum exceeding $5. "58. Every keeper of a tavern, hotel, or boarding house in any city, town, village, or other place in Canada, designated by order in council, who— "(a) Neglects or refuses to post a list of prices and to keep business cards on which is printed a list of the prices which will be charged to immigrants per day or week for board or lodging, or both, and the prices for separate meals, and also the name of the keeper of such house, together with the name of the street in which the house is situated and its number in such street, or— "(b) Charges or receives, or permits or suffers to be charged or received, for boarding or lodging or for meals in his house, any sum in excess of the prices so posted and printed on such business cards, or "(c) Omits immediately on any immigrant entering such house as a boarder or lodger, or for the purpose of taking any meal therein, to deliver to such immigrant one of such printed business cards shall incur a penalty not exceeding $20 and not less than $5." And whereas it is considered expedient to bring these sections into force in certain places; Therefore His Excellency the Governor-General in Council is pleased to designate, and doth hereby designate, for the purpose of sections 40 and 58 of the immigration act, the cities of Ottawa and Toronto, in the Province of Ontario; the cities of Quebec and Montreal, in the Province of Quebec; the city of Halifax, in the Province of Nova Scotia; the city of St. John, in the Province of New Brunswick; the city of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba; and the cities of Vancouver and Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, as cities within which every keeper of a tavern, hotel, or boarding house therein who receives into his house as a boarder or lodger any immigrant within three months of his arrival in Canada shall be subject to the requirements and the provisions of the said section 40 and to the penalties provided by the said section 58 in case of contravention thereof. RODOLPHE BOUDREAU, Clerk of the Privy Council. VII. PRIVY COUNCIL, CANADA, AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT OTTAWA, Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council. His Excellency the Governor-General in Council, in virtue of the provisions of section 20 of the immigration act, chapter 93, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1906, is pleased, in view of the labor conditions and of the probable supply and demand for laborers in Canada during the coming winter to order and it is hereby ordered that in the case of immigrants arriving at Canadian ports between the 1st day of January and 15th day of February, 1909, the immigration agent at any port shall require every immigrant, male or female, 18 years of age or over, to have in his or her possession money to the minimum amount of $50 in addition to a ticket to his or her destination in Canada unless satisfactory evidence is furnished that the immigrant is going to some definite employment, or to relatives or friends already settled in Canada who would take care of such immigrant, and that on the last mentioned date the money qualification above prescribed be reduced to the minimum amount of $25 for each immigrant, and so remain until further ordered. RODOLPHE BOUDREAU, Clerk of the Privy Council. IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS AND FORMS. MEMORANDUM FOR THE GUIDANCE OF IMMIGRATION INSPECTORS. Inspectors appointed to enforce the provisions of the immigration act and the regulations made thereunder in respect to immigrants arriving in Canada by railway, or other means, are expected to use fair discretion in carrying out their duties, bearing in mind that the policy of the department is not one of exclusion of immigrants, excepting in cases where their admission is directly provided against in the act, or regulations, or is likely to be an injury to the community. The term "immigrant" means and includes any person arriving in Canada by railway train or other mode of travel, provided such person has not previously been domiciled in Canada. In any doubtful case where previous domicile in Canada is alleged as a reason for coming in the inspector is required to closely question the party as to such domicile, ascertaining the address, length of residence, and how employed, as well as name and age of passenger, and these particulars are immediately to be reported to the superintendent of immigration, with date of arrival and particulars as to train, and form and number of ticket, together with inspector's remarks as to reasons for objecting to passenger. Special attention is to be given to the classes designated as "undesirable" and the inspector must see that none such are admitted. (1) Feeble minded, idiots, epileptics, insane, or those who have had an attack of insanity within five years. (2) The immigrant who may be afflicted with a loathsome disease, or with a disease that may become dangerous to the public health or widely disseminated, whether the immigrant intends to settle in Canada or only to pass through Canada to settle in some other country. (3) One who is a pauper, a destitute, a professional beggar, or vagrant, or who is likely to become a public charge, or one who has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude. A prostitute, or one who procures, or brings, or attempts to bring into Canada, prostitutes or women for purposes of prostitution. The foregoing are absolutely prohibited from admission into Canada, and if any such are found on the train which the inspector is examining, he will notify the official or officials in charge of the train that such person or persons can not be admitted into Canada, but must be returned immediately. The inspector will require no other warrant or authority for this than that reposed in him by virtue of his appointment, and having taken the action thus indicated his responsibility in the matter will cease until such time as he may find that his instructions are not being carried out. Then he will immediately advise the superintendent of immigration, Ottawa, by wire, following the telegram by a letter giving a complete history of the action, with particulars as to train, date, name of debarred immigrant, etc. (4) The law requires that an immigrant who is deaf and dumb, or dumb, blind, or infirm, must not be permitted to come into Canada unless he belongs to a family accompanying him, or already in Canada, and which family gives security satisfactory to the minister for his permanent support if admitted into Canada. In this relation if the inspector is satisfied that there are no other reasons to refuse admission, he will allow party to go forward with family, if they are on train, or to family, if they do not accompany, taking careful note of name, destination, permanent address, and form and number of ticket, so that the case may be followed up subsequently, if necessary. (5) It is provided by the regulations issued under the act that immigrants may be prohibited from coming into Canada, unless they come from the country of their birth, or citizenship, by a continuous journey, and on through tickets purchased before leaving the country of their birth, or citizenship. With respect to the above it may be remarked that authority is thereby given to exclude certain classes of persons, when the labor conditions prevailing in Canada render such action desirable. When the labor conditions are not such as to render necessary the general application of this regulation, inspectors are enabled, by it, to exclude individuals whom they may have reason to suspect are undesirable for any of the reasons for exclusion set forth in the immigration act. Particular discretion will have to be exercised in cases coming under this clause. (6) Immigrants arriving between the 1st of December and 15th of February may be required to have in their possession $50 per adult passenger besides a ticket to destination, and at other times $25 per adult passenger and ticket to destination. While the inspector will be very careful in his examination to see that this clause is complied with, he will not enforce it in cases where satisfactory evidence is furnished that the immigrant is going to some definite employment, or to relatives or friends already settled in Canada who will take care of such immigrant. For the complete checking up of trains, it may be necessary for the inspector to meet the Canada-bound trains at a station on the American side of the boundary line, and accompany train to the first point at, or within, the Canadian boundary. Inspectors are required to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the immigration act and amendments, and with any orders in council, proclamations or regulations, made thereunder, and they are further required at the end of each month, and from time to time as they may be instructed, to report in writing to the superintendent of immigration, Ottawa, upon blanks to be prescribed by him, the number of immigrants passing through their respective ports of entry and such other particulars as may be ordered. Cases of doubt may, to save time, be referred to the superintendent of immigration at Ottawa, by telegraph. SCHEDULE 2. ORDER OF THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ACT. To the (governor or warden) of the (gaol, prison, or penitentiary): Whereas an immigrant to Canada has within two years of his landing in Canada become an inmate of [having been convicted (or being charged with) the crime of -1; And whereas under the provisions of the immigration act, as amended by I have been requested by the minister of the interior to issue an order to you, the said (warden or governor, as the case may be), for the delivery of the said to the person named in the warrant of the superintendent of immigration, with a view to the deportation of the said (immigrant): Now know you that I, the minister of justice of Canada, do hereby, under the provisions of the said act, order you, the said (warden or governor), to deliver the said · to who has been authorized by warrant of the superintendent of immigration to receive said from you with a view to his deportation under the provision of the said act. For which this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given at Ottawa this my hand and seal of office. [L. S.] day of in the year of our Lord 19—, under Minister of Justice. WARRANT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF IMMIGRATION UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ACT. Το Whereas an immigrant to Canada, has within two years of his landing in Canada become an inmate of And whereas under the provisions of the Immigration Act, as amended by the Minister of the Interior has ordered the deportation of the said immigrant under the provisions thereof, and has applied to the Minister of Justice for an order addressed to the (governor or warden) of the (gaol, prison, or penitentiary), commanding him to deliver the said (immigrant) into your custody with a view to his deportation under the provisions of the said act; Now know you that -, Superintendent of Immigration, do hereby order and authorize you the said to receive the said (immigrant) from the said (governor or warden) and him the said (immigrant) safely to keep and to convey through any part of Canada and him to deliver to the transportation company or railway company which brought him to Canada, with a view to his deportation to the port from which he came to Canada. For which this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given at Ottawa this under my hand and seal. [L. S.] day of in the year of our Lord 19—, Superintendent of Immigration. The following form (67 Imm.) shows the evidence that is required to bring about the deportation of an undesirable immigrant. Copies of this form may be obtained by writing to the Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa. Letters so addressed are carried post free. The recommendation to deport should be signed by a Mayor, Reeve, or other public officer having cognizance of the facts. The space for doctor's certificate may be left blank in cases other than those in which the cause of deportation is disease, or mental or physical disability. FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF IMMIGRATION, OTTAWA. ; whether able to pay the whole or any part of the cost of transporta; name and address of friends in the Old Country, ; doctor's certificate, tion, M. D. (address), (Address), ; rela Form 67 Imm.] NOTE.-Four copies of above are required, and if the undesirable is thought to be an American citizen, by birth or naturalization, Form 67 A "Supplementary Information in Case of Undesirable Immigrants from the United States should also be completed in quadruplicate. |