Sect.  4.     They  shall  appoint  one  or  more  persons,  to  be  approved  Commissioners
by  the  governor  and  council,  who  shall  ascertain  the  names  of  all  a°eu'/s'to  pro-


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foreigners  brought  into  this  state  by  any  conveyance  by  land,  or  by  cure  inforn
any  lines  of  communication  established  for  the  regular  transportation  forci[rn*'ersVr°^
of  passengers  by  water,  not  extending  beyond  or  stopping  at  places  |;jyj"^'^  i"  ^^^^
without  the  United  States,  and  also  procure  such  further  information  i85i,'342,  §§3, 4.
in  relation  to  such  foreigners  as  is  practicable  in  order  to  identify  them  See  §20.
if  they  should   hereafter  become  a  public    charge.     All   officers   and
agents  of  railroad   corporations,  and   proprietors  or   agents  of  other
means  of  conveyance,  shall  furnish  the  agents  of  the  commonwealth,
when  so  required,  with  the  information  above  named  so  far  as  in  their
power,  by  filling  up  blanks  to  be  furnished  them  for  that  purpose.     If
any  of  said  persons  refuse  or  neglect  to  furnish  such  information  when
requested,  they  shall  be  punishable  by  fine  not  less  than  twenty  dollars
for  each  pei-son  in  relation  to  whom  the  information  is  withheld.
Sect.  5.     They  shall  prescribe  to  the  superintendent  of  each  state     to  prescribe
almshouse  and  of  the  hospital  at  Rainsford  Island,  the  forms  for  statis-  c°tcs  tobc  used
tical  returns  to  be  made  by  them  in  their  annual  report,  in  relation  to  in  sending  pau-
the  sex,  age,  and  nativities  of  the  inmates,  and  the  places  from  whence  ahSsiiouses^
thev  were   sent.     They  shall   also   ijrescribe   the   form  of  certificates  f^-   ,„,  ^,

"^  •        T       n  /•       •^-  r-   ^^  n    .  ^  lb56,  171,  §  1.
