tion  officials  to  go  or  to  send  competent  assistants  to  the  vessel  and
there  inspect  all  such  aliens,  or  said  immigration  officials  may  order  a
temporary  removal  of  such  aliens  for  examination  at  a  designated
time  and  place,  but  such  temporary  removal  shall  not  be  considered
a  landing,  nor  shall  it  relieve  vessels,  the  transportation  lines,  masters,
agents,  owners,  <»  ctmsignees  of  the  vessel  upon  which  said  aliens  are
brought  to  any  port  of  uie  United  States  from  any  of  the  obligations
whicm,  in  case  such  aliens  remain  on  board,  would  under  the  pro-
visionB  of  this  Act  bind  the  said  vessels,  transportation  lines,  masters,
agents,  owners,  or  consignees:  Promdedy  That  where  removal  is    ^J^uoi  m  immi-
made  to  premises  owned  or  controlled  by  the  United  States,  said  gtw"  ««atioiu.
vessels,  transportation  lines,  masters,  agents,  owners,  or  consignees,
and  each  of  tnem,  shall,  so  long  as  det^tion  there  lasts,  be  reBeved
of  responsibility  for  the  safeke^ing  of  sncb  aUens.    Whenever  a
temporary  TOnoval  of  aliens  is  macfe  the  vessels  or  transportation
lines  which  brought  them  and  the  masters,  owners,  agente,  and
consignees  of  the  vessel  upon  which  they  arrive  shall  pay  all  ex-
penses of  Budi  removal  and  all  expenses  arising  during  subsequent
drtention,  pending  decision  on  the  aliens'  eligibility  to  enter  the
United  States  and  until  they  are  either  allowed  to  land  or  returned
to  the  care  of  the  line  or  to  the  Missel  which  brought  them,  such
expenses  to  include  those  of  maintenance,  medical  treatment  in  hos-
pital or  elsewhere,  burial  in  the  event  of  death,  and  transfer  to  the
veseel  in  the  event  of  deportation,  excepting  only  where  thev  arise    Pott,  p.  sa.
