Section 5 prescribes the venue for prosecutions for violating the first four sections. and provides that such prosecutions may be maintained In any court having jurisdiction of crimes within the district in which the violation was committed. or from. through. or into which such woman or girl may have been carried as a passenger in interstate or foreign commerce. contrary to the provisions of this bill. Section 6 may be best explained in this way: In 1904 certain great nations of the world entered Into an agreement looking to the suppression of what is known as the "whiteslave traffic." By that agreement it is. in part. provided that each of the contracting governments shall establish and designate an authority to centralize all information concerning the procuration of women and girls with a view to their debauchery in a foreign country. and to exercise supervision over alien women and girls. receive their declarations. establish their identity. and ascertain from them who induced them to leave their native country. The United States became a party tothis agreement in 1908. and section 6 is designed to carry out that agreement on the part of this Government by designating and empowering the CommissionerGeneral of Immigration to collect the information and exercise the supervision required. A very important part of this section 6 requires every person who shall keep. control. or harbor in any place for the purpose of prostitution or any other immoral purpose any alien woman or girl within three years after she has entered the United States from any country which is a party to the agreement for the suppression of the whiteslave traffic to file with the CommissionerGeneral of Immigration a statement in writing setting forth the name of the woman or girl. the place where she is kept. and all the facts within the knowledge of such person as to her age. nationality. and parentage. and concerning her procuration to come to the United States. This statement must be filed within thirty days after such person shall commence to keep. control. or harbor the woman or girl and is operative for three years after the woman or girl shall have entered the United States. If the person whose duty it is to make the statement shall fail to make it or shall state any fact falsely or fail to make a truthful and full disclosure. he is subject to a penalty of not more than $2.000 fine or not more than two years imprisonment. or both fine and imprisonment. in the discretion of the court.
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