CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. No. 224. Argued January 4, 1937. Decided February 1, 1937. 1. In penal statutes, no less than in others, the language, if clear, is conclusive. P. 101. 2. General expressions in an opinion which go beyond the case in which they were used, may be respected, but ought not to control the judgment in a subsequent suit presenting the very point for decision. P. 103. 3. Section 10(a) of the Immigration Act of 1917, as amended, makes it the
(a) Failure to report; penalties It shall be the duty of every person, including the owners, masters, officers, and agents of vessels, aircraft, transportation lines, or international bridges or toll roads, other than transportation lines which may enter into a contract as provided in section 1223 of this title, bringing an alien to, or providing a means for an alien to come to, the United States (including an alien crewman whose case is not covered by section 1284(a) of this title) to prevent the
(a) Necessity of transportation contract The Attorney General shall have power to enter into contracts with transportation lines for the inspection and admission of aliens coming to the United States from foreign territory or from adjacent islands. No such transportation line shall be allowed to land any such alien in the United States until and unless it has entered into any such contracts which may be required by the Attorney General. (b) Landing stations Every transportation line engaged in carrying