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[CITE: 8USC1355]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
                       SUBCHAPTER II--IMMIGRATION
 
                         Part IX--Miscellaneous
 
Sec. 1355. Disposal of privileges at immigrant stations; 
        rentals; retail sale; disposition of receipts
        
    (a) Subject to such conditions and limitations as the Attorney 
General shall prescribe, all exclusive privileges of exchanging money, 
transporting passengers or baggage, keeping eating houses, or other like 
privileges in connection with any United States immigrant station, shall 
be disposed of to the lowest responsible and capable bidder (other than 
an alien) in accordance with the provision of section 5 of title 41 and 
for the use of Government property in connection with the exercise of 
such exclusive privileges a reasonable rental may be charged. The 
feeding of aliens, or the furnishing of any other necessary service in 
connection with any United States immigrant station, may be performed by 
the Service without regard to the foregoing provisions of this 
subsection if the Attorney General shall find that it would be 
advantageous to the Government in terms of economy and efficiency. No 
intoxicating liquors shall be sold at any immigrant station.
    (b) Such articles determined by the Attorney General to be necessary 
to the health and welfare of aliens detained at any immigrant station, 
when not otherwise readily procurable by such aliens, may be sold at 
reasonable prices to such aliens through Government canteens operated by 
the Service, under such conditions and limitations as the Attorney 
General shall prescribe.
    (c) All rentals or other receipts accruing from the disposal of 
privileges, and all moneys arising from the sale of articles through 
Service-operated canteens, authorized by this section, shall be covered 
into the Treasury to the credit of the appropriation for the enforcement 
of this subchapter.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 9, Sec. 285, 66 Stat. 232.)
