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

Nos. 243, 252. March 6, 1933. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Separate suits by the United States of America against the steamship Habana, her engines, boilers, and furniture, claimed by the Compania Trasatlantica, and against the steamship Cristobal Colon, her engines, boilers, and furniture, claimed by the Compania Trasatlantica. From separate decrees sustaining exceptions to the libels, the libelant in each case appeals. Decrees affirmed

No. 286. March 11, 1935. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Libel in rem for recovery of a penalty under Immigration Act of 1924, § 27 (8 US CA § 146), by the United States against the steamship Manuel Arnus, her engines, boilers, and furniture, etc., claimed by the Compania Transatlantica. From a decree ( 7 F. Supp. 401) dismissing the libel, libelant appeals. Reversed and remanded. Martin Conboy, U.S. Atty., of New York City (Mary R. Towle

(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