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61ST CONGRESS, SENATE.
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WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC ACT OF JUNE 25, iX-0 \
ITS PASSAGE THROUGH THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES-
WITH VIEWS OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION.
Presented by Mr. DILLINGHAM.
DECEMBER 13, 1910.-Ordered to be printed.
THE WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC ACT.
[Public-No. 277.]
[H. R. 12315.]
AN ACT To further regulate interstate and foreign commerce by prohibiting the
transportation therein for immoral purposes of women and girls, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the term interstate
commerce, as used in this act, shall include transportation from any
State or Territory or the District of Columbia to. any other State or
Territory or the District of Columbia, and the term foreign com-
merce, as used in this act, shall include transportation from any
State or Territory or the District of Columbia to any foreign country
and from any foreign country to any State or Territory or the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
SEc. 2. That any person who shall knowingly transport or cause to
be transported, or aid or assist in obtaining transportation for, or in
transporting, in interstate or foreign commerce, or in any Territory
or in the District of Columbia, any woman or girl for the purpose of
prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose, or
with the intent and purpose to induce, entice, or compel such woman
or girl to become a prostitute or to give herself up to debauchery, or
to engage in any other immoral practice; or who shall knowingly
procure or obtain, or cause to be procured or obtained, or aid or assist
in procuring or obtaining, any ticket or tickets, or any form of trans-
portation or evidence of the right thereto, to be used by any woman
or girl in interstate or foreign commerce, or in any Territory or the
District of Columbia, in going to any place for the purpose of prosti-
tution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose, or with the](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.peggy/whtslvf0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)