Ex parte Zavala

ATWELL, District Judge;

Section 17 of 39 Stat. 887, Act February 5, 1917 (section 4289J4Ü, Comp. St..1918 [Compact Ed.], Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919), provides for hoards of special inquiry at the various ports of arrival. The appointment of such boards shall be by the Commissioner of Immigration, or the inspector in charge at such port, and there shall be as many of them as may be necessary for the prompt determination of all cases of immigrants detained -at such ports under the provisions of the law;

“All hearings before such hoards shall be separate and apart from the public. but the immigrant…