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to point out that 851 prospective passengers were presented before Dr. Wrone for examination and of which he rejected 533 or 40% of the total number. After satisfying himself of his examination Dr. Grone issued to each individual passenger a certificate certifying to their perfect state of health, which is in compliance with Article 49 of the Mexican Sanitary Code, reading, "Those persons who may desire to settle in the Republic or to be taken there in the character of immigrants, will only be allowed to enter the same when they hold a certificate to prove their perfect state of health, issued by the authorities of the place they come from and countersigned by the Mexican Consul."
It can be inferred therefore that this certificate entitles the holder to a landing on Mexican soil, as there is no other article in said Code empowering the Authorities to refuse a landing to any immigrant on account of sickness or disease.
3.
Moreover, these certificates were signed by Dr. Grone
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