Law on Immigration.
Among other articles the law on immigration of June 12th, 1890, says:
Article 2. The consular agents must give all the information, notices and references, the immigrants, agents of navigation companies, or other persons whoever, may ask them about legislation, statistics and general situation of the Republic.
Art. 3. The agents shall not receive, on pain of being destituted, any particular retribution for the services the present law imposes on them, or those that any future law may impose on them.
Art. 7. Is considered as an immigrant every honest workman who comes to the Republic on board any steamer or vessel, with a second or third class passage, with the intention of fixing here his residence.
Art. 8. Every immigrant on his landing will enjoy the following favors:
1. Introduction, free from all duty, of his luggage, linen, furniture, tools or agricultural machines.
2. Disembarking of all his luggage without anything to pay.
3. All the necessary information is gratuitously taken for him, so as to provide him with the kind of work he has chosen.