The Placer herald., 1869-12-18
CHINESE POLICE BILL.

BY Mr.. Rockwell. pursuant to notice)-Ar
Act TO establish and sf1ainta in police lorce iol
! protection and regulation of Asiatc and Mon
golian residents Of this State, and to proven
cooie slavery in California.
/. Three compeen persons shah be chosen a'
| Commissions OF lmmi grafton. 2. They sha
have power to appou, and maintain in each towr
and city Of this State, in which there are resii-
| ing 100 or more persons OF Asiatic birth, suit
able number Of residents rs policemen. 3. Ihe
appointment OF the Commissioners is to be made
by the Governor. 4 One policeman only for
the frat 90, and two for the first 500 and two
more Tor each additional 500 Chinamen 5. The
| Commissioners are 10 organize by appointing a
clerk, with headquarters in San francisco. ana
within thirty days the Board shall provide lor
| the taking OF the census OF A>iaic ihhtbitantS,
to be paid for at the rate of United States Cen
sus A gents for the year 1870. I. The police
shall be uniformed. and may arrest Chinese with
out warrant. 10. They are TO attend especmiIy
| the landings OF Chinese emgrants. and use all
cndeavors to prevent them from being punished
or annoyed bYexira-judici. and Illegal BODIES
| of their own cOuntrymen, or being SUBJECTED
to any other regulations and discipline IMAM
ihoe provided by the laws; also TO prevent them
from being held TO service against his or her
will under the terms of any pretended contract
or agreement made or entered into in any 1of-
eign country. Any person found guilty OF en-
deavoring by force, threat or int mdation, 10
compel Asiatics to comply with terms OF sncn
contract shall be adjud gcd guilty Of felony ana
Gned $500 or 81 900 cha II TO 60 to the int or
mer or imprisonment in the State prison Tor
one to thi ee years; jurisdiction being to Courts
cnt ntertaining felony. IL. Salary OF Commlss ION
crs s2.50O of policemen $50. H. Funds are
raised by taxing each Chnese resident $40 per
month and each female S6 per month. l3. 10 be
collected by Tax Collector, for seven per cent
Of the amount. H. Those engaged in good faith
in mining and paying a license therefor to ba
excepted. Is. Those Chinese. whether male
or lem .e refusing to pay the tax, shall be deem
ed vagrant and accordingly punished twenty
to sixty days Imprisonment or labor on public
works. Asaics Just landing are to be deemed
inhabitants" and the first month tax shall be
due upon arrival, and the owners OF the ship
liable the claim to be enforced by The At
torney Gen 2ra against the ship owner Il. AS
sociations and individuals hiring or employing
are also liable Tor the amount OF the tax. 22 No
public work is TO be done by Chinese except as
punishment. 23 The Secretary OF State is to
publish the provisions of the act amongst the
Chinese in their own langua go. "a. To take
effect Immediately.
The above is synopsis Of bill intro
duced in the Assembly by Mr. Rockwell, Of
San Francisco, on Friday the tenth inst
The prov sions of the bill are aimed directly
at the importation Of or working Chiness
coolies in this State, and are intended to avoid
all constitutional objections or conflicts with
the laws Of Congress |. is purely police
reg gulalion and one to free the State from
cooie slavery, and one which Congres'
can neither have the will, desire nor power
to exercise any jurisdiction over unless
indeed, it favors slavery. There is no doubt
but that the six Chinese importing houses
do own the cooIie IAborers Of this State and
exact and compel the payment from the
coolie Of more than ten dollars per month,
which the bill proposes to tax the Gilman An
iu order to secure his liberty from his own
countrymau The great points in the bill
and lbe ones which will prove most etfec'ual
are to be found in the tenth section. En-
force this section of the bill against these SIX
Chinese houses and their igents, and coole
slavery AID cooe importation will cssae al
onue and tha, is what men Of all paitie'
should desire and labor ior We lhnk Mr.
Rock kwell has got the correct idea, and that
bis bill may be SO amended and perfected rs
to rid the country of this coolie oLrse and at
the expense Of these cooIie importers them-
selves. We print the synopsis for the bene
ter again.