The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-20
Shutting Out the MOngOlians.

The following is the text of the bill
to restrict the immigration of Chinese
to the United States, as it passed Con
gress: s ...t....st 49,
BE 1t enacted, etc., That no master of any
vessel owned in whole or in part by citizen of
the United States, or by citizen of any foreign
country, shall take on board such vessel at any
port or place within the Chinese empire or at
any other foreign port or place whatever, any
number exceeding fifteen Chinese passengers,
whether male or female, with intent to bring
such passengers to the United, States, and leave
such port or place and bring such passengers,
to any number exceeding fifteen on one VOYAGE.
within the jurisdiction OF the United States.
SEC q That whenever a master or other
person III charge OF any such vessel takes ON
Doarc the same at any foreign port or place any
greater number Of Chinese passengers than is
prescribed in the first section of this act. with
intent to bring such passengers to the United
States, and leave such port and bring such pas
sengers to any number exceeding fifteen on one
voyage within the jurisdiction of the United
States he shall be deemed guilty of o INSIDE
meanor, and shall, for each passenger so taken
on board and brought within the jurisdiction
OF the United States, exceeding the number of
fifteen. be fined 800, and may al o be impris-
oned for not exceeding six months q9
SEC. 3 That the master of any vessel arriy-
ing in the United States, or any of the Territories
thereof, from any foreign place. whatever, at
the same time that he delivers manifest of the
cargo, and If there be no cargo. then at the time
OF making report or entry of the vessel. pur-
suant to law, shall, in addition to other matters
required to be reported by law, deliver and re-
sport to the Collector of the district ia which such
-6I shall rat lfSfo Of oil
passengers taken on board the vessel at any
foreign port or place, and Of all such passen-
gers on board the vessel at that time Such list
shall be sworn to by the master in the same
manner as directed by law in relation to the
manifest of cargo, and the refusal or neglect of
master to comply with the provisions of this
section shalllecelve the same penalties, disabli-
ties, and perfectures as are provided for the re-
fusal or neglect to report and deliver the mani
tests of cargo.
Sec. That the amount Of the several pen
altles imposed by the foregoing provisions
shall be in liens on the vessels violating those
provisions, and such vessels shall be hl,eled
therefor in any Circuit Or District Court of the
United States where such vessel shall arrive
Sec. S. That nothing herein contained shall
be held to repeal or modify any law forbidding
the importation of coolies, or of females for i'm
moral purposes, into the United States: pro
vided, no Consul or Consular Agent of the
united States, residing at any port from which
any vessel taking Chinese passengers may take
her departure, shall grant the certificate pro
vded for in section 2, l62 of the Revised Statutes
for more tha2 fifteen Chinese passengers in any
one vessel.
SEC 6. That this act sIsall not apply to per-
sons officially connected with the Chinese Gov
ornament or any embassy thereof, Or to persons
rescued from shipwreck during the VOYAGE of
and by a vessel bringing the same within the
jurisdiction of the United States, or to the mas
ter of any vessel seeking harbor in stress of
weather, or to persons who may only seek
temporary residence for educational purposes
and who shall have certificate from the Chi
nese Government for that purpose.
SEC Z. That this act shall take effect from
and after the LIST of July, 1879, aud the Presi-
dent of the United States shall immediately.
on the approval Of this act, give notice to the
Government of China of the abrogation Of
articles and of the additional articles of the
treaty Of June Is, 1855. between the United
States and China, proclaimed Feb 5, 1870, COM
monty called the Burlingame treaty