Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-26
Chinese Restriction Bill.

restrict the immigration of Chinese to
| the United States as it passed the senate
February 15
Be at enacted, etc., that no master Of
any vessel owned in whole or in part by
a. citizen Of the United States, or by
citizens 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, what
ever, any number exceeding fifteen
Chinese passengers, whether male or
| female, with intent to bring such pas
sengers to the United States, and leave
such port Or place and bring such pas
sengers to any number exceeding 10 Oh
one voyage within the jurisdiction Of
the United States.
SECTION 9. That wherever master Or
other person in charge of any such YES
sci takes on board the same at any for
elgn port Or place any greater number
! of Chinese passengers than is prescribed
| IN the first secJ1On O. this act with the
intent to bring such passengers to the
United States and leave such port and
bring such passengers to any number
| exceeding fifteen on one voyage within
the jurisdiction of the United States, he
shall be deemed guilty of midem can
or, and shall, for each passenger so
taken Oh board and brought within the
jurisdiction Of the United States exceed
ing the number of fifteen, be fined one
prisoned for not exceeding six months.
SECTION 3. That the master of any
vessel arriving in the United States or
any Of the territories thereof from any
foreign place whatever at the same
time that he delivers manifest of
cargo, and if there be no cargo then at
the time Of making report or entry Of
| the vessel pursuant to the laws, shall,
in addition to other matters required
to be reported by law, deliver and re-
port to the collector Of the district in
which such vessel shall arrive, a separ-
ate list Of all Chinese passengers taken
on board the vessel at any foreign port
Or place, and of all such passengers 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 manifest Of cargo, and re-
fusal or neglect Of the master to COM
ply with the provisions of this section
abilities and forfeitures as are provided
for a refusal or neglect to report and de-
liver manifest of cargo.
SECTION f. That the amount Of the
several penalties imposed by the fore
going provisions shall be in liens on the
vessel violating those provisions, and
such vessel shall be libelled therefor in
any circuit or district court of the Unit
ed States when such vessel shall arrive
SECTION 5. That nothing here
in contained shall be held to
repeal or modify any law for
bidding the importation of coolies or of
females for immoral purposes into the
United States, provided no con-
sui or consular agent Of the
United States residing at any port
from which any vessel taking Chinese
passengers may take her departure shall
grant certificate provided for in sec.
2, 1862 of the revised statutes, for more
than Is Chinese passengers on any one
vessel.
SECTION 6. That this act shall
not apply to persons officially connected
embassy thereof or to persons rescued
from ship wreck during the voyage of
and by the vessel bringing the same
with the Jurisdiction Of the
United States, or to the mas
ter of any vessel seeking harbor
in stress of weather, rto persons who
may only seek temporary residence for
educational purposes and who shall
have certificate from the Chinese gov
eminent for that purpose.
SECTION 7. That this act shall take eff
feet from and after the LIST of July 1879,
and the president of the United States
shall Immediately on approval of this
act give notice to the government of
China of the abrogation of articles and
6 of the treaty existing between the two
nations. -~-~-ae~~s
ACCORDING to standard French au-
thorlty France possessed in 1877 100
ships on active service, including 20
lron-clads; England had 202 ships on
active service, including 81 iron-clads
and reserve of 151 ships, including, 26
iron-clads; Germany had in all So ships,
including Is iron-clads; Russia, 26O
ships, most of them being of small di-
mensions and of old model, including
70 1rOn-clauS; austria, oil SHIPS, 1nClud-
ing Ii iron-clads; Italy, sc, including Is
iron-clads; Turkey, 103, including %
iron-clads; Spain, 1877, including IRON
clads; Greese, Is including 2 iron-clads;
Denmark, 33, including iron-clads;
Holland, 102, including 10 iron-clads;
Portugal 80, only 1 of which IS an iron
clad; Sweden and Norway, SO, of which
Is are iron-clads the United States,
143, of which 81 are iron-clads; Brazil,
IS, of which 10 are iron-clads; Peru, Is,
of which 2 are iron-clads, and the Aggen
tine Republic, 81 of which 2 are IRON
clads. AAA-A - s 3-@-- .ss-- ~
Mr.. JAMES SULLIVAN was recently be-
fore Liverpool magistrate for refusing
to pay his cab fare and obtaining sam