The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-13
ERHEATHEN cItINEE. Z

A Movement In Congress 10 Limit I'm.
.gE EfG.f migration. fEI48P.
At the. close Of last week, the Committee
on Education and Labor in the lower
HOUSE Of Congress took mp the bill that
had previously been introduced by Rep
representative Wren and Senator Sargent
to restrict the immigration of Chinese into
the United States, and agreed to report it
favorably. Mr.. Willis, OF Kentucky, was
given charge Of 1t, with instructions to se-
cure its presentation at the earliest pos,
sible day and to ask that It be ordered
printed and recommiHed and day set
apart for its special consideration. This
bill provides that
Nomaster 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
Of the Chinese Empire, or at. any other
foreign port or place whatever, any num-
Der exceeding ten Chinese passengers,
whether male or female, with the intent,
70 bring such passengers to the United
States, or shall bring such passengers 10
any numb Der exceeding ten on one voyage
within the jurisdiction OF the United
States.
SEC. q That whenever the master Of
any such vessel takes on board the same
at any foreign port or place any greater
number OF Chinese passengers than Is pre-.
scribed in the first section OF this act, with
intent 70 bring such passengers to the
United States, or bring such passengers to
any number exceeding ten in one voyage
within the Jurisdiction OF the United
States, he shall be deemed guilty Of mis-
demeanOr, and shall, for each passenger
80 taken on, board or brought within the
jurisdiction OF the United States exceed
ing the number OF ten, be fined $lO0, and
may also be imprisoned for not exceeding
six months. ..,..,,, Excl, ...-...,..->
SIC. s.-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
q manifest OF the cargo, and II there be no
cargo, then at the time Of making report
or entry OF the vessel pursuant to law,
shall, in addition to the other matters re-
quired TO be reported by law, deliver and
report to the Collector Of the district in
which such vessel shall arrivo, a seperate
list OF all Chinese passengers taken on
board the vessel at any foreign port or
place, and ofall such passengers on board
the vesse at the time; such lists shall be
sworn TO by the master in the same man
ner as directed by law in relation to the
manifest OF the cargo, and the refusal or
neglect OF the master to comply with the
provisions Of this section shall receive the
same penalties, disabilities and iorieitures
as are provided for refusal or neglect to
report and deliver a manifest Of the cargo.
Section 4 provides that the penalties
shall be a lien against the vessel, and Sec
ton 6 that iniormers shall be entitled to
one.halt Of any penalty or fine collected
under the provision Of this act upon their
information. ID ~
Section 6Nproyides that nothing in the
bill shall be held to repeal or modify any
law forbidding the importation OF coolies
orof females for immoral purposes into
the United States, provided that no consul
or consular agent OF the United States, re-
siding at any port from which any vessel
taking Chinese passengers may take her
departure, shall grant the certificate provi-
ded for in section 2,l62 OF the Revised
Statutes for more than ten Chinese passen-
gers on any one vessel, This actis to take
effect from and after thel day Of July,
1870