The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-20
No More Chinese.
WASHINGTON. Feb. Is

WASHINGTON. Feb. 16
The following is the text of the bill
to restrict the immigration of Chinese
to the United States as it passed the
Senate tonight:
Be it enacted, etc, That no master of any
zens of the United States, or by a citizen of
any foreign country, shall take on board such
vessel, at any port or place within the Chinese
Empire, or at any other port or place what
ever, any number exceeding fifteen Chinese
passengers, 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. 2. That whenever the master, or other
person in charge of such vessel, takes on board
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 or place and bring
such passengers to any number exceeding
fifteen, on one voyage, within the Jurisdiction
of the United States, he shall be guilty of q
misdemeanor, and shall for each passenger so
taken on board and brought within the juris-
diction of the United States, exceeding the
number of fifteen, be fined $500, and may also
be imprisoned for not exceeding six months
Sec. g. That q 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 required to be reported by law, deliv-
er and report to the collector OF the district
list Of all Chinese passengers taken on board
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 mas
ter in the same manner as is directed by law
n relation In manifpSf 0f and the rafna-
al or neglect of the master to comply with
the provisions of this section shall receive the
same penalties, disabilities and forfeitures as
are provided for the refusal or neglect to re-
port and deliver . manifest of cargo.
Sec. 4. That the amount of the several PEN
alties imposed by the foregoing provision
provisions, and such vessel shall be 1iheled
therefor in any Circuit or District Court of the
United States where such vessel shall arrive.
SEC. 5. That nothing herein contained shall
the importation of coolies, or of females for
immoral purposes, into the United States,
provided that no Consul or Consulate agent
of the United States, residing at any port
from which any vessel taking Chinese pas
sengers may take her aeparture, shall grant
the certificate provided for in section 2, 162 of
the revised statutes for more than fifteen
Chinese passengers on any one vessel.
SEC g. This act shall not apply to
ment, or any embassy thereof, or to persons
rescued from shipwreck during the voyage of
and by the vessel bringing the same within
the jurisdiction of the United States, or to
the master 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 6 certificate
from the Chinese Government for that pur
pose.
SEC. z. That this act shall take effect from
and after the LIST Of July, 1879, and 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 five and six of the additional articles
of the treaty of June 8. 1858, between the
United States and China, proclaimed Feb. 5,
1870, commonly called the Burlingame treaty.