Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-05-18
rHE CHINESE BILL.
A Corrected Copy of the Chinese Ex-
clusion Law that will go into full
effect on the 9th of August, 1889.

clusion Law that will go into full
effect on the 9th Of August, 1882.
AN ACT TO EXECUTE CERTAIN TREATY
sTIPULATIoNs RELATING TO CHINESE.
WHEREAS, In the opinion of the Gov
ernment of the United States the COM
ing of Chinese laborers to this country
endangers the good order of certain To-
calities within the territory thereof:
Therefore,
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the United States
Of america IN Congress assembled
That from and after expiration of
ninety days next after the passage of
this Act, and until the expiration of ten
years next after the passage of this act,
the coming of Chinese laborers to the
United States be, and the same is here
by, suspended; and during such suspen-
sion it shall not be lawful for any Chi
liese laborer to come, or, having SO come
after the expiration of said ninety days,
to remain within the United States.
SEC. 2. That the master of any ves-
sci, who shall knowingly bring within
the United States on such vessel, and
land or permit to be landed, any Chinese
laborer, from any foreign port or place,
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof shall be punished
by fine of not more than $500 for each
and every such Chinese laborer 50
brought, and may be also imprisoned for
a term not exceeding one year.
SEC. 3. That the two foregoing Sec
tions shall not apply to Chinese laborers
who were in the United States on the
18th day of November, 1880, or who
shall have come into the same before the
expiration of ninety days next after the
passage of this act, and who shall pro-
duce to such master before going on
board such vessel, and shall produce to
the collector of the port in the United
States at which such vessel shall arrive,
the evidence hereinafter in this act re-
quired of his being one of the laborers
in this section mentioned; no. shall the
two foregoing sections apply to the case
of any master whose vessel, being bound
to port not within the United States,
shall come within the jurisdiction of the
United States by reason of being in dis
tress or in stress of weather, or touching
at any port of the United States on its
voyage to any foreign port or place: Pro-
vided, That all Chinese laborers brought
on such vessel shall depart with the ves-
sci on leaving port.
SEC. f. That for the purpose of prop
erly identifying Chinese laborers who
were in the United States ON the 18th
day of November, 1880, or who shall
have come into the same before the ex-
piration of ninety days after the passage
of this act, and in order to furnish them
with the proper evidence of their right
to 60 from and come to the United States
of their free will and accord, as provided
by the treaty between the United States
and China, dated November II, 1880,
the Collector of Customs of the District
from which any such Chinese laborel
shall depart from the United States
shall, in person or by deputy, go on
board such vessel having on board any
such Chinese laborer and cleared OF
about to sail from his district for a for.
eign port, and ON such vessel make q
list of all such Chinese laborers, which
shall be entered in regstry-books to be
kept for that purpose, in which shall be
stated the name, age, occupation, last
place of residence, physical marks OF
peculiarities, and all facts necessary fol
the Identification of each of such Chinese
laborers, which books shall be safely
kept in the Custom-House; and every
such Chinese laborer so departing from
the United States shall be entitled tC
and shall receive, free of any charge ol
cost, upon application therefor, from the
Collector or his deputy, at the time sucl
list is taken, certificate, signed by thu
Collector or his deputy, and attested by
his seal of office, in such form as tn,
Secretary of the Treasury shall pre-
scribe. which certificate shall contain {
statement of the name, age, occupation
last place of residence, personal descrip
ton, and facts of Identification of tn,
the Chinese laborer to whom the certifi
cate is issued, corresponding with tn,
said list and registry in all particulars
In case any Chinese laborer after having
received such certificate shall leave suci
vessel before her departure he shall de
liver his certifica te to the master of tn,
vessel, and if such Chinese laborer shall
fail to return to such vessel before he
departure from port the certificate shall
be delivered by the master to the Col
lector of Customs for cancellation. The
certificate herein provided for shall en-
title the Chinese laborer to whom til,
same is issued to return to and re-ente
the United States upon producing ant
delivering the same to the Collector o
Customs of the District at which sucl
Chinese laborer shall seek to re-enter
and upon delivery of such certificate b.
such Chinese laborer to the Collector o
Customs at the time of re-entry in th'
United States, said Collector shall cause
the same to be filed in the Custom Hous
and duly cancelled.
Sec. 5. That any Chinese lahore
mentioned in section 4 of this act bein,
in the United States, and desiring t,
depart from the United States by land
shall have the right to demand and re
ceive free of charge or cost, a certiticat
Of Identification similar to that provides
for in section of this act. to be issue
to such Chinese laborers as may desire t
leave the United States by water; and
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