The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-22
The New Anti-Chlnese Immigration
Bill.

Chinese immigration n ~ passed by the Ma
tonal House of Representatives. On the tn:
Az ACT to execute certain sdpulatons relat-
WHEREAS. In The dblf,ion Of the Govern.
ment of the United States. the coming Of Chi
nese laborers to the country endanQers the
good order of certain localities within the ter
ritory thereof; tn refOre,
BE II enacted by the Senate and House of
America In Ooriytess assembled Thai from N,
and after the eN iration of sixty DAYS next
after the passage OF this act and until the ex-
plration OF ten years neXt after the passage
of this sct, the coming of Chinese lahore "a Ia
the United states be and the same is hereby
suspended, and during such suspension Il
shall not pe lawful for any Chinese laborer to
come, or, having so come, after the expiration
United States. I..'.
SEC. 2. That any master of any vessel of
Whatever nationality who shall knowingly on
such vessel bring within the Jurisdiction of the
United states and permit 10 be landed any
Chnese laborer from any foreign port or place
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and, on con-
viction thereof, shall be punished by fine of
Chinese laborer 80 brought, and may be also
imprisoned for term not exceeding one
year.
SEQ. 3. That the two foregoing SECTIONS
shall not apply to Chinese laborers who were
in the United States on the nth day of Novem-
Der, 1880, or who shall have come into the same
before the expiration of sixty days next after
the passage OF this act, and who shall produce
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 required of his being one of the La
borers in this section mentioned; nor 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 distress or in stress of
weather; provided that all Chinese laborers
brought on such vessel shall depart with the
vessel on leaving port. r ..6 rt.
Identifying Chinese laborers who were in the
United States on the nth day of November,
1850, or. who shall have come into the same
before the expiration of sixty days next after
the passage of this act, and In order to furnish
them with the proper evidence of their right
to go from and come to the United States of
their own free will and accord, as provided by
the treaty between the United States and
China, dated November IT, 1880, the Collector
such Chinese shall depart from the United
States shall in person or by deputy go on
board each vessel having on board any such
to sail from his district for for
eign port, and on such vessel make
list of all such Chinese, which shall be
entered In registry books to be kept for
that purpose, in which shall be stated the
name, age occupation, last place OF residence,
physical marks or pecul arities, and all facts
necessary for the Identification of each of such
Chinese, which books shall be safely kept in
the custom-house, and every such Chinese so
departing from the United States shall be enti-
therefor from the Collector or his deputy at
the time such list is taken certificate, signed
by the Collector or his deputy, and attested by
his seal of Office in such form as the Secretary
of the Treasury shall prescribe, which certih-
cate shall contain the name, age, occupation,
last place of residence, personal description,
and facts of Identification of the Chinese to
whom the certificate is issued, corresponding
with the said list and registry in all particulars.
In case any Chinese after having received such
certificate shall leave such vessel before her
departure he shall deliver his certificate to the
master of the vessel and If such Chinese fails
to return to such vessel before her departure
from port the certificate shall be delivered by
the master to the Collector of Customs for
cancellation The certificate herein provided
for shall enttle the Chinese 10 whom the same
Is issued to return to and re-enter the United
States upon producing and delivering the
trict at which such Chinese shall seek to re-
enter; and upon delivery of such certificate
by such Chinese to the Collector of Customs at
the time of re-entry in the United States said
Collector shall cause the same to be filed in
the custou1-house and duly cancelled.
SEC. ). That any Chinese laborer living in
the United States under the provisions of the
treaty between the United States and China,
dated November H. $780, and desiring to de-
part from the United States by land, shall have
the right to demand and receive certificate
of identification similar to that provided form
Sec. 4 of this act to be issued to such Chi
nese laborers rs may desire to leave the Unit
ed States by water; and it Is hereby made
the duty of the Collector of Customs of the
district next adjoining the foreign country to
which said Chinese desires to go to issue
such certificate upon application of such Chi
nese laborer, and to enter the same upon reg
istry books to be kept by him for the purpose,
as provided for in Sec.4 of this act.
SEC. g. That in order to the faithful execT-
tion of Arts. l and 2 of the treaty before in this
act mentioned, every Chinese who may be en-
titled by said treaty or this act to come within
the United States, except such "a resided in
tho United States on the 18th day of November,
1889, or who shall have come within the United
States within sixty days next after the passage
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nese Government. in each case to be evidenced
by certificate issued by said Government
which certificate shall be in the English lam
Euagc or accompanied by a translation in En-
glish, showing such permission, and which GER
tiicate shall state name, title. or official rank,
if any, the age, height and all physical peeui
iarities former and present occupation or pro-
fcssion, and place of residence in China of the
person to whom the certificate is issued, and
that such person is entitled by the treaty in this
net mentioned to come within the United
St4tes. Such certificate will be prma-facie
evidence of the facts sot forth therein, and
shall he produced to the Collector of Customs
OF the port in the district in the United States
at which the person named therein shall ar
rive.
alter or substitute any name for the name
written in such certificate, or forge any such
certirca or utter any forged or fraudulent
certificate, or falsely personate any person
named in any such certificate, shall be deemed
guilty of misdeme9nor, and upon conviction
of any offense mentioned in this section tho
guilty person shall be fined in sum not ex-
ceedinr 5000 and imprisoned in the peuiten-
tiary for term not more than five years.
SEC. s. That the master of any vessel ar
irving I'm the United States from any forei gh
place shall NJ the same time he delivers a
manifest of the cargo, and, II there be no
carEo, then ut the time OF making a report
Of the entry of the vessel pursuant TO law
I'm addition 10 the other matter required to
be reported and before landing or per-
hitting TO land any Chinese passenger deliver
and report 10 the Collector of Customs Of
the district in which such vessel shall have ar
rived d separate list Of all Chinese passengers
taken on board his vessel at any fOr'irn pnrt
or place and such passengers on board the
vessel NJ tbot ffina Cueh LIST shall show the