The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-26

Of this act, shall prove that fact. To-
gether with their residence in the.
United States by the testimony Of
two witnesses, whose eredibilitW-
shall be sttested by certificate an0
such Chinese shall keep such certif-
cate, and exhibit it to the proper an
& thorities in the United States, when
! ever lawfully demanded; that
this act shall not apply to
officers of the Chinese government.
having upon them the business of
that government, whose credentials.
In the usual form, shall be taken as
: equivalent to the certificate before
named, and shall exempt them and
their body and household servants.
from the registration required ct
other Chinese.
| Sec. 6-That it shall be the dusy-
of the collector of customs to issue
to every Chinese subject, registered
by him, at the time of registry, OF as
soon thereafter as practicable, set
ting forth all the facts contained in
such registration, and the date OF
Identification, as prescribed in sec
ton 8, which certificate shall be
signed by the collector of customs
Of the district or his deputy, and at
tested by the seal of his Office, and
dated the day of its issue: and
upon which shall be written the
proper signature of the person
registered, a minute of issuanee-OE
such certificate and date of issuance
shall be made on book Of the re-
gistry on the margin of the registss-
ton. The certificate issued to. n
Chinese subject shall be prime fQe5s
evidence Of the facts therein stated
AID shall entitle the person -
whom it is issued to enter and reside
in the United States, at his OWL
free will; each person TO WhOm a
certificate shall be issued, shall pay
for the same, The sum of So to bs=
covered into the treasury Of ths
| United States.
Sec. THAT any person who shalE
make false statement of fact under
oath, in the registry of any Chinese
under the provisions Of this
act, shall be deemed guilty of
perjury, or any person who shalt
register at more than one cuStoRs
house IN the United States, or pre-
cure more than one certificate Of
registration, or alter or substitute
any name for the name written in
such certificate, or utter any forged
or fraudulent certificate, shall be
,, deemed guilty of felony.
Sec. 8-That no master Of any
vessel owned in the whole, or in
part, by citizen of the United
States, or vessel owned by any
foreign country, shall take on board
such vessel, at any foreign port or
place whatever, any Chinese except
the accredited officers of the
Chinese government, travelling eE
the business of that government
and such Chinese shall first produces
to him the permission Of the
, Chinese government, attested by tbs
consular officer of the United States
, as hereinbefore provided, or d certif8-
cate of registration, duly issued by
collector of a districg
in the United States, with thu
identity of the holder similarly at
tested by consular authority, or any
master Of a vessel violating the pro-
visions of this section shall be-
deemed guilty of a mlsdemeanoE-
and shall, for each person so taken
on board and brought within thu
jurisdiction of the United States, kes
fined in the sum Of $500. and may
be imprisoned not exceeding Onss
Year; provided, that this section
shall not apply to any master seek
ing a harbOr i'll stress Of weather.
| Sec. 9-That the master Of any
vessel arriving in the United States.
or any OF the territories thereof,
from any foreign place whatever, at
same time he delivers manifest OF
the cargo, and, if there be no cargo,
then at the time Of making report
of the entry of the vessel,
pursuant Herewith, shall, IN
addition to the other matters
required to be reported by law, de-
liver said report 20 the collector o.
the district in which such ve@ Is
shall arrive separate list Of alb
Chinese passengers taken on boaEda
the vessel at any foreign port 0a-
place, and of all such passengers Oh
board the vessel at that time; sacks
list shall be sworn to by the mestssx
: in the same manner as directed byV
law IN relation TO the manifest as
cargo and ON the refusal or neglee<
: of a master to comply with the gro
visions Of this section, he shall re-
ceive the same penalties, Sent as a
disability and forfeiture, as are pro-
vided for in refusal or neglect to
report and deliver manifest of cargo.
Sec. 10-That the amount OF the
several penalties imposed on the
master by the foregoing provisions,
shall be liens on the vessel which,
shall be libelled therefore in any
district or circuit Court Of the
United States where such YesseE
shall arrive. 1t is made the duty OF
the United States attorney to pro-
coed for such penalties and for
FIXTURES in all cases where this laWz
is violated.
Sec. 11-That if any consular Off
} Ger, on an examination Ofthe claims
of identity Of any Chinese subject,
proposing to depart to the United
! States, shall be satisfied that the per-
l sons seek to do so fraudulently and
in violation of this act. he shall re-
5 fuse to attest to the right Of such
: persons to so depart, and any COL