Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-04-07

tration. The certificate so issued to
a Chinese shall be prima facie evil
dence Ct the facts therein stated.
SEC. s. That any person who shall
knowingly make false statement
under oath i'll the registration of any
Chinese under the provisions of this
act shall be deemed guilty of per
jury; and any poison who shall reg
lister at more than one custom house
in the United States, or procure
more than one certificate of regis
/ tratlon, OF alter or substitute anv
/ name foI the name written in such
cei tliicate, or forge any such certiti-
/ cate, or utter any forged or fraudu
/ lent certificate, or falsely personate
any person named i'll any such GER
/ tiicate, Shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
of any otfense named in Til section
J the guilty person shall be fled III
sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars and imprisoned III \ penlten
tiary for term not more than five
years.
SEC. 8. That the master of any
vessel arriving in the United States
from any foreign place shall, at the
same time lie delivers a manifest
Of the cargo, and if there be no
cargo. then at the time of making a
report of the entry of the vessel pur-
suant to law, in addition to the 9TH
or matter required to be reported,
and before landing, or permitting to
land, any Chinese passengers, de-
liver and report to the collector OF
customs of the district in which such
vessel shall have arrived a separate
list of all Chinese passengers ,aken
on board his vessel at any foreign
port or place, and all such passen-
gers on board the vessel at that time.
Such list shall show tho nature of
such passengers (and if accredited
officers of the Chinese Government
travelling on the business Of the gov.
eminent, with note of such facts),
and the names and other particulars.
as shown 10y the respective passports
and certificates, as the case may be,
or other Chinese passengers; aud
SUCH list shall be sworn to by the
master in the manner required by
law in relation to the manifest of the
cargo. Any refusal or neglect of the
master to comply with the provisions
of this section shall incur the same
penalties and forfeiture as are pro-
vided for a refusal or neglect to
report aud deliver q manifest of the
cargo.
Sec. 10. That before any Chinese
passengers are landed from any such
vessel, the collector or his deputy,
shall'proceed to examine such pas
sengers, comparing the passports
and certificates, as the case may he,
with the Inst and with the passengers,
and no passenger shall be allowed to
land in the United States from such
vessel in violation of law
SEC. IL. That every vessel whose
, master shall knowingly violate any
of the provisions of this act shall be
deemed forfeited to the United
States, and shall be liable to seizure
and condemnation in any district OF
the United States into which such
, vessels may enter or in which she
may be found.
SEC. L. That any consular Off
, Ger, on examination of the claims and
: identity of any Chinese proposing to
. depart to the United States, shall be
r satisfied that such person seeks 80 to
, do in violation of this act, he shall
refuse to certify to the right of such
person to 80 depart and every col
{ lector of customs shall refuse to al
low any Chinese to enter the United
States If he shall discover that such
r entry is'unlawful under this act
Sec. Ii. That any person who
r shall knowingly bring into, or cause
to be brought into, or shall aid or
{ abet the bringing or coming into the
S United States by land, or who shall
land or aid or abet the landing in
the Uuited States from any vessel OF
| any Chinese not authorized by law to
: enter the United States, shall be
deemed guilty of mi sdemeanor land
= shall. for each person so brought or
aided to com. into the United States.
I or so landed, be fined in the sum of
+ one hundred dollars and imprisoned
{ for q term not exceeding one year.
SEC. IA. That no Chinese shall be
3 permitted to enter the United States
, by land without producing to the
, proper officer of customs the certi-
, ticate herein required of Chinese
( seeking to land from vessel, and
any Chinese who shall knowingly
, come into the United States con
trary to the provisions of this act
| shall be deemed guilty of INSIDE
meanor, and on conviction thereof
, shall be punished by fine not exceed
, ing one hundred dollars, or by impris-
onment not exceeding one year, OF
both said punishments, in the dis
cretion of the court, and any Chinese
, unlawfulIy entering within the
United States, or who shall have I'm.
lawfully entered the United States,
in any way, whether by land or by
water, shall be removed therefrom tc
the place from whence they came by
the collector of customs of any col
lection district in which such Chinese
may be found, at the cost Of the
United States, under such regulations
. as the Secretary of the Treasury may
prescribe.
, SEC. Is. That this act shall moi
apply to diplomatic and other
officers of the Chinese Government
J travelling upon the business of that
Government, whose credentials in
the usual form shall be taken as
, equivalent to the passport in this act
mentioned, and shall exempt them
aud their body and household ser
wants from the provisions of this act