Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-26
CHINESE Immigration.
The Bill Proposed by the Eduoa-
tion and Labor Committee.
COMPLETE TEXT OF THE MEASURE
Conditions Upon Which the Chinese
May Enter the United States.
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WASHINGTON, January 25th.-The full text
| of the bill for the restriction of Chinese i'm
| migration recommended by the House Com
rnittee on Education and Labor is as follows
| A bill to regulate limit and suspend the immi
grafton OF Chinese laoorers to the United States =
Whereas, it appears that the great majority OF
Chinese immigrants are unwilling to conform to
| institutions, or to become permanent residents oi
our country whereas, for the above reason their
presence affects threatens to affect the interests
of our people therefore be it enacted, ETC.:
Se1ton l. That the coming into or residence in
the United States OF Chinese laborers, except as
hereafter provided, is hereby declared to be unlaw
full and is suspended fer the period OF twenty five
years from and after the passage of this Act.
Sec 2. Chinese subjects, whether proceeding to
the United States as teachers, students merchants
or from curiosity, together with their body and
household servants, and Chinese laborers who were
residing in the United States the 18th day of
November, 1880, and all Chinese who have come
into the United States between the 7th of Novem-
ber, $780, and the passage of this Act SHALL upon
being identified as hereinafter provided, be allowed
to 90 and come Of their own free will and accord,
and shall be accorded all the rights privileges im-
munities and exemptions which are accorded to cti
zeus and subjects Of the most favored nations.
Sec. 3. That the Chinese laborers described in
the preceding section, who shall depart from the
United States after the passage of this Act shall not
unless before their departure they shall have been
duly registered at Custom house in the United
States and shall produce TO the Collector of the dis
trict in which they shall seek to reenter the eert
cate OF registration ard Consular certificates as
hereinafter provided. Such Chinese iaborers who
may have departed from the United States prior to
the passage of this Act, and any Chinese of the
other permitted classes described the second sec
ton of this Act, SHALL as condition of entry, pro-
duce to the Collector OF the district in which they
seek to enter the permission of the Chinese Gov
ernrnent and Consular certificate, as hereinafter
provided.
sec. 4 That the Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby invested with authority to carry into full
effect the foregoing PROVISIONS and for this purpose
he shall forthwith cause to be prepared and kept at
the Custom-houses, of the United SJates proper
books in such form as he shall prescribe for the
registration of Chinese who shall be entitled under
the provisions Of this Act, to the privilege OF enter
ing aud residing in The United States. Such books
shall contain the name of every Chinese cred
and his proper Signature, his place of birth giving
the town district date OF BIRTH place of residence
before coming to the United States, place of resi-
dence in the United States names and resi-
dence of his parents, date and place Of arri.
val in the Unit d States employment or business
hight weight and physical marks or pecullarities,
by which he may be identified. Every applicant
for registration shall make oath to the facts stated
in this registry, which oath shall be recorded in
the Book OF Registry, and in where the appli
cant claims the privilege of registrs ton by reason
OF his having been in the United States on the
7th day of November, 1880, the fact OF his resi-
denee therein shall be proved by the oath OF two
credible witnesses, which oath shall be taken, en-
tered aud attested in the Book of Registry before
registration. The Collector of Customs or any
deputy shall have power to administer and certify
to all oaths under this Act.
Sec. g. That no Chinaman of any class or occupa-
ten shall be allowed to enter the jurisdiction of the
United States without the permission of the Chinese
Government be first specially obtained in each case
to be evidenced by certificate issued by said Gov
ha ift tha arliah
language or accompanied by translation into Eng
lish showing such permission, with the name of
the permitted person in his proper signature, and
all the particulars in regard TO him required in Sec
tion 8 for registration The genuineIess of which
certificate aud the truth OF the facts therein shall
be attested to by Endorsement thereon, after due
animation by witness or ether@ise, in his discre-
ton by the Consul General other Consular rep
from which the person proceeded to the United
States. Chinese laborerssof the permitted class,
who return to China prior to the passage of this
Act shall prove the fact together with their resi-
dence in the United States by the testimony of two
witnesses, whose credbty shall be attested in the
certificate Such Chinese shall keep such certificate,
and exhibit it to the proper authorities in the
United States whenever lawfully demanded pro-
vded that this Act shall not apply to diplomatic or
other officers Of the Chinese Government, having
come upon the bushes OF that Government whose
credentials in the usual form shall be taken equiv
alent to the certificate before Named and shall ex-
empt them and their body and household servants
from the registration required of other Chinese.
Sec G. That it shall be the duty II the Coliecto
of Customs to issue to every Chinese subject regis
tered by him, at the time cf registry, or SIS soon
thereafter as practicable certificate in such form
aud device as the Secretary OF the Treasury nay
prescribe, setting forth all the facts contained in
such registration and date OF identiiicatio pre-
scribed in Section 8; which certificate shall be
signed by the Collector of Customs of the district,
deputy; all attested by his seal of office and dated
the day OF its issue, and upon which shall be writ
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minute entry OF the issuance of such certificate,
and the date OF issuance shall be made in the Book
Of Registry on the margin OF the registration The
certificate issued to Chinese subject shall be prma
facie evidence of the facts therein stated and shall
entlte the person to whom it is issued to enter and
reside in the United States at his own free will.
Each person to whom certificate shall be issued
shall pay for the same the sum Of s. to be covered
INTO the Treasury of the United States.
Sec z. That any person who shall make false
statement of fact under oath In the registry OF
any Chinese, under the provisions of this Act shall
be deemed gully of perjury, and any person who
shall register at than Custom-h house in the
United States, or procure more than one certificate
OF registration, alter or substitute any name for
the name written in such certificate, utter any
forged or fraudulent certificate, shall be deemed
guilty of felony.
See S. That no master Of any vessel owned in
whole or in part BY citiz-n of tie United States
by citizen OF any foreign country, shall take on
board such vessel at any foreign port place what
Chinese Government, travelling on the business OF
that Government and such Chinese shall first pro-
duce to him the permission of the Chinese Govern
ment attested by the Consular officer of the United
States as hereinbefore provided, certificate Of
registration, duly issued by Collector of district
in the United States, with the identity of the holder
similarly attested by Consular authority. Any mas
ter Of vessel violating the provisions of this Sec
tion shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
shall for each person taken beard and brought
within the jurisdiction OF the United States, be fined
in the sum of $500, and may be imprisoned not ex-
ceeding year, provided that this section shall
not apply to any master seeking harbor in stress of
weather.
Sec. g. That the master of any vessel arriving in
the United States, any Of the Territories thereof
from any foreign place whatever, at the same time
Ae delivers manifest of the cargo and if there be
no cargo then at the time of making the report of
the entry of the vessel pursuant to leaving, shall,
IN addition to the otEer matters required to be
ported by law, deliver and report to the Collector
OF the district in which such vessel shall arrive a
separate list of all Chinese passengers taken on
board the vessel at any foreign port place. and
of all such passengers on board the vessel at that
time Such list shall be sworn to by the master IN
the same manner as directed by law in relation to
the manifest of cargo, and for the refusal neglect
Of the master TO comply with the provisions of this
section he shall incur the penalties disabilities
and forfeiture as are provided for refusal neglect
to report and deliver manifest OF cargo.
Sec. To- That the amount of the several penalties
imposed en- the mester by the foregoing provisions
sishll be HtlS OIL VESSEL, WHICH De HOeeu
therefor in any District or Circuit Court OF the
United States where such vessel shall arrive. 1t is
made the duty of the United States Attorney TO
proceed for such penalties and forfeitures all
where this law is violated.
Sec. IL. That if any Consular officer, on the
examination of clamsto identity Of Chinese subjects
proposing to depart The United States shall be salts
fed that the persons seek to do fraudulently and
in violation OF this Act he shall refuse to attest 70
the right of such person TO depart, aud any Col.
lector Of customs shall refuse to allow any Chinese
to enter the United States if he shall discover that
such entry ia unlawful under the Act; and any Chi
nese uHlawfuly entering within the United States
or who shall have unawfully entered the United
Stases in >ny way, either ty land or water, they
| shall remove tberefrom at the cost Of the United
States, under such regulations the Secretary o
Treasury may prescribe.
Sec. IL. That this Act shall take effect sixty
days from and after its passage and the President
the United States shall immediately upon its passage
communicate the same to the Government OF China