The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-20

any such certificate, or utter any forged Or
fraudulent certificate, or falsely persOnAte
any person named In any such certificate,
shall be deemed guilty Of q misdemeanor,
md upon conviction Of any offence men.
toned in this section the guilty person
shall be fined in q sum not exceed
ing 81 900 and imprisoned in a penitcntiary
for term not more than five years.
SEC. s, That the master Of any vessel
arriving in the United States from any
foreign place shall at the same time he de-
livGrS manifest Of the cargo, and II there
be no cargo then at the time Of making a
report Of fhe entry Of the vessel pursuant
10 law, in addition to the other matter re.
Quired to be reported, and before landing
or permitting to land any Chinese passen.
gers, deliver and report 10 the Collector Of
Customs Of the district in which such yes
rel shall have arrived, separate list OF all
Chinese passengers taken on board his YES.
sci ut any foreign port or place, aud all
such passengers ON board the vessel at
that time. Such list shall show tho
names Of such passengers land II acCredi-
ted officers OF the Chinese Government
travelling on the business Of that Govern.
ment with q note Of such facts) and the
names and other particulars, rs shown by
the respective certificates, oil other Chinese
passengers; and such list shall be sworn to
by the master In the manner required by
law In relation to the manifest olthe cargo.
Any refusal or neglect Of the master to
comply with the provisions Of this section
shall incur the same penalties and forfeit
ure MS are provided for refusal or neglect
to report and deliver manifest Of the
cargo,
Sic. o. That before any Chinese pasBen-
gers are landed from any such vessel the
collector or his deputy shall proceed to ex-
anime such passengers comparing the Ger
tiilCates with the list and with the passen-
gers, and no passenger shall be allowed TO
land in the United States from such vessel
in violation Of law.
SEC. TO- That every vessel whose master
shall knowingly violate any OF the
provisions Of this act shal be deemed for
ieited to the United States and shall be
liable TO seizure and condemnation in any
district OF the United States into which
such vessel may enter or in which she may
be found.
SEC. II. Thatany person who shallknow.
inglv bring into, or cause to be brought
into, or shall aid or abet the bringing or
coming into the United States by land, or
who shall land or aid or abet the landing
in the United States from any vessel OF
any Chinese not authorized by law to enter
the United States, shall be deemed guilty
Of u misdemeanor, and shall, for each per-
son so brought or aided to so come into the
United States, or so landed, be fined in the
sum OF 500, and imprisoned for term not
exceeding one year.
Sec. II. That no Chinese shall be per-
mitted TO enter the United States by land
without producing to the proper officer Of
customs the certificate herein required OF
Chinese seeking to land from vessel; and
any Chinese unlawfullv entering within
the United States, or who shall have unlaw-
fully entered the United States, many way,
either by land or water, shall be removed
therefrom to the place from whence they
came by the collector Of customs OF any
collection district in which such Chinese
may be found, at the cost OF the United
States, under such regulations Us the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury may prescribe.
SEC. IL. That this act shall not apply TO
diplomatic and other officers Of the Chinese
Government travelling upon the business
OF that Government, whose credentials in
the usual form shall be taken us equivalent
to the certificate in this net mentioned, and
shall exempt them and their body and
household servants from the provisions OF
this act as to other Chinese.
SEC. II. That hereafter no State court or
court Of the United States shall admit Chi
nese to citizenship; and all laws in conflict
with this act IRE hereby repealed.
SEC 10. Tina: the words "Chinese labor
ers, i" wherever used in this act, shall be
construed to mean both skilled and I'M
skilled laborers and Chinese employed in
mining.