Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-17
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
rext of the Amendments to the Restriction


complete statement Of the proposed amendments 20
the Chinese Restriction bill prepared by the Pacific
| Coast delegation. The amended bill will be intro
dueed IN the House by Henley and in the Senate by
Miller on Monday
| The preamble and Section l are not changed, but
| Section is amended so to make any attempt on
the part OF shipmaster to land Chinese a misdc-
meanor, as well as 70 actually land them. The
amendments 10 Section art verbal except the last,
which makes after the word provided" read as
follows " Provided, that all Chinese laborers
brought on such vessel shall not be permitted to
land except in case Of absolute neccssity and they
must depart with the vessel on leaving port" Sec
ton is amended so 10 read as follows:
Section 1. That for the purpose Of properly
identifying Chinese lahorers who were 10 the
United States on the l7th dsv Of November. 1850,
or who shall have come into the before the
piration Of ninety days next after the passage Of
the Act Of which this Act is ameudatory and in or
der to furnish them with proper evidence OF their
right to 20 from and come 20 the United States,
provided by the said Act and the treaty between the
United States and China, dated November Il, 1850,
the Collector 81 Customs OF the district from which
any such Chinese lAborers shall depart from the
United States shall in person or by deputy 20 on
board such vessel having board any such Chinese
laborer and cleared about to sail from his district
FOR foreign ports, and on such vessel make list Of
all such Chinese lahorers, which shall be entered In
registry books be kept for that purpose in which
shall be stated the individual, family and
tribal name, age, occupation, when and
where followed, last place Of residence,
physical marks and peculiartics and all special
facts necessary for the Identification OF each Of
such Chimes iaborers which book shall be safely
kept in the Custom-house, and every Chinese Ia
bOrer departing from the United States shall be
entitled and shall rec live free Of any charge or
cost, upon application therefor from the Collector
or his deputy in the name of the said Collector and
attested by the Collectors seal oi office at the
time such list il taken, certificate signed by the
Collector or his deputy and attosted by his seal OF
office in such form the Secretary Of the Treasury
shall prescribe, which certificate shall contain the
statement Of the individual, family and tribal name
in full age, occupation, when and where followed,
last place Of residence personal description and facts
Of Identification OF the Chinese lahorer 90 whom the
certificate is issued corresponding with the said list
in all particulars. In any Chinese laboror, al
ter having received such certificate shall leave such
vessel before her departure from the port, the
tifcate shall be delivered by the master TO the Col
lector Of Customs for cancellation. The certificate
herein provided for shall eutite the Chinese ahOTer
70 whom the same is issued 90 return and Tceuter
the United States upon producing and delivering
the same to the Collector OF Customs Of the dis
rict at which said Chinese laborer shall seek to
enter and the said certificate shall be the only evil
dence permissible to establish his right Of reentry,
and upon delivery OF such certificate by such Chi
uese laborers to the Collector Of Customs at the
time Of re-entry into the United States, the said
Collector shall cause the same to be filed in the
Custom-house and duly cancelled.
Section Of the Old law is left unchanged. Section
is amended SO as 10 read rs follows.
Section i. That in order to faithfully execute the
provisions OF this Act, every Chinese person other
this Act come within the United States, and
who shall be about to come 70 the United States,
shall obtain permission Of, and be identified as 50
entitled by the Chinese Government, or by such
other foreign Government Of which, at the time,
such Chinese person shall be sub i.ct in each case
to be evidenced by a certificate issued by such Gov
crnmeut, which certificate shall be in the English
language, and shall show such permission with the
nGues Of the permitted person in his or her proper
signature and which certificate shall state the ind-
vdual tribal and family maine in full title official
rank if any; age, hight and all physical PECULIAR
ties former and present occupation or profession,
when and where and how long pursueH and the
place Of residence Of the person to whom the certi
cate is issIed and that such person is entitled by
this Act TO come within the United States. II the
person SO applying for a certificate shall be a mer-
chant the said certificate shall, in addition to the
above requirements, state the nature, character and
estimated value Of the business carried on by him
prior TO and at the time of his application as afore-
said provided, that nothing in this Act shall be
construed as embracing within the meaning of mer-
chants, hucksters pedders, those engaged in tax
ing, drying, otherwise preserving shell other
fish for home consumption or expectation. II the
certificate be sought for the purposes OF travel for
curiosity, it shall also state whether the applicant
intends to pass through travel within the United
States, together with his financial standing in the
country from which such certificate is desired. II
the certificate be desired for prosecuting studies,
it shall also state the nature and character Of
studies, whether the same to be prosecuted
within the United States and if So what place or
places with probable length Of time for the compile
tion OF the same, and no Chinese person entering
the United States for the purpose Of prosecuting
5 udies shall remain therein T period exceeding
ninety DAYS after completing the same the certif-
provided for in ,his Act and the identity Of the
person named therein SHALL before such person goes
board any vessel to proceed to the United States
be vised by the Inducements Of The diplomatic
representative OF the United states in the foreign
country from which the said certificate issues or by
the Consular representative Of the United States At
the port place from which the person named in
the certificate is about TO depart and the said Con-
sui representative, whose Endorsement is SO re-
ceivei, is hereby empowered, and it shall be his
duty before indorsng the said certificate as above
said TO anime into the truth OF the facts set forth
in the said certificate and If he shall find upon eN-
animation that the said or any facts therein con-
tanned untrue, it shall be his duty refuse to
indorse the same Such certificates visCG As above
said shall be prima face evidence OF the facts set
forth therein and shall be produced to the Collector
Of Customs OF the port in the district of the United
States at which the person PANIED therein shall
rive and afterwards produced to the proper authOr
ties of the United States whenever lawfully demand
ed, and shall be the sole evidence OF permssibility
on the part of the person so producing the same to
establish his right Of entry into the United States
but the said certificate may be cOntroverted and the
facts therein stated disproved by the United States
authorities.
Section is left unchanged. Amendments to Sec
ton verbal, aud Sections and 10 are left un-
changed, the word d" Knowingly" " being struck out
wherever it occurs in the sections. Section II is
made to read rs follows
Section L. mat no tnl0eSe person shall be per-
mitted to enter the United States by land without
producing to the proper officer of customs the GER
tiic4te in this Act required # Chinese persons
seeking to land from a vesse, and any Chinese per
son found unlawfully within the United States shall
be caused to be removed therefrOm to the country
whence he came and the cost Of the United States
after being brought before some Justice, Judge or
Commissioner of a Court Of the United States, and
in ali such cases the person who brought or aided
in bringing such persons to the United States shall
be liable to the Government OF the United states for
all necessary expenses incur ed in such investigR-
tioa aud removal, and all peace officers Of the
several States and Territories in the United States
ara hereby invested with the same authority as
United States Marshal in reference to carrying out
the provisions OF this the Act of which this is
amendatOry, Marshal or Deputy Marshal Of the
United States, and shall be entitled to like COM
pensation be audited and paid by the same otfi-
GERS.
Verbal amendments are made to Sections l3 and
IA and Section Il il made to read as follows
Section l5 The provisions OF this Act shall
apply to all subjects OF china and Chinese whether
subjects Of China or any other foreign Power, and
the words - Chinese laborers" whenever used in
this Act shall be construed to mean both skilled and
unskilled laborers and Chinese employed in mining.
A new section, numbered l6 is added as fol-
lows:
Section 16. That any violation Of any provision
OF this Act of the Act Of which this is amendatory
the punishment of which is not otherwise herein
provided for. shall be deemed mIsdemeanOr and
shall be punishable by fine not exceeding 81 COO
or By imprisonment for not more than one year, or
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