Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-07
The Foreign Relations Committees Anti
Chinese BIZ.

WASHINGTON, February 6sh.-Following
il the text of the bill reported by Senator
Miller to-day from thu Foreign Relations
Committee, as substitute for th9 supple
mentary Chinese bill prepared by the Cali
fornia delegation
Section l. Be it enacted, that section 6, OF the
Act entitled IAN Act to execute certain treaty stp-
ulations relating to the Chinese, approved May d,
lSS2, is here amended so as to read as follows
That in order TO the faithful execution OF the pro-
visions OF this Act every Chinese person, other than
aborer, who may be entitled by said treaty or tins
Act to come within the United States, and who snail
be about to come to the United States shall be
identified entitled by the Chinese Government,
or by such other foreign Government. OF which al
| the time sIch Chinese person shall be a
citizen or subject, by certificate Issued
by such Government, which certificate shall
be in the English language, and shall show such per-
mission, with the name of the permitted, in his or
her proper signature, and which certificate shS Ii
state the individual, tribal and family name in ful,
title official rank, if any, age, hight, present oc-
cupation or profession, when and where and how
long pursued and the place of residence Of the per
to whom the certificate is issued and that such
person is entitled by this Act to come within the
United States. The certificate provided for in this
section, and the identity of the person named
therein, shall be Endorsed by the diplomatic
representative OF the United States in the for
eign country from which sad certificate IS
issued by the consular representative Of the United
States at the port or place from which the person
named in the certf ate is about to depart, ands
consular diplomatic representative, whose indOrse-
ment is so required, is hereby empowered, and it
shall be his duty before indorsing said certificate,
as aforesaid, TO be reasonably satisfied Of the den-
tity Of the person named i'll said certificate and
that he possesses the character stated herein Such
certificate aforesaid, shall be prima facie evil
depce of the facts set forth therein, and shall be
produced by the person named therein to the Col
lector of Customs in the district of the United
States at which the person named therein shall
ftpr qrIl pnd IN he an
thorites OF the United States, whenever lawfully
demanded"
Section 3 That Section y OF the said A is here
by amended, 50 as to read as follows: THAT no
Chinese person shall be permitted to enter the
United States without producing to the proper Off
GERS of customs the certificate prescribed by the
law as entiti ing such Chinese person to come into
the United States and any Chinese person who shall
knowingly come into the United States contrary TO
the provisions Of this any other Act relating to
| the Chinese, shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanOr, and on conviction thereof shall be punished
| by fine not exceeding 500, or by imprisonment
not exceeding six MONTHS or by both, said punish
ment to be at the discretion OF the Court and any
Chinese person so convicted shall, at the termina-
ton Of the execution Of his sentence be delivered
over to the Collector Of Customs of the district,
who shall cause such Chinese person TO
/ be removed from the United States at the
cost thereof to the country from which
such Chinese person came, under such regulations
for such removal as the Secretary of the Treasury
shall prescribe provided that the penalties Of this
| section shall not apply to such Chinese may be
actually passing through the United States route
from one foreign county TO another, in pursuance
of the regulations for such transit prescribed by the
Secretary Of the Treasury
Section 3. That in order to secure to Chinese Ia
OOrers who were in the United States on the 18th
day of November, A d. 1880 and those Chinese la
bOrers who came to the United States between the
said day and the 4th day of August, 1852, the right
OF entering the United States under the stipulation
Of said treaty and the provisions Of said Act and to