National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-02-07
CELESTIAL IMMIGRATION.
Conditions under wh,ch THE chinese
Eiuy Come.

Conditions Undcr witch the Chinese
riuy Come.
Tic hill reported from the senate commit.
tee on foreign relations yesterday by Senator
Miller, of California, as an amendment to the
anti-Chinuso act, provides that to insure the
faithful execution Of tho provisions of that
act every Chinese person other than laborer
who may be entitled by tho treaty or by the
act to como within the United States and
who shall be about to como. shall be identified
as SO entitled by the Chinese government or
By tho government Of such otter foreign
country as, dt tho time, such Chinese person
shall 10 q citizen or subject by u certificate
issued by such government, which certificate
shan be In tho English language. and shall
show such permission, with the name of the
permitted person in his or her proper sigma
tufc, and which certificate shall state the
individual, tribal, and family name in full, or
title, official rank, IL atty, the age. height and
all physical peculiarities, former aud present
occupation or profession, when, whore, and
how long pursued, and place of residence of
the person to wliom the certificate Is issued,
and that such person is entitled by the act to
come withihE tho United States. The cor
tiHcatc and tho Identity of the person shall.
before such person proceeds to tho United
States, be vised by tho Endorsement of the
diplomatic representative of tho United States
in the foreign country from which tho cor
tifcate issues, or of the consular representa-
tive of tho United States at the port or place
from which the person Is about to depart, and
such diplomatic or consular representative is
empowered [" to bo reasonably satisfied of the
identity of the person named in said certifi-
cate, and that he possesses the character
stated therein" Such certificate shall DO
primh facio evidence of the facts set forth
therein, and shall be produced by the person
l.. liz E.e
the district iii the United States at which tho
person shall arrive, and aftetward produced
to the proper authorities Of the United States
whenever lawfully demanded. .. ......, ..
No Chinese person shall be permitted to
enter the United States without producing to
the proper officers OF customs certificate pre-
scribGd by laW rs emitting such person to
person who shall knowingly come into the
United States contrary to the provisions of
this or any other act relating to Chinese,
shall be deemed guilty of INSIDE
meanor and, on conviction thereof,
shall be punished by fine not exceeding
800 or by imprisonment not exceeding six
months, or by both said punishments, at the
discretion of the court, and any Chinese SO
convicted shall at the termination of the OK
ecution of his sentence, be delivered over TO
the collector Of customs of the district who
shall cause sdch Chinese person to be re-
moved from the United States at the cost
thereof to the country from which such per-
son came, under such regulations for such re-
moval rs the secretary of the treasury shall
| presCribc: provided, that these penalties
shall not apply to such Chinese as may be
actually passing through the United States
| en- route from one foreign country to another
ia pursuance of regulations for such transit
| prescribed by the secretary Of the treasury.
In order TO secure. to Chinese laborers who
were in tho United States on the eighteenth
of November, 1880 and those Chinese labor
ers who came to the United States between
that date and the fourth day of August, 1882
| the right of re.entering the United States
under the stipulations of the treaty and the
provisions of the act and to prevent frauds
every such Chinese laborer who, having left
the United States between the eighteenth Of
November, 1885, and the fourth of August
1882, may re-entefn the United States only
upon producing to the customs authorities Of
the United States, at the port or place t.
which he may come, a certificate made and
signed by the proper diplomatic or consular
agent of the United States in the country
from which he may come, stating that such
officer is satisfied that said Chinese laborei
| describing him) was in the United States
| between the eighteenth of November, 1880,
and the fourth Of August, 1882, and that he
is entitled to re-enter the United States I'M
der the treaty and tho act. No such Chinese
laborer shall be permitted to land in or come
into the United States from whatever coun'
| try unless he shall produce such certificate
Such certificate shall be pritna facie evidence
only of such right to enter the United States
All expenses incurred by officers of the
treasury department in executing the pro
visions of law concerning the Chinese com
ing to the United States shall be treated a!
expenses for tho collection of the revenue
| and settled acCOrdinply.