St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-22
CHINESE MUST STAY away
Stipulations Of the Exclusion Bill to
Be Enforced.
INSPECTORS ON THE BORDER
Immigrants From China Liable to Ar
nest and Forfeiture of Their Per-
sa sonal Effects at This Port.

+ One of the first steps taken by the
f federal government for the rigid en-
foftement of the "Chinese exclusion
| biIl'' was the appointment by the secre-
/ tafy of the treasury of Patrick Downs,
7 of.Ehicago, to be special inspector to
+ enforce the conditions of the bill, with
| headquarters at Neche. Oak. This
! town is located on the boundary line,
| inv section where the Chi
i 1lese have been making their
! way from British Columbia into
the states. A horde of Chinese labor
| ers. have employed this means OF adj
| mission into this country without COM
/ plying with the requirements and stipu-
| latfons of the treaty, and the acts of
| congress bearing upon it.
| The immunitipS ceded to the Chinese
who were residents of the United
| States in the treaty of 1880 were, that
|. all Cinnamon so domiciIed were re-
/ quired upon leaving the States on board
any ship, or otherwise, to appear be-
fore'the collector of customs of the dis
| trict from which they were to depart.
and take out certificate bearing upon
| its face copy of
''FACTS OF IDENTIFICATION
obtained by such collector. This GER
| titieate was to be recognized by their
| own country at the port of entry and re-
| admit them into the states. Cinnamon
in the United States Nov. II, 1880, were
governed by the above abstract of the
| conditions of the Treaty. Admission to
citizenship was prohibited, and all inn
migration was suspended ninety days
after the passage OF the act.
Oct. 1, 1888, congress approved sup
Elementary act entitled, IAN act to eX-
ecute certain treaty stipulationS relat-
ing to Chinese" approved the 9th day
of May, 1882. which declared:
Be it enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of Amer
lea in congress assembled, That from and
after the passage of this act it shall be un
lawful for any Chinese laborer who shall at
any time heretofore have been, or who may
now or hereafter be, resident within the
United States, and who shall have departed,
or shall depart therefrom, and shall not have
returned before the passage of this at, to
return to or remain in the United States.
Section 2. That no certificate of identity
provided for in the fourth and fifth sections
of the act to which this is supplement shall
hereafter be issued; and every certificate
heretofore issued in pursuance thereof is
hereby declared void and of no effect and
the Chinese laborer claiming admission by
virtue thereof shall not be permitted to enter
the United States.
sec. g. That all the duties prescribed, liza
bilities, penalties and forfeitures imposed,
and powers confe rred by the second, tenth
eleventh anG twelfth sections of the act, to
which this is a supplement. are hereby ex-
tended and made applicable to the provisions
Of this act.
Sec d. That all such part or parts of the
act to which this is a supplement incon-
sistent Herewith, are hereby repealed r..
;Anproved Oct /, 1888.
Under the above act inspectors are
/ being appointed to guard against the in
|, truslon of Chinese, especially from the
north and Western Canada. Mr.. Downs,
! staiioued upon the border in this sec
I ton, will arrest all Chinese immigrants
1 wliomay attempt to cross the line, and
/ they will be taken before magistrate.
/ or ANY court commissioner, tried and
/ reported to the collector of customs at
/ St.fRau. From thence they will be
+ seht!back to China under the penalties
I and. forfeiture of goods that the law i'm
b poses 1t is quite evident that Uncle
|, Sam means to execute the sentiment
! that the Chinese must go,' and if they
are bound to stay he will, perforce, COM
hnelthem to stay away. Mr.. Downs ar
rived in the city Saturday, and left for
,hlSgpost Yesterday afternoon at 5Q'clOck