, 1892-04-12

Provisions Of the Measure Passed
by the House.

summary OF the Fourteen Sections.
All Chinese Prohibited from En-.
tering the Country Except DipIO-
matte, Consular Officers, Etc.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 12.-The anti
Chinese bill, which passed the house by
a vote of 179 to 42, comprises fourteen sec
tions, which may be summarized as follows
Section l absolutely prohibits any Chi
nese, whether or not subjects of China lex
cepting diplomatic or consular officers and
sservantsl, from entering the United States
and Chinese who may hereafter leave the
United States are prohibited from return.
| ing to this country.
Section2 provides for a fine of $500 and
imprisonment of one year in the case 81
the master of a vessel who knowingly lands
any Chinese.
Section 3 requires the production of of
fetal credentials by diplomatic and consu-
lar officers before they can enter the United
States.
Section authorizes the collector of Gus
toms and deputies to take testimony rela-
| tive to the Identification of Chinese. and
provides for the punishment of perjury.
Section makes liable to forfeiture to the
United States any vessel whose master
knowingly violates the act.
Section makes subject to fine of $1,000
and imprisonment for one year any person
who knowingly abets in bringing Chinese
into the United States by land or water.
Section I makes liable to arrest upon war
rant issued by any justice, judge or United
States commissioner, Chinese or persons of
Chinese descent entering the United States
by crossing its boundary lines, or found un-
lawfully in the United States, and provides
for the punishment of the Chinese by i'm
prlsonment not exceeding five years and
subsequent removal from the United States
to the country whence they came; pro-
Yided, that when they come to the United
States from China by way of contiguous
foreign territory they shall be returned to
China.
Section makes the act apply to subjects
of China and all Chinese, even if subjects
Of any other foreign power. "A proviso al
lows the secretary of the treasury to admit
Chinese, other than laborers or artisans, to
temporarily visit the United States under
such rules as he may prescribe.
Section 8 is general penalty clause, inn
posing fine Of $1,000 and imprisonment
for one year upon persons violating any
part of the act.
Section 10prohibits the admission of Chi
nese to citizenship.
Section IL authorizes the collector of
customs to find who are and who are not
Chinese; makes his questions renewable
by the secretary of the treasury and not
otherwise.
During the determination of such ques-
tions and pending the hearings of habeas
corpus, the persons in whose behalf the
writ was issued are to remain in the col
lector's custody.
Section IL requires the Chinese now
within the United States to apply to the
commissioner of internal revenue of their
respective districts for a certificate Of resi-
dence, under the same penalties as are
otherwise prescribes.
Section 13 authorizes the secretary Of the
treasury to make rules for the issue of GER
ti6cates; requires the certificate to contain
a photograph Of the applicant, with full de-
scription, and imposes a license fee of So
for its issue. The fund so collected is to
defray the expenses of enforcing the act,
and fees not exceeding 81 in each case
may be allowed to the internal revenue
collectors,
Section IA repeals all acts inconsistent
with this, and abrogates, sets aside and re-
peals the provision Of all treaties now in.
force between the United States and China
which may conflict with the provisions of
this act,