The record-union., 1892-05-04
CHINESE RESTRICTION.
Text of the Bill Agreed Upon al
Passed in the Senate.

Text of the Bill Agreed Upon and
Passed in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-Following is the
text of the bill agreed upon by the Senate
and House conferrees and which was
passed in the Senate to-day:
Section l. That all laws now in force pro-
hibiting and regulating the coming into this
country OF Chinese persons and persons Of
Chinese descent are hereby continued in force
Tor period Of ten years from the passage of
this Act
section g That any Chinese person or per-
son OF Chinese descent, when convicted and
adjudged under any of the said laws to be not
lawfully entitled TO be or remain in the
United States, shall be removed from the
United States to China, unless he or they
shall make it appear TO the Justice Judge or
Commissioner before whom he or they are
tried that he or they are subjects or citizens of
some other country, in which case he or they
shall be removed from the United States to
such country provided, that in any case
where such other country of which such Chi
neSe person Shall claim To be citizen or sub
iect shall demand any tax as q condition of
the removal of such person to that country, he
or she shall be removed to China.
Section 3. That any Chinese person or per-
son of Chinese descent arrested under the
provisions of this Act, or the Acts hereby ex-
tended. shall be adiudged to be unlawfully
within the United States, unless such person
shall establish by affirmative proof to the sat-
istaction of such Justice, Judge or Commits
sioner his lawful right to remain in the United
States
Section 4. That any such Chinese person or
person of Chinese descent convicted and ad-
judged to be not lawfully entitled to be or re-
main in the United States and who shall be
subsequently convicted Tor a like offense Shall
be Imprisoned at hard labor for q periOd of
not exceeding one year and thereafter re-
moved from the United States, as hereinbe-
fore provided.
Section 5. That after the passage of this
Act, application to any Judge or court OF
the United States In the first instance for q
writ of habeas corpus by a Chinese person
seeking to land in the Tnited States To whom
that privilege has been denied no bail shuT
be allowed and such application shall be
heard and determined promptly without ne
ceS sary delay.
section g. And it shall be the duty of all
Chinese laborers within the limits OF the
United States at the time eff the passage of this
Act, and who are entitled to remain in the
United States. to apply 10 the Collector of In
tCrlal Revenue of their respective districts
within one year after the passage of this Act
for a certificate of residence, and any Chinese
laborer within the limits OF the United States
who shall neglect, fall or refuse to comply with
the provisions OF this Act, or who after one
wear from the passage thereof, Shall be found
within the jurisdiction of the United states
without such certificate of residence shall he
deemed and adjudged to be unlawfully within
the United states, and may be arrested byany
United states customs official, Collector OF In
ternal Revenue or his deputies United States
Marshal or his deputies, and taken before a
United States Judge. whose duty il shall ne tc
order that he be deported from the United
ates, as hereinbelore provided, unless ne
shall establish clearly to the satisfaction of
said Judge that be reason of accident. sickness
or other unavoidable cause he has been nm
able TO procure his certifi ate and to the salts
faction OF the court ana by at least one cred
iple white witness that he was q resident of
the United States at the time OF the passage of
this Act and ii upon the hearing il shall an
pear that he is so entitled TO a certificate it
shall be granted upon his paying costs. Should
it appear that said Chinese has procured a GER
ti1cate which has been lost or destroyed he
shall be detained and judgment suspended for
a reasonable time To enable him TO procure a
duplicate from the officer granting it. and in
such cases the cost OF said arrest and trial
shall be in the discretion of the court: and any
Chinese person, other tnan Chinese laborer.
having the right 10 be and remain in the
United States desiring such certificate as eyi-
dence of such right may apply for and obtain
the same without charge
Section Z. That, Immediately after the
passage of this Act, the Secretary of the Treas
ury SHALL make such rules and regulations as
may be necessary for the efficient execution OF