Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-08
CHINESE EXCLUSION.
TEXT OF THE NEW BILL THAT HAS
BECOME A LAW.
ditional Restrictions-Penalties Tor
Forgery of Certificates.

The 1OllOWlnS IL Iuo new On1no60 ex
clusion act that has been signed by the
president:
Section l. That all laws now in force
prohibiting and regulating the coming
| into this country of Chinese persons and
| persons of Chinese descent are herebv
continued in force for period of ten
years from the passage of this act.
Sec. 2. That any Chinese person OF
persons of Chinese descent, when con.
vvicted 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, il
appear to the justice, Judge or commis.
sioner 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: pro-
vided, that in any case where such other
country of which such Chinese person
shall claim to be q citizen or subject
shall demand tax as conditipn of the
removal of such person to that country.
he or she shall be removed to China,
Sec. 8. That any Chinese person or
person Of Chinese descent arrested un-
der the provisions of this act, or the
acts hereby extended, shall be adiudged
to be unlawfully within the United
States, unless such person shall estab.
lish by affirmative proof to the satisfac-
tion of such justice, Judge or commi-
sioner his lawful right to remain in the
United States.
Sec. 4. That any such Chinese per-
son or person OF Chinese descent con-
victed and adjudged to be not lawfully
entitled to be or remain in the United
States and who shall be subsequently
convicted for like offense, shall be i'm
prisoned at hard labor for a period of
not exceeding one year and thereafter
removed from the United States, as
hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 5. That after the passage OF this
act, on application to any Judge or
court of the United States in the first
instance for a writ OF habeas corpus by
a Chinese person seeking to land in the
United States to whom that privilege
has been denied, no bail shall be al
lowed and such application shall be
heard and determined promptly with
out unnecessary delay.
Sec. 6. And it shall be the duty of
all Chinese laborers within the limits
of the United States at the time of the
passage OF this act, and who are entitled
to remain in the United States, to apply
to the collector of internal 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, fail or refuse
to comply with the provisions of this
act, or who, after one year from the
passage thereof shall be found within
the jurisdiction of the United States
without such certificate of resi-
dence, fshall be deemed and ad-
judged to be unlawfully within the
United States, and may be arrested by
any United States customs official, col
/ lector of internal revenue or his depu'
ties, United States marshal or his dep u.
tiles, and taken before United States
judge, whose duty it shall be to order
that he be deported from the United
States, as hereinbefore provided, unless
he shall establish clearly to the sat
isfaction of said Judge that by reason OF
| accident, sickness or other unavoidable
cause he has been unable to procure his
| certificate, and to the satisfaction of the
court and by at least one credible white
witness that he was resident OF the
United States at the time of the pas
sage of this act, and if upon the hearing
!, it shall appear 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 certificate which
has been lost or destroyed, he shall be
detained and judgment suspended for a
reasonable time to enable him to pro-
cure q duplicate from the officer granting
it, and in such cases the costs of said
arrest and:trial shall be in the discretion
of the court; and any Chinese person,
other than a Chinese laborer, having
the right to be and remain in the United
States desiring such certificate as evil
dence of such right may apply for and
obtain the same without charge.
Sec. z. That Immediately after the
passage of this act the secretary of the
treasury shall make such rules and reg.
ulations as may be necessary for the
efficient execution of this act, and shall
prescribe the necessary forms and fur
nish the necessary blanks to enable the
collectors OF internal revenue to issue
the certificates required hereby, and
shall make such provisions that certif-
Gates may be procured in localities con-
venient to the applicants. Such certifi-
Gates shall be issued without charge to
the applicant, and shall contain the
name, age, local residence and occupa-
tion of the applicant, and such other
description of the applicant as shall be
prescribed by the secretrrv of the treas
ury, and a duplicate thereof shall be
filed in the Office of the collector of in
ternal revenue for the district within
which such Chinese makes application.
Sec. 8. That any person who shall
knowingly and falsely alter or substitute
any name for the name written in such
certificate, or forge such certificate, or
knowingly utter any forged or fraudu-
lent certificate, or falsely represent any
person named in such certificate, shall
be guilty OF a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined sum
not exceeding $1,000, or imprisoned if
the penitentiary for term of not more
than five years.
Sec. 9. The secretary OF the treasury
may authorize the payment of such COM
pensation in the nature of fees to collect
ors of interoal revenue for services per-
formed nnder the provisions of this act
in addition to the salaries now allowed
by law, as he shall deem necessary, not
exceeding the Gum of 81 for each certif-