The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-16

simply intended leave they stood with
Chinese immigration further lesate
clause would have been omitted general provision
tnung existing laws would amply
The various United States Statutes on the subjects
OF Chinese immigration and immigration of other
aliens clear in their language they might be
defining the relative powers and duties the premises of Col
ector of Customs and Chinese Inspectors appointed the
Secretary OF the Treasury Both given certain powers
erce and certain duties perform and between them fully
enforce all Chinese exclusion laws Just dividing
line between them is, just what Inspector
the assistance Of Collector it
other question free from difficulty whether the Collector
of Customs of the Hawaiian Islands authorized perform
the various duties assigned Collectors by the United
Chinese Exclusion Laws these islands having vet
made Collection District of the United States
Under the latest Hawaiian laws subject, Collector
General of Customs vested with the power decide whether
not alien applying for admission entitled these
islands The Newlands Resolution provides until Con
shall provide for the government such islands
civil judicial and military powers exercised by the officers
the existing government in said islands, shall be
person persons and shall
President of the United States shall direct
shall have power said officers and fill the vacancies
occasloned and in another section, that the municipal
legislation of the Hawaiian Islands, the fulfill
ment of the treaties exngushed and with
this joint resolution contrary Constitution the
United States any existing treaty United States
shall remain in force until Congress States shall
otherwise determine" BY virtue of this provision
Hawaiian Statutes parts of relating Chinese
grafton which inconsistent with the
United States laws the subject in force
after extension of such United islands
and there to be strong ground for the proposition ad
vanced by OF the attorneys who took part the
that respondent McStocze Customs
the Hawaiian Islands, vested with power
of
here In vew however, of conclusion stated later
the subject of Jurisdictions deem unnecessary decide this
question
With reference the authority of respondent Brown
Chinese Inspector The Act August 3 1882 relating TO
the immigration of aliens q Supplement- Statutes
37O) charges the Secretary of the Treasury duty
of executing the provisions of that amd with supervising
the business of immigration the United This a
clause gives that official the authority supervise all mngra
ton the United States which would immigration
OF Chinese If the clause last cited construed apply
only to such immigration mentioned Act, wit
of pauper and other undesirable persons the clause
useless repetition appropriation passed within
the last few years and up the present time
have been appropriated under the title of the Treasury
Department. the language: enforcement of the Chinese
Exclusion Act To unlawful entry of Chinese INFO The
United States by the appointment of
the laws in relation thereto and for expenses of returning
China all Chinese found to be uawully in the United
States and for enforcing the provisions of the Act
approved May 5t 1892, entitled can Act prohibit the
ing of Chinese persons into the United State
Dollars These seem prma face give the
ary of the Treasury authority appoint Chinese Inspectors
and the inspectors appointed authority simply ad
Collectors their duties under the Chinese Excu-
Acts but themselves and reject and exclude Chinese
applicants for admissions.
In Williams q The Unted States United States 387
388, the Court held that the plaintiff in n his capacity
Chinese Inspector under appointment by the Secretary of
Treasury d under any law that could properly
be regarded law but that che appointed pur
Acts of Congress appropriatn money be used by the
Treasury Department prevent unlawful entry of Chinese
into the United States by the appointment of suitable officers