The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-11
MORE MEN TO Be PUT TO WORK
CHINESE ARE RECOMMENDED TO
TAKE NO CHANCE ON
THEIR STATUS.
Internal Revenue Collector Chamber
lain Receives Instructions Re-
esrdine the Redemption Of War
Revenue Stamps.

Some time ago a rumor gained pub
location here that there was TO b
an extension OF time for the registra
ton OF the Chinese inhabitants of tn,
Territory of Hawaii Roy Chamber
lain, Collector of Internal Revenue
under whom the registration is being
conducted, strongly douDting the ru
NOR wrote TO headquarters. BY last
mail he received a personal letter
from the Commissioner emphaticaIly
contradicting the rumor.
Positively the registration must
close on June Is next. The law does
not authorize any extension of time
For the sake OF the tagging Chinese
Mr. Chamberlain desires the fact to
be given as great publicity as posi-
BILE. To a reporter of The Republican
yesterday the Collector stated that
better progress is now being made
than In the earlier days of registra-
ton.
We took in last month 2I36
names" said Mr.. Chamberlain.
Twenty more men are about to be
sent out to expedite the registering,
in addition to the 20 men already en-
ployed. On the LIST of May, If neces-
sary. We shall put 20 more men in
the field, making 90 altogether.
"All the Chinese who arrived, or
were in the islands, before June IA,
1900. must be registered or render
themselves liable to deportation
Some have been registered who were
born here after that date. IL is best
for all Chinese to be registered, even
IL they were citizens of Hawaii, as
the possession of registration certifi-
Gates may save them future annoy
ance"
Mr.. Chamberlain is not yet ready
to acquiesce in the proposition that
Chinese acquiring American through
Hawaiian citizenship are at liberty to
travel freely to and from the Main
land. He prefers to await a judicial
decision on the question.
The Collector of Internal Revenue
has received from Commissioner ].
w. Jerkes a circular of the depart
ment, dated Washington, D. c., March
2z. relative to the redemption of do
cumentary and proprietary stamps in
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the war taxes.
Application for the redemption Of
such stamps should be made to the
Collector from whom they were pur-
chased, who will supply the applicant
with the necessary form and instruc-
tons relative to the preparation Of
his claim.
Documentary and proprietary
stamps can be redeemed only when
presented in quantities of 50 or more
face value. and no claim for the re-
demption OF or allowance for such
stamps can be allowed unless present
ed within two years after the purchase
OF said stamps from the Government
The owners of imprinted instru-
ments. checks. drafts. etc. who de-
sire to have the stamps thereon re-
deemed must, in addition to filing
claims. forward all such imprinted
instruments securely packed to the
Commissioners Office. Under the
law and regulations all stamped in
struments and all imprinted checks,
drafts. etc, presented for the redemp-
ton OF the stamps thereon must. when
the stamps are redeemed. be retained
with the claim: therefore, no such
instruments can be returned to the
owners thereof.