Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1879 — Shutting Out the Mongolians. [ARTICLE]

Shutting Out the Mongolians.

The following is the text of the bill to restrict the immigration of Chinese to the United States, as it passed Congreksj He enacted, eh., That no master of any vessel owned in whole or in part by a citizen of the United States, or by a citizen of any foreign country, shall take on board such vessel at any port or place within the Chinese empire or at any other foreign port or place whatever, any number exceeding fifteen Chinese passengers, whether male or female, with intent to bring such passengers to the United States, and leave such port or place and bring such passengers, t> any num tier exceeding fifteen on one voyage, within the jurisdiction of rhe United States. Sec. 2. That whenever a master or other person in charge of any such vessel takes on board the same at any foreign port or place any greater number of Chinese passengers than is prescribed in the first section of this act, with intent to bring such passengers tj rhe United States, and leave such port and bring such passengers to any number exceeding fifteen on one voyage within the jurisdiction of the United States, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, for each passenger so taken on board and brought within the jurisdiction of tho United States, exceeding the number of fifteen, be fined SIOO, and may al o be imprisoned for not exceeding six months. Sec. 3. That the master of any vessel arriving in the United States, or any of the Territories thereof, from any foreign place, whatever, at the same time that he delivers a manifest of the cargo, aud, if there be no c <rgo. then at the timo of making a report or entry of the vessel, pursuant to law, shall, in addition to other matters required to be reported by law, deliver aud report to the Collector of tho district in which such vessel shall arrive, a separate list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the vessel at any foreign port or place, and of all such passengers on board the vessel at that time. Such list shall be sworn to by the master in the same manner as directed by law in relation to the manifest of cargo, and the refusal or neglect of a master to comply with the provisions of this section shall receive the same penalties, disabilities, and perfectures as are provided for the refusal or neglect to report and deliver the manifests of cargo. Sec. 4 That the amount of the several penalties imposed by the foregoing provisions shall be in liens on the vessels violating those provisions, and such vessels shall be libeled therefor in any Circuit or District Court \ the United States where such vessel shall arrive. Sec. 5. That nothing herein contained shall be held to iepeal or modify any law forbidding the importation of coolies, or of females for immoral purposes, into the United States: provided, no Consul or Consular Agent of'the United States, residing at any port from which any vessel taking Chinese passengers may take her departure, shall grant the certificate provided for in section 2,1620 f the Revised Statutes for raore than fifteen Chinese passengers in any one vessel. Sec. 6. That tins act shall not apply to persons officially connected with the Chinese Govern mint or any embassy thereof, or to persons rescued from shipwreck during the voyage of aud by a vessel bringing the same within the jurisdiction of the United States, or to the master of any vessel seeking a harbor in stress of weather, or to persons who may only seek temporary residence for educational purposes and who shall have a certificate from the Chinese Government for that purnose. Sec. 7. That this act shall take effect from and after the Ist of July, 1879, and the President of the United States shall immediately, on the approval of this act, give notice to the Government of China of the abrogation of articles 5 and 6of the additional articles of the treaty of June 18, 1858, between the United States and China, proclaimed Feb. 5, 1870, commonly called the Burlingame treaty.