Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1879 — The Bill Restricting Chinese Immigration. [ARTICLE]

The Bill Restricting Chinese Immigration.

The following is the full text of the bill to restrict Chinese immigration to the United States, as it passed the Senate, on the 15th. It had previously passed the House, but was slightly amended In the Senate: Bsction 1, That no Ma*Mf of as J vsaarf, owned lu w bole or In part by a citizen of the fulled Stales, or by a citizen Sat any foreign country, aball take on board auch vcaacl at any port or place within tbe Cblncac Empire, or at a)iy other foreign port or place whatever, any nntnber exceeding fifteen Chinese paSßengera, whether inalo of female, with lutent to bring such passengers to the United Statea, and leave auch port or place and bring auch paaeengere to ant number exceeding fifteen on one voyage within tha juriadletion ortho United States. Sac. 3- That, whenever the Master or other person In charge of any each vessel taken on board tbe same at any foreign port or piece any greater number of Chinese passengers lh*n le prescribed In the first section of this act, with Intent to bring such passengers to the United States, and leave (ueb port and bring auch passengers to any number exceeding fifteen on one voyage within the jurisdiction of the United Statea, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall for each passenger so taken on board and brought within the Jurisdiction of the United Statea, exceeding the number of fifteen, be fined SIOO, and may also be Imprisoned for not exceeding Six months. Sec, 8- That the master of any veaecl arriving In the United Slates, or any of the Territories, thereof, from any foreign place whatever, at the same tlflte that he deliver* »manalfeat ot cargo, and II there bo no cargo, then at the time of making report or entry df the vessel pursuant to law, shall, In addition to other matters required to bo reported by law, deliver and report to the Collector ofthe District In which such vceiel Shall arrive, a separate list of all Chinese 1 passengers taken on board the vessel at any foreign port or place, and of all auch passengers on board the vessel at that time. Such list shall be sworn toby the Master In the same manner as directed by law In relation to the manifest ofthe cargo; and the refusal or neglect of the Master to comply with the provisions of this section shall receive the same penalties, disabilities and pcrfoctures as ate provided for refusal or neglect to report and deliver the JfiahlfcSt of the cafgo. Sec. 4- That the amount of the several penalties imposed by the foregoing provisions shall bo liens on the vessel violating those provisions, and shell vessel shall he libeled therefor in any Circuit or District Court of the United States where such vessel shall arrive. Sec. 5. That nofhlng herein contained shall he held to repeal or modify any la* forbidding the Importation of Coolies or of females for Immoral purposes to the United States, psevided no Consul or Consulur Agent of the United States residing at any port from which any vessel taking Chinese passengfefs may take her departure, shall grant the certificate provided tor in Sec. 2188 ofthe Revised Statutes for more than fifteen Chinese passengers on any one vessel, £ Sec. fl.-Tbet this act shall not apply to persons officially connected with the Chinese Government, or anv Embassy thereof, or to persons rescued from' shipwrecks during the voyage of and by a vessel bringing the same witjlin the jurisdiction of (he United States, or 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 purpose. „ Sec, 7. That this act shall take effect from and after the let of July, 1879, and the President of the United States shall, immediately on the approval of this act, givo notice to the Government of China ofthe abrogation of Articles 5 and l> of the additional articles of the Treaty of June 18, 1888, between the United Staste and China, proclaimed Feb. 5, 1870, commonly called the Burlingame Treaty.