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 784 FEDERAL REFOBTES. �"An act to provide for the removal of Chinese whose presence is dangerous to the well-being of communities outside the limits of cities and towns in the state of California," in which it is pravided that "the board of trustees or other legislative authority of any incorporated eity or town, and the board of supervisors of any incorporated city and county, are hereby granted the power, and it is hereby made their duty, to pass and enforce any and ail acts or ordinances or resolutions necessary to cause the removal without the limits of such cities and towns, or city and county, of any Chinese now within, or hereafter to corne within, such limits," St. 1880, p. 114, Another act on April 12, 1880, entitled "An act to prohibit the issuance of licenses to aliens not eligible to become electors of the state of California," which provides as follows: "Section 1. No license to transact any business or occupation shall be granted or issued by the state, or any county or city, or city and county, or town, or any municipal corporation, to any alien not eligible to become an elector of this state. Section 2. A violation of the provisions of section 1 of this act shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and be pan- ished accordingly," And on April 23, 1880, still another act, entitled "An act relating to fishing in the waters of this state," which provides as follows: "Section 1. AU aliens incapable of becoming electors of this state are hereby pro- hibited from fishing, or taking any fish, lobsters, shrimps, or shell-fish of any kind, for the purpose of selling or giving to another person to sell, Every violation of the provisions of this act shall be a misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction by a fine of not less than $25, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than thirty days." �AU these acts, as well as the aots and constitutional pro- visions considered in Parrott's case, are in pari materia ; and, being so, indicate and illustrate the motive or purpose of the passage of any one of them. The petitioners in the several cases, subjects of China, of the MongoUan race, were arrested for taking fish in San Pablo bay, within the state, and selling the same in violation of the provisions of the last-named act, tried aud convicted bcfore the proper court, and sentenced to ����