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 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 220. 1884. 117 home consumption or exportation. If the certificate be sought for the purpose of travel for curiosity, it shall also state whether the applicant intends topass through or travel within the United States, together with his fllltlllvllll standing in the country from which such certificate is desired. The certificate provided for in this act, and the identity of the person named therein shall, before such person goes on board any vessel to proceed to the United States, be vised by the indorsement of the I’Ed°’°°m°¤** .°* diplomatic representatives of the United States in the foreign country  b}',,;',,? from which said certificate issues, or of the consular representative of ams of rirnitsd the United States at the port or place from which the person named in States abmad. the certificate is about to depart; and such diplomatic representative or consular representative whose indorsement is so required is hereby empowered, and it shall be his duty, before indorsing such certificate as aforesaid, to examine into the truth of the statements set forthin sand certificate, and if he shall find upon examination that said or any of the statements therein contained are untrue it shall be his duty to refuse to indorse the same. Such certificate vised as aforesaid shall be prima facie evidence of the facts set forth therein, and shall be produced to the collector of customs of the port in the district in the United States at which the person named therein shall arrive, and afterward produced to the proper authorities of the United States whenever lawfully demanded, and shall be the sole evidence permissible on the part of the person so producing the same to establish a right of entry into the United States; but said certificate may be controverted and the facts therein stated disproved by the United States authorities! Section eight of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 8. That the master of any vessel arriving in the United States Masters of vefrom any foreign port or place shall, at the same time he delivers a ¤°}¤ amviug i¤ manifest of the cargo, and if there be no cargo, then at the time of Egfgdangtzfgvgg making a report of the entry of the vessel pursuant to law, in addition t,, concctor, gw_, to the other matter required to be reported, and before landing, or list ofChiuese pas, permitting to land, any Chinese passengers, deliver and report to the °°¤8°¤• collector of customs of the district in which such vessels shall have arrived a separate list of all Chinese passengers taken on board his vessel at any foreign port or place, and all such passengers on board the vessel at that time, Such list shall show the names of such passengers (and if accredited officers of the Chinese or of any other foreign Government, traveling on the business of that Government, or their servants, with a note of such facts), and the names and other particulars as shown by their respective certificates; and such list shall be sworn to by the master in the manner required by law in relation to the manifest of the cargo. Any refusal or wilful neglect of any such master to comply with Penalty for hilthe provisions of this section shall incur the same penalties and forfeit- “’°» °*°- ure as are provided for a refusal or neglect to report and deliver a manifest of the cargo.” ` Section ten of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 10. That every vessel whose master shall knowingly violate any l·`orfeit_ure of of the provisions of this act shall be deemed forfeited to the United V*;_¤¤°lf**l§Y1°1¤*i°¤}_ States, and shall be liable to seizure and condemnation in any district Qc, *""v'“°““ ° of the United States into which such vessel may enter or in which she ma be found.” Sbection eleven of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: _ " Sec. 11. That any person who shall knowingly bring into or cause Ml¤d°¤¤°¤¤°l‘· to be brought into the United States by land, or who shall aid or abet the SZJ118, or aid or abet the landing in the United States from any vessel, of any Chinese person not lawfully entitled to enter the United, States, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on convic- P¤¤¤l\=y· tion thereof, be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand Dollars, and imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year Section twelve of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows? En tum th. ·‘Sno 12 That no Chinese person shall be permitted to enter the ,],,,,,,,1 Sm& by United States by land without producing to the proper officer of cus- land; terms ot