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 118 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 220, 221. 1884. toms the certificate in this act required of Chinese persons seeking When not anti- to land from a vessel. And any Chinese person found unlawfully tled ro residence to within the United States shall be caused to be removed therefrom l’° ’°m°'°d· °*°· to the country from whence he came, and at the cost of the United States, after being brought before some justice, judge, or commissioner of a court of the United States and found to be one not lawfully entitled C°¤*» ¤*¢=-· of 1‘¤- to be or to remain in the United States; and in all such cases the per- “‘°""r son who brought or aided in bringing such person to the United States shall be liable to the Government of the United States for all necessary Ofllce-n·s;_ duties, expenses incurred in such investigation and removal; and all peace °°’“P°“”““°“· officers of the several States and Territories of the United States are hereby invested with the same authority as a marshal or United States marshal in reference to carrying out the provisions of this act or the act of which this is amendatory, as a marshal or deputy marshal of the United States, and shall be entitled to like compensation to be audited United states to and paid by the same officers. And the United States shall pay all P°Y_°°;*¤·°l¤*·*'8•*¤» costs and charges for the maintenance and return of any Chinese pe1·· °t°" " °"‘ son having the certificate prescribed bylaw as entitling such Chinese person to come into the United States who may not have been permitted to land from any vessel by reason of any of the provisions of this act.” · St ction thirteen of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows Omcei-c, etc., or Sno 13 That this act shall not apply to diplomatic and other officers '¤l¤¤ Cbi¤¤¤¢ GM'- of the Chinese or other Governments traveling upon the business of °“’“‘°“” °*°"‘P“· that Government, whose credentials shall be taken as equivalent to the certificate in this act mentioned, and shall exempt them and their body and household servants from the provisions of this act as to other Chinese persons” _ _ Section fifteen of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows rgnvisieflns gent ·* Sno 15 That the provisions of this act shall apply to all subjects of ij ::2 °°:'ts° ff} China and Chinese, whether subjects of China or any other foreign China, etc. power; and the words Chinese laborers, wherever used in this act shall be construed to mean both skilled and unskilled laborers and Chinese employed in mining Violations ofact SEC 16 That any violation of any of the provisions of this act, or of ¤9¤ °tl¤¤¤'i¤°_l>¥°· the act of which this is amendatory, the punishment of which is not r.‘;';‘:d°:uf;’::g*“*° otherwise herein provided for, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and ' shall be punishable by line not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both such line and imprisonment Not to afectpro- Sno 17 That nothing contained in this act shall be construed to afect ¤¤¤di¤s¤· Wl-. ¤f any prosecution or other proceeding criminal or civil, begun under the f°““°‘ “°*· act of which this amendatory ; but such prosecution or other proceeding, criminal or civil, shall proceed as if this act had not been passed Approved, July 5, 1884. Ju1y5' 18g4_ CHAP. 221.-—An act to constitute a Bprem; of Navigation in the Treasury De- ._.i-t PBI 111011. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United BUICHH of Navi- States of America in Congress assembled That there shall be in the De- §*¤¤¤ i¤ 'f¤’¤=¤¤17 partment of the Treasury of the United States a Bureau of Navigation, “*“‘""“’“ ”· under the immediate charge of a Commissioner of Navigation. Commissioner or Sec. 2. That the Commissioner of Navigation, under the direction of Navigation- the Secretary of the Treasury, shall have general superintendence of the , _ as vessels and seamen are not, under existing laws, subject to the super- D"“°°· visioh of any other officer of the Government. He shall be specially charged with the decision of all questions relating to the issue of registers, enrollments, and licenses of vessels, and to the tiling and preserv-
 * “‘h°”*Y· commercial marine and merchant seamen of the United States. so far