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 476 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1007, 1015. 1888. States for marine purposes, save that the fact that said boiler, steampipes, and appurtenances not being constructed dpursuant to the requirements of the laws of the United States. an are of unstamped iron, shall not be an obstacle to the granting of the usual certificate if said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances are found to be of sufiicient strength and safety. Approved, September 11, 1888. September 13, 1888. S CHAP. 1015.-An act to prohibit the coming of Chinese laborers to the United vm; tates. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Chinese mbqrexs. United States ofAmeMca in Congress assembled, That from and after m{,§§,{{‘g"“"°“ pm the date of the exchange of ratiiications of the pending treaty between Pest P· 50* the United States of America and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, signed on the twelfth day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, it shall be unlawful for any Chinese erson, whether a subject of China or of any other power, to enter thelilnited States, except as hereinafter provided. C18-MS r¤¤‘¤¤it¤><1¤¤ Sec. 2. That Chinese oihcials, teachers, students, merchants, or °°°°° travelers for pleasure or curiosity, shall be permitted to enter the United States. but in order to entitle themselves to do so, they shall first obtain the permission of the Chinese Government, or other Government of which they may at the time be citizens or subjects. Such permission and also their personal identity shall in such case 9`°¤]*¤°¤*¤¤*<>b°°** be evidenced by a certificate to be made out by the diplomatic repre- ` sentative of the United States in the country, or of the consular representative of the United States at the port or place from which the person named therein comes. The certificate shall contain a full description of such person, of his age, height, and general physical features, and shall state his former and resent occupation or profession and place of residence, and shall Iie made out in duplicate. One copy shall be delivered open to the (person named and described, and the other copy shall be sealed up an delivered by the diplomatic or consular officer as aforesaid to the captain of the vessel on which the person named in the certificate sets sail for the United States, to·>·ether with the sealed certificate, which shall be addressed to the collector of customs at the port where such person is to land. There shall be delivered to the aforesaid captain a letter from the consular officer addressed to the collector of customs aforesaid, and statin that said consular officer has on a certain day delivered to the said captain a certificate of the right of the person named therein to enter the United States as a Chinese official. or other exempted person, as Peualcyfcrviclmion. the case may be. And any captain who lands or attempts to land a Chinese person in the United States, without having in his iossession a sealed certificate. as required in this section, shall be liable to the penalties prescribed in section nine of this act. scope erm. Sec. 3. That the provisions of this act shall apply to all persons of the Chinese race, whether subjects of China or other foreign power. excepting Chinese diplomatic or consular officers and their attendants: and the words "Chinese laborers," whenever used in this act, shall be construed to mean both skilled and unskilled laborers and Chinese employed in mining. >I_{eg¢¤¤;/(geegylgygy Sec. 4. That the master of any vessel arriving in the United livsiiiiauufxeismtes. States from any foreign port or place with any Chinese passengers on board shall, when he delivers his manifest of cargo, and if there be no cargo, when he makes legal entry of his vessel, and before landing or permitting to land any Chinese person (unless a diplomatic or consular officer. or attendant of such officer), deliver to the collector of customs of the district in which the vessel shall have arrived