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 478 FIFTIETH o0NGREss. Sess. I. on. 1015. isss. customs at the port where such Chinese person shall seek to land in the United States, such certificate to be delivered by said representap tive to the master of the vessel on which he departs for the United w§;m;Qg'Y W**‘*°“° States. And no Chinese laborer shall be permitted to re-enter the ' United States without producing to the proper officer of the customs at the port of such entry the return certificate herein required. A Ghincsevenuitwdw Chinese- laborer ossessing a certificate under this section shall be $°“l’ °° °°"'°" admitted to the United States only at the port from which he departed therefrom, and no Chinese person, exceplt Chinese diplomatic ·or consular officers, and their attendants, shall e permitted to enter the United States except at the ports of San Francisco, Portland, Oregon, Boston, New York, New Orleans, Port Townsend, or such other ports as may be designated by the Secretar of the Treasury. ,,.$°°’°*°’Y °* “'° Sec. 8. That the Secretary of the Treasury shallybe, and he hereby rensury topmscribe. . . . mguimam, ew. 1S, authorized and em owered to make and rescribe, and from time to time to change andp amend such rules and) regulations, not in confiict with this act, as he may deem necessary and proper to conveniently secure to such Chinese persons as are provided for in articles second and third of the said treaty between the United States and the Empire of China, the rights therein mentioned, and such as shall also protect the United States a ainst the coming and transit of persons not entitled to the benefit og the provisions of said articles. And JM of ¤¤r¤i¤<=¤¤¤· he is hereby further authorized and empowered to prescribe the form ° and substance of certificates to be issued to Chinese laborers under and in pursuance of the provisions of said articles, and prescribe the form of the record of such certificate and of the proceedin for issuing the same, and he may require the deposit, as a pprt ogiuch record, of the photograph of the party to whom any suc certificate _ Ec. 9. a e mas r o an vesse w 0 s a owing rm ybmmg. within the United States on subh vessel, and land, or attelinpt tg land, or permit to be landed any Chinese laborer or other Chinese person, in contravention of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished with a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, in the discretion of the court, for every Chinese laborer or other Chinese person so brought, and may also be imprisoned for a term of not less than one year, nor more than five years, in the discretion of the court. vesseism distress- Sac, 10. That the foregoing section shall not apply to the case of any master whose vessel shal come within the jurisdiction of the United States in distress or under stress of weather, or touching at any port of the United States on its voyage to any foreign port or place. But Chinese laborers or persons on such vessel shall not be permitted to land. except in case of necessity, and must depart with the vessel on leaving port. _0P¤t¤:;£t¤;¤n¤¤:8rfi<;,{ Sec. 11. That any person who shall knowingly and falsely alter or balié? gm. Z substitute any name or the name written in any certificate herein required. or forge such certificate, or knowingly utter any forged or fraudulent certificate, or falsely personate any person named in any such certificate, and any person other than the one to whom a certificate was issued who shall falsely present any such certificate, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisoned in a penitentiary for a term of not more that five rears. L~=¤i¤sv¤¤¤¤¤s¢¤·¤ SEO. 12. That before any Chinese passengers are landed fiom any such vessel, the collector, or his deputy, shall roceed to examine such passengers, comparing the certi cates with die list and with the passengers; and no passenger shall be allowed to land in the United tates rom such vessel in violation of law; and the collector shall in QISOD decide all questions in dis ute with regard to the right of an inese passenger to enter the lllnited States, and his decision shad
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