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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 13, 14. 1893. 7 CHAP. 13.-An Act To increase the number of officers of the Army to be detailed November 3. 1893. to colleges. ··—··—·——— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section twelve hundred Arrpy- and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes, concerning details of officers ,,,,R,;,§;§§f" 1225* " 21* of the Army and Navy to educational institutions, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to permit the President to detail under the Dmiipf ¤¤i¤¤r¤ w provisions of said act not to exceed one hundred officers of the Army °°u°g°°"'°"”°°d‘ of the United States; and no officer shall be thus detailed who has not had five years service in the Army and no detail to such duty shall swiss. extend for more than four years and officers on the retired list of the D¤{¤*i¤¤· Army may upon their own application be detailed to such duty and £§fQ';d,§E°°"“· when so detailed shall receive the fuH pay of their rank; and the maxi- miaium. mum number of officers of the Army and Navy to be detailed at any one time under the provisions of the act approved January thirteenth, Vol- 26- P- 71*- eighteen hundred and ninety-one, amending section twelve hundred and twenty-tive of the Revised Statutes as amended by an act approved . September twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, is hereby v¤L2s,p4¤1. increased to one hundred and ten. Approved, November 3, 1893. _ CHAP. 14.--An Act To amend an act entitled "An act to prohibit the coming of N¤*¤¤¤b•1‘3·1893· ` Chinese persons into the United States," approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and `L_"`"` ninety-twu. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United s States of America in Congress assembled, That Section six of an act enti- °"*”°°° °’°'“°**’°- · tled “An act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United v°L 2°·’2°‘ States," approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: “SEc. 6. And it shall be the duty of all Chinese laborers within the eminem of anlimits of the United States who were entitled to remain in the United {l,;,""{},,,"§,’,,,",‘§ °}’,§“‘f§"} States before the passage of the act to which this is an amendment to ¤·¤¤¢¤¤· apply to the collector of internal revenue of their respective districts within six months after the passage of this act for a certificate of residence; and any Chinese laborer within the limits of the United States u;~¤,:•§b{:§;°,uji}; who shall neglect, tail, or refuse to comply with the provisions of this mt. act and the act to which this is an amendment, or who, after the expi- ‘ ration of said six months, shall be found within the jurisdiction of the · United States without such certificate of residence, shall be deemed and adjudged to be unlawfully within the United States, and may be arrested by any United States customs odicial, collector of internal revenue or his deputies, United States marshal or his deputies, and taken beforea United States judge, whose duty it shall be toordcr that Trialhe be deported from the United States, as provided in this act and in the act to which this is an amendment, unless he shall establish clearly to the satisfaction of said judge that by reason of accident, sickness, or other unavoidable cause he has been unable to procure his certificate, and to the satisfaction of said United States judge, and by at least one Pmof. credible witness other than Chinese, that he was a resident of the United States on the fifth of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-two; and ii, upon the hearing, it shall appear that he is so entitled to a certificate, `it shall be granted upon his paying the cost. Should it appear that LM mmm said Chinaman had procured a certificate which has been lost or °° destroyed, he shall be detained and judgment suspended a reasonable time to enable him to procure a duplicate from the officer granting it, and in such cases the cost of said arrest and trial shall be in the discretion of the court; and any Chinese person, other than a Chinese laborer, cevnecligzsém perhaving a right to be and remain in the United States, desiring such °°" "° “ certificate as evidence of such right, may apply for, and receive the  g name without charge; and that no proceedings for a violation of the mm.