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 176FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 640, 641. 1902. APP!] 211*2- CHA?. 640.-An Act To refund the amount of duties  in Porto Rico upon [1,,,;,;,,,, 1,,-,, my articles imported from the several States from April elevent, eighteen hundred and m11ety-nme, to May first, mneteen hundred, to confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to render jndgncnt thereon, and making an appropriation therefor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqwesentatifves of the United ‘°°"° m°,_§· States ofzlmeriea in 0'on rear ass, That jurisdiction be, and is Duties be re- E _ _ f¤;¤‘<::,2émm com hereby, conferred upon the Court of Claims of the United States of {erred on com of all claims against the lllnited States arising out ofdthp paymept of customs uties to the mi 'tary authorities in e islan o orto ico upon articles imported from the several States, which articles were entered at the several ports of entily in Porto Rico from and including April eleventh, eighteen hundre and ninety-nine, to May first, nineteen hundred, and the Court of Claims is emtpowered and directed to ascertain the amounts of such duties paid uring said period and to enter judgment against the United States for the several amounts so paid, W1 mterest thereon at the rate of SIX per centum per annum_ rom the several dates of ment of such duties to the dates of such judg- . WY . . ments, respectively, in all actions for the recovery of such duties now pending in the Court of Claims and in all actions for the recovery of such duties which ma be brou ht in said court within six months Y g from the date of the sa e of this Act. Pas H _ _ m;*g¤°¤* °‘ j“‘*¤‘ SEGL2. (That the Secretary of thpTreasury;1;1poInI thedc§rt1fica;1on of suc ju gments or any of them rom whic the United States oes . not take an appeal; is authorized ai pay the same. Approved, April 29, 1902. ———-—-—-+ AP*'“ ”» lm  641}-An Act ffoiprohibit the coming into and to regulate the residence [Public, No. su.] within the United States, im emtones. and all territory under its jurisdiction, and the District of Columbia, of Chinese and persons of Chinese descent. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R esentatioea of the United f,{’,§,’}f§§,‘;{,§}“'{,°{‘,;_ States of America in Congress assembled, mt all laws now in force hi;_1¤<><t_b_ V prohibiting and regulating the coming of Chinese tpersons, and persons ,,,,,53; {OES}.;),}`.; {$2 of Chinese descent, into the United States, and e res1dence_of such '*Q;l°’2,5 P ,,5 persons therein, including sectnoxils five, simlggven, eight, nine,hten, ``eleven, thirteen and fourteen of the Act entit "An Act to pro ibit the coming of Chinese laborers into the United Statcs” approved September thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be, and the same are hereby, re-enacted, extended, and continued so far as the, same are not inconsistent with treilty obligations, until othegwise provided by law. and said laws shal also apply to the islan territory i limgiptfgd fr¤=¤ under the jurisdiction of the United States. and prohibit the immigrarimiiusnrirjilmniniizmll tion of Chinese laborcrs,_not citizens of the United States, from such island territory to the mainland territory of the L mted States, whethe1· in such island territory at the time of cession or not, and from one portion of the island territory of the United States to another portion !,’mi;{{· mmm of said island territory: Provided, ltmrerer, That said laws shall not ` peapply to the transit of Chinese laborprsdfrom lpne {Island tg another island of the same group; and any is an s wit in the juris iction of _ _ any State or the District of Alaska shall be considered a art of the U' l d d th` f P main an un er IS sec non. ,,,‘$F}§§°,§*};i,,{‘,{,,,",§;’gf{]j SBC- 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and 1¤u¤>m=,)e¤£~. empowered to make and prescribe, and from time to time to chanige, l°L “°" "‘ 1m' suc rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the lan as he may deem necessar * and ro r to execute the provisions of this 5 P Pc . Act and of the Acts hereby extended and continued and of the treaty of December eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, between the United States and China, and with the approval of the President to