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There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924023463809 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION TREATY, LAWS, AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ADMISSION OF CHINESE REGULATIONS APPROVED APRIL 18, 19 10 Edition ofjune 22, 1911 Embodying Amendments to Rules 1, 5, f3, i5, 16, 19 2t and 26 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1911 fs TREATY CONCERNING THE IMMIGRATION OF CHINESE. TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA, CONCERNING- IMMIGRATION.' (22 Stat., 826.) By the President of the United States of America. vemffi7°i88o- A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Treaty between the United States of America and China, for the modification of the existing treaties between the two countries, by providing for the future regulation of Chinese immigration into the United States, was concluded and signed at Pekiag in the English and Chinese languages, on the seventeenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty, the original of the English text of which Treaty is word for word as follows : Whereas, in the eighth year of Hsien Feng, Anno Preamble of; Domini 1858, a treaty of peace and friendship was con- cluded between the United States of America and China, and to which were added, in the seventh year of Tung Chih, Anno Domini 1868, certain supplementary articles to the advantage of both parties, which supplementary articles were to be perpetually observed and obeyed: — and Whereas the Government of the United States, because of the constantly increasing immigration of Chinese laborers to the territory of the United States, and the em- barrassments consequent upon such immigration, now desires to negotiate a modification of the existing Treaties which shall not be in direct contravention of their spirit: — Now, therefore, the President of the United States of pp°™"™.|;.^ America has appointed James B. Angell, of Michigan, ^sotiating. 'Concluded November 17, 1880; ratification advised by the Senate May 5, 1881; ratified by the President May 9, 1881; ratifications ex- changed July 19, 1881; proclaimed October 5, 1881. 3 4 TREATY OF 1880. pC°^^^»°.^John F. Swift, of California, and William Henry Tres- negotiating. ^g^^ gf South Carolina as his Conomissioners Plenipoten- tiary; and His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of China, has appointed Pao Chiin, a member of His Imperial Majesty's Privy Council, and Superintendent of the Board of Civil Office; and Li Hungtsao, a member of His Imperial Majesty's Privy Council, as his Commissioners Plenipotentiary; and the said Commissioners Plenipo- tentiary, having conjointly examined their full povrers, and having discussed the points of possible modification in existing Treaties, have agreed upon the following arti- cles in modification. Chinese la- ARTICLE I. borers, limita- tion and suspen- t r-\ sion of immigra- Whenever in the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States, or their residence therein, affects or threatens to affect the interests of that coimtiy, or to en- danger the good order of the said country or of any local- ity within the territory thereof, the Government of China agrees that the Government of the United States may regulate, limit, or suspend such coming or residence, but may not absolutely prohibit it.^ The limitation or sus- pension shall be reasonable, and shall apply only to Chinese who may go to the United States as laborers, other classes not being included in the limitations. Leg- islation taken in regard to Chinese laborers will be of such a character only as is necessary to enforce the regu- lation, limitation, or suspension of immigration, and im- migrants shall not be subject to personal maltreatment or abuse. Article II. ^' e^te'°Tn *the Chinese subjects, whether proceeding to the United Dnited States- Spates as teachers, students, merchants, or from curiosity, together with their body and household servants, and piiwfeg^of; *"*' Chinese laborers who are now in the United States shall be allowed to go and come of their own free will and ac- cord, and shall be accorded all the rights, privileges, im- munities, and exemptions which are accorded to the citi- zens and subjects of the most favored nation. ' Amended by various provisions of law prohibiting the admission of Chinese laborers to the United States. TEEATY OP 1880. Article III. If Chinese laborers, or Chinese of any other class, jg^j^'°^f„ ^^ now either permanently or temporarily residing in theJJ°^^gnf**^^"J territory of the United States, meet with illtreatment at p"^"^^'^^ »'• the hands of any other persons, the Government of the United States will exert all its power to devise measures for their protection and to secure to them the same rights, privileges, immunities, and exemptions as may be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation, and to which they are entitled by treaty. Aktiole IV. The high contracting powers having agreed upon thetio^'^"™ legisia- foregoing articles, whenever the Government of the United States shall adopt legislative measures in accord- ance therewith, such measures will be communicated to g^^™^®^^ ^°°J the Government of China. If the measures as enacted'''^'"''''- are found to work hardship upon the subjects of China, the Chinese minister at Washington may bring the miatter to the notice of the Secretary of State of the United States, who will consider the subject with him; and the Chinese Foreign Office may also bring the matter to the notice of the United States minister at Peking and consider the subject with him, to the end that mutual and unqualified benefit may result. In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed the foregoing at Peking, in English and Chinese being three originals of each text of even tenor and date, the ratifications of which shall be ex- changed at Peking within one year from date of its execution. Done at Peking, this seventeenth day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1880. Kuanghsii, sixth year, tenth moon, fifteenth day. James B. AnGELL. [seal.] signatures. John F. Swift. [seal.] Wm. Henry Trescot. [seal.] Pao Chun. [seal.] Li Hungtsao. [seal.] And whereas the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts and the respective ratifications were ex- changed at Peking on the 19th day of July 1881: Now, therefore, be it known that I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States of America have caused Proclamation. TREATY OF 1880. the said Treaty to be made public to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be ob- served and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aflfixed. Done in Washington this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty- one, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixth. [seal.] CHESTER A. ARTHUR. By the President: James G. Blaine, Secretary of State. LAWS RELATING TO THE ADMISSION OF CHINESE. Preamble. ACT OF MAY 6, 1882, AS AMENDED AND ADDED TO BY ACT OF JULY 5, 1884.' (22 Stat., p. 58; 23 Stat., p. 115.) AN ACT To amend an act entitled: "An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese, approved May sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. " Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of America in Congress assem^ hied, That section one of the act entitled "An act to exe- cute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese," ap- proved May sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : "Whereas in the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of Chinese laborers to this coun- try endangers the good order of certain localities within the territory thereof; Therefore "Be it enacted iy the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of America in Congress assem- iled, That from and after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the passage of ^™re^'' '°'^ ^™ this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be, and the same is hereby suspended, and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Chinese laborer to come from any foreign port or place, or having so come to remain within the United States." Section two of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 2. That the master of any vessel who shall know- ingly bring within the United States on such vessel, and 'The act of May 6, 1882, as amended and added to by the act of July 5, 1884, was continued in force for an additional period of ten years from May 5, 1892, by the act of May 5, 1892 (27 Stat., p. 25); and was, with all laws on this subject in force on April 29, 1902, reenacted, extended, and continued without modification, limi- tation, or condition by the act of April 29, 1902 (32 Stat., p. 176), as amended by the act of April 27, 1904 (33 Stat., p. 428). 7 Laborers — im- migration of sus- 8 ACT OF 1882-1884. land, or attempt to land, or permit to be landed any Chi- nese laborer, from any foreign port or place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction bimyofmlisler^f thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five vessel for bring- hundred dollars for each and every such Chinese laborer so brought, and may also be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year. " Section three of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: fe^ofSt'J^idin't "Sec. 3. That the two foregoing sections shall not ap- laborers; pjy |-q Chinese laborers who were in the United States on the seventeenth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty, or who shall have come into the same before the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of the act to which this act is amendatory, nor shall said sec- tions apply to Chinese laborers, who shall produce to such master before going on board such vessel, and shall pro- duce to the collector of the port in the United States at which such vessel shall arrive, the evidence hereinafter in this act required of his being one of the laborers in this —exception ingection mentioned; nor shall the two foregoing sections favor of vessel in ' . distress. appty to the case of any master whose vessel, being bound to a port not within the United States, shall come within the jurisdiction of the United States by reason of being in distress or in stress of weather, or touching at any port of the United States on its voyage to any foreign port or place: Provided: That all Chinese laborers brought on such vessel shall not be permitted to land except in case of absolute necessity, and must depart with the vessel on leaving port. "^ ***** Persons other "Seo. 6. That in order to the faithful execution of the than laborers — , . p i • permission to im- provisions of this act, evcry Chinese person, other than a migrate and iden- F^ . ir J tiflcation by Chi- laborer, who may be entitled by said treaty or this act to nese or other for- . . e i g n govern- come Within the United States, and who shall be about to ment; , ' come to the United States, shall obtain the permission of and be identified as so entitled by the Chinese Govern- ment, or of such other foreign government of which at b?°'sei'^™''cer^ the time such Chinese person shall be a subject, in each tifloate. case to be evidenced by a certificate issued by such Gov- ernment, which certificate shall be in the English lan- ' Sections 4 and 5 have been superseded by the act of September 13, 1888, and are therefore omitted. If needed for reference in historical way or in connection with prosecutions, see earlier editions of this pamphlet, or 23 Stat., 115. ACT OF 1882-1884. 9 guage, and shall show such permission, with the name of the permitted person in his or her proper signature, and which certificate shall state the individual, family, and tribal name in full, title or ofl&cial rank, if any, the age, height, and all physical peculiarities, former and present occupation or profession, when and where and how long pursued, and place of residence of the person to whom the certificate is issued, and that such person is entitled by this act to come within the United States.^ "If the person so applying for a certificate shall be a ^j^^^^f ^^-^f^ merchant, said certificate shall, in addition to above "^■^'"^"^'"^ "'; requirements, state the nature, character, and estimated value of the business carried on by him prior to and at the time of his application as aforesaid: Provided, That nothing in this act nor in said treaty shall be construed as embracing within the meaning of the word '^etchajit,' _^^^^^^^^^ hucksters, peddlers, or those engaged in taking, drying, or otherwise preserving shell or other fish for home con- sumption or exportation.^ "If the certificate be sought for the purpose of travel ^j^J^^f^^l^^f^ for curiosity, it shall also state whether the apphcant"^"'*'^''**^'''- intends to pass through or travel within the United States, together with his financial standing in the country from which such certificate is desired. "The certificate provided for in this act, and the iden- i^atl!?' ''"'=^'''"- tity of the person named therein shall, before such person ^P""^"'*' '^'^^ goes on board any vessel to proceed to the United States, be visaed by the indorsement of the diplomatic repre- sentatives of the United States in the foreign country from which such certificate issues, or of the consular rep- resentative of the United States at the port or place from which the person named in the certificate is about to depart; and such diplomatic representative or consular representative whose indorsement is so required is hereby empowered, and it shall be his duty, before indorsing such certificate as aforesaid, to examine into the truth of the statements set forth in said certificate, and if he shall find upon examination that said or any of the statements therein contained are untrue it shall be his duty to refuse to indorse the same. ' OfBcial signing certificate must be known or shown to have authority from foreign Government, 54 Fed., 490. For list of such officials, see Rule 10. ^ For definition of "Merchant," see sec. 2, act Nov. 3, 1893; of "Stu- dent, " Rule 8. 98821°— 11 2 ■ ■' 10 ACT OF 1882-1884. ^^'sec.6"certifi- "Such Certificate viseed as aforesaid shall be prima '^ °~ facie evidence of the facts set forth therein, and shall be produced to the Chinese inspector in charge of the port in the district in the United States at which the person —is prima facie named therein shall arrive, and afterward produced to unfte™* ^itSIs the proper authorities of the United States whenever law- f "Aoiderr'*™™ fully demanded, and shall be the sole evidence permissible on the part of the person so producing the same to estab- lish a right of entry into the United States; but said cer- tificate may be controverted and the facts therein stated disproved by the United States authorities."^ -penalties for Sec. 7. That any person who shall knowingly and forging or utter- , . ^ i. ,i -i^ tag false. falsely alter or substitute any name for the name written in such certificate or forge any such certificate, or know- ingly utter any forged or fraudulent certificate, or falsely personate any person named in any such certificate, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction thereof shall be fmed in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisoned in a penitentiary for a term of not more than five years. Section eight of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: ^Manifest-ma^- "Sec. 8. That the master of any vessel arriving in the furnish sworn; United States from any foreign port or place shall, at the same time he delivers a manifest of the cargo, and if there be no cargo, then at the time of making a report of the entry of the vessel pursuant to law, in addition to the other matter required to be reported, and before landing, or permitting to land, any Chinese passengers, deliver and report to the Chinese inspector in charge of the dis- trict in which such vessels shall have arrived a separate list of all Chinese passengers taken on board his vessel at any foreign port or place, and all such passengers on board the vessel at that time. Such Hst shall show the names of such passengers (and if accredited ofiicers of the Chinese or of any other foreign Government, travel- ing on the business of that Government, or their servants, with a note of such facts) , and the names and other par- ' Sec. 6 certificates. — Must conform strictly to all requirements — 186 U. S., 168, 176; S3 Fed., 832; 133 Fed., 392; 22 Op. Atty. Gen., 130. Administrative officers sole judge of sufficiency and weight of — 186 U. S., 168, 176. Admission under not for laboring purposes — 83 Fed., 832; 86 Fed., 605; 133 Fed., 154 and 391. Sole evidence permis- sible on part of Chinese— 140 U. S., 424; 48 Fed., 668; 93 Fed., 797; 97 Fed., 576; 100 Fed., 609. ACT OF 1882-1884. 11 ticulars as shown by their respective certificates; and such Manifest- hst shall be sworn to by the master in the manner required by law in relation to the manifest of the cargo. "Any refusal or willful neglect of any such master to -P^^'^y^'P/jj'*" comply with the provisions of this section shall incur the same penalties and forfeiture as are provided for a re- fusal or neglect to report and deliver a manifest of the cargo." Sec. 9. That before any Chinese passengers are landed c^^PfPI^*'""^ "' from any such vessel, the Chinese inspector in charge, or his deputy, shall proceed to examine such passengers, comparing the certificates with the list and with the pas- sengers; and no passenger shall be allowed to land in the United States from such vessel in violation of law. Section ten of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 10. That every vessel whose master shall know- 5g,^f|,f'^'i'„*iy °/orof ingly violate any of the provisions of this act shall be'^"- deemed forfeited to the United States, and shall be liable to seizure and condemnation in any district of the United States into which such vessel may enter or in which she may be found. "^ Section eleven of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 11. That any person who shall knowingly bring Liability oiper- ,,,. .-.""^ ^ sons aiding or into or cause to be brought into the United States bv *''®"'°b"°'*^'"' 11 n '111 ■ 1 entry by water. land, or who shall aid or abet the same, or aid or abet the landing in the United States from any vessel, of any Chinese person not lawfully entitled to enter the United States, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not exceed- ing one thousand dollars, and imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year."^ Section twelve of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 12. That no Chinese person shall be permitted Entry of cm- A' ^ f ^ nese by land. to enter the United States by land without producing to the proper Chinese inspector the certificate in this act required of Chinese persons seeking to land from a vessel. "And any Chinese person found unlawfully within Deportation— ' See 148 Fed., 918 and 921. 'Smuggling— In general^6 Fed., 755; 124 Fed., 831; 159 Fed., 187, and 421; 164 Fed., 654; 168 Fed., 438; 170 Fed., 201 and 624. Deportation decree of U. S. commissioner sufficient basis for holding that smuggled Chinese were not entitled to enter — 124 Fed., 831. See also Rule 7 and footnote. 12 ACT 01' 1882-1884. Deportation- ti^g United States shall be caused to be removed there- from 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 -liability for ex- to be or to remain in the United States; and in all such pensesof; . , i - i • ■ i, cases the person who brought or aided m brmging sucJi person to the United States shall be liable to the Govern- ment of the United States for all necessary expenses in- state'^offlJers to' ''"''''®'^ ^^ ®"°^ investigation and removal; and all peace cause; officers of the several States and Territories of the United States are hereby invested with the same author- ity 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 hke compensa- tion to be audited and paid by the same officers. hS°fequired'ce" "And the United States shall pay all costs and charges tifloate. fgj, the maintenance and return of any Chinese person having the certificate prescribed by law as entitling such Chinese person to come into the United States who may not have been permitted to land from any vessel by rea- son of any of the provisions of this act." Section thirteen of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follov/s: fl forms. lectors of internal revenue to issue the certificates re- quired hereby, and make such provisions that certificates may be procured in localities convenient to the appli- cants. Such certificates shall be issued without charge ^ to the certificates oj . II- residence — CO n- appucant, and shall contain the name, age, local residence te°ts; and occupation of the applicant, and such other descrip- tion of the applicant as shall be prescribed by the Secre- tary of Commerce and Labor, and a duplicate thereof -duplicates of ; shall be filed in the office of the collector of internal rev- enue for the district within which such Chinaman makes application. Sec. 8. That any person who shall knowingly and -forgery of. falsely alter or substitute any name for the name written in such certificate or forge such certificate, or knowingly utter any forged or fraudulent certificate, or falsely per- sonate any person named in such certificate, shall be 'See Rule 21. ' It was provided by joint resolution of December 7, 1893 (28 Stat., p. 575) that no fee or other compensation should be charged in connec- tion with the registration. 22 ACT OP 1893, guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term of not more than five years. ***** Approved, May 6, 1892. fined. ACT OF NOVEMBER 3, 1893. (28 Stat., p. 7.) AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States," approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. [Section 1 reenacted, with amendments, section 6 of the act of May 5, 1892, and the amended section is printed with the act of May 5, 1892, ante.] ^Laborer" de- Sec. 2. The words "laborer" or "laborers," wherever used in this act, or in the act to which this is an amend- ment, shall be construed to mean both skilled and un- skilled manual laborers, including Chinese employed in mining, fishing, huckstering, peddling, laundrymen, or those engaged in taking, drying, or otherwise preserving shell or other fish for home consumption or exportation.^ detoe""''*"' The term "merchant," as employed herein and in the acts of which this is amendatory, shall have the follow- ing meaning and none other : A merchant is a person en- gaged in buying and selling merchandise, at a fixed place of business, which business is conducted in his name,^ and who during the time he claims to be engaged as a mer- chant, does not engage in the performance of any manual labor, except such as is necessary in the conduct of his business as such merchant. Domiciled mer- Where an application is made by a Chinaman for en- chants — , ^^ , ■''' -evidence to es- trance into the United States on the ground that he was tablish former „ , , . , . status of. formerly engaged m this country as a merchant, he shall establish by the testimony of two credible witnesses other than Chinese the fact that he conducted such business as hereinbefore defined for at least one year before his de- parture from the United States, and that during such > Laborers.— Who are: 21 Fed., 785; 57 Fed., 591; 59 Fed., 561; 66 Fed., 953 and 955; 83 Fed., 143; 86 Fed., 303; 87 Fed., 312; 93 Fed., 797; 97 Fed., 576; 100 Fed., 609; 116 Fed., 614; 137 Fed., 875. Who are not: 76 Fed., 450; 94 Fed., 831; 145 Fed., 801. ^ Name need not appear in firm name, but must appear in books and partnership articles: 62 Fed., 914; 94 Fed., 831. See also 193 U. S., 517, 521. ACTS OP 1893, 1898, AND 1900. 23 year he was not engaged in the performance of any manual labor, except such as was necessary in the con- duct of his business as such merchant, and in default of such proof shall be refused landing.' Such order of deportation shall he executed by the ^^d e p^ortation- United States marshal of the district within which such of; order is made, and he shall execute the same with all con- venient dispatch; and pending the execution of such order —ban not allowed such Chinese person shall remain in the custody of the United States marshal, and shall not be admitted to bail. The certificate herein provided for shall contain the certificate of ^ ^ . . residence to con- photograph of the applicant, together with his name local *»'«_ photo- residence and occupation, and a copy of such certificate, with a duplicate of such photograph attached, shall be filed in the office of the United States collector of internal revenue of the district in which such Chinaman makes application. Such photographs in duplicate shall be furnished by J^jSshed^ta"duh each applicant in such form as may be prescribed by the p""**®- Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Approved, November 3, 1893.^ JOINT RESOLUTION OF JULY 7, 1898. (30 Stat., p. 751.) * * * There shall be no further immigration of, Hawaiian is- lands- Chinese into the Hawaiian Islands, except upon such conditions as are now or may hereafter be allowed by the^fef''0^^ftB*d laws of the United States; and no Chinese, by reason of ^****^'"™- , anything herein contained, shall be allowed to enter the United States from the Hawaiian Islands. ACT OF APRIL 30, 1900. (31 Stat., pp. 141-161.) AN ACT To provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii. J(! Jp Sp IJ- »P Sec. 4. That all persons who were citizens of the Re- -citizenship in; public of Hawaii on August twelfth, eighteen hundred ' Domiciled merchants. — For procedure concerning, see Rule 15. Do notneed "Sec. 6" certificate: 144U.S.,47. Absence for six years does not change status, interest in store in United States having continued: 52 Fed., 203. For admission of wives and children of, see Rule 9. 2 The Treaty of December 8, 1894 (28 Stat., p. 1210), was denounced by China in 1904 and expired under such denunciation in December jof that year; hence its omission. 24 ACTS OF 1900 AND 1901. ia?d*-*"*" ^'" ^^^ ninety-eight, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States and citizens of the Territory of Hawaii. H! * * * * -registration of Sec. 101. That Chinese in the Hawaiian Islands when this act takes effect may within one year thereafter obtain certificates of residence as required by "An Act to pro- hibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States," approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by an Act approved November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to prohibit the com- ing of Chinese persons into the United States,' approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety- two," and until the expiration of said year shall not be deemed to be unlawfully in the United States if found therein without —no Chinese la-such Certificates: Provided, however, That no Chinese borer to enter , mainland from, laborer, whether he shall hold such certificate or not, shall be allowed to enter any State, Territory, or District of the United States from the Hawaiian Islands. Approved, April 30, 1900. ACT OF JUNE 6, 1900. (31 Stat., pp. 588-611.) AN ACT Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Gov- ernment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for other purposes. * * * and hereafter the Commissioner-General of General of immi- Immigration, in addition to his other duties, shall have fster°chinlse°ex- charge of the administration of the Chinese exclusion law and of the various acts regulating immigration into the United States, its Territories, and the District of Colum- bia, under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. ***** Approved, June 6, 1900. ACT OF MARCH 3, 1001. (31 Stat., p. 1093.) AN ACT Supplementary to an act entitled "An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States," approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and fixing the compensa- tion of commissioners in such cases. Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of America in Congress assemhled That it shall be lawful for the district attorney of ACTS OF 1901, AND 1902-1904. 25 the district in which any Chinese person may be arrested ^^'J^'J^'^g s^'*^ for being found unlawfully within the United States, or^Ysj^*^ i^^?", having unlawfully entered the United States, to desig- ^^""^ j^chft'^'e nate the United States commissioner within such district before whom such Chinese person shall be taken for a hearing. Sec. 2. That a United States commissioner shall be en- titled to receive a fee of five dollars for hearing and de- united states ... . . ,,.-■,. , . , commissioners' cidmg a case arismg under the Chmese-exclusion laws. 'ees. Sec. 3. That no warrant of arrest for violations of the Chinese-exclusion laws shall be issued by the United States poftation-'' ^^ commissioners excepting upon the sworn complaint of a^aint^''m™y°°be United States district attorney, assistant United States ™*'*®- district attorney, collector, deputy collector, or inspector of customs, immigration inspector, United States mar- shal, or deputy United States marshal, or Chinese in- spector, tinless the issuing of such warrant of arrest shall first be approved or requested in writing by the United States district attorney of the district in which issued. Sec. 4. That this act shall take eflfect immediately. Approved, March 3, 1901. ACT OF AFBIL 29, 1902, AS AMENDED AND KEENACTED BY SECTION 5 OF THE DEFICIENCY ACT OF APRIL 27, 1904.' (32 Stat., part 1, p. 176; 33 Stat., pp. 894-^28.) AN ACT To prohibit the coming into and to regulate the residence within the United States, its Territories, and all territory under its jurisdiction, and the District of Columbia, of Chinese and persons of Chinese descent. Section 1. All laws in force on the twenty-ninth day of April, nineteen hundred and two, regulating, sus- ^i^^^^t^jl^ji^^*. pending, or prohibiting the coming of Chinese persons *'''°- or persons of Chinese descent into the United States, and the residence of such persons therein, including sections five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, thir- teen, and fourteen of the Act entitled "An Act to pro- hibit the coming of Chinese laborers into the United States," approved September thirteenth, eighteen hun- jg^ct^^sej^j^ia, dred and eighty-eight, be, and the same are hereby, reenacted, extended, and continued, without modifica- • For explanation of effect of these acts, see 142 Fed., 128. 98821°— 11 4 26 ACT OP 1902-1904. tion, limitation, or condition; and said laws shall also apply to the island territory under the jurisdiction of the United States, and prohibit the immigration of Chinese ^|insuiar^poas^la^]30j.ers, not citizcDS of the United States, from such toChtaMTiSr island territory to the mainland territory of the United States, whether in such island territory at the time of cession or not, and from one portion of the island terri- tory of the United States to another portion of said -trjmsit permit- island territory:' Provided, however, That said laws shall not apply to the transit of Chinese laborers from one island to another island of the same group; and any islands within the jurisdiction of any State or the district of Alaska shall be considered a part of the mainland under this section, sreretlr" ofcomi Sec. 2. That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor^ is merce and Labor j^gpg^jy authorized and empowered to make and prescribe, and from time to time to change, such rules and regula- tions not inconsistent with the laws of the land as he may deem necessary and proper to execute the provisions -also to appoint ^f ^^^ ^^^ and of the Acts hereby extended and con- tinned 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 appoint such agents as he may deem necessary for the efficient execution of said treaty and said Acts. ad^^i'ssUn"ol Sec. 3. That nothing in the provisions of this Act or auenstotakepartg^jjy othcr Act shall be coustrued to prevent, hinder, or restrict any foreign exhibitor, representative, or citizen of any foreign nation, or the holder, who is a citizen of any foreign nation, of any concession or privilege from any fair or exposition authorized by Act of Congress from bringing into the United States, under contract, such mechanics, artisans, agents, or other employees, natives of their respective foreign countries, as they or any of them may deem necessary for the purpose of making preparation for installing or conducting their exhibits or of preparing, for installing or conducting any business authorized or permitted under or by virtue of or pertain- ing to any concession or privilege which may have been ' See Rule 11. ^ By the act of February 14, 1903, entitled "An act to establish the Department of Commerce and Labor" (32 Stat. p. 825), the Commis- sioner-General of Iipmigration, the Bureau of Immigration, and the Immigration Service were transferred from the Treasury Department to the Department of Commerce and Labor. ACT OF 1902-1904, AND 1907. 27 or may be granted by any said fair or exposition in con- nection with such exposition, under such rules and regu- lations as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may prescribe, both as to the admission and return of such person or persons. Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of every Chinese la- ia™i!?P'™ ^"^ borer, other than a citizen, rightfully in, and entitled to remain in any of the insular territory of the United States (Hawaii excepted) at the time of the passage of this Act, to obtain within one year thereafter a certifi- cate of residence in the insular territory wherein he re- sides, which certificate shall entitle him to residence therein, and upon failure to obtain such certificate as herein provided he shall be deported from such insular territory; and the Philippine Commission is authorized -j??'^*^"™ °' and required to make all regulations and provisions nec- essary for the enforcement of this section in the Philip- pine Islands, including the form and substance of the cer- tificate of residence so that the same shall clearly and sufiiciently identify the holder thereof and enable ojEcials to prevent fraud in the transfer of the same: Provided, however, That if said Philippine Commission shall find that it is impossible to complete the registration herein provided for within one year from the passage of this Act, said Commission is hereby authorized and empow- ered to extend the time for such registration for a further period not exceeding one year. Approved, April 29, 1902. ACT OF FEBRUARY 30, 1907. (34 Stat., part 1, pp. 898, 906.) AN ACT To regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States. #p Sp 3p 5p *|i ?p 3p Sec. 25. * * * Provided, That in every case where ^jg^^^'g^'^l^f^l an alien is excluded from admission into the United ^^^'^^*'™ officers States, under any law or treaty now existing or hereafter made, the decision of the appropriate immigration offi- cers, if adverse to the admission of such alien, shall be final, unless reversed on appeal to the Secretary of Com- merce and Labor. * * * EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Government of the Philippine Islands, Executive Bureau, Manila, P. I., Septemier 23, 1904. Executive Order i No. 38. J landi^^^™ ^^' Whereas the Department of Commerce and Labor of ofgo^emOTotf" *^^ United States has, under date of July twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and three, issued a certain rule to regu- late the admission of Chinese persons from the Philippine Islands into the mainland territory of the United States and into the insular possessions of the United States other than the Philippine Islands, which said rule is as follows: [Since the issuance of this order the rule mentioned has been amended; reference should therefore be had to Rule 11, p. 37.] ***** And whereas it is the desire of the government of the Philippine Islands to afford to such eligible Chinese per- sons, residents of these islands, as desire to depart out of the same for other parts or possessions of the United States, the privilege so to do and to give evidence of such governing depar- permission and of the status of each person so permitted ture from ana ad- • . , • t i i . , » ^, . mission to, of Chi- in the manner now required by law m the case of Chinese nese of exempt j . • i j j • classes. persons departing. out ot a loreign country as nearly as may be : Now, therefore, * * * -pi^g collector of customs for the Philippine Islands is hereby designated to grant such permission in the name of the government of the Philippine Islands, to all such Chinese persons as shall have duly established to his satisfaction their eligibility under the law to enter the mainland territory of the United States, or any other of its insular possessions. This permission and the prima facie establishment of the facts showing eligibility, shall be evidenced by a 28 EXECUTIVE OKDEB, PHILIPPINES. 29 certificate signed and approved by him in analogy to the isia^d's-^P'"® certificate required by section six of the act of Congress of July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and referred to in the rule above cited. ' It is further ordered that in the case of Chinese persons coming from the other insular possessions of the United States to the Philippine Islands, bearing certificates issued in pursuance of the rule above mentioned, they shall be accorded at the ports of the Philippine Islands the same rights of entry as they would have did they come pos- sessed of similar certificates issued by a foreign gov- ernment. Luke E. Weight, Oivil Governor. REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ADMISSION OF CHINESE. Note.— For laws and regulations applying to the cases of aliens in general (including Chinese), see the pamphlet "Immigration Laws and Regulations of July 1, 1907." For rules regarding the collection of statistics concerning aliens in general and Chinese, see same pamphlet, seventh edition. The following rules are not enforced in the Philippine Islands by officers of the Department of Commerce and Labor, the act of February 6, 1905 (33 Stat., pp. 689-692), prescribing that the United States immi- gration laws shall be administered in said islands by the officers of the general government thereof. Ports of entry; RtiLE 1. No Chinese person, other than a Chinese diplomatic or consular officer and attendants, shall be -general; permitted to enter the United States elsewhere than at the ports of San Francisco, Cal.; Portland, Oreg.; Bos- ton, Mass.; New York, N. Y.; New Orleans, La.; Port Townsend and Seattle, Wash.; Honolulu, Hawaii; San Juan and Ponce, P. R.; San Diego, Cal.; and Tampa, Fla.:^ Provided, however, That commencing with July 1, 1911, Chinese seeking admission or readmission to the United States from the Orient through Canada shall be examined under both the immigration and Chinese-ex- — Canadian; clusion laws at Vancouver, B. C, those there found ad- missible to be furnished with a certificate of identity, on which they shall be pemaitted to cross the Canadian -Canadian bor- i^^^j^^jg^j.^^ ^^ identification, at Sumas, Wash.; Portal, N. Dak.; Noyes, Minn.; Detroit, Mich.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Malone, N. Y.; Richford, Vt.; LoweUtown, Me.; or Vance- boro. Me.; and Chinese seeking admission, or readmission without having been preinvestigated, from Canada shall be permitted to apply for examination to the United hom*'^an^da!"*^ States immigration officials at Vancouver, B. C; Winni- peg, Manitoba; or Montreal, Quebec, those there found 1 Sec. 7, act of September 13, 1888. 30 BEGULATIONS GOVERNING ADMISSION OF CHINESE. 31 admissible to be furnished with a certificate of identity ^"^^ "' ™*'y; and permitted to cross the Canadian boundary on identi- fication at the boundary ports above mentioned; and Chinese seeking readmission from Canada and holding a return certificate issued after preinvestigation in accord- ance with Rule 13, 15, or 16, shall be permitted to reenter, —re-entry ' ' ' ^ through from through any one of the said border ports upon identmca- Canada. tion at Vancouver, B. C; Winnipeg, Manitoba; or Mont- real, Quebec, as the rightful holder of the return cer- tificate, and the surrendering of such certificate, such applicant to receive in lieu thereof a certificate of identity. Rule 2. Only those Chinese persons who are expressly Admissible •^ ■*■ ^ , classes; declared by the treaty and laws relating to the exclusion T«?'y *•">* ^F; ^ \ ^ " cially exempted of Chinese to be admissible shall be allowed to enter thead^'ssibie; United States, and those only upon compHance with the requirements of said treaty and laws and of regulations issued thereunder.^ The admissible classes, therefore,—''^'"'- are teachers; students; travelers for curiosity or pleasure; and merchants,^ and their lawful wives and minor chil- dren;' officials of the Chinese Government, together with their body and household servants; Chinese persons holding the return certificate prescribed by Rules 13, 15, and 16; those seeking in good faith to pass through the country to foreign territory, as provided in Rules 17 and 18; persons whose physical condition necessitates imme- diate hospital treatment;* Chinese persons shown to have been born in the United States,^ and the wives " and children ' of such Chinese American citizens ; and sea- men as provided in Rule 7. '22 Op. Atty. Gen., 130, 132, 133; 57 Fed., 591; 116 Fed., 614. 2 Sec. 6, act July 5, 1884, and Ait. II of Treaty; but Department has held that bankers are to be regarded as "merchants," and editors as "teachers." For definition of "merchant," see act of 1898 and foot- notes; for definition of "student," Rule 8. ' 176 U. S., 459. But relatives other than wives and minor children of exempts are not admissible, 4 Treasury Decisions, 315; and widows and their minor children are not admissible, Dept. C. & L. Decs. Nos. 23 and 35. * See par. (6), Immigration Rule 10. ' 169 U. S., 649. " Are admitted, not as citizens, but as the wives of citizens, 170 Fed., 566. ' Sec. 1993 R. S., and sec. 6, act of March 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1228). 32 REGULATIONS- GOVERNING ADMISSION OF CHINESE. Examination of Rule 3. Chinese aliens shall be examined as to their o^lor a^is- right to admission to the United States under the pro- visions of the law regulating immigration as well as under the laws relating to the exclusion of Chinese.^ As the immigration act relates to ahens in general, the status of -under immigra- Chinese applying for admission must _^r"si be determined thm Chinese/^ 'j^ accordauce with the terms of that law and of the regu- lations drawn in pursuance thereof; then, if found admis- sible under such law and regulations, their status under the Chinese-exclusion laws and regulations shall be de- termined. In order to avoid inconvenience, delay, or annoyance to Chinese appUcants arising through misun- derstanding, and in the interest of good administration, examination under both sets of laws and regulations shall -to be conducted he made, in the order stated, only at the ports named only ftt ports oi ' ^ _^ _ entry; ^j^^ jq ^hc manner specified m Rule 1 hereof. -to be conducted RxJLE 4. (a) Upon the arrival of Chinese persons at any inspection port mentioned in Rule 1 they shall be examined touching their right to admission, and those proving such right shall be promptly landed :2 Protdded, That nothing contained in these regulations shall be ita"°naviM '°x- construed to authorize the boarding of vessels of foreign emptfrom; navics arriving at ports of the United States for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the Chinese- exclusion laws. -to^'bT'^eparate Q>) The Said examination shall be separate and apart th^pXio! '""from the public, in the presence of government officials and such other witnesses only as the officer in charge shall designate, except that, during so much of the ex- amination as relates exclusively to applicant's status under the Chinese-exclusion laws, he shall be allowed to have counsel and an interpreter present to observe, but -witnesses to be not take part in, the examination. All witnesses appear- ing on behalf of any apphcant shall be fully heard.^ ■ 24 Op. Atty. Gen., 706; 161 Fed., 627, and 163 Fed., 1021; 164 Fed., 506; 170 Fed., 566; 174 Fed., 674; 176 Fed., 933 and 998; 183 Fed., 260. 2 Burden of proof is upon applicant to show admissibility, 125 Fed., 641; 185 Fed., 838. See also footnote to sec. 3, act of 1892. Ah to responsibility of transportation companies for Chinese aliens temporarily landed, see sec. 19, Immigration Act; for regulations regarding hospital treatment. Immigration Rules 10 and 11. 2 194 U. S., 161, 170; 198 U. S., 253, 263; 20.8 U. S., 8, 13. EEGTTLATIONS GOVEENING ADMISSION OF CHINESE. 33 Etile 5. (a) If upon the conclusion of the hearing the Appeal- Chinese apphcant is adjudged to be inadmissible, he shall be advised of his right to appeal to the Secretary of Com--^^i^'^\^^lP^ merce and Labor by a notice in the Chinese language. If ^^^ "'■^'s*'* t°; the rejected applicant elects to appeal, written notice thereof must be served on the officer in charge within five r^ve days ai- 1 !• i-ni 1111 Ti n lowed for filing days, exclusive or oundays and legal houdays, after notice of; rejection. (6) Applicant's counsel shall be permitted, after notice Remitted torapy of appeal has been duly filed, to examine and make copies "^^""'''^ °'' of the evidence upon which the excluding decision is based. If there is a consular officer of China at the portr^^l^l "i"™"' ^ to be advised eon- where examination is held, he also shall be notified in^^^ins; writing that the said Chinese appHcant has been re- fused a landing, and shall be permitted to examine the record. (c) The notice of appeal shall act as a stay upon the -■'^^"'■'Jjj^^'^o^ disposal of the applicant until a final decision is rendered vrat^ ten days; by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor; and, within ten days after the excluding decision is rendered, unless further delay is required to investigate and report upon new evidence, the complete record of the case, together with such briefs, affidavits, and statements as are to be considered in connection therewith, shaU be forwarded to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor by the officer in eharge at the port of arrival, accompanied by his views thereon in writing. If, on appeal, evidence in addition to ^noe'"fSmishId that brought out at the hearing is submitted, it shall be o^^^ be investi- made the subject of prompt investigation by the officer in charge and be accompanied by his report.' id) Additional time for the preparation of cases wiU be j^^S?ing'""' allowed only when, in the judgment of the officer in charge, a literal comphance herewith would occasion injustice to ' Compliance with this procedure is "due process of law," and the de- cision of the immigration officer, unless reversed on appeal to the Secretary, is final: 158 U. S., 538; 189 U. S., 86; 194 U. S., 161; 198 U. S., 253; 208 U. S., 8; 157 Fed., 447; 161 Fed., 592; 168 Fed., 479 and 488. Administrative officers are sole judges of sufficiency and weight of evidence submitted to them, 186 U. S., 168, 176. Decisions by such officers not res adjudicata, 180 U. S., 486; 202 U. S., 281; 85 Fed., 422; 97 Fed., 576. 34 EEGULATIONS GOVERNING ADMISSION OP CHINESE. the appellant or the risk of defeat of the purposes of the law. The reasons for the extension of time shall in every instance be stated in writing and forwarded with the appeal.' Peportation of RuLE 6. (tt) Every Chinese person refused admission S to coSS?^ to the United States, being actually or constructively on whence they ^^^ ^^^^^j ^^ ^^-^^^ conveyauce by which he was brought to a port of entry, must be returned to the country whence he came, at the expense of the transportation agency owning such vessel or conveyance. steamships to (&) The master, agent, or owner of any vessel or other s^uings""""" "'means of transportation by which Chinese persons are brought to any port of entry shall, at least twenty-four hours before the intended time of departure of the vessel or other vehicle, notify the officer in charge at said port of such sailing or departure, in order that the said officer may place on board every Chinese person whose applica- tion for permission to land has been finally denied. Seamen-bond RuLE 7. To prevent violations of law by Chinese sea- ed'sliMe lea^e™*" men discharged or granted shore leave at ports of the United States, bond with approved security in the penalty of $500 for each such seaman shall be exacted for his departure from and out of the United States within thirty days.^ student- RxiLE 8. A studeut withiu the meaning of the treaty and laws of the United States relating to the admissioa and exclusion of Chinese is — -several deflni- (ffl) A persou who pupsucs some regular course of study, ' including the higher branches of learning, but not exclud- ing the elementary or preparatory branches, if undertaken in good faith; (6) A person who attends one of the recognized educa- tional institutions of the United States designed for those whose entire time may be given to scholastic work; (c) A person who studies to be fitted for some particu- lar profession, occupation, or calling requiring a technical or otherwise special mental training; or (d) A person, already possessing a liberal education, who devotes himself to the study of special subjects or questions, as a student of manners, customs, institutions, politics, economy, history; 1 For manner of insuring payment of expensea incident to additional delays, see Rule 7 of Immigration Regulations, noi Fed., 989; 185 Fed., 907. REGULATIONS GOVERNING ADMISSION OP CHINESE. 35 And who, in any case, is also a person for whose main- student— tenance and support as a student in the United States adequate financial provision has been made or satisfac- [torily assured, or a person who, if he undertakes to prO'-^^^^^tl^J}' vide for his own support, does not become a "laborer," or acquire any other status which would bring him within the class of Chinese persons excluded by statute or treaty; and who, in any case, is also a person whose intention it is, upon the conclusion of his studies, either to depart from the United States or, if he remains, to engage in no pursuit or calling which would render his presence in the United States unlawful.' Rule 9. (a) The lawful wife and minor children of & ^^Y^^^ex^p^t Chinese of the exempt classes may be admitted to the *''™'^^'''° "'• United States without presenting the certificate pre- scribed by section 6 of the act approved July 5, 1884,^ the certificate of the husband or father being sufficient if the wife or children accompany 'him. If the husband or father is domiciled in the United States, immigration officers shall require in the cases of such wives and minor ^i^d™'^es of! children evidence concerning the husband or father of the character specified by section 2 of the act approved November 3, 1893, to establish the right of a domiciled Chinese merchant to readmission after temporary absence from the United States. In every instance there shall be exacted conviuciug evidence of the existence of the relationship claimed,^ and in the cases of children, of minority. (6) The lawful wife of an American citizen of the ar^'of nat?v° s- Chinese race may be admitted for the purpose of joining *'^°"^^'™°'' her husband,* and the lawful children of such a citizen partake of his citizenship and are therefore entitled to admission.^ In every such case convincing evidence of^j^edlto'casesof! citizenship and relationship shall be exacted. (c) In the cases described in the two preceding para- ^^^^^ ^ 'Rule 1 . tached to; (c) To cach of the three copies of said application there shall be attached a photograph of the applicant printed „ „ , from the same negative. —Investigation oi " ,,...,., allegations made ((^) The officer to whom such application is submitted shall make a thorough examination as to the accuracy of the descriptive statement, whether the accompanying photograph is that of the person described in the certifi- cate or certified copy of court record and statement, and whether applicant's height and descriptive physical marks are accurately given, and shall transmit the certificate of residence to the Commissioner-General of Immigra- tion, for comparison with the record thereof in his office, in respect not only to name and date therein, but in ' If a laborer leaves without the return certificate, he can not law- fully reenter, and it he reenters, he is subject to deportation, 120 Fed., 989; 21 Op. Atty. Gen., 424; 23 Op. Atty. Gen., 619. ^Registration certificate under either the act of 1892 or the act of 1893 is sufficient, 110 Fed., 154. 'An open book account is a "debt pending settlement," 24 Op. Atty. Gen., 637. The Department haa held in several cases that money deposited in bank to there remain until laborer's return ia "property." REGULATIONS GOVEMiTING ADMISSION OF CHINESE. 41 all other particulars, or the certified copy of court record tum^°l^mo^^' to the clerk of the court by whom issued for verification, application lor; Said officer shall also examine the apphcant, such wit- nesses as he may produce, and such other witnesses as —investigation of 1 •,!.,,. .1, allegations made may be necessary, causmg their testimony to be tran-in; scribed in duplicate. (e) Upon completing the investigation said officer ^a^^f'eTidenfe shall, after writing his signature across the margin of the concerning; photograph attached to each copy of the application, forward the original and tripUcate of the application, the certificate or certiiied copy of court record, one transcript of the testimony, and his report of his investigation of the case, to the immigration official in charge at the port of proposed departure. If apphcant proposes to cross the boundary at a Canadian border port and embark at Vancouver, the papers shall be forwarded to the inspec- tor in charge, Vancouver. If he proposes to make a visit to Canada merely, the papers shall be forwarded to the inspector in charge, Vancouver, if the border port of departure is Sumas; to the inspector in charge, Winni- peg, if the border port is Portal or Noyes ; to the commis- sioner of immigration, Montreal, if the border port is Detroit, Buffalo, Malone, Kichford, Lowelltown, or Vanceborb. (f) The official in charge at the port of departure shall, upon the receipt of the papers named in the preceding paragraph, return to the officer from whom received the triphcate copy of the apphcation, placing thereon a— ijj>t'°g ponoiu- statement as to whether or not he is satisfied, on the evi- oi; dence presented, to indorse the application favorably. (g) In the event an unfavorable response is received :^^^^^'fj ^l^_ from the officer in charge at the port, the investigating ^uswn^^oM^adj officer shall notify the apphcant thereof, advising him appeal; that such decision is not final, but that he may appeal to the' Commissioner-General of Immigration from the adverse decision. If a favorable response is received, the investigating officer shall deliver to the apphcant the duphcate copy of the application, with instructions to exchange it at the office of the immigration officer in charge at the port of departure for the original thereof. The triphcate returned from the port of proposed depar- -djjgsiuon ^oj ture and the duphcate copies of the report and tran- triplicate of; script of testimony shall be placed on file in the office of the inspector in charge of the district (or subdistrict, as the local practice may require) in which the apphcant has resided. Qi) Upon the arrival of the apphcant at the port of -converting orig- departure and the presentation by him of the duphcate tum certificate; 42 REGULATIONS GOVERNING ADMISSION OF CHINESE. ton'^'certiflcate^of the application, such dupUcate shall be placed on file, application for; ' ^nd the Original, with the indorsement of approval ap- pearing thereon filled out and signed, and with the sig- nature and seal of the officer in charge placed over the margin of the photograph, shall be dehvered to the appli- cant for use upon his return. At the time of departure d|?'^&lss'°5*PPlic^'it's address in the country to which he is going holder; g^^ll be sccurcd for use in case it should become neces- sary to correspond with him; and the appHcant must be clearly advised that upon his return to the port of de- parture there must still exist the statutory ground for his readmission. Qih) If any such applicant desires to have a record made at the port of departure of his physical condition when leaving the country, he may apply for a medical natton^of hSd^r^-'^^™^^*^^'^ ^^ *^® Public Health and Marine-Hospital before departure; surgcon detailed to the Immigration Service at such port, the surgeon's certificate covering such examination to be indorsed upon or attached to the duphcate copy of Form 432. The record so constituted may be referred to on apphcant's return if it becomes necessary to determine whether he contracted before leaving this country a loath- some or dangerous contagious disease or tuberculosis. (i) On the return of the applicant the original applica- tion shall be compared with the duphcate on file, and with the person presenting it, and if the officer in charge md™l?dmisik)II^® Satisfied of the identity of such person, and nothing has of holder; occurred during his absence to discredit the evidence taken on the preinvestigation, he shall be promptly admitted without further examination or investigation. uo^fori^nai°of^'^^® original application shall then be placed in the fUes, ^g^^j^"J™'''^°?;and the applicant's registration certificate or certified dence. copy of court record shall be returned to him. tu^^ng'^o V Jt Rule 14. Whenever a Chinese laborer holding a return ^nTted states Certificate is detained by his sickness or by other disabiUty trcertUy?e'^S^®y°^'i ^^ coutrol for a time in excess of one year '°s; after the date of his departure from the United States, the facts shall be fully reported to and investigated by the consular representative of the United States at the port or place from which such laborer departs for the United States, and such consular representative shall certify, to the satisfaction of the officer in charge at the port of return, which must be the port from which such laborer departed, that he has fully investigated the state- ments of such laborer and beheves that he was unavoid- ably detained for the time specified and for the reason REGULATIONS GOVERNING ADMISSION OF CHINESE. 43 stated, such certificate to be delivered by such consular t^/„*','5j'|^=^^^ representative to the master of the vessel on which the*'™-, ' ^ ^r^i . 11 1 — consular oiR- Lhinese laborer departs for the United States and by thecer's certificate concernliiE to be master delivered to the ojfiicer in charge at the port of delivered tbmas- , , o i ter of vessel. return.' Rule 15. (a) Any Chinese merchant ^ (or teacher, or Exempt's re- student) resident in the United States who desires to go application for— ' abroad temporarily ^ may, in order to avoid delay in se- curing admission upon return to one of the ports named in Rule 1 hereof, make written application to the immigra- tion officer located nearest to his place of residence for preinvestigation of his claim of being a merchant (or teacher, or student) within the meaning of the law, such appUcation to be prepared in triplicate on Form No. 431, furnished by said immigration officer, and to be fUed at— *» be niea least thirty days prior to the date of proposed departure. &« departure; (6) To each of the three copies of said application there shaU be attached a photograph of the appHcant printed ^^°l° ^° \^^ from the same negative; and there shall be furnished °a™s of' wi^ . TIT I. / N Tt 1 nesses furnished therem the names and addresses of two (or more) credible m; witnesses other than Chinese who are able and willing to testify of their own knowledge that for at least one year immediately preceding the date of proposed depar- ture the applicant has been engaged exclusively in the pursuit named by him. (c) The officer to whom said application is made shall —investigation of J , , . T ■ J 1 1 allegations made examine the applicant, such witnesses as he may produce, in, and of legality and such other witnesses as may be necessary, causing their testimony to be transcribed in dupUcate, and shall take such other steps as may be necessary and proper to determine whether the applicant's claim is true, and whether his presence in the United States is lawful.* (d) Upon completing the investigation said officer —disposition of, shaU, after writing his signature across the margin of the concerning; photograph attached to each copy of the application, for- ward the original and triplicate of the application, one transcript of the testimony, and his report of his inves- tigation of the case, to the immigration official in charge at the port of proposed departure. If apphcant pro- poses to cross the boundary at a Canadian border port ' Sec. 7, act of 1888. ^ For definition of "merchant," see act of 1893 and footnotes. ' The Department haa held that the wives and minor children of these classes are entitled also to the benefit of the rule. * While of course the claimed exempt status must be established in accordance with the terms of the statute, all that is required on the question of legality of residence is establishment to a reasonable cer- tainty by evidence appropriate to the particular claim advanced. 44 BEGULATIOSrS GOVEENING ADMISSION OF CHINESE. ton*"o6rtmbtaining for-upon his return. At time of departure appHcant's ad- eign address of -^ ■ ,i , , i • i i • ■ i ii i , holder; dress m the country to which he is going shall be secured for use in case it should become necessary to correspond with him. (gg) If any such appHcant desires to have a record made at the port of departure of his physical condition when leaving the country, he may apply for a medical REGULATIONS GOVERNING ADMISSION OP CHINESE. 45 examination by the Public Health and Marine-Hospital ^ Ewmpfs re- surgeon aetailed to the Immigration Service at such port, application for- the surgeon's certificate covering such examination to be indorsed upon or attached to the duplicate copy of j^^f^^^^^^, ^f ™; Form 431. The record so constituted may be referred ''«^''™ departure; to on applicant's return if it becomes necessary to deter- mine whether he contracted before leaving this country a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease or tuber- culosis. Qi) On the return of the appUcant the original appli-— 'dentifloaUon cation shall be compared with the duplicate on file, and of Voider; with the person presenting it, and if the officer in charge is satisfied of the identity of such person, and nothing has occurred during Ids absence to discredit the evidence taken on the preiavestigation, he shall be promptly ad- mitted without further examination or investigation. The original appHcation shall then be placed in the files. ... . _ . reason for and (i) This rule is adopted as a privilege, not a require- c^S^r^St regu- ment, and precludes no one from deferring the submission '**'"" '"""'®"^^' of his proofs and the determination of his claimed status (primarily by an officer in charge at a port and finally on appeal by the Secretary) until appHcation is made for re- entry, nor from leaving the country notwithstanding an adverse decision on an appHcation submitted under this rule and again advancing his claim on returning to a port of the United States, with the privilege of appeal if then rejected. (y) Chinese applying for preiavestigation under the terms of this rule, or for admission without having taken advantage of the rule, on the ground of having been domi- ^ed™of domi- ciled in the United States as merchants, shall be required ^^^^yj^^™^*^ to estabHsh to a reasonable certainty that they are actu- ally owners of the business claimed or members of the firm owning such business, with proofs of the amounts actuaHy paid for their respective interests and the times at which such payments were made. Rule 16. (a) Any Chinese person residing in the United Native's return States and cla imin g that, by reason of birth in this cation for— country, he is lawfully entitled to so reside in, and to depart from and return to, the United States, who desires to go abroad temporarily, may, in order to avoid delay in securing admission upon return to one of the ports of entry named in Rule 1 hereof, make written appHcation to the immigration officer located nearest to his place of residence for preinvestigation of his said claim, such appHcation to be prepared in tripHcate on Form No. 430, furnished by said immigration officer, and to be filed at least thirty days prior to the date of proposed ^ty days be- departure. fore departure; 46 REGULATIONS GOVERNING ADMISSION OP CHINESE. certmcaterippi" (^) To each of the three copies of said application there -ptototTbeajr^^^ll be attached a photograph of the appUcant printed taohedto; from the Same negative. me^f^^TJl (fi) The officer to whom said application is made shall ""• obtain from the applicant such documentary proofs of his claim as he may possess, and shall take all necessary steps (by correspondence with appropriate government officials) to ascertain whether such documents are gen- uine and relate to the appHcant; and shall examine the appUcant, such witnesses as he may produce, and such other witnesses as may be necessary, causing their testi- ^sra"'rainCT^i^™°^y ^^ ^® transcribed in duplicate: Provided, That the ^s: applicant shall produce all of his witnesses at a time and place agreed upon, and no further witnesses will be examined nor additional evidence considered at his request unless it is clearly shown that its previous pro- duction was impossible. It is not permissible to incur traveling expenses in preinvestigating alleged natives, ^d^^f^'ovidence ^^^ Upon completing the investigation said officer shall, oonceroing; after Writing his signature across the margin of the pho- tograph attached to each copy of the appHcation, for- ward the original and triphcate of the application, the documentary proofs, one transcript of the testimony, and his report of his investigation of the case, to the irmnigra- tion ofiicial in charge at the port of proposed departure. If appUcant proposes to cross the boundary at a Canadian border port and embark at Vancouver, the papers shaU be forwarded to the inspector in charge, Vancouver. If he proposes to make a visit to Canada merely, the papers shall be forwarded to the inspector in charge, Vancouver, if the border port of departure is Sumas ; to the inspector in charge, Winnipeg, if the border port is Portal or Noyes ; to the commissioner of immigration, Montreal, if the bor- der port is Detroit, Buffalo, Malone, Eichford, Lowell- town, or Vanceboro. -noting oonoiu- (g) The official in charge at the port of departure shaU, slon on triplicate , • c t of; upon the receipt or the papers named m the preceding paragraph, return to the officer from whom received the tripUcate copy of the appU^cation, placing thereon a state- ment as to whetTier or not he is satisfied, on the evidence presented, to indorse the application favorably. -applicant to be (f) In the event an unfavorable response is received notified of con-. .1 rr • i , .i , ,-, • ■ ■ elusion, and, iftrom tJie oliicer m charge at the port, the investigating of appeal; officer shall notify the applicant thereof, advising him that such decision is not final, but that he may appeal therefrom to the Commissioner-General of Immigration, BEGXJLATIONS GOVEENING ADMISSION OF CHINESE. 47 or may, if he so desires, depart from the country, relying jy^**^J^|j'j?,/j|- upon his ability to produce further and more satisfactory «pp"<=*"™'»'-' evidence on his return. If a favorable response is re- ceived, the investigating officer shall deliver to the appli- cant the dupUcate copy of the application, with instruc-dupKe""and tions to exchange it at the office of the immigration officer '"p""^** "'■ in charge at the port of departure for the original thereof. The triplicate returned from the port of proposed de- parture and the duplicate copy of the report, of the trans- script of testimony, and of documentary proofs shall be placed on file in the office of the inspector in charge of the district (or subdistrict, as the local practice may require) in which the applicant has resided. (g) Upon the arrival of the appUcant at the port of i^5'°So"7etam departure and the presentation by him of the duplicate"®'*'^"*'*' of the application, such duplicate shall be placed on file, and the original, with the indorsement of approval ap- pearing thereon filled out and signed, and with the signa- ture and seal of the officer in charge placed over the margin of the photograph, shall be delivered to the appli- cant for use upon his return. At the time of departure ^gS''*|ddr£s 'ft applicant's addrass in the country to which he is going ^°''*"' shall be secured, for use in case it should become necessary to correspond with him. Qh) On the return of the applicant the original appli- ^d^ reStoisiim cation shall be compared with the duplicate on file, SLnd"'^"^^^^' with the person presenting it, and if the officer in charge is satisfied of the identity of such person, and nothing has occurred during his absence to discredit the evidence taken on the preinvestigation, he shall be promptly ad- mitted without further examination or investigation. The original application shall then be placed in the files for safekeeping and possible future use by the applicant should he again leave the United States. (i) This rule is adopted, in response to a quite general ^'«^^<'^/°/,|'^^ demand, as furnishing a convenient method to be fol-}^'g'°'' "'""''"'■ lowed by Chinese residents of the United States claiming American citizenship who are desirous of departing from the country with assurance of prompt readmission on re- turn. It is a privilege, not a requirement, and precludes no one from deferring the submission of his proofs and the determination of his claimed status (primarily by an officer in charge at a port and finally on appeal by the Secretary) until application is made for reentry, nor from leaving the country notwithstanding an adverse to De shown— 48 EEGULATIONS GOVBKNING ADMISSION OF CHINESE. decision on an application submitted under this rule and again advancing his claim on returning to a port of the United States, with the privilege of appeal if then rejected. Transit oj la- KtiLE 17. Everv Chinese laborer seeking the privilege borers, require- „ . , ^"^ , ^_ .,,_,,. , , i. • j_ -j. ments- of transit through the Umted States to foreign territory shall comply with the following requirements; and if such a person is found, in the judgment of the officer in charge at the port of arrival, to be seeking the privilege of transit with an ulterior purpose of gaining unlawful access to the United States, he shall be refused permis- sion to land:^ tteket (a) The apphcant shall produce to the officer in charge at the port of arrival a prepaid ticket across the whole territory of the United States, land or water, intended to be traversed (and to his alleged foreign destination according to the manifest of the vessel on which he —other evidence arrives), and such other reasonable proof as may be required to satisfy the said officer that a bona fide transit only is intended and that the applicant has not the ulte- rior purpose of gaining access to the United States in violation of law; and such ticket and evidence must be so stamped or marked and dated by the said officer as to prevent their use a second time. No such applicant shall be considered as intending in good faith to make such transit only if he has already, on the same arrival, made application for and been denied admission to the United States. -bond condi- (h) The applicant, or some responsible person in his tioned tor depar- , ,, , . , tare— behalf, or the transportation company whose through ticket he holds, shall furnish to the said officer in charge a good and sufficient bond in the penal sum of $500, con- ditioned for applicant's continuous transit through and actual departure from the United States within a rea- sonable time, not exceeding twenty days from the date said privilege is granted; but the said bond shall not be required of any such applicant who remains on ship- board or who is transferred from one vessel to another vessel in a United States port, for transit through the water territory of the United States, unless the vessel on which applicant departs is to touch at another port of the United States on the way to its foreign destination. ' 186 U. S., 296, 301-305; 111 Fed., 998. EEGULATIONS GOVERNING ADMISSION OP CHINESE. 49 (c) The applicant shall furnish to said officer in charge, bo?IrT''re* uitt to be taken as directed by said officer, a photograph of ™™^j^ ^ j^. himself in tripHcate, together with such information as may be required. (d) The officer in charge at the port of arrival shall -^tJ™j.gj:Ji„°ffl- prepare a descriptive list, to which one of the photographs required by paragraph (c) shall be attached for ffie in his office, containiag as to each Chinese laborer applying for the privilege of transit the following information: Name, age, sex, last place of residence, and the data referred to therein required for his identification. To— ^^<"^'p''^« the said descriptive list there shall be attached a dated and signed statement by the said officer in charge that applicant has complied with all the provisions hereof, and that, being assured of applicant's good faith, the privilege of transit under bond has been accorded him. (e) Two copies of the bound descriptive list required -«.<>Pies ,.of d* ^ . scnptive list. by paragraph (d) shall be prepared by the officer in charge on detached blanks correspondLag in form with the said descriptive fist, to each of which shall be attached one of the photographs required by paragraph (c), and upon both of said photographs, as well as on the one attached to said bound list, shall be stamped the seal of the said officer in charge, so placed as not to cover any part of the face. One of said copies shall be forwarded by the first mail after it is prepared to the officer in charge at the intended port of exit and the remaining one shall be given to the conductor of the train, or to the captain of the vessel, by which the Chinese laborer to whom they relate is' carried, for delivery to the said officer at the port of exit. (/) One of the copies described in paragraph (e) shall -pr^edme tor be retained by the officer in charge at the port of exit, ^0°^. for his ffies, and the other, after an indorsement has been made thereon, duly signed and dated, to the effect that the Chinese laborer named therein has been identified and has departed from the United States, shall be mailed to the officer by whom it was prepared, and its receipt by him, duly executed as herein required, shall be his au- thority for cancellation of the bond given on behalf of the Chinese laborer. EuLE 18. No Chinese person who shall satisfy the offi-^Jp^f^Jj^^f.^''- cer in charge that he is other than a laborer (although not supplied with the certificate provided for by section 6 of the act of July 5, 1884), shall be required to comply 50 REGULATIONS OOVEBNING ADMISSION OF CHINESE. empt^S^s-^"" wi*^ SO much of the provisions of Kule 17 as requires Chinese persons seeking the privilege of transit to submit -P^»*°8'"*pi'= photographs of themselves and to be measured. If, and measure- r t^ r ^™ed ""^ '■^"however, any such Chinese person, after having been admitted to pass in transit through the United States, be found therein at the expiration of twenty days from the date of such admission, he shall be deemed to be in the United States in violation of law and shall be de- ported. .^Certificate of Rule 19. (ffi) With a view to afford a proper and effi- identity for ad- ^ ... . mitted Chinese— cient means of identification to Chinese persons, or per- sons of Chinese descent, admitted or readmitted to the United States upon proof of their status as members of the classes specifically exempted from the excluding pro- visions of the Chinese-exclusion laws, or upon proof that —towhom issued; they are citizens of the mainland of the United States by birth therein, a certificate of identity, of which the follow- ing is a copy, shall hereafter be issued by the officer in charge at the port of entry to each such person admitted or readmitted to this country by him who may apply for the same; the instructions hereinafter given to be carefully -one only to one observed in issuing such certificates : Provided, That only person; . ^ . . one such certificate shall be issued to any one Chinese person, except that duplicates may be furnished of those unavoidably lost or destroyed, under the terms of para- graph (h) of this rule, the method to be followed with a view to preventing a violation of this proviso being described in paragraph (i) hereof. (&) No [Face] Original; United States of America. Certificate of identity. Issued in conformity with a regulation of the Department of Commerce and Labor adopted March 19, 1909. -form of; This is to certify that the person named and described on the reverse side hereof has been regularly admitted to the United States, as of the status indicated, whereof satisfactory proof has been submitted. This certificate is not transferable, and is granted solely for the identification and protection of said Chinese person so long as his status remains unchanged; to insure the attainment of which object an accurate description of said person is written on the reverse side hereof, and his photographic likeness is attached, with his name written partly across and the official seal of the United States Immigration officer signing this certificate impressed partly over, said photograph. EEGULATIONS GOVERNING ADMISSION OF CHINESE. 51 [Back.] Certmcate of identity lor ad- mitted Chinese — DESCEIPTION [Photograph] p' Name Age Height ft in. Occupation Admitted aa Physical marks and peculiarities Issued at the port of this day of , 19 Immigration Official in. Charge. (c) The certificates are printed from engraved plates, ~Pgg^g1ft*°,?^^' numbered consecutively, and bound in books containing 50 each, an original and a duplicate of each number being furnished, arranged the latter above the former for con- venience in copying from one to the other, and perfo- rated to permit of easy detachment from thfe book and from each other. {d) In issuihg said certificates care shall be exercised -"^""^"^ °"ssu- to have the original and the duplicate correspond in every detail. All blank spaces remaining after writing in the data required to complete the identification of the person to whom the certificate is issued shall be covered by ruled lines, so as to pmvent the insertion of any additional word or words without detection. The copy of certificate herein given has been so printed as to furnish an illus- tration of the manner in which such certificate should be prepared, except that the seal should be impressed across the margin of the photograph near the center of the certificate. (e) These certificates being issued as an accommodation -photographs to Chinese persons, such persons as may apply for same shall be required to furnish two unmounted photographs, of suitable quality, of themselves, printed from a negative that has not been retouched, representing the subject without hat, full front view, showing both ears, measur- ing 1 J inches from top of head to point of chin. The pho- tograph shall be attached to the certificate with great care to insure permanency and prevent warping. The height 52 REGULATIONS GOVEENING ADMISSION OP CHINESE. —forfeiture of, by loss of status, im- proper use, fraud; identity^ta' ad-^'^^^l ^^ Carefully taken and inserted in feet and inches, mitted Chinese- ^j^^ ^ recording physical marks and peculiarities those which are the most prominent and the least likely to be obliterated by lapse of time shall be selected. In record- ing the status as of which admitted, the address to which proceeding shall be given, if possible. (f) These certificates, as shown on their face, are issued "■^for the protection and identification of Chinese of the exempt classes ordy so long as such persons shall retdin their exempt status, and are not transferable. Therefore, when such a certificate is found by an inspector in the pos- session of a person, not a United States citizen, engaged in the performance of manual labor, or of a person to whom it does not relate as shown by a comparison of such , person with the photograph and personal description ap- pearing thereon, or if at any time it should develop that such certificate has been obtained by fraud, the certificate shall be taken up and forwarded to the Bureau of Immi- gration and Naturalization, with report of the circum- stances, for decision whether it shall be canceled. (g) The duplicates of the certificates shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization promptly upon the issuance of the originals, in order that such duplicates may be safely filed for future reference. Qi) If such a certificate of identification shall be un- avoidably lost or destroyed at any time, a certificate in lieu thereof will be issued by the Bureau of Immigra- tion and Natm-alization upon the applicant's furnishing satisfactory proof of the unavoidable loss or destruction of such certificate, of his identity as the person to whom it was originally issued, and of his exempt status. (i) With a view to prevent the issuance of more than one certificate of identity to any one Chinese person, officers in charge at ports of entry shall render to each of the other officers in charge at such ports quarterly reports, giving the names and descriptions of all persons to whom such certificates have been issued. i^e"nd*i''a'iue of 0^ '^^^^ Certificate of identity when issued to Chinese of the exempt classes is granted solely for the protection of such Chinese while residing in the United States and retaining an exempt status, and will not, therefore, be accepted as satisfactory evidence in any other connection. For example, a domiciled exempt holding such a certificate of identity will not be excused from a compliance with the terms of par. (j) of Rule 15. The certificate may, however, — duplicates of; — reissue of. lost; —reports con ceming; REGULATIONS GOVERNING ADMISSION OF CHINESE. 53 be accepted as evidence of a former admission as of an 4^^^®^™'=^^^'=/ ^f_ exempt status, and be given such cumulative value as the ™'"'*'* chmese- circumstances of a case justify. When issued to a person of Chinese descent, as a United States citizen by birth on the mainland, the certificate will be accepted at all times-^?'shttobeac- i 1 j!± ■ 1 J! T • • 1 • corded as evi- thereaiter as evidence or such citizenship; extreme cau- guards, before taking a Chiuese laborer before a justice, <^™«<=«'^t"i<'ate; judge, or commissioner of a United States court and swearing out a warrant for his commitment and trial. (6) Orders for the deportation of Chinese arrested and -deportation tried in accordance with the Chinese-exclusion laws can '"''^^'^^' be issued only by a justice, judge, or commissioner of a United States court upon his decision that such Chinese have been found to be unlawfully in the United States. (c) Aliens, including Chinese, who enter the United-of- Chinese States surreptitiously "shall be adjudged to have entered surreptitio"u7iy! the country unlawfully and shall be deported as provided tion^ot.™™'^'^ in sections 20 and 21" of the immigration act (sec. 36).^ Therefore, in arresting aliens, including Chinese, who have entered the U^iited States in violation of the immi- gration law and regulations, immigration officials should follow the procedure prescribed in the "Rules relating to deportation" of the Immigration Regulations of July 1, 1907 (Rules 31-39), so far as said regulations are practi- cally applicable to such cases. Rule 24. To insure the identification of Chinese method o/alsur- arrested within the United States, the following instruc-glt'ion-"'^™"" tions shall be observed with respect to the photographiag of such Chinese, the expense thereof to be borne by the appropriation "Expenses of regulating immigration" (Chinese). (a) Every Chinese person arrested under the exclusion ^^^°^°^.^^^^ '" laws by an immigration or other official will be photo- graphed immediately upon the consummation of the arrest, the photograph to be prepared in triplicate and not retouched nor mounted, one copy to be attached to the United States court or commissioner's docket, one to be furnished the officer in charge of the district in which the arrest occurs, and the other to be attached (in the event that deportation is finally ordered) to the writ of deportation. ' See sec. 13, act of September 13, 1888, and footnotes, and sees. 2 and 3, act of 1892, and footnotes; also sec. 6, act of May 5, 1892, aa amended by sec. 1, act of November 8, 1893. ^ 170 Fed., 566; 174 Fed., 674, and are to be deported to the trans- oceanic port at which they embarked for foreign contiguous territory, 176 Fed., 933 and 998; 183 Fed., 260. 56 BEGULATIONS GOVERNING ADMISSION OF CHINESE. Arrests- (J) 'When arrests occur at stations the officers of which are suppUed with photographers' apparatus, the photo- -when photo- p;raphs will be made by such officers : when in other local- graphs to beo J^ _ . -^ „ -n i n i j. U made by other jtigg the immigration omcers will nave the pnotograpns th3,n officGrs' jo . made by local photographers at the least possible expense compatible with a proper performance of the work, bills therefor to be rendered on the blank vouchers supplied for rendering accounts, -photograph to (c) The copy of the photograph attached to the docket dockftr''^'^ *" of the court or commissioner should be permanently af- fixed thereto and in such manner as to render as remote as possible the chance of any change or substitution being made, -tooffloerecord; (d) The copy furnished the officer in charge of the dis- trict will be placed in his office records, together with a short history of the case to which it relates, being filed in such manner as to furnish a comprehensive record that can be readily referred to when needed at any future time, -towritofdepor- (^) The copy attached to the writ in case of deporta- tation; (-Jq^ should be affixed permanently thereto, and in such maimer as to prevent the substitution of some other photograph therefor (the best method of obtaining this result being the impression of the court or commissioner's seal over the edge of such photograph, but in such a way as not to mar or deface the features represented thereby), the objects of its use being to afford a means of identifying the alien as the person referred to in the writ, and to supply the immigration official at the port of deportation with a means of identifying the person delivered on board the vessel as such person, -cooperation oi (f) Inspectors should request, and wiU undoubtedly officials. receive, the full cooperation of commissioners or judges and marshals or deputy marshals, so far as necessary, J"? carrying out the above instructions. Deportation RuLB 25. The appropriation "Expenses of regulating drntTo^ ""''immigration" (Chinese) should be charged with the ex- pense of deporting Chinese aUens arrested under par^ graph (c) of Rule 23, and with the following expenses connected with the deportation of Chinese under para- graph (a) thereof: (a) The cost of maintenance of Chinese persons who are taken into custody up to and including the date upon which warrant issued by a United States judge or com- missioner is received by the marshal.' ' Regarding cost of photographing, see Rule 24. REGULATIONS GOVERNING ADMISSION OF CHINESE. (6) The cost of maintenance of Chinese prisoners com- Deportation •j.i_ _Li 1 , •, p n . . ^ —charges inci- mencmg with the date writ of deportation is first received ^«°' '»: by the marshal, and in case of appeal, cost of mainte- nance up to the date of such appeal, and from the date of receipt by the marshal of the court's orders dismissing the appeal. (c) The cost of deportation, including railroad and steamship fares of prisoners and marshal or deputy, authorized expenses for guard hire, and maintenance en route. Upon receiving writs of deportation marshals should -instructions to at once make written report to the Commissioner-General marshals con- of Immigration, Department of Commerce and Labor, Washington, D. C, giving names of the prisoners, where confined in jail, and when the period of appeal provided by section 13 of the act approved September 13, 1888, will expire. Instructions will then be issued as to the route to be followed, number of guards to be employed, and to whom accounts are to be presented or forwarded for settlement. Rule 26. Under the authority conferred by section 7 of the act approved February 14, 1903, entitled "An act to estabhsh the Department of Commerce and Labor," j^^^''j^U'^','<"'*°* the authority, power, and jurisdiction in relation to the exclusion of Chinese persons and persons of Chinese descent heretofore vested by law in collectors of customs have been conferred upon and vested in officers in charge of districts as follows, such ofiicers being under the con- trol of the Commissioner-General of Immigration. * Office charge — In Dist, No. Title of officer. Location of head- quarters. Extent of districts. Commissioner of Ifiunigra- tion. Commissioner of Immigra- tion. Chinese Inspector in Charge. Commissioner of Inuuigra- tiou. Commissioner of Immigra- tion. Inspector in Charge. Montreal, P. Q., Canada. Boston, Mass 17 State street, New York, N.Y. Philadelphia, Pa. Baltimore, Md. Norfolk, Va. Canadian border and Cana- dian seaports. New England States, includ- ing port of Boston and sub- ports of Portland and New Bedford. New York and New Jersey. Pennsylvaniaj Delaware, and West Vir^ia; port of Philadelphia and substa- tions of Pittsburg, Chester, and Wilmington. Maryland and District of Co- lumbia; port of Baltimore and subports of Annapolis and Washington. Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina; port of Norfolk and subports of Newport News, Wilming- ton, and Charleston. ' For list of ports of entry, see Eule 1. 58 REGULATIONS GOVEKNING ADMISSION OF CHINESE. Dist. No. Title of officer. Location of head- quarters. Extent of districts. 21 22 231 Inspector in Charge. Tampa, Fla. Commissioner of Immigra- tion. Inspector in Charge . New Orleans, La. Galveston, Tex Inspector in Charge Inspector in Charge Inspector in Charge Inspector in Charge Inspector in Charge Inspector in Charge Commissioner of Immigra- tion. Inspector in Charge Commissioner of Immigra- tion. Inspector in Charge Commissioner of Immigra- tion. Inspector in Charge Supervising Inspector. Cleveland, Ohio... Chicago, III Minneapolis, M inn . St. Louis, Mo Denver, Colo Helena, Mont Seattle, Wash Portland, Greg San Francisco, Cal. Ketchikan, Alas- ka. San Juan, P. R Honolulu, Hawaii El Paso. Tex Georgia, Florida, and Ala- bama; port of Tampa and subports of Savannah, Brunswick, Jacksonville, Miami, Key West, Pensa- cola, and Mobile. Louisiana, Mississippi, Ar- kansas, and Tennessee; port of New Orleans and subports of Gulfport and Pascagoula. Port of Galveston and sub- ports of Port Arthur and Corpus Christi, Tex.; terri- tory bounded on the north and east by the Louisiana- Texas border and the Gulf of Mexico; on the west by the westerly boundaries of the following counties in Texas: Shelby, Nacogdo- ches, Angelina, Polk, San Jacinto, Montgomery, Har- ris, Fort Bend, Wharton, Jackson, Victoria, Refugio, San Patricio, and Nueces; and on the south by the southerly boundary of Nu- eces County, Tex. Ohio and Kentucky; substa- tions at Toledo and Colum- bus. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Minnesota and North and South Dakota. Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah; substation at Salt Lake City. Montana and Idaho; substa- tion at Havre, Mont. Washington; port of Seattle and subports of Tacoma, Port Townsend, and Olym- pia; substations of Spokane and Walla Walla. Oregon; port of Portland and subport of Astoria. Northern California and Ne- vada; port of San Fran- cisco. Alaska; port of Ketchikan and substations of Skag- way and Nome. Porto Rico; port of San Juan and subport of Ponce. Territory of Hawaii, includ- ing all ports. Texas (except Galveston dis- trict. No. 9), New Mexico, and Arizona; port of El Paso; subports of Nogales, Douglas, Naco, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Laredo, Hi- dalgo, and Brownsville; substations of San Antonio, Tucson, and Fort Worth. Southern California; port of San Diego and substa- tions of Los Angeles and Andrade. » Former District No. 19 has been combhied with No. 23. Danl. J. Keefe, Commissioner-General of Immigration, Approved, June 22, 1911: Benj. S. Cable, Acting Secretary, INDEX, Page. Acts of Congress relating to Chinese immi- gration — May 6, 1882, as amended in 1884 7 September 13, 1888 13 May 5, 1893 18 November 3, 1893 22 July 7, 1898 23 April 30, 1900 23 June 6, 1900 24 March 3, 1901 24 April29, 1902 25 April 27, 1904 25 February 20, 1907 27 Admissible classes of Chinese 31 Admission of Chinese, Department regula- tions governing 30 Affirmative proof, applicants for admission must furnish 32 Agents, appointment of, to enforce laws 26 Alaska, immigration into 26 Angell, J. B., commissioner for the United States 3 Appeal, additional time for perfecting 33 applicant apprised of right to 33 finality of decision of Secretary of Com- merce and Labor on 27,33 habeas corpus proceedings on 19 provision for, from deportation order 17 regulations concerning 33 time allowed for perfecting 33 five days allowed for filing notice of ■ 33 Applicants, private examination accorded to. 32 Arrest, of Chinese under immigration act 54 regulations concerning 54-56 warrant required for 25 Arthur, Chester A., signature of 6 Articles of the treaty of 1880— ■Article I. Immigration of laborers for- bidden 4 Article II. Exempted classes of immi- grants 4 Article III. Treatment of Chinese sub- jects in the United States 5 Article IV. Legislation and modifica- tions provided for 5 Assets, laborer may return if he has certain . . 13 Authority of State officers in Chinese cases. . 12 Bail, application for writ of habeas corpus does not permit of 19 pending deportation, Chinese may not be released on 23 Birth, evidence to establish 35, 45 Page. Blaine, James G., signature of 6 Bond, laborer in transit must give 48 seaman on shore leave must give 33 Boston, Chinese may be admitted at port of. . 15, 30 Brazil, officers who may issue certificates to Chinese subjects of 36 Burden of proof, applicant for admission must bear 32 Cancellation of certificates 52 Certificate, disposition of suspected 52 exempt classes must have 8 expenses of deporting laborer with sec- tion 6 12 See also Section 6 certificates, immigration officers may disprove state- ments of. 10 no laborer may reenter without 15 See also Laborer's return certificate. penalties for fraud in use of 10 retention of, at port of entry 53 rules for issuing 53 See also Merchant; Return certificate. Certificate of identity, departing laborers must secrae 15, 39, 40 depai'ting merchants and natives may se- cure 43, 45 for admitted Chinese 48 forfeiture of. 52 form of 50 limitation of use of 52 value of 52 Certificate of residence, Chinese in insular pos- sessions must have 27 laborers required to procure 18, 21, 53 person not a laborer may procure 20 photograph of laborer to appear on 23 procedure for procuring duplicate 53 procedure if laborer fails to produce 64 See also Resident laborer. Charges incident to deportation 56 Child, admission of, of domiciled merchants. . 35 laborer may return if he has a resident. . . 13 China, officers who may issue section 6 certifi- cates to subjects of 36 Citizenship, Chinese forbidden 12 Collectors of internal revenue, functions of, in Chinese matters transferred to Commis- sioner-General 63 no fees for registration by 21 Colonies. See Insular possessions. Commissioners, fees of United States 25 names of the treaty 3 59 60 INDEX. Cominissioner-General of Immigration, ap- peals to, in preinvestigated cases 41,44,46 execution of exclusion laws placed under . 24 functions of collectors of internal revenue transferred to 53 Consular officers, exception in favor of Clii- nese 17 refusal to admit Chinese must be certified to Chinese 33 Consular vis6, certificates must bear 9 Contracting parties to treaty 3 Country other than China, deportation to 18 Court record as evidence of lawful residence . . 16, 40,46 Criminals, registration not permitted to 21 Cuba, officers who may issue certificates to Chinese subjects of 37 Curiosity, no restrictions on travelers for 4, 9, 31 • Date of treaty with China 3 Debts, laborer may return if there is due him $1,000 in 13 Decision, unless appealed immigration officers will give final 27 Definition of term "laborer" 12,22 Definition of term "merchant" 22 Definition of term "student" 34 Department of Commerce and Labor, refer- ence to act estabhshing the 26 Departure, readmission of laborer must be at port of 15 Deportation, certificates of residence neces- sary to avoid 18, 19 Chinese held for, not to be imprisoned. . . 19 expense of, by whom borne 17^ 34, 56 issuing of order of 55 regulations concerning 54^57 statutory procedure for 11, 17 Diplomatic officers, law does not apply to. 12, 17, 30 DisabiUty, certification to delays in return caused by 14, 41 District attorneys, duties of 25 Districts, extent of Chinese immigration 57 Domiciled merchants. See Merchant. Dominion of Canada, officers who may issue certificates to Chinese subjects of 37 Duplicates, issuance of, certificates of resi- dence 53 certificates of identity 52 Entry of Chinese, by land 13 by water 13 Evidence for admission, "Section 6" certifi- cates shall be sole 10 Exceptions for vessels in distress 8 Exceptions to laws, for men admitted for ex- positions 26 Exclusion laws, Commissioner-General of Im- migration to enforce 24 no time limit on 25 Executive order of governor of Phihppine Islands 28 Exempt classes, certificates for 8, 20, 41, 50 transit of 49 what constitute 4, 10, 31 Exempt from examination, Chinese on vessels of foreign navies 32 Page. Expenses of deportation, Uabihty for. . . 12, 17, 34, 56 Expositions, admission of Chinese to take part in 26 Fees, collectors of internal revenue not to col- lect, for registration of resident laborers. 21 United States commissioners entitled to . . 25 I'elons, registration denied 21 Fines, fraud in uttering certificates pimish- able by imprisonment and 10, 16, 21 persons who bring laborers into United States subject to 7, 11, 13, 15 Fish canners, exemption does not include 9,22 Forms of certfficates and notices- Certificate of identity 50 Exempt's return certificate 43 Laborer's return certificate 40 Native's return certificate 45 Foreign navies, Chinese on vessels of 32 Foreign tax, deportation to China to avoid. . . 18 Forgery of certificate, penalty for 10, 16, 21 Fraud, certfficates procured by 10, 16, 21 Guatemala, officers who may issue certificates to Chinese subjects of. 38 Habeas corpus, application for writ of. 19 Hawaii, admission of Chinese citizens of 38 Chinese immigration laws extended to . . 23 officers who may issue certificates to Chi- nese in 38-39 registered laborers in, not permitted to enter United States 23 United States not open to Chinese from. . 23 Honolulu, Chinese may enter through port of. 15, 30 officer in charge at 58 Hsien Feng, eighth year of, date of first treaty. 3 Hucksters, exemption does not apply to 9, 22 Identffication,mannerof 8,19,23,40,43,45,50 certificates of 50 Immigration laws apply to Chinese 32 Imprisonment of debarred Chinese, law for, declared void 19 Inspectors in charge, designation and location of 57 Insular possessions, exclusion laws apply to 25-27,38-39 exclusion laws perm it transit in 26, 38 regulations governing migration of Chinese from 38-39 transit from and between 38 Japan, officers who may issue certificates to Chinese in 38 Joint resolution of December 7, 1893 21 July 7, 1898 23 Kuangshu, sixth year treaty signed in of, immigration liaborers, conditions for transit of. 48 definition of term 12, 22 description of departing and returning. exception in favor of resident exclusion of, under laws of 1882 and 1884. . law regulating return of limitation and suspension of immignt- tion of prelnvestigation of status 7 13 4 40 INDEX, 61 Page. Laborers, procedure tor registration ol resi- dent 53 readmission of returning 42 record of departing and returning 40, 41 registration of Hawaiian 24 registration of resident 18-23 Laborer's return certillcate, evidence on wMcb to issue 39,40 law of 14 procedure for procuring 40 Land, entry of Cbinese by 11 Laundrymen, laborer includes the occupar tion of 22 Legislation , treaty provides for 5 Li Hungtsao, treaty commissioner for China. 4 Limitation, exclusion laws relieved of 25 Loss of certiflcate 20 Macau, officer who may issue certificates to Chinese in 38 Mainland, definition of the term 26 Marriage, conditions of laborer's, entitling him to readmission 13 Masters, duties of, with regard to deporta- tion of Chinese 33 liability of, for carrying excluded classes. 8, 11 penalty for violations by 17 sworn list of passengers to be furnished by 10 Merchant, admission of wife and children of domiciled 35 certificates for 8, 20, 43, 50 definition of the term 22 no restrictions on immigration of 4 preinvestlgation of status of 43 status prior to departure of domiciled 43 testimony required to establish status as former 22,43 Mexico, oflicers who may issue certificates to Chinese in 37,38 Miners, "laborer" includes 22 IMatives of United States not excluded 32 admission of wives and children of 35 preinvestlgation of status of 45 value of "commissioner's" certificates held by 16 NaturaUzation, Chinese, forbidden 12 New Orleans, Chinese may be admitted at port of 15, 30 New York, Chinese may be admitted at port of 15,30 Notice of sailing, masters must give 34 OiDcers, before whom deportation proceed- ings may be brought 16 Officers in charge, designation and location of. 57 Overtime certificates, consular officers to certify to 14, 42 Pao Chun, commissioner for China 4 Parent, laborer may return if he was a resi- dent 13 Passengers, masters to furnish sworn list of. . 10 Peddlers, class of merchants does not include. 9, 22 Peking, treaty signed at 3 Penaltyj laborers brought into United States under 7,11,16 Page. Penalty, unlawful landing of Chmese under. . 11 use of fraudulent certificates under 10, 16, 21 violation not specified under 13 violation on part of master under 15 Period of exclusion 7, 18, 25 PhlUpplnes, administration of immigration laws in 28, 30, 38, 39 certificates issued to Chinese in 38, 39 officers who may issue certificates to Chinese in 37, 38 registration of Chinese in 27 Phllippuie Commission, time for registra- tion may be extended by the 27 Photograph, application for return certifi- cates must contain 40, 43, 46 certificate of identity must contain 51 laborer in transit must furnish a 49 must be fui'nished with applications for duplicate certificates 54 officers authorized to order 55 to be attached to writ of deportation and court docket 65 Ponce, Chinese may enter through port of . . . 15, 30 Port, departure and readmission of laborer must be at same 15 Portland, Chinese may enter through port of. 15, 30 Ports, Chinese may be admitted only through certain 15, 30 Port Townsend, Chinese may be admitted through port of 15, 30 Portugal, officers who may issue certificates to Chinese subjects of 37 Preamble, act of 1882 and 1884 7 treaty of 1881 3 Privileges, Chinese subjects in United States. 5 Proclamation, treaty made known by 3 Promissory notes, readmission will not be granted on evidence of indebtedness shown by 14 Proof, Chmese claiming right to be in United States must show affirmative 18, 54 Chioese claiming right to enter United States must show affirmative 32 Property, laborer mayreturn if hehascertain. 13 Katffication of treaty 6 Railway company, expense of transportation to be borne by 34 Beadmission, port of departure must be that of 15 returning exempt's 45 returning laborer's 42 returning native's 47 Record, applicant's attorney and Chinese con- sul allowed to examine 33 departing and returning laborer's 40 Reentry of laborers, certificates providing for 13,40 Registration, acts concerning 18, 22, 23, 25 fees not collectible for 21 jurisdiction over 53 laborers in Hawaii and Philippines must submit to 23, 25 one certificate of, sufficient 40 resident laborer's 18, 22 return to laborers of certificate of , 42 62 INDEX. Page. Regulations, admission of Chinese under cer- tain 30 enforcement of immigration laws under certain 30 power for making 15, 21 Eeports, statistical, immigration officers to malie 3D Resident laborer, certificate to contain photo- graph of 23 certificates required of, in islands 23, 25 exception of 8 no fees for registration of 21 one registration sufficient for 40 registration of 18,22 Return certificate, evidence on which to issue 13,40,43,45 issue of 13,40,43,46 persons entitled to 40,43,45 Returning, exempts, readmission of 45 laborers, readmission of 42 natives, readmission of 47 Rules for administering laws for admission of Chinese— Kulel. Ports of entry, list of 30 Rule 2. Admissible classes, list of 31 Rule 3. Examination of Chinese under both immigration and Chinese exclu- sion laws 32 Rule 4. Examination to be prompt and private 32 Rules. Appeals, details concerning 33 Rule 6. Deportation of rejected applicants 34 Rule 7. Seamen, landing of 34 Rules. Student, definitions of 34 Rule 9. Wives and children of exempts and natives, landing of 35 Rule 10. "Section 0" certificates, Ust of officers to issue 30 Rule 11. Insular Territories, application of laws in 38 Rule 12. Laborers' return certificates, to whom and evidence on which issued. . 39 Rule 13. Laborers' return certificates, de- tails re issue of 40 Rule 14. Laborers' overtime certificates, details re issue of 42 Rule 15. Exempts' return certificates, de- tails re issue of 43 Rule 16. Natives' return certificates, de- tails re issue of 45 Rule 17. Transit of laborers, details con- cerning 48 Rule 18. Transit of exempts, proviso con- cerning 49 Rule 19. Certificates of identity, details re issue of 50 Rule 20. Certificates of residence, issuance of originals 53 Rule 21. Certificates of residence, issuance of duplicates 53 Rule 22. Certificates, issuance of special, prohibited 54 Rule 23. Arrest and deportation, under Chinese exclusion and immigration laws 64 Rule 24. Arrest and deportation, method of identification 65 Rules for administering laws tor admission of Chinese— Continued. Rule 25. Deportation, charging expenses of Rule 26. Officers in charge, designation and location of Page. 56 67 Sections of laws regulating the admission of Chinese — Section 1. (Act of 1882-1884.) Period of exclusion ^ Section 1. (Act of May 6, 1892.) Period of exclusion extended 18 Section 1. (Act of March 3, 1901.) Desig- nation of commissioner for trial of Chi- nese ^^ Section 1. (Act of April 29, 1902, as amended by act of 1904.) Exclusion laws not limited in time 25 Section 2. (Act of 1882-1884.) LiabiUty of masters of vessels ' 7 Section 2. (Act of May 5, 1892.) De- portation to country other than China. 18 Section 2. (Act of November 3, 1893.) Definition of terms "laborer" and "merchant" 22 Section 2. (Act of March 3, 1901.) Fees of United States commissioners 25 Section 2. (Act of April 29, 1902, as amended by act of 1904.) Secretary of Commerce and Labor authorized to en- force laws 26 Section 3. (Act of 1882-1884.) Excep- tions in favor of resident laborers and vessels in distress 8 Section 3. (Act of May 5, 1892.) Burden of proof on Chinese 18 Section 3. (Act of March 3, 1901.) War- rant for arrest of Chinese 25 Section 3. (Act of April 29, 1902, as amended by act of 1904.) Admission of Chinese to take part La expositions. . 26 Section 4. (Act of May 6, 1892.) Pro- vision for imprisoiunent void 18 Section 4. (Act of April 29, 1902, as amended by act of 1904.) Registration of Chinese in Phihppines 27 Section 5. (Act of September 13, 1888.) Return of laborers prohibited 13 Section 6. (Act of May 5, 1892.) Bail not allowed on application for writ of habeas corpus 19 Section 6. (Act of 1882-1884.) Admission of exempt classes 9 consular vis^ necessary on certificates under 9 officers that may issue certificates under 36 Section 6. (Act of September 13, 1888.) Conditions on which laborer may re- turn to United States 13 Section 6. (Act of May 6, 1892.) Regis- tration of laborers 18-20 photograph to be attached to certifi- cate under 23 Section 7. (Act of May 6, 1882.) Penal- ties for uttering fraudulent certificates. 10 INDEX. 63 Page. Sections of laws regulating the admission of Chinese — Continued. Section 7. (Act of September 13, 1888.) Identification of returning laborer 14 Section 7. (Act of May S, 1892.) Secre- tary of Commerce and Labor to pre- scribe rules for enforcement of law 21 Sections. (Act of 1882-1884.) Sworn list of passengers by mastei-s 10 Section 8. (Act of September 13, 1888.) Regulations by Secretary of Commerce and Labor IS Section 8. (Act of May 5, 1892.) Penalty for forgery 21 Section 9. (Act of May 6, 1882.) Exami- nation of lists and passengers 11 Section 9. (Act of September 13, 1888.) Penalty for violation of law by master of a vessel 15 Section 10. (Act of 1882-1884.) Forfeiture of vessel foimd violating laws 11 Section 10. (Act of September 13, 1888.) Exceptions to law providing penalty for masters 16 Section 11. (Act of 1882-1884.) Penalty for unlawful landing of Chinese 11 Section 11. (Act of September 13, 1888.) Penalty for forgery of certificate 16 Section 12. (Act of 1882-1884.) Deporta- tion procedure 11 Section 13. (Act of 1882-1884.) Diplo- matic officers and household exempt. - 12 Section 13. (Act of September 13, 1888.) Deportation procedure 16 Section 14. (Act of May 6, 1882.) Nat- uralization of Chinese prohibited 12 Section 14. (Act of September 13, 1888.) Exception in favor of diplomatic offi- cers 17 Section 15. (Act of 1882-1884.) Term "laborer" defined 12 Section 16. (Act of 1882-1884.) Penal- ties for further violations 13 Section 17. (Act of 1882-1884.) Act not retroactive 13 Section 101. (Act of April 30, 1900.) Registration of laborers in Hawaii 24 San Diego, Cal., Chinese may enter through port of 16,30 San Francisco, Chinese may enter through port of 15,30 San Juan, Chinese may enter through port of. 16, 30 Seamen, bond required for Chinese 34 Secretary of Commerce and Labor, appeals to . 33 Sickness, certification for delays in return caused by 14, 42 delay in procuring certificate of residence due to 19, 20 extra time allowed a Chinese laborer on account of 14, 42 Signatures of commissioners 5 Society Islands, officers who may issue cer- tificates to Chinese in 38 State officers, authority of, in deportation cases 12 Page. Steamship company, expense of deportation to be borne by 34 Straits Settlements, officers who may issue certificates to Chinese in the 37 38 Student, definition of '34 certificates of identity for 48 immigration of 4 return certificates for 43 " Section 6 " certificates for 8 Subjects of China, rights in United States of . . 4 Swift, J. F., commissioner for the United States 3 Sworn list of passengers, masters to furnish. . 10 penalty for refusing to furnish 11 I'ampa, Chinese may enter through port of. . 15, 30 Tax, deportation to China to avoid 18 method of collecting head 30 Teachers, immigration of 4 certificates of identity for 50 return certificates for 43 "Section 6" certificates for 8 Ticket, laborer in transit must have prepaid. 48 Time limitation, exclusion laws relieved of. . 25 Tourists, immigration of 4 certfficates of identity for 50 "Section 6" certificates for 8 Transit, conditions for laborer's 48 exempt classes in 49 insular possessions 26,38 Transportation company, expenses of de- portation to be borne by 34 Travelers, immigration of A certificates of identity for 50 "Section 6" certificates for 8 Treatment of Chinese subjects in United States 4 Treaty of 1880, text of the 3 Trescott, W. H., commissioner for the United States 3 Trinidad, officer who may issue certificates to Chinese in 38 Tung Chih, seventh year of, year of the sec- ond treaty with China 3 United States attorneys to designate United States commissioners before whom Chinese to be tried 25 Unlawful landing, penalty for assisting in. . . 11 Venezuela, officers who may issue certificates to Chinese in 38 Vessel, exception in favor of, in distress 8 master of, liable for infractions of laws.. 8 violations punishable by forfeiture of. . . 11 Vis6, certificates must have consular 9 Warrant for arrest, rules for issuance of 55, 56 Wife, admission of, of exempt or native 35 laborer may return if he has a resident. . 13 Witnesses, examination of 32 Wright, Luise E . , proclamation by 29 Writ of deportation, identification by the 56 Writ of habeas corpus, bail not allowed on. . 19 only conditions under which allowed.. 19,33 o Cornell University Library JV 6873.A2 1911 Treaty laws and regulations governini 3 1924 023 463 809 \.rmw\''':,^ii^X:pmsr^ ' .V' ,•>'. ^'V' "■*; .1 ' j-' H .^^^ ', • •'>''-;,;■ -^■^