Patrick Kelly's List: Immigration

• Whereas in the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of  Chinese laborers to this country endangers the good order of certain localities  within the territory thereof: Therefore,
  
• Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States  of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the expiration of  ninety days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten  years next after the passage of 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, or having so come after  the expiration of said ninety days to remain within the United States.

• SEC. 2. That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring within the  United States on such vessel, and land or permit to be landed, any Chinese  laborer, from any foreign port or place, shall be deemed guilty of a  misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more  than five hundred dollars for each and every such Chinese laborer so brought,  and maybe also imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year.
• SEC. 6. That in order to the faithful execution of articles one and two of the  treaty in this act before mentioned, every Chinese person other than a laborer  who may be entitled by said treaty and this act to come within the United  States, and who shall be about to come to the United States, shall be identified  as so entitled by the Chinese Government in each case, such identity to be  evidenced by a certificate issued under the authority of said government, which  certificate shall be in the English language or (if not in the English language)  accompanied by a translation into English

• SEC. 11. That any person who shall knowingly bring into or cause to be  brought into the United States by land, or who shall knowingly 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  exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisoned for a term not exceeding one  year.

• SEC. 14. That hereafter no State court or court of the United States shall  admit Chinese to citizenship; and all laws in conflict with this act are hereby  repealed.

• SEC.15. That the words "Chinese laborers", wherever used in this act shall be  construed to mean both skilled and unskilled laborers and Chinese employed in  mining.

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