[EXCLUSION OF CHINESE.]

ACT MAY 6, 1882, c. 126.

The provisions of this act, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1305-1311, which were continued in force for a period of ten years by Act May 5, 1892, c. 60, § 1, Comp. St. 1901, p. 1319, and all laws prohibiting and regulating the coming of Chinese into the United States and their residence therein, in force at the time, are re-enacted, extended, and continued, so far as not inconsistent with treaty obligations, until otherwise provided by law, and are also made applicable to the island territory under the jurisdiction of the United States, by Act April 29, 1902, c. 641. § 1, set forth below.

On the establishment of the Department of Commerce and Labor and the transfer thereto from the Treasury Department of the immigration service, by Act Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, ante, under Title XII A, "The Department of Commerce and Labor," the authority, power, and jurisdiction possessed and exercised by the Secretary of the Treasury by virtue of any law in relation to the exclusion from and the residence within the United States, its territories, and the District of Columbia, of Chinese and persons of Chinese descent, are transferred to and conferred upon the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and the authority, power, and authority in relation thereto vested by law or treaty in the collectors of customs and collectors of internal revenue, are conferred upon and vested in such officers under the control of the Commissioner-General of Immigration, as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may designate therefor, by provisions of section 7 of that act.

ACT SEPT. 13, 1888, c. 1015.

All laws in force prohibiting and regulating the coming of Chinese into the United States and their residence therein, including sections 5-11, 13, 14, of this act, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1314-1317, which were continued in force for a period of ten years by Act May 5, 1892, c. 60, § 1. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1319, are re-enacted, extended, and continued, so far as not inconsistent with treaty obligations, until otherwise provided by law, and are also made applicable to the island territory under the jurisdiction of the United States, by Act April 29, 1902, c. 641, § 1, set forth below.

See, also, note under Act May 6, 1882, c. 126, above, as to transfer of the authority, etc., possessed and exercised by the Secretary of the Treasury by virtue of this act, to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and of the authority, etc., of the collectors of customs and the collectors of internal revenue, to officers under control of the Commissioner-General of Immigration.

ACT OCT. 1, 1888, c. 1064.

The provisions of this act, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1318, 1319, like those of Act May 6, 1882, c. 126, to which it is a supplement, which were continued in force for a period of ten years by Act May 5, 1892, c. 60, § 1, Comp. St. 1901, p. 1319, and all laws prohibiting and regulating the coming of Chinese into the United States and their residence therein, in force at the time, are re-enacted, extended, and continued, so far as not inconsistent with treaty obligations, until otherwise provided by law, and are also made applicable to the island territory under the jurisdiction of the United States, by Act April 29, 1902, c. 641, § 1, set forth below.

ACT MAY 5, 1892, c. 60.

The provisions of this act, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1319-1322,

and all laws prohibiting and regulating the coming of Chinese into the United States and their residence therein, in force at the time, are reenacted, extended, and continued, so far as not inconsistent with treaty obligations, until otherwise provided by law, and are also made applicable to the island territory under the jurisdiction of the United States, by Act April 29, 1902, c. 641, § 1, set forth below.

See, also, note under Act May 6, 1882, c. 126, above, as to transfer of the authority, etc., of the Secretary of the Treasury by virtue of this act, to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and of the authority, etc., of the collectors of customs and the collectors of internal revenue, to officers under control of the Commissioner-General of Immigration.

ACT NOV. 3, 1893, c. 14.

The provisions of this Act, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1322, 1323, like those of Act May 5, 1892, c. 60, which it amends, and all laws prohibiting and regulating the coming of Chinese into the United States and their residence therein, in force at the time, are re-enacted, extended, and continued, so far as not inconsistent with treaty obligations, until otherwise provided by law, and are also made applicable to the island territory under the jurisdiction of the United States, by Act April 29, 1902, c. 641, § 1, set forth below.

RES. DEC. 7, 1893, No. 1.

This resolution, relating to the registration and issuance of certificates of residence to Chinese laborers by collectors of internal revenue and their deputies, and the fees therefor, is superseded by the transfer of the authority in relation thereto vested in the collectors of internal revenue to officers under the control of the Commissioner-General of Immigration, by provisions of Act Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, § 7, ante, under Title XII A, "The Department of Commerce and Labor."

CONVENTION DEC. 8, 1894.

The Secretary of the Treasury was authorized to make rules and regulations to execute the provisions of this treaty, by Act April 29, 1902, c. 641, § 2, set forth below. But the authority possessed and exercised by the Secretary of the Treasury by virtue of any law in relation to the exclusion from and residence within the United States, its territories, and the District of Columbia, of Chinese and persons of Chinese descent, are transferred to and conferred upon the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, by a provision of the act establishing the Department of Commerce and Labor, Act Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, § 7, ante, Title XII A, "The Department of Commerce and Labor."

ACT MARCH 3, 1901, c. 845.

The provisions of this act, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1327, 1328, like those of Act May 5, 1892, c. 60, to which it is supplementary, and all laws prohibiting and regulating the coming of Chinese into the United States and their residence therein, in force at the time, are re-enacted, extended, and continued, so far as not inconsistent with treaty obligations, until otherwise provided by law, and are also made applicable to the island territory under the jurisdiction of the United States, by Act April 29, 1902, c. 641, § 1, set forth below.

ACT APRIL 29, 1902, c. 641.

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. (32 Stat. 176.)

Laws prohibiting and regulating coming and residence of Chinese, reenacted, extended, and continued, and made applicable to island territory.

Be it enacted, &c., That all laws now force prohibiting and regulating the coming of Chinese persons, and persons of Chinese descent, into the United States, and the residence of such persons therein, including sections five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, thirteen, and fourteen of the Act entitled "An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese laborers into the United States" approved September thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be, and the same are hereby, reenacted, extended, and continued so far as the same are not inconsistent with treaty obligations, until otherwise provided by law, and said laws shall also apply to the island territory under the jurisdiction of the United States, and prohibit the immigration of Chinese laborers, not citizens of the United States, from such 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 territory of the United States to another portion of said 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.

Act April 29, 1902, c. 641, § 1, 32 Stat. 176.

The laws previously in force, which are re-enacted, extended, and continued by this section, are set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1305–1328. The treaty obligations mentioned in this section are those imposed by the provisions of the Convention of December 8, 1894, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1324-1327.

Further provisions for the enforcement in the insular territory of the laws made applicable thereto by this section are contained in section 4 of this act, set forth below.

The authority, power, and jurisdiction, possessed and exercised by the Secretary of the Treasury by virtue of any law in relation to the exclusion from and residence within the United States, its territories, and the District of Columbia, of Chinese and persons of Chinese descent, are transferred to and conferred upon the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and the authority, power, and jurisdiction in relation thereto vested by law or treaty in the collectors of customs and the collectors of internal revenue are conferred upon and vested in such officers under the control of the Commissioner-General of Immigration as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may designate therefor, by provisions of the act establishing the Department of Commerce and Labor, and transferring the immigration service to that department from the Treasury Department, Act Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, ante, Title XII A, "The Department of Commerce and Labor."

No Mongolian laborer is to be employed in the construction of irrigation works by contract under Act June 17, 1902, c. 1093, by a proviso annexed to section 4 of that act, post, under Title XXXII, "The Public Lands," c. 11, subchapter "Irrigation in Arid Regions; Grants of Desert Lands to States for Reclamation."

Regulations for execution of provisions of acts and of treaty. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered to make and prescribe, and from time to time to change, such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of

the land as he may deem necessary and proper to execute the provisions of this Act and of the Acts hereby extended and continued and of the treaty of December eighth, eighteen hundred and ninetyfour, 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.

Act April 29, 1902, c. 641, § 2, 32 Stat. 176.

The acts hereby extended and continued and the treaty of December 8, 1894, mentioned in this section, are set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1305-1328.

The Philippine Commission is authorized and required to make regulations for the enforcement of section 4 of this act in the Philippine Islands by a provision of that section, set forth below.

See, also, note under section 1 of this act, as to transfer of the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.

Sec. 3. [Relates to admission of natives of foreign countries, under contract, for preparation for exhibits, etc., at fairs and expositions.]

This section provides that nothing in the provisions of this act or any other act shall be construed to prevent any foreign exhibitor, etc., at any fair or exposition authorized by act of Congress, from bringing into 'the United States, under contract, mechanics, etc., natives of their re spective foreign countries, for the purpose of making preparations for installing or conducting their exhibits or any business under any concession or privilege granted by the fair or exposition. The section, not being restricted to Chinese, but being, in terms, applicable to "any foreign exhibitor, representative, or citizen of any foreign nation," for the admission of their employés, "natives of their respective foreign countries." is set forth, ante, under this title, subtitle "Regulation and Restriction of Immigration in General."

Certificates of residence in insular territory; regulations for enforcement of section in Philippine Islands.

Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of every Chinese laborer, 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 certificate of residence in the insular territory wherein he resides, 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 and required to make all regulations and provisions necessary for the enforcement of this section in the Philippine Islands, including the form and substance of the certificate of residence so that the same shall clearly and sufficiently identify the holder thereof and enable officials 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 empowered to extend the time for such registration for a further period not exceeding one year.

Act April 29, 1902, c. 641, § 4, 32 Stat. 177.

The laws made applicable to the island territory by section 1 of this act, set forth above, by a proviso to that section are not to apply to the transit of Chinese laborers from one island to another island of the same group.

TITLE XXX.

NATURALIZATION.

Sec. 2165.

Aliens, how naturalized.

No person who disbelieves in or who is opposed to all organized government, or who is a member of or affiliated with any organization entertaining and teaching such disbelief or opposition, or who advocates or teaches the unlawful assaulting or killing of officers of government, is to be naturalized, by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1012, § 39, set forth below. Further provisions of the same section require that careful inquiry into such matters be made on the final application for naturalization; that, before making the final order or certificate of naturalization, affidavits as to every material fact requisite therefor be entered of record; that all such final orders and certificates shall show on their face that said affidavits were made and recorded; and that, on a conviction for procuring naturalization in violation of the provisions of this section, the order or decree and all certificates admitting the person convicted to citizenship shall be adjudged and declared null and void.

ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1012, § 39.

Persons disbelieving in or opposed to all organized government, or advocating the unlawful assaulting or killing of officers of government, not to be naturalized; affidavits, orders, etc., in naturalization proceedings; unlawful naturalization, false swearing, etc., punishable.

That no person who disbelieves in or who is opposed to all organized government, or who is a member of or affiliated with any organization entertaining and teaching such disbelief in or opposition to all organized government, or who advocates or teaches the duty, necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally, of the Government of the United States or of any other organized government, because of his or their official character, or who has violated any of the provisions of this Act, shall be naturalized or be made a citizen of the United States. All courts and tribunals and all judges and officers thereof having jurisdiction of naturalization proceedings or duties to perform in regard thereto shall, on the final application for naturalization, make careful inquiry into such matters, and before issuing the final order or certificate of naturalization cause to be entered of record the affidavit of the applicant and of his witnesses so far as applicable, reciting and affirming the truth of every material fact requisite for naturalization. All final orders and certificates of naturalization hereafter made shall show on their face specifically that said affidavits were duly made and recorded, and all or