66 (a) Chicago, Ill... Minneapolis, Minn. St. Louis, Mo..... Denver, Colo...... Helena, Mont..... Commissioner of im- Seattle, Wash..... Inspector in charge.... Portland, Oreg.... San Francisco, Cal. Extent of districts. Ohio and Kentucky; substations Minnesota and North and South Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Okla- Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Utah; substation at Salt Lake Montana and Idaho; substation Northern California and Nevada; 20 Inspector in charge.... Ketchikan, Alaska. Alaska; port of Ketchikan and substations of Skagway and Porto Rico; port of San Juan and Territory of Hawaii, including all Texas, except portion comprising a District No. 19 consolidated with No. 23. RULE 49. In furtherance of the requirement of section 13 of the immigration act, that the groups in which aliens are listed shall be 'convenient," transportation companies are directed, so far as practicable, to assemble or group together all aliens coming from the same locality. Hawaii: RULE 50. Inspection and entry of aliens into the mainland of the Porto Rico and United States from foreign countries, through Porto Rican or Hawaiian territory, under the immigration act, will be accomplished in accordance with the following provisions: (a) All aliens arriving in Porto Rico or Hawaii destined to the Aliens arriving mainland of the United States shall be inspected at the time of arrival must be examined and given and be given a certificate of the form set forth below. The holders of certificate; such certificate, duly signed by the United States commissioner of immigration at San Juan, or by the inspector in charge at Honolulu, .shall be entitled to admission to the United States at any one of the various ports of entry without further examination by the United States immigration officers as to their right to enter, upon their identification and surrender of such certificate to such officials and upon payment of head tax. Surrender of certificate; (b) Aliens manifested in good faith to Porto Rico or Hawaii, who How procured; shall reside there for a time, and who subsequently desire to proceed to the United States, shall, upon application to the commissioner of immigration at San Juan or to the inspector in charge at Honolulu, be furnished with the certificate herein referred to, attesting their previous examination. (c) Failure to present the said certificate shall be deemed presump- What certifitive evidence that examination has not occurred in Porto Rico or cate denotes; Hawaii, and the alien shall be arrested in the manner provided by Hawaii: Porto Rico and sections 20 and 21 of the immigration act, and deported, unless he shows that his presence in the country is lawful or that his residence in Porto Rico or Hawaii or the mainland, or both, has exceeded the period of three years. Effect of failure to secure certificate; Head tax not collectible; Form of certificate. (d) Head tax is not to be collected in the cases of aliens who arrived in Porto Rico or Hawaii prior to July 1, 1907, at which time the Act of February 20, 1907, took effect. (e) The certificate shall be in the following form: FORM 546. Alien certificate-Insular territory. No.... Port of This is to certify that per steamship a native of 191.. who arrived 19.., at the port of The description of the holder is as follows: Age ....; height Surrendered at .... to Inspector (Name) (Title) 191... (f) Special material facts should be noted on the back of the certificate with proper reference thereto on the face. DAN'L J. KEefe, Commissioner-General of Immigration. APPENDIX C. TREATY, LAWS, AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ADMISSION OF CHINESE TO THE UNITED STATES. 1. Treaty Between the United States and China Concerning Immigration. 2. Laws Relating to the Admission of Chinese. 3. Executive Order of the Governor of the Philippine Islands. 4. Regulations Governing the Admission of Chinese. 5. Department Circular Respecting Admission of Exempt Classes. APPENDIX C. TREATY, LAWS, AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ADMISSION OF CHINESE. 1. TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA CONCERNING IMMIGRATION. (22 Stat., 826.) • [Concluded November 17, 1880; ratification advised by the Senate May 5, 1881; ratified by the President May 9, 1881; ratifications exchanged July 19, 1881; proclaimed October 5, 1881.] BY THE PREsident of tHE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a treaty between the United States of America and China, Treaty of Nofor the modification of the existing treaties between the two countries, vember 17, 1880— by providing for the future regulation of Chinese immigration into the United States, was concluded and signed at Peking 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 Domini 1858, a treaty of peace and friendship was concluded 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 embarrassments consequent upon such immigration, now desires to negotiate a modification of the existing treaties which shall not be in direct contravention of their spirit— Preamble of; Commission tiary, negotiat Now, therefore, the President of the United States of America has appointed James B. Angell, of Michigan; John F. Swift, of California ers plenipotenand William Henry Trescot, of South Carolina, as his commissioners ing. plenipotentiary; and His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of China, has appointed Pao Chün, 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 councii, as his commissioners plenipotentiary; and the said commissioners plenipotentiary, having conjointly examined their full powers, and having discussed the points of possible modification in existing treaties, have agreed upon the following articles in modification. ARTICLE I. Chinese laborers, limitation Whenever in the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States, or their residence and suspension therein, affects or threatens to affect the interests of that country, or to of immigration endanger the good order of the said country or of any locality within of. 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 a Amended by various provisions of law prohibiting the admission of Chinese laborers to the United States. |