SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the board of directors to present to the association at every annual meeting, or at any time, the by-laws that such institution may provide, a full report of their proceedings, and give a faithful exhibit of the state of their institution with regard to their financial and other interests.

SEC. 7. The directors shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to receive funds and donations of whatever source; they shall also have power, and it shall be their duty, to fix the rate of subscriptions of members, to appoint and employ all officers and agents requisite to promote the object of such institution, and to remove any and all of them, as the interests of such institution may require.

SEC. 8. The directors shall be authorized to expend such amount of the funds under their control as they may deem expedient, for the printing and distribution of pamphlets or other papers, for the instruction of immigrants, and for the aid and assistance of immigrants whenever they may deem proper.

SEC. 9. The specific duties of the directors, officers, and members of such associations, and also the mode how persons may become members of them, shall be prescribed by their by-laws.

SEC. 10. That it shall be the duty of each company organized under this act to report to the commissioner of immigration as soon as said company is formed the names and numbers of said officers elected, and forward therewith a copy of their by-laws. They shall also make a quarterly return to him of the exact standing and condition of their respective associations.

SEC. 11. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, July 18, 1868.

CALIFORNIA.

DIGEST OF IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

Act of 1852 (act concerning passengers arriving in the ports of the State of California).-The act of 1852 was passed to regulate the landing and admission of aliens. It requires officers of all vessels to report data about every alien person or passenger landed at a California port. A penalty of fine of $250 shall be levied for neglecting or falsifying reports. An indemnity bond of $500 to $1,000 for each alien passenger shall be required to protect the State against expense incurred for charitable aid within two years. The governor shall appoint a commissioner of emigrants for San Francisco.

Act of 1852 (an act to provide for the protection of foreigners, and for other purposes).-The act of 1852 was intended to provide protection to foreigners and to define their privileges and liabilities. The provisions had specific reference to mining.

Act of 1853 (an act to amend an act entitled "An act concerning passengers arriving in the ports of the State of California ").-The former acts relating to the landing and admission of passengers is amended to provide for more effective administration.

Act of 1855 (an act to discourage the immigration to this State of persons who can not become citizens).-By the act of 1855 a tax of $50 is levied upon each person who is incompetent by the laws and constitution of California or the United States to become citizens.

Act of 1856 (an act relative to escheated estates).-The act of 1856 empowers aliens to inherit and hold property. When not claimed it may be sold. The proceeds may be paid to the heirs within five years after sale, but if unclaimed after that time escheats to the State.

Act of 1858 (an act to prevent the further immigration of Chinese or Mongolians to this State).-By the act of 1858 Chinese and other persons of the Mongolian race are prohibited from entering the State. All persons violating the law or in any way connected with its violation are subject to a penalty.

Act of 1860 (an act to amend an act entitled "An act concerning passengers arriving in the ports of this State ").—The governor shall appoint a superintendent of immigration to be located at San Francisco to supervise landing, admission, and exclusion of aliens.

Act of 1863 (an act to amend an act entitled "An act concerning passengers arriving in the ports of this State ").-The governor shall appoint a commissioner of immigration to reside at San Francisco and represent the State in immigration affairs.

Act of 1869-70 (an act to prevent the kidnaping and importation of Mongolian, Chinese, and Japanese for criminal or demoralizing purposes). The statute of 1869-70 was enacted to prevent the importation of " Mongolian, Chinese, or Japanese "females for purposes of prostitution.

Act of 1870 (an act to prevent the importation of Chinese criminals and to prevent the establishment of coolie slavery).—The act of 1870 was passed because criminals and malefactors were being constantly imported from Chinese seaports, because their depredations upon property entailed a burdensome expense upon the administration of criminal justice, and because a species of slavery was established by the importation of such persons to the degradation of the laborer and to the violation of the spirit of the age.

Resolution of 1871-72.-Resolution to obtain from Congress the adoption of such treaty regulations and legislation as shall discourage Chinese immigration.

Resolution of 1873-74.-The resolution of 1873-74 was adopted as a memorial to Congress to exclude Chinese laborers from this country in order to protect domestic labor and sustain its standards. Resolution of 1873-74.-The resolution of 1873-74 memorialized Congress to pass legislation to prevent the importation of coolie labor under contract for service.

Act of 1877-78 (an act to ascertain and express the will of the people of the State upon the subject of Chinese immigration).—The act of 1877-78 provided for a general election to submit to the people the question of admitting or excluding Chinese.

Act of 1880 (an act to promote emigration from the State of California). The act of 1880 provided means for facilitating the emigration of aliens to other States and foreign countries.

Act of 1880.-An act to provide for the removal of Chinese whose presence is dangerous to the well-being of communities outside the limits of cities and towns of the State.

Act of 1880 (an act to prohibit the issuance of licenses to aliens not eligible to become electors of the State).-Licenses to transact any business or pursue any occupation shall not be granted to aliens not eligible to become electors.

Act of 1880 (an act relating to fishing in the waters of this State).Aliens incapable of becoming electors in the State are prohibited from fishing in the waters of the State.

Resolution of 1883.-A resolution was adopted in 1883 recommending that Congress remedy the abuse of the privilege accorded Chinese for stopping in transit.

Act of 1883 (an act to amend the political code).-An act was passed in 1883 to add a new section to the political code relating to auditing the accounts of the immigration commissioner, and for the purpose of preventing frauds in the same.

Resolution of 1884.-A resolution was passed in 1884 urging Congress to further restrict Chinese immigration.

Resolution of 1889.-A resolution was adopted in 1889 as a memorial to Congress to make the Chinese-restriction act more effective. Act of 1891 (an act to prohibit Chinese immigration).—An act was passed in 1891 to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the State whether subjects of the Chinese Empire or otherwise, and to provide for registration and certification of residence and determine the status of all Chinese persons now resident in the State and fixing penalties and punishments for violation of the act and providing for deportation of criminals.

Act of 1893 (an act to prevent compulsory prostitution).-An act was passed in 1893 to prevent the compulsory prostitution of women and the importation of Chinese or Japanese women for immoral purposes, and to provide penalties for violations.

Resolution of 1893 (resolution relative to foreign immigration to the United States).-The resolution of 1893 memorialized Congress to enact legislation to prohibit undesirable immigration.

Act of 1901 (an act amending the Criminal Code).-By this act the code was amended with reference to penalizing the bringing or landing of Chinese or Japanese women in the State for purposes of sale.

Act of 1901 (an act to encourage desirable immigration).—An act was passed in 1901 empowering boards of supervisors of the counties to levy a special tax for the purpose of displaying the products and industries of any county in the State at domestic or foreign expositions, for the purpose of encouraging immigration and increasing trade in the products of the State.

Resolution of 1901.-A resolution was adopted in 1901 urging the restriction by Congress of Chinese and Japanese immigration.

IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

ACTS OF 1852.
I.

[California Statutes, 1852, ch. 36, p. 78.]

AN ACT Concerning passengers arriving in the ports of the State of California.

The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Within twenty-four hours after the landing of any passenger from any vessel arriving at any of the ports of this State, from any of the United States other than this State, or from any country out of the United States, the master or commander of the vessel from which such passenger or passengers shall have been landed shall make a report in writing, on oath or affirmation, to the mayor or chief municipal officer at such port (or in case of his absence or inability to serve, to the person discharging the duties of his office), which report shall state the name, place of birth, last legal residence, age and occupation of every person or passenger who shall have landed from such vessel in her last voyage to such port not being a citizen of the United States and who shall have within the last preceding twelve months arrived from any country out of the United States at any place within the United States, and who shall not have been bonded or who have paid the commutation money according to the provisions of this act or any former act. The said report shall contain a like statement of all such persons or passengers as shall have landed or been suffered to land from any such vessel at any place during her said last voyage, or who shall have gone on board of any vessel with the intention of coming into this State. The said report shall further specify if either or any of said passengers or

persons so reported are lunatic, idiot, deaf, dumb, blind, crippled, or infirm and, if so, whether they are accompanied by any relatives likely to be able to support them. It shall also specify, particularly, the names, last place of residence, and ages of all passengers who may have died during the said last voyage of such vessel, also the names and residence of the owner or owners of such vessel. It shall also specify whether any of said passengers are persons convicted of any infamous crime or of a felony, so far as the same may be within the knowledge of said master or commander. In case any such master or commander shall omit or neglect to report as aforesaid any such person or passengers, with the particulars aforesaid, or shall make any false report or statement in respect to any person or passengers, or in respect to the owner or owners of any such vessel, or in respect to all or any of the particulars hereinbefore specified, such master or commander shall forfeit the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for every such passenger, in regard to whom any such omission or neglect shall have occurred, or any such false report or statement shall be made, and also for every neglect, omission, or false report made by him as to the owner or owners of such vessel. For the payment of such penalty so incurred the owner or owners, consignee or consignees, of every such vessel shall be liable jointly and severally.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the mayor, as aforesaid, by an endorsement to be made on said report, to require the owner or consignee of the vessel, from which such passengers or persons have been landed, to give a joint and several bond to the people of the State of California, in a penalty of five hundred dollars, for each and every person or passenger included in such report, conditioned to indemnify and save harmless, each and every county, town or city, in this State, and also the trustees of the several state hospitals, against all costs and expenses which may be by them or any of them, necessarily incurred for the relief, support, or medical care of the persons named in the bond, within two years from the date of such bond. Each and every bond shall be secured by two or more sufficient sureties, residents of the State, each of whom shall prove, by oath or otherwise endorsed in writing, on such bond, that he is a free holder and resident of the State, and is worth the sum of one thousand dollars in real estate, over and above all his debts and responsibilities, and any responsibilities actual or contingent, which may accrue from or under any former bond, given under the provisions of this act. Such bond may, at the option of the party, be secured by the mortgage of real estate, or by the pledge and transfer of the stock of the United States, or of the funded debt, or comptroller's warrants of this State in any amount sufficient to secure said bond. Such bonds and securities, in all cases, to be approved by the mayor, in writing endorsed upon the bond, or securities, after sufficient inquiry, on his part, into the same.

SEC. 3. Within three days after the landing of such persons or passengers, from any vessel in any of the ports of this State, it shall be lawful for the master or commander, owner or consignee of said vessel, to commute for the bond or bonds required by section two, of this act, by paying to the mayor a sum of money not less than five dollars, nor more than ten dollars, for each and every passenger reported, as in section one of this act required. Upon the payment of