No. 66.
Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Tsai Kwoh
Ching.
Department of State,
Washington, December 18,
1884.
Sir: I have now the honor, in connection with
the Department’s note to you of October 10 last, relative to the
character of the certificate to be issued to the exempted class of
Chinese subjects conformably to the statutes of the United States
bearing upon the subject and the treaty with China of 1880, to herewith
inclose a copy of a circular lately issued by the Secretary of the
Treasury, from whom it has been received under date of the 13th instant,
prescribing the rules regarding the admission into the United States of
Chinese persons of the exempted class under the act of Congress approved
July 5, 1884.
Accept, &c.,
[Circular relating to Chinese persons
coming to the United States.]
Treasury Department, Office of the
Secretary,
Washington, D.
C., December 6,
1884.
To officers of the customs and
others:
To promote uniformity in the admission of Chinese persons of the
exempt class under the act of July 5, 1884, the following rules are
prescribed:
- First. Chinese persons, other than laborers, who are now
or who may hereafter be lawfully within the United States,
and who may desire to depart from and return to the United
States, may do so on production of a certificate
corresponding to that required by section 6 of the act of
July 5, 1884, to be issued by a Chinese consular officer
stationed within the United States. Certificates issued
under the act of May 6, 1882, and decision 6240, before the
passage of said act of 1884, are to be regarded as having
the same effect as if said act of 1884 had not been
passed.
- Second. Chinese subjects, not laborers, desiring to come
to the United States from countries other than China, may do
so on production of a certificate corresponding to that
required by section 6 of the act of July 5, 1884, to be
issued by a Chinese diplomatic or consular officer, if there
be one at the port of departure, countersigned by a United
States consular officer, or if there be no such Chinese
officer stationed at such port, on a like certificate to be
issued by a United States consular officer.
- Third. The regulations contained in decision 5544, and
dated January 23, 1883, relative to the transit of Chinese
laborers through the territory of the United States, will be
applied to all Chinese persons intending to so go in transit
through the United States.
- Fourth. Chinese persons who may be compelled to touch at
ports of the United States in transit to foreign countries
may be permitted to land, under the regulations of January
23, 1883 (S. 5544), so far as the same may be applicable,
such persons to take passage by the next vessel leaving for
their destination, or the voyage of which may form part of
the route necessary to carry them to their
destination.