That the amount of the several penalties imposed by the foregoing provisions shall be liens on the vessels violating those provisions. and suchvessel shall be libeled therefor in any circuit or district court of the United States where such vessel shall arrive. [SEC. 5. That informers shall be entitled to onehalf of any penalty or in collected under the provisions of this act upon thciriuformatioa.d SEC. [6] 5. That nothing herein contained shall be held to repeal or modify any law forbidding the importation of coolies. orof females for immoral purposes. into the United States: Proided. That no consul or consular agent of the United States. residing at any port from which any vessel taking Chinese passengers may take her departure. shall grant the certificate provided for in section 2162 of the Revised Statutes for more than [ten] fiftm Chinese passengers on any one vessel. SEC. [71 6.