Unless they can prove by evidence satisfactory to the collector of internal revenue that they came here before 1882 and. having departed. only came back according to law. they have got to leave their possessions. leave their property. and if they have familiesand some of them have-.they will have to leave their families within a year. It amounts practically to an assertion that all the Chinamen must depart within a year. I do not think that is necessary. Mr. President. I am ready to go to all lengths that I bAlieve are necessary to prevent undue immigration of Chinese laborers and to have those who are in the country go out of it as occasion may require. and thus finally determine practically the residence of Chinese laborers in this country. But. as I said when this matter was before the Senate on a former occasion. I do not think this is necessary.
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All Chinese must depart within a year.