Speech #570045011

That it shall be the duty of every Chinese laborer rightfully in. and entitled to remain in. any of the insular territory of the United States (Hawaii excepted). at the time of the passage of this act. to obtain within one year after the passage of this act a certificate of residence in the mainland territory or the insular territory wherein he resides. To obtaip such certificate he shall apply to the appropriate Treasury officer who. if satisfied on inquiry that the applicant is rightfully within the United States and rightfully within the portion of the territoryof the United States where he applies. shall issue to him such certificate without charge. The certificate shall contain the name. age. local residence. and occupation of the applicant. his personal signature. and such other matter as may be required by the rules and regulations prescribed by the CommissionerGeneral of Immigration. with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. It shall further contain the photograph of the applicant.. made at the time and in the manner required ty said rules and regulations. A duplicate of the certificate shall be retained by the officer issuing the original. and the duplicate shall contain a duplicate photograph. provided as in the case of the original. Any person bound under this section to obtain a certificate of residence who shall neglect. fail. or refuse to comply with the piovisions hereof. or who. after the expiration of the said one year. shall he found within the jurisdiction of the United States without such certificate of residence. shall be deemed and adjudged to be unlawfully within the United States. and may be arrested by any officer of the United States and taken before a United States judge. or before a commissioner of any United States court to be designated by a United States attorney. and it shall be the duty of said judge or said commissioner to order that he be deported from the United States unless he shall clearly establish to the satisfaction of said judge or commissioner that by reagon of accident. sickness. or other unavoidable cause he has been unable to procure his certificate. and that. the oneyear time limit aside he is rightfully entitled to such certificate. and if upon such showing it shall appear that he is thus circumstanced. a certificate of residence shall be granted him. No person shall be given a certificate of residence under any section of this act or be entitled to a. reissue of any lost certificate of residence who. prior to his application therefor. shall have been convicted of any crime within the jurisdiction of the United States or any State or Territory or insular territory thereof. Any such person. being thus without such certificate. shall be deported. Immediately after the passage of this act the CommissionerGeneral of Immigration. with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. shall prescribe and enforce all needful ries and regulations for the registration and. certifications by this section required. and the Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint the offiers for effecting such registration sao d certifications. authorizing the payment to them of such compensation in the nature of fees. in addition t their salaries as now allowed by law. as he shall deem necessary. not exceeding $1 for every certificate issued. Sno. 6. That should it appear that any laborer to whom was lavfully issued a certificate of residence under this act has lost such certificate. or that it has been destroyed. he shall be given a new certificate by the appropriate Treasury officer. on establishingto the satisfaction of the United States judge or commissiofer before whom he is brought for deportation that the loss or destruction was not in had faith.