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No. 135.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST JULY, 1875.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Order made by His Excellency the Administrator in Council, under Ordinance No. 14 of 1870, is published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th July, 1875.
ORDER
Made by His Excellency the Administrator in Council, this 24th day of July, 1875, by virtue of the provisions of Section II of Ordinance No. 14 of 1870.
A fee of One Dollar shall be paid to the Captain Superintendent of Police on the issue of a duplicate Night Pass.
Approved in Council,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Administrator and Commander-in-Chief.
H. ERNEST WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.
No. 136.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Act of the Congress of the United States "Supplementary to the Acts in relation to Immigration," is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th July, 1875.
(Copy.)
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
An Act supplementary to the Acts in relation to Immigration.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in determining whether the immigration of any subject of China, Japan, or any Oriental Country, to the United States is free and voluntary, as provided by section two thousand one hundred and sixty-two of the Revised Code, title "Immigration," it shall be the duty of the Con- sul-General or Consul of the United States residing at the port from which it is proposed to convey such subjects, in any vessels enrolled or licensed in the United States, or any port within the same, before delivering to the masters of any such vessels the permit or certificate provided for in such sec- tion, to ascertain whether such immigrant has entered into a contract or agreement for a term of ser- vice within the United States for lewd and immoral purposes and if there be such contract or agree- ment the said Consul-General or Consul shall not deliver the required permit or certificate.
Sec. 2. That if any citizen of the United States or other person amenable to the laws of the United States shall take or cause to be taken or transported to or from the United States any subject of China, Japan, or any Oriental Country without their free and voluntary consent for the purpose of holding them to a term of service such citizen or other person shall be liable to be indicted therefor, and on conviction of such offence shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars and be imprisoned not exceeding one year and all contracts and agreements for a term of service of such persons in the United States whether made in advance or in pursuance of such illegal importation, and whether such importation shall have been in American or other vessels are hereby declared void. Sec. 3. That the importation into the United States of women for the purposes of prostitution is hereby forbidden; and all contracts and agreements in relation thereto, made in advance or in pursuance of such illegal importation and purposes are hereby declared void, and whoever shall knowingly and wilfully import, or cause any importation of women into the United States for the purposes of pro- stitution, or shall knowingly or wilfully hold or attempt to hold any woman to such purposes in pur- suance of such illegal importation and contract or agreement, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and on conviction thereof shall be imprisoned not exceeding five years and pay a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars.
Sec. 4. That if any person shall knowingly and wilfully contract or attempt to contract, in ad- vance or in pursuance of such illegal importation to supply to another the labor of any coolie or other person brought into the United States in violation of section two thousand one hundred and fifty-eight of the Revised Statutes, or of any other section of the laws prohibiting the cocly-trade or of this Act, such person shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, in any United States Court, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars and imprisoned for a term not ex- ceeding one year.