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7 conviction and punishment as provided in the foregoing
8 section.
1 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That any contract or 2 agreement for or on behalf of any vessel or ship to transport
3 any Chinaman into the United States made with any other 4 than the person so to be transported, shall be null and void, 5 and any person entering into such contract or agreement shall
6 be subject to conviction and punishment as provided in the 7 foregoing sections.
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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That any person recog-
2 nizing, executing, or enforcing, or aiding to recognize, execute,
3
12 agent, or officer of any vessel or ship, shall subject the offender
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to conviction and punishment as provided in the foregoing 14 section.
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SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this act shall
2 not be construed to deny to Chinamen free from any contract
3
or obligation of service the right of voluntary immigration
4 into the United States.
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or enforce any of said contracts or agreements, wherever made,
4 shall be subject to conviction and punishment as provided in
5 the foregoing section.
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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be
2 lawful for any vessel or ship to transport into the United
3 States any Chinese woman not accompanied by her husband
4
or father; and such relationship of the woman to the man
5 accompanying her shall be evidenced by some efficient docn-
6 ment attested by an American consul and furnished to the
7 officer of the vessel or ship, and before the departure of the
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woman therefrom in any part of the United States, said docu-
9 ment shall be delivered to the collector of the proper district,
10 whose duty it shall be to inquire into the facts; and the viola-
11 tion of any of the provisions of this section by the owner,
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