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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,

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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

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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

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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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