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CON VENTION—-CHINA. MARCH 17, 1894. 121 1 thousand dollars, or debts of like amount due him and pending settlement. Nevertheless every such Chinese laborer shall, before leaving 1>m¤·spu¤¤;¤¤mnthe United States, deposit, as a condition of his return, with the col- °“°· lector of customs of the district from which he departs, a full description in writing of his family, or property, or debts, as aforesaid, and shall be furnished by said collector with such certificate of his right to return under this Treaty as the laws of the United States may now or hereafter- prescribe and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Treaty; and should the written description aforesaid be proved to be false, the right of return thereunder, or of continued residence after ` return, shall in each case be forfeited. And such right of return to the Return to be in one United States shall be exercised within one year trom the date of leaving *'°‘“· the United States; but such right of return to the United States may be extended for an additional period, not to exceed one year, in cases where by reason of sickness or other cause of disability beyond his con trol, such Chinese laborer hall be rendered unable sooner to returnwhich facts shall be fully reported to the Chinese consul at the port of departure, and by him certined, to the satisfaction of the collector of the port at which such Chinese subject shall land in the United States. And no such Chinese laborer shall be permitted to enter the United States by land or sea without producing to the proper officer of the customs the return certificate herein required. ` Aarrcm: III. The provisions of this Convention shall not affect the right at present Glam psmimdto enjoyed of Chinese subjects, being odicials, teachers, students, mer- °"°°" chants or travellers for curiosity or pleasure, but not laborers, of coming to the United States and residing therein. To entitle such Chinese °°'““°‘*°· subjects as are above described to admission into the United States, they may produce a certificate from their Government or the Government where they last resided viséd by the diplomatic or consular representative of the United States in the country or port whence they depart. It is also agreed that Chinese laborers shall continue to enjoy theprivi- T¤¤¤f¤ r·>¤¤i*¤>•l- lege of transit across the territory of the United States in the course of their journey to or from other countries, subject to such regulations by the Government of the United States as may be necessary to prevent said privilege of transit from being abused. Anrxcrn IY. In pursuance of Article III of the Immigration Treaty between the P_{¤*¤¢*i¤¤<}fP¤¤°¤¤ United States and China, signed at Peking on the 17th dayofbloveniber, ”° *”°’°"’ ‘ 1880, (the 15th day of the tenth month of Kwanghsii, sixth year) it is hereby understood and agreed that Chinese laborers or Chinese of any other class, either permanently or temporarily residing in the United States, shall have for the protection of their persons and property all rights that are given by the laws of the United States to citizens of the most favored nation, excepting the iight to become naturalized citizens. zcmuummi. And the Government of the United States reaffirms its obligation, as stated in said Article III, to exert all its power to secure protection to the persons and property of all Chinese subjects in the United States. Anricrn V. The Government of the United States, having by an Act of the Con- _ mggsm- of cram gress, approved May 5, 1892, as amended by an Act approved November "‘,!·Q{"’;,°l§"?,‘§°*· 3, 1893, required all Chinese laborers lawfully within the limits of the Ante. it f ` United States before the passage of the iirst named Act to be registered