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第41章 附录二1882年《排华法案》中的部分条款

(原文引自美国国家图书馆)

SEC.12. That no Chinese person shall be permitted to enter the United States by land without producing to the proper officer of customs the certificate in this act required of Chinese persons seeking to land from a vessel. And any Chinese person found unlawfully within the United States shall be caused to be removed there from to the country from whence he came, by direction of the President of the United States, and at the cost of the United States, after being brought before some justice, judge, or commissioner of a court of the United States and found to be one not lawfully entitled to be or remain in the United States.

12. 任何企图通过船只进入美国的中国人,都要向海关移民官出示此法案之前列出的证明文件,否则将不准进入美国。任何在美国境内的中国人如被发现身份非法者,经美国法院裁决确为非法入境后,将经由总统签署命令驱逐回中国。

SEC.13. That this act shall not apply to diplomatic and other officers of the Chinese Government traveling upon the business of that government, whose credentials shall be taken as equivalent to the certificate in this act mentioned, and shall exempt them and their body and household servants from the provisions of this act as to other Chinese persons.

13. 此法案并不适用于任何中国政府的外交以及其他官员的以政府公务为由的入境请求。此类官员将被认可为持有本法案列出的证明文件。另外,本法案亦不适用于此类中国官员随从的私人以及家庭侍佣。

SEC.14. That hereafter no State court or court of the United States shall admit Chinese to citizenship; and all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

14. 自此法案生效日期起,任何州法院或联邦法院不得给予中国人美国公民身份。若有法律与此法案相悖者,以此法案为准。(1924年,美国通过了《限制移民法》,按照规定,中国也有100个可以加入美国国籍的配额,但《排华法案》使得这一配额名存实亡。在华人被剥夺平等工作机会以及拥有土地和经商、受教育等权利的情况下,留居在美国的华人活动只能局限在华人社区,集中居住在“唐人街”,靠经营洗衣店、餐馆、杂货店等下层卑微艰苦的服务业为生。)SEC.15. That the words “Chinese laborers”, wherever used in this act shall be construed to mean both skilled and unskilled laborers and Chinese employed in mining.

15. 出现在此法案中的词组“中国劳工”,指被一切熟练或非熟练的中国工人,以及一切被矿主雇用的中国人。