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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 31 STAT. · March 3, 1901 · Chapter 845

Chapter 845. Supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States,” approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and fixing the compensation of commissioners in such cases

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CHAP. 845.— An Act Supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States,” approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and fixing the compensation of commissioners in such cases. March 3, 1901. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That it shall be lawful for the Chinese exclusion. Vol. 27, p. 25. Designation of United States commissioner to hear question of illegal entry.district attorney of the district in which any Chinese person may be arrested for being found unlawfully within the United States, or having unlawfully entered the United States, to designate the United States commissioner within such district before whom such Chinese person shall be taken for hearing.
Sec. 2. That a United States commissioner shall be entitled to receive —fees of.a fee of five dollars for hearing and deciding a case arising under the Chinese-exclusion laws. Sec. 3. That no warrant of arrest for violations of the Chinese-exclusion Warrants of arrest; on whose complaint issued.laws shall be issued by United States commissioners excepting upon the sworn complaint of a United States district attorney, assistant United States district attorney, collector, deputy collector, or inspector of customs, immigration inspector.
United States marshal, or deputy United States marshal, or Chinese inspector, unless the issuing of such warrant of arrest shall first be approved or requested in writing by the United States district attorney of the district in which issued. Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect immediately. Effect. March 3, 1901. Approved, March 3, 1901.
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