List of vessels in the Philippine Islands, with certificates of protection outstanding June 30, 1903, etc.-Continued.

List of vessels in the Philippine Islands, with certificates of protection outstanding June 30, 1903, etc.-Continued.

List of vessels in the Philippine Islands, with certificates of protection outstandiag June 30, 1903, etc.-Continued.

Regulations for the registration of Chinese persons in the Philippine Archipelago, pro mulgated pursuant to section 2 of Act No. 702 of the Philippine Commission.

OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS
FOR THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO,
Manila, April 13, 1903.

To all collectors of customs, provincial treasurers, and others concerned:

PARAGRAPH I. The following regulations for the registration of Chinese persons in the Philippine Archipelago, made pursuant to section 2 of Act No. 702 of the Philippine Commission, are hereby published for the information and guidance of all concerned:

Section 4 of the act of Congress of April 29, 1902, reads in part as follows:

"SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of every Chinese laborer, other than a citizen, rightfully in and entitled to remain in any of the insular territory of the United

States (Hawaii excepted) at the time of the passage of this act to obtain within one year thereafter a certificate of residence in the insular territory wherein he resides, which certificate shall entitle him to residence therein; and upon failure to obtain such certificate as herein provided he shall be deported from such insular territory; and the Philippine Commission is authorized and required to make all regulations and provisions necessary for the enforcement of this section in the Philippine Islands, including the form and substance of the certificate of residence, so that the same shall clearly and sufficiently identify the holder thereof and enable officials to prevent fraud in the transfer of the same.

PAR. II. Applications for certificates of residence. The collector of customs for the Philippine Archipelago at Manila, and the collectors of customs at the respective ports of Iloilo, Cebu, Zamboanga, and Jolo, and such provincial treasurers and other officers or persons as may be hereafter designated as registrars or deputy registrars of Chinese, pursuant to sections 9 and 10 of said Act No. 702 of the Philippine Commission, will receive applications in the following form, at the places hereinafter designated, from Chinese persons residing in the Philippine Islands on April 29, 1902: Application No.

PHILIPPINE CUSTOMS SERVICE.

Form No.

Application of Chinese laborer (or Chinese person other than a laborer) for certificate of residence under act of Congress of April 29, 1902.

I. a Chinese hereby make application to the registrar of Chinese for the registration district of P. I., for a certificate of residence, under the provisions of the act of Congress of April 29, 1902, and Act No. 702 of the Philippine Commission passed in pursuance thereof, and declare that I arrived in the Philippine Islands on the - day of 1-, at the port of ex S. S. that I was lawfully within the limits of said islands, residing at the 29th day of April, 1902; that I have not been convicted of a felony in any court of the States or Territories of the United States or of the Philippine Islands, and that the following descriptive list of myself is true and correct in every particular, viz:

Name

Date of birth

Registry of birth

-: place of birth

(if any)

-, on

;weight in pounds

Physical marks or peculiarities for identification

; local residence

I further declare that the three photographs submitted with this application are true likenesses of myself.

PAR. III. No application shall be received later than 12 o'clock noon on September 30, 1903, nor shall any certificate of residence be issued to persons failing to present their applications before said hour and date.

PAR. IV. Photographs.-Every applicant shall be required to furnish three unmounted photographs of him or herself, one of which shall be firmly affixed with strong glue or paste to the original certificate of residence, one to the duplicate, and one to the triplicate in the book of certificates. Great care shall be taken in receiving the photographs to see that they accurately represent the features of the applicant.

If the registrar or deputy registrar of Chinese is in doubt as to the faithfulness of a photograph presented, he shall refuse to receive the application and require proper photographs.

The photographs shall be sun pictures, such as are usually known as card photographs, of sufficient size and distinctness plainly and accurately to represent the entire face of the applicant, the head to be not less than 14 inches from base of hair to base of chin. No tintype, or picture other than as above described, shall be received.

PAR. V. Certificates of residence.-Certificates of residence, bound in books of one hundred certificates in triplicate, each, and numbered consecutively, in the following form, will be furnished by this office to registrars and deputy registrars of Chinese:

a Applications shall be numbered consecutively by each registrar or deputy registrar in the order in which they are received at his station, starting in each case with No. 1. Thus, each registrar and deputy registrar will have a separate and distinct series of application numbers running from No. 1 up.

If the applicant can sign his name in English, he should do so; if he can not sign in English, he should sign in Chinese characters, the registrar or deputy registrar in that case writing the English equivalent beneath the signature. If the applicant can not sign his name at all, he should make his mark in the usual form.

Certificate of residence No.

Form No.

PHILIPPINE CUSTOMS SERVICE.

-, a Chinese tion (No. -) a of this registration office for a

Certificate of residence issued to Chinese laborer (or Chinese person other than a laborer) under the provisions of act of Congress of April 29, 1902.

This is to certify that

CERTIFICATE OF RESIDENCE

under the provisions of the act of Congress of April 29, 1902, and of Act No. 702 of the Philippine Commission passed in pursuance thereof, and I hereby certify that it appears from the application submitted by the Chinese person above named and from investigation made by me that said

was within the limits of the Philippine Islands on the 29th day of April, 1902, and was then residing at , and that he was at that time lawfully entitled to remain in the said islands, and that the following is a descriptive list of the said Chinese person

And as a further means of identification I have affixed hereto a photographic likeness of the said and his true signature, as follows:

PAR. VI. The form of certificate of residence prescribed in the preceding Paragraph V of these regulations shall be issued to all Chinese persons entitled thereto by virtue of their lawful residence in the Philippine Islands on April 29, 1902, whether said persons are actually in these islands and make application therefor before 12 o'clock noon, September 30, 1903, or whether they may be still temporarily absent from these islands with intent to return when the regular registration period expires (September 30, 1903): Provided, That in said latter case they return, are duly landed, and make regular application (see Par. II hereof) for a certificate of residence within one year from the date of their departure from these islands, or in case their legal period of absence under "return certificates," issued pursuant to the Chinese exclusion laws in force in these islands since April 29, 1902, has been extended to two years: Provided, That such persons return and make said regular application for a certificate of residence within two years from the date of their departure.

In order that this regulation may be fully understood, attention is invited to the fact that Chinese persons lawfully resident in these islands on April 29, 1902, who have left the islands in good faith since that date are properly considered as residents of the Philippine Islands, just as if they were actually in the islands: Provided always, That they left for a temporary sojourn outside of the islands, with intent to return, and without evident intent to give up their lawful residence in the Philippines. Intent to return would usually be shown by the taking out of a return certificate, except in the cases of merchants, officials, teachers, students, and travelers for curiosity or pleasure, who form the exempt classes and are not required to take out return certificates.

PAR. VII. After signing each certificate of residence in triplicate, the registrar or deputy shall affix his official seal thereto, as ind.cated on the form of certificate, in such manner that part of the seal impression will be made on the photograph which is affixed to the certificate.

a Insert number of application made to registrar or deputy registrar issuing this certificate of residence.

bIf the applicant can sign his name in English, he should so; if he can not sign in English, he should sign in Chinese characters, the registrar or deputy registrar in that case writing the English equivalent beneath the signature. If the applicant can not sign his name at all, he shall make his mark in the usual form.

The official seal of the collector of customs, provincial treasurer, provincial deputy treasurer, or other person designated as registrar or deputy registrar of Chinese, shall be firmly impressed here on the original, duplicate, and triplicate of each certificate of residence, in such manner as to cover a substantial portion of the photographs, but not to obscure the features.