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FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1015, 1018. 1888. 479 be subject to review by the Secretary of the Treasury, and not otherwise. Sec. 13. That any Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent, ]A*g“*l§*9fC*,;i¤€S€.¤¤· found unlawfully in the United States, or its Territories, may be Sliivn$1s.ylm 8Umm arrested upon a warrant issued upon a complaint, under oath, filed . by any party on behalf of the United States, by'any justice, judge, or commissioner of any United States court, returnable before any justice, judge, or commissioner of a United States court, or before any United States court, and when convicted, upon a hearing, and found and adjudged to be one not lawfully entitled to be or remain in the United States, such person shall be removed from the United States to the country whence he came. But any such Chinese person convicted before a commissioner of a United States court may, within ten days from such conviction, a peal to the judge APW11- of the district court for the district. A certified copy of the judgment shall be the process upon which said removal shall be made, and it may be executed by the marshal of the district, or any officer having authority of a marshal under the provisions of this section. And in all such cases the person who brought or aided in bringing P¤¤¥{;h¤¤¤¤¤ of persuch person into the United States shall be liable to the Government SOD m ng` of the United States for all necessary expenses incurred in such investigation and removal ; and all peace officers of the several States and Territories of the United States are hereby invested with the same authority in reference to carrying out the rovisions of this act, as a marshal or deputy marshal of the Unitedp States, and shall be exiiftitled to like compensation, to be audited and paid by the same 0 cers. Sec. 14. That the preceding sections shall not apply to Chinese u{>i1>1¤>1gn¤¤¢ic mucoudiplomatic or consular officers or their attendants, who shall be ad- S "° °°"‘ mitted to the United States under special instructions of the Treasury Department, without production of other evidence than that of personal identity. Sec. 15. That the act entitled "An act to execute certain treaty wsw bcw stipulations relating to Chinese," approved May sixth, eighteen hun- pe?-(-,|_ gg_ p_ 5S_ dred and eighty-two, and an act to amend Said act approved July V°*- 23, P- U5- ‘ fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, are hereby repealed to take effect upon the ratification of the pending treaty as provided in section one of this act. Approved, September 13, 1888. CHAP. 1018.-An act for the erection of an appraisers warehouse in the city of Septemb¤·x·14.1888. New York, and for other purposes. '“""“""‘“"“" Be it enacted by ihe Senafe and House of Re=presenfafz.res of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary New rm;. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pur- h(f;,§§§§‘Sb@'§m,f_“’°‘ chase, or acquire by condemnation, a site, and cause to be erected thereon a substantial and commodious fire-proof building, for the use of the United States appraiser, and for other Government uses, at the city of New York, in the State of New York. The site shall Sim. embrace an area sufficient, in the 0(pinion of the said Secretary, for the pur ises above mentioned; an the said site shall be selected after acfiiertisement for at least ten days for proposals in six of the leading newspapers ublished in said city, and shall not exceed in cost the Sum of eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the ¤<>¤*· building to be erected on the said site shall be plain and without porticos. towers, or needless ornamentation, but shall contain the necessary acconimodations and appliances for an appraisers warehouse, sufficient to insure the examination and appraisal of imported merchandise with facility and dispatch, and sha not exceed in cost; couorbmmumg.