Washington. April 15. Sen. Evarts
today presented the amendment he pro
poses to offer to the "Chinese enumeration
bill.” He proposes to make the certifi
cates read, "sufficient” evidence of lawful
right to remain in the United States, in
stead of “sole ’ evidence, and to except all
children of Chinese parents born in tlie
United States train tbe provisions of the
bill. Another amendment strikes out the
2d sect ion, which provides for the arrest and
exportation of a prisoner for five years, of
•my Chinamen found after September 1.
1890. without a proper certificate. If
tins section is not stricken out Evarts will
move to make the term of imprisonment
six months. Section seven requires China
men leaving the United States to surrender
their certificate for cancellation. To
this Evarts proposes an ad
dition that any Chinese person other
than a laborer who has or may hereafter
lawfully enter the United States and who
departed or hereafter departs, be entitled
to re-enter upon evidence satisfactory to
(he collector of customs that he or she
had heretofore been in the United States
and is not a Chinese laborer; and the col
lector shall issue a certificate to such per
son on re-entry which shall have force as a
census certificate.
DORSEY’S IDEA.
