MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.
This case comes before us upon a certificate of division in opinion upon questions that require a construction of the act of Congress approved May 6, 1882, ch. 126, 22 Stat. 58, entitled "An Act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese," — commonly known as the Chinese restriction act — and of the act amendatory thereof, approved July 5, 1884, ch. 220, 23 Stat. 115.
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