Let's Get Creepy
- Whenever a shipload of Chinese laborers who were allowed to be in the country leaves, the customs collector has to go make a list of the Chinese laborers on the ship.
- The list is going to include some normal stuff, like name and age, and some creepy stuff, like distinguishing birthmarks.
- The customs collector hangs onto the book.
- A legal Chinese laborer can get a certificate from the Department of the Treasury with all his info on it.
- That certificate will get you in and out of the country.