The appellant is of.the Chinese race, born in China. From -1892 to 1898 he appears to have been a partner in the firm of Quong Ying Lung, doing Chinese grocery business, in the capital stock of which his share was $500. Thus he was a merchant, within the definition of the Chinese exclusion acts (Act Sept. 13, 1888, c. 1015, 25 Stat. 476 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1312]), before, during, and for a long time after the time in which Chinese laborers were required to register in order to be entitled to remain in the United States. Tom Hong v. U. S., 193 U. S. 517, 24 Sup. Ct. 517, 48 L. Ed. 772. After the expiration of that time there was no law requiring registration of laborers for lawfully remaining in the United States. When he ceased to be a merchant in 1898 he became a laborer, within the definition of the same acts, and, although he has remained such ever since, he has been domiciled lawfully here. Since then he has not been subject to deportation, and is now entitled to be discharged from these proceedings, according to that decision.
Appellant discharged.