ASIAN 422 Lecture 6: Asian 422 Lecture 6
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Tax generated a lot of revenue for california. Some were fake tax collectors, used this opportunity to rob the chinese"s money. Every chinese (citizen) had to pay . 5 per month. Protect while labors, did not want chinese in the industry. Arizona, washington, idaho, montana, oregon, and some other states (kansas, arkansas, louisiana, etc. ) Would not let chinese own land or purchase a house. All the above were state laws to prevent the chinese. City ordinances, also passed these to discriminate against asian residents. Prevent chinese for opening a laundry store in any neighborhood. If you had two horses, you would pay two dollars, if you had one horse, you would pay 1 dollar (for cleaning up) Would use the poles and baskets to deliver laundry, but would have to pay (and would not be inconvenient to the city) Could not pay so would be put into jail.
