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registration  and  the  certificate  will  be  returned  to  the  officials-A
  list  of  such  withdrawals  will  be  sent  to  the  higher  yâmen  f°-jrecord.
  The  date  of  prohibition  of  opium  is  quite  lenient,  and
therefore  if  there  is  any  one  who  does  not  give  up  the  practice
within  term,  such  person  shall  be  severely  punished.  If  there
is  any  one  who  has  a  certificate  of  the  second  class  and  does  not
stop  smoking,  if  he  be  an  official,  he  will  be  cashiered  ;  if  he  be
a  licentiate,  his  title  will  be  taken  away  ;  and  if  he  be  an  unofficial
person,  his  name  will  be  registered.  These  names  will  be  sent  up
to  the  higher  yâmen  to  be  placed  on  record,  their  names  and
ages  will  be  put  up  in  the  street,  and  their  residence  will  be  made
public,  and  no  honorary  positions  will  be  given  to  them.  They
are  not  allowed  to  be  reckoned  as  equals  of  the  general  public-Article
  IV.  By  closing  the  opium  shops  the  source  of  the
evil  can  be  cleared  away.  Until  the  terms  for  the  date  of  p r °'
hibition  come  it  is  impossible  to  close  the  shops  where  opim#
is  sold.  However,  there  are  opium  shops  where  are  many  lamp s
for  smoking  opium,  and  many  youngsters  are  induced  to  com e
there  and  gather  together  with  many  bad  characters.  Therefore
such  shops  shall  be  closed  by  local  authorities  within  six  months,
and  the  owners  shall  be  ordered  to  change  their  occupations-If
  they  do  not  close  their  shops  in  time,  these  shops  shall  be
officially  closed  by  sealing  the  door.  The  restaurants  and  bars
shall  not  keep  opium  for  the  use  of  their  customers,  and  the
guests  shall  not  be  allowed  to  bring  in  any  opium  pipe  in  order
to  smoke  opium  in  these  places.  If  there  are  any  who  violate
the  rule,  they  shall  be  severely  punished.  Those  who  sell  opium
pipes,  opium  lamps,  or  other  utensils  for  opium  smokers,  shall  b®
prohibited  from  selling  these  goods  after  six  months,  or  they  shah
be  severely  punished.  The  taxes  on  opium  lamps  shall  not  be
collected  three  months  after  date.
Article  V.  By  registering  each  shop  where  opium  is  sold,
the  exact  number  of  them  can  be  known.  Though  the  shop 5
where  opium  is  sold  cannot  be  closed  at  once,  yet  they  can  be
gradually  closed  and  no  new  shops  be  allowed  to  be  opened
henceforth.  In  every  city,  town,  or  village,  the  shops  where
opium  or  opium  dross  is  sold  are  to  be  investigated  by  the  local
officials,  and  their  numbers  shall  be  duly  registered  and  kep:
on  record.  Certificates  shall  be  issued,  which  certificates
be  reckoned  as  permits  to  follow  that  business,  and  no  mor®
new  shops  shall  be  allowed  to  be  opened.  These  shops  shah
show  the  certificates  whenever  they  buy  their  merchandise,  oi
they  are  not  allowed  to  sell  the  same.  These  shops  shall  repor
upon  the  quantity  of  opium  and  opium  dross  they  sell  at  the  end
of  each  year,  and  report  the  same  to  the  local  officials,  who  wh
keep  the  same  on  record.  After  calculating  the  total  amoun