Maltreatment punished by a fine of not more than three thousand dollars, and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than three years. SEC. 5347. Every master or other officer of any American vessel on of crew by officers the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and mariof vessels. time jurisdiction of the United States, who, from malice, hatred, or revenge, and without justifiable cause, beats, wounds, or imprisons any of the crew of such vessel, or withholds from them suitable food and nourishment, or inflicts upon them any cruel and unusual punishment, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not more than five years, or by both. Art. SEC. 5348. Every person who, within any of the places upon the land under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, or who, upon the high seas, in any vessel belonging to the United States, or to any citizen thereof, maliciously cuts off the ear, cuts out or disables the tongue, puts out an eye, slits the nose, cuts off the nose or lip, or cuts off or disables any limb or member of any person, with intent to main or disfigure such person, shall be imprisoned at hard labor not more than seven years, and fined not more than one thousand dollars. 4. Mutiny in the Navy. Title 15, Chap. 10. Mutiny in the Navy. MUTINY, &c. Sec. 5359. Inciting revolt or mutiny on shipboard. 5360. Revolt and mutiny on shipboard. ART. 4. The punishment of death, or such other punishment as a court-martial may adjudge, may be inflicted on any person in the naval service First. Who makes, or attempts to make, or unites with any mutiny or mutinous assembly, or, being witness to or present at any mutiny, does not do his utmost to suppress it; or, knowing of any mutinous assembly or of any intended mutiny, does not immediately communicate his knowledge to his superior or commanding officer; * * Title 70, Chap. 3. SEC. 5359. If any one of the crew of any American vessel on the high seas, or other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of Inciting revolt the United States, endeavors to make a revolt or mutiny on board such or mutiny on vessel, or combines, conspires, or confederates with any other person on shipboard. board to make such revolt or mutiny, or solicits, incites, or stirs up any other of the crew to disobey or resist the lawful orders of the master, or other officer of such vessel, or to refuse or neglect their proper duty on board thereof, or to betray their proper trust, or assembles with others in a tumultuous and mutinous manner, or makes a riot on board thereof, or unlawfully confines the master, or other commanding officer thereof, he shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Revolt and muSEC. 5360. If any one of the crew of an American vessel on the high tiny on ship- seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisboard. diction of the United States, unlawfully and with force, or by fraud, or intimidation, usurps the command of such vessel from the master or other lawful officer in command thereof, or deprives him of authority and command on board, or resists or prevents him in the free and lawful exercise thereof, or transfers such authority and command to another not lawfully entitled thereto, he is guilty of a revolt and mutiny, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than ten years. Title 30. Aliens, how naturalized. Sec. 2171. Alien enemies not admitted. 2172. Children of persons naturalized under certain laws to be citizens. 2173. Police court of District of Columbia has no power to naturalize foreigners. 2174. Naturalization of seamen. SEC. 2165. An alien may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States in the following manner, and not otherwise: First. He shall declare on oath, before a circuit or district court of Declaration of the United States, or a district or supreme court of the Territorios, or a intention. court of record of any of the States having common-law jurisdiction, and a seal and clerk, two years, at least, prior to his admission, that it is bora fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and, particularly, by name, to the prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of which the alien may be at the time a citizen or subject. of the United Second. He shall, at the time of his application to be admitted, de- Oath to support clare, on oath, before some one of the courts above specified, that he the Constitution will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he abso- States. lutely and entirely renounces and abjures all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty; and, particularly, by name, to the prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of which he was before a citizen or subject; which proceedings shall be recorded by the clerk of the court. Third. It shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court ad- Residence in mitting such alien that he has resided within the United States five United States, or States, and good years at least, and within the State or Territory where such court is at moral character. the time held, one year at least; and that during that time he has behaved as a man of a good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same; but the oath of the applicant shall in no case be allowed to prove his residence. Fourth. In case the alien applying to be admitted to citizenship has Titles of nobility borne any hereditary title, or been of any of the orders of nobility in to be renounced. the kingdom or state from which he came, he shall, in addition to the above requisites, make an express renunciation of his title or order of nobility in the court to which his application is made, and his renunciation shall be recorded in the court. States before 29 Fifth. Any alien who was residing within the limits and under the Persons_residjurisdiction of the United States before the twenty-ninth day of Janu- ing in the United ary, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, may be admitted to January, 1795. become a citizen, on due proof made to some one of the courts above specified, that he has resided two years, at least, within the jurisdiction of the United States, and one year, at least, immediately preceding his application, within the State or Territory where such court is at the time held; and on his declaring on oath that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he absolutely and entirely renounces and abjures all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and, particularly, by name, to the prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty whereof he was before a citizen or subject; and, also, on its appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that during such term of two years he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same; and where the alien, applying for admission to citizenship, has borne any hereditary title, or been of any of the orders of nobility in the kingdom or state from which he came, on his, moreover, making in the court an express renunciation of his title or order of nobility. All of the proceedings, required in this condition to be performed in the court, shall be recorded by the clerk thereof. Sixth. Any alien who was residing within the limits and under the Persons resid jurisdiction of the United States, between the eighteenth day of June, ing between 18 one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and the eighteenth day June, 1798, and 18 June, 1812. of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and who has continued to reside within the same, may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States without having made any previous declaration of his intention to become such; but whenever any person, without a certificate of such declaration of intention, makes application to be admitted a citizen, it must be proved to the satisfaction of the court, that the applicant was residing within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States before the eighteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and has continued to reside within the same; and the residence of the applicant within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, for at least five years immediately preceding the time of such application, must be proved by the oath of citizens of the United States, which citizens shall be named in the record as witnesses; and such continued residence within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, when satisfactorily proved, and the place where the applicant has resided for at least five years, shall be Aliens honor service. stated and set forth, together with the names of such citizens, in the record of the court admitting the applicant; otherwise the same shall not entitle him to be considered and deemed a citizen of the United States. SEC. 2166. Any alien, of the age of twenty-one years and upward, ably discharged who has enlisted, or may enlist, in the armies of the United States, from military either the regular or the volunteer forces, and has been, or may be hereafter, honorably discharged, shall be admitted to become a citizen of the United States, upon his petition, without any previous declaration of his intention to become such; and he shall not be required to prove more than one year's residence within the United States previous to his application to become such citizen; and the court admitting such alien shall, in addition to such proof of residence and good moral character, as now provided by law, be satisfied by competent proof of such person's having been honorably discharged from the service of the United States. Minor residents. Widow and chil ants. SEC. 2167. Any alien, being under the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in the United States three years next preceding his arriving at that age, and who has continued to reside therein to the time he may make application to be admitted a citizen thereof, may, after he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and after he has resided five years within the United States, including the three years of his minority, be admitted a citizen of the United States, without having made the declaration required in the first condition of section twenty-one hundred and sixty-five; but such alien shall make the declaration required therein at the time of his admission; and shall further declare, on oath, and prove to the satisfaction of the court, that, for two years next preceding, it has been his bona-fide intention to become a citizen of the United States; and he shall in all other respects comply with the laws in regard to naturalization. SEC. 2168. When any alien, who has complied with the first condition dren of declar- specified in section twenty-one hundred and sixty-five, dies before he is actually naturalized, the widow and the children of such alien shall be considered as citizens of the United States, and shall be entitled to all rights and privileges as such, upon taking the oaths proscribed* by law. Aliens of Afri SEC. 2169. The provisions of this Title shall apply to alienst of African nativity and can nativity and to persons of African descent. descent. Residence of SEC. 2170. No alien shall be admitted to become a citizen who has not five years in for the continued term of five years next preceding his admission reUnited States. sided within the United States. Alien enemies not admitted. Children of per laws to be citizens. SEC. 2171. No alien who is a native citizen or subject, or a denizen of any country, state, or sovereignty with which the United States are at war, at the time of his application, shall be then admitted to become a citizen of the United States; but persons resident within the United States, or the Territories thereof, on the eighteenth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, who had before that day made a declaration, according to law, of their intention to become citizens of the United States, or who were on that day entitled to become citizens without making such declaration, may be admitted to become citizens thereof, notwithstanding they were alien enemies at the time and in the manner prescribed by the laws heretofore passed on that subject; nor shall anything herein contained be taken or construed to interfere with or prevent the apprehension and removal, agreeably to law, of any alien enemy at any time previous to the actual naturalization of such alien. SEC. 2172. The children of persons who have been duly naturalized sons naturalized under any law of the United States, or who, previous to the passing of under certain any law on that subject, by the Government of the United States, may have become citizens of any one of the States, under the laws thereof, being under the age of twenty-one years at the time of the naturalization of their parents, shall, if dwelling in the United States, be considered as citizens thereof; and the children of persons who now are, or have been, citizens of the United States, shall, though born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, be considered as citizens thereof; but no person heretofore proscribed by any State, or who has been legally convicted of having joined the army of Great Britain during the * Error in the roll; should be prescribed. "Being free white persons, and to aliens," to be inserted; act of February 18, 1875. Revolutionary War, shall be admitted to become a citizen without the consent of the legislature of the State in which such person was proscribed. SEC. 2173. The police court of the District of Columbia shall have no power to naturalize foreigners. power to naturalize foreigners. Naturalization SEC. 2174. Every seaman, being a foreigner, who declares his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States in any competent court, and of seamen. shall have served three years on board of a merchant-vessel of the United States subsequent to the date of such declaration, may, on his application to any competent court, and the production of his certificate of discharge and good conduct during that time, together with the certificate of his declaration of intention to become a citizen, be admitted a citizen of the United States; and every seaman, being a foreigner, shall, after his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, and after he shall have served such three years, be deemed a citizen of the United States for the purpose of manning and serving on board any merchant-vessel of the United States, anything to the contrary in any act of Congress notwithstanding; but such seaman shall, for all purposes of protection as an American citizen, he deemed such, after the filing of his declaration of intention to become such citizen. SEC. 5395. In all cases where any oath or affidavit is made or taken Title 70, Chap. 4. under or by virtue of any law relating to the naturalization of aliens, or in any proceedings under such laws, any person taking or making such Taking false oath or affidavit who knowingly swears falsely, shall be punished by oath in natural. imprisonment not more than five years, nor less than one year, and by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. [See §§ 2165-2174; also 5424-5425, CITIZENSHIP.] NAUTICAL ALMANAC. SEC. 436. The Secretary of the Navy may place the supervision of the Nautical Almanac in charge of any officer or professor of mathematics in the Navy who is competent for that service. Such officer or professor, when so employed, shall be entitled to receive the shore-duty pay of his grade, and no other. ization. Title 10. Nautical Alma nac. 1523. Number and appointment of. 1524. Academic course of. 1525. Examinations of. 1526. Studies not to be pursued on Sunday. 1527. Store-keeper at the Academy. 1528. Professors of ethics, Spanish, and drawing. 1556. Pay of cadets, &c. 1577. Rations. Prevention of hazing. SEC. 1483. Graduates of the Naval Academy shall take rank accord- Title 45, Chap. 4. ing to their proficiency as shown by their order of merit at the date of graduation. Rank of graduates of Naval Academy. SEC. 1511. The Naval Academy shall be established at Annapolis, in Title 15, Chap. 5. the State of Maryland. SEC. 1512. The students at the Naval Academy shall be styled cadet midshipmen. lished. Where estab Title of stu dents. Number of ca SEC. 1513. There shall be allowed at said Academy one cadet midshipman for every Member or Delegate of the House of Representa det-midshipmen. tives, one for the District of Columbia, and ten appointed annually at large. Nomination of SEC. 1514. The Secretary of the Navy shall, as soon after the 5th of Examination of candidates. mendation. Delegate of the House of Representatives of any vacancy that may exist in his district. The nomination of a candidate to fill said vacancy shall be made upon the recommendation of the Member or Delegate, if such recommendation is made by the first day of July of that year; but if it is not made by that time, the Secretary of the Navy shall fill the vacancy. The candidate allowed for the District of Columbia and all the candidates appointed at large shall be selected by the President. SEC. 1515. All candidates for admission into the Academy shall be examined according to such regulations and at such stated times as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe. Candidates rejected at such examination shall not have the privilege of another examination for admission to the same class, unless recommended by the board of examiners. Second recom- SEC. 1516. When any candidate who has been nominated upon the recommendation of a Member or Delegate of the House of Representatives is found, upon examination, to be physically or mentally disqualified for admission, the Member or Delegate shall be notified to recommend another candidate, who shall be examined according to the provisions of the preceding section. Qualifications. Appropriations, how applied. SEC. 1517. Candidates allowed for congressional districts, for Territories, and for the District of Columbia must be actual residents of the districts or Territories, respectively, from which they are nominated. And all candidates must, at the time of their examination for admission, be between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years, and physically sound, well formed, and of robust constitution. SEC. 1518. No money appropriated for the support of the Naval Academy shall be applied to the support of any midshipman appointed otherwise than in strict conformance with the provisions of this chapter. SEC. 1519. Cadet midshipmen found deficient at any examination men found defi- shall not be continued at the Academy or in the service unless upon the recommendation of the academic board. Cadet-midship cient. Academic course. Promotion to midshipmen. Cadet engi neers. Number and appointment of. Academic course of. Examinations of. SEC. 1520. The academic course of cadet midshipmen shall be six years. SEC. 1521. When cadet midshipmen shall have passed successfully the graduating examination at the Academy, they shall receive appointments as midshipmen and shall take rank according to their proficiency as shown by the order of their merit at date of graduation. SEC. 122. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to make provision, by regulations issued by him, for educating at the Naval Academy, as naval constructors or steam engineers, such midshipmen and others as may show a peculiar aptitude therefor. He may, for this purpose, form a separate class at the Academy, to be styled cadet engineers, or otherwise afford to such persons all proper facilities for such a scientific mechanical education as will fit them for said professions. SEC. 1523. Cadet engineers shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy. They shall not at any time exceed fifty in number,* and no persons, other than midshipmen, shall be eligible for appointment unless they shall first produce satisfac ory evidence of mechanical skill and proficiency, and shall have passed an examination as to their mental and physical qualifications. SEC. 1524. The course for cadet engineers shall be four years, includtwo years of service on naval steamers.t SEC. 1525. Cadet engineers shall be examined from time to time, according to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, and if found deficient at any examination, or if dismissed for misconduct, they SEC. 3. That so much of the act entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to provide for the education of naval constructors and steam engineers, and for other purposes," approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as provides that cadet-engineers, not to exceed fifty in number, shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy, is hereby repealed; and cadet-engineers shall hereafter be appointed annually by the Secretary of the Navy, and the number appointed each year shall not exceed twenty-five; and that all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, June 22, 1874. SEC. 2. That from and after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, the course of instruction at the Naval Academy for cadet-engineers shall be four years, instead of two as now provided by law; and this provision shall first apply to the class of cadet-engineers entering the academy in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and to all subsequent classes; and that all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be, and are hereby, repealed. Approved, February 24, 1874. |