that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whatever, and particularly, by name, the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whereof he was before a citizen or subject; and, moreover on its appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that during the said 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, shall have 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, before he shall be entitled to such admission; all of which proceedings, required in in this proviso to be performed in the court, shall be Any one re-recorded by the clerk thereof: And provided also, that any alien siding within limits of U. S. who was residing within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the between Jan. United States at any time between the said twenty-ninth day of 29, 1795, and June 18, 1798, January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and the cighmay be admit- teenth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, within two may, years after the passing of this act, be admitted to become a citizen, without a compliance with the first condition above specified. years ted in 2 Aliens arriv ing after the passage of this act, how to pro ceed with view to become citi zens. [This section repealed-see act 1828, post.] SEC. 2. Provided also, That in addition to the directions aforesaid, all free white persons, being aliens, who may arrive in the United States after the passing of this act, shall, in order to become citizens of the United States, make registry, and obtain certificates, in the following manner, to wit: Every person desirous of being naturalized, shall, if of the age of twenty-one years, make report of himself; or if under the age of twenty-one years, or held in service, shall be reported by his parent, guardian, master or mistress, to the clerk of the district court of the district where such alien or aliens shall arrive, or to some other court of record of the United States, or of either of the territorial districts of the same, or of a particular state; and such report shall ascertain the name, birth place, age, nation, and allegiance of each alien, together with the country whence he or she migrated, and the place of his or her intended settlement; and it shall be the duty of such clerk, on receiving such report, to record the same in his office, and to grant to the person making such report, and to each individual concerned therein, whenever he shall be required, a certificate under his hand and seal of office, of such report and registry; and for receiving and registering each report of an individual or family, he shall receive fifty cents; and for each certificate, granted pursuant to this act, to an individual or family, fifty cents; and such certificate shall be exhibited to the court by every alien who may arrive in the United States after the passing of this act, on his application to be naturalized, as evidence of the time of his arrival within the United States. What courts SEC. 3. And whereas doubts have arisen whether certain courts of record in some of the states, are included within the description have power to of district or circuit courts: Be it further enacted, That every court naturalize. of record in any individual state, having common law jurisdiction, and a seal and clerk or prothonotary, shall be considered as a district court, within the meaning of this act; and every alien, who may have been naturalized in any such court, shall enjoy, from and after the passing of the act, the same rights and privileges as if he had been naturalized in a district or circuit court of the United States. of SEC. 4. The children of persons duly naturalized under any of the laws of the United States, or who, previous to the passing any law on that subject by the government of the United States, may have become citizens of any one of the said states, under the laws thereof, being under the age of twenty-one years, at the time of their parent's being so naturalized or admitted to the rights of citizenship, shall, if dwelling in the United States, be considered as citizens of the United States; 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 of the United States: Provided, that the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never resided within the United States: Provided also, that no person heretofore, proscribed by any state, or who has been legally convicted of having joined the army of Great Britain, during the late war, shall be admitted a citizen as aforesaid, without the consent of the legislature of the state in which such person was proscribed. Children of pa rents who have been duly natu ralized while they were infants, admitted to citizenship. SEC. 5. That all acts heretofore passed, respecting naturalization, All other acts be, and the same are hereby repealed. 1804. AN ACT in addition to an act entitled "an act to establish an uniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject:" Approved March 26, 1804. SEC. 1. Any alien, being a free white man, who was residing within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, at any time between the eighteenth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and two, and who has continued to reside within the same, may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States, without a compliance with the first condition specified in the first section of the act entitled "an act to establish an uniform repealed. Aliens resid ing in limits of U. S. between June 18, 1798, and April 14, 1802, admitted citizens without condition in a former act. If alien who has complied with a certain condition, die before naturalized, his widow and children deemed citizens rule of naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject." SEC. 2. When any alien, who shall have complied with the first condition specified in the first section of the said original act, and who shall have pursued the directions prescribed in the second section of the said act, may die 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 prescribed by law. 1816. AN ACT relative to evidence in cases of Naturalization: Approved March 22, 1816. SEC. 1. The certificate of report and registry, required as eviCertificate of dence of the time of arrival in the United States, according to the report and reg- second section of the act of the fourteenth of April, one thousand istry to be exhibited by alien eight hundred and two, entitled "an act to establish an uniform rule on application of naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on this to become a citizen. subject;" and also a certificate from the proper clerk or prothonotary, of the declaration of intention, made before a court of record, and required as the first condition, according to the first section of said act, shall be exhibited by every alien on his application to be admitted a citizen of the United States, in pursuance of said act, who shall have arrived within the limits and under the jurisdiction [This section repealed-see of the United States, since the eighteenth day of June, one thousact 1828, post.] and eight hundred and twelve, and shall each be recited at full length in the record of the court admitting such alien; otherwise he shall not be deemed to have complied with the conditions requisite for becoming a citizen of the United States. And any pretended admission of an alien, who shall have arrived within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, since the said 18, 1812, void eighteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, to be a citizen, after the promulgation of this act, without such recital of each certificate at full length, shall be of no validity or ef fect under the act aforesaid. Naturalization since June without recital of certificate. vor SEC. 2. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be conProviso in fa- strued to exclude from admission to citizenship, any free white perof aliens son who was residing within the limits and under the jurisdiction of residing in U.S. between June the United States, at any time between the eighteenth day of June, 18, 1798, and one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and the fourteenth April 14, 1802. day of April, one thousand eight hundred and two, and who, having continued to reside therein without having made any declaration of intention before a court of record as aforesaid, may be entitled to become a citizen of the United States, according to the act of the What such persons shall citizens. twenty-sixth of March, one thousand eight hundred and four, entitled "an act in addition to an act entitled an act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject." Whenever any person, without a certificate of such declaration of intention as aforesaid, shall make application to prove to become be admitted a citizen of the United States, it shall 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 fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and two, and has continued to reside in the same, or he shall not be so admitted. 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, shall be proved by the oath or affirmation 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 or places where the applicant has resided for at least five years as aforesaid, shall be 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. 1824. AN ACT in further addition to "an act to establish an uniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject: Approved May 26, 1824.-Acts of 18th Congress, Chap. 186, p. 119. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any alien, being a free white person and a minor, under the age of twentyone years, who shall have resided in the United States three years next preceding his arriving at the age of twenty-one years, and who shall have 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 shall have 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 the first section of the act to which this is in addition, three years previous to his admission: Provided, such alien shall make the declaration required therein at the time of his or her admission; and shall further declare, on oath, and prove to the satisfaction of the Court, that for three years next preceding, it has been the bona fide intention of such alien to become a citizen of the United States; and shall, in all other respects, comply with the laws in regard to naturalization. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no certificates of citizen Conditions on which an an alien, being free white person & a minor, may become a citi zen of U. S. Proviso. naturalization No certificate ship, or naturalization, heretofore obtained from any court of record of citizenship or within the United States, shall be deemed invalid, in consequence of an omission to comply with the requisition of the first section of tained from any the act, entitled "An act relative to evidence in cases of nuturalization," passed the twenty-second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. heretofore ob court to be deemed invalid Declaration first section of the former act to be valid on tions. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the declaration required required by the by the first condition specified in the first section of the act, to which this is in addition, shall, if the same has been bona fide made before the Clerks of either of the Courts in the said condition named, be certain condi- as valid as if it had been made before the said Courts, respectively. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That a declaration by any alien, being a free white person, of his intended application to be admitted a citizen of the United States, made in the manner and form prescribed in the first condition specified in the first section of the act to which this is in addition, two years before his admission, shall be a sufficient compliance with said condition; any thing in the said act, or in any subsequent act, to the contrary notwithstanding. A declaration of intention 2 years before his admission shall be sufficient. of the act of April 14, 1802, and March 22, 1816, repealed 1828. AN ACT to amend the acts concerning Naturalization: Approved May 24, 1828. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Second section of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second section of the act, entitled "An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject," which was passed on the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and two, and the first section of the act, entitled "An act relative to evidence in cases of naturalization," passed on the twenty-second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Any alien, SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any alien, being a free being a free white person, who was residing within the limits, and under the juwhite person, risdiction of the United States, between the fourteenth day of April, who was resid a citizen. ing within the one thousand eight hundred and two, and the eighteenth day of limits, &c. of of the United June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and who has continuStates between ed to reside within the same, may be admitted to become a citizen April 14, 1802, of the United States, without having made any previous declaration and June 18th, 1812,to become of his intention to become a citizen: Provided, That whenever any person, without a certificate of such declaration of inteution, shall make application to be admitted a citizen of the United States, it son without a shall be proved to the satisfaction of the court, that the applicant certificate of was residing within the limits, and under the jurisdiction of the such declaration, &c. to United States, before the eighteenth day of June, one thousand make certain eight hundred and twelve, and has continued to reside within the Proviso: when ever any per proof. |