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[H. R 15442.][Public, No.33a]

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OHAP. 3592.-An Act To establish a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization,and to provide for a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout theUnited States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRepresentatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assemble, That the designation of thewmmirdSon and Bureau of Immigration in the Department of Commerce and Labor isauraliztion Bu- hereby changed to the "Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization,"
DepartmentoCom-

which said Bureau, under the direction and control of the Secretary of
trr of alien Commerce and Labor, in addition to the duties now provided by law,shall have charge of all matters concerning the naturalization of aliens.
That it shall be the duty of the said Bureau to provide, for use at thevarious immigration stations throughout the United States, books ofrecord, wherein the commissioners of immigration shall cause a registry to be made in the case of each alien arriving in the United Statesfrom and after the passage of this Act of the name, age, occupation,
personal description (including height, complexion, color of hair andeyes), the place of birth, the last residence, the intended place of residence in the United States, andithe date of arrival of said alien, and,
if entered through a port, the name of the vessel in which he comes.
Certifcate ofre0- And it shall be the duty of said commissioners of immigration to cause
to be granted to such alien a certificate of such registry, with the particulars thereof.
Additional offces,

SEC. 2. That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall provide thet.

said Bureau with such additional furnished offices within the city ofWashington, such books of record and facilities, and such additional
assistants, clerks, stenographers, typewriters, and other employees as
may be necessary for the proper discharge of the duties imposed bythis Act upon such Bureau, fixing the compensation of such additional
employees until July first, nineteen hundred and seven, within theappropriations made for that purpose.

Naturalization of

SEC. 3. That exclusive jurisdiction to naturalize aliens as citizens of

empoye,aliens.
R., se.216, p. 78. the United States is hereby conferred upon the following specified

courts:courts given juridiction.

Restricted to resdentofdist.

United States circuit and district courts now existing, or which may

hereafter be established by Congress in any State, United States district courts for the Territories of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma,
Hawaii, and Alaska, the supreme court of the District of Columbia,
and the United States courts for the Indian Territory; also all courtsof record in any State or Territory now existing, or which may hereafter be created, having a seal, a clerk, and jurisdiction in actions at
law or equity, or law and equity, in which the amount in controversy
is unlimited.
That the naturalization jurisdiction of all courts herein specified,State, Territorial, and Federal, shall extend only to aliens resident
within the respective judicial districts of such courts.

Blank tarms to be
The courts herein specified shall, upon the requisition of the clerks
furnishedof such courts, be furnished from time to time by the Bureau of Immi-

gration and Naturalization with such blank forms as may be requiredin the naturalization of aliens, and all certificates of naturalization shallbe consecutively numbered and printed on safety paper furnished bysaid Bureau.
proceedings

SEC. 4. That an alien may be admitted to become a citizen of theUnited States in the following manner and not otherwise:
Declaration of in-First. He shall declare on oath before the clerk of any court author-

tentiaons, etc. ized by this Act to naturalize aliens, or his authorized deputy, in the

district in which such alien resides, two years at least prior to his admission, and after he has reached the age of eighteen years, that it isbona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and torenounce 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

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a citizen or subject. And such declaration shall set forth the name,age, occupation, personal description, place of birth, last foreign residence and allegiance, the date of arrival, the name of the vessel, if any,
in which he came to the United States, and the present place of residence in the United States of said alien: Provided, however, That no Proiso.
alien who, in conformity with the law in force at the date of his decla- tievoos
ration, has declared his intention to become a citizen of the UnitedStates shall be required to renew such declaration.
Second. Not less than two years nor more than seven years after hedeclara-Petionsfor citizen-

has made such declaration of intention he shall make and file, in dupli- Requreents.
cate, a petition in writing, signed by the applicant in his own handwriting and duly verified, in which petition such applicant shall state
his full name, his place of residence (by street and number if possible), his occupation, and, if possible, the date and place of his irththe place from which he emigrated, and the date and place of his arrivalin the United States, and, if he entered through a port, the name ofthe vessel on which he arrived; the time when and the place and nameof the court where he declared his intention to become a citizen of theUnited States; if he is married he shall state the name of his wife and,if possible, the country of her nativity and her place of residence atthe time of filing his petition; and if he has children, the name, date,and place of birth and place of residence of each child living at thetime of the filing of his petition: Provided, That if he has filed his Proviso.
declaration before the passage of this Act he shall not be required to tionsev"
declarsign the petition in his own handwriting.
The petition shall set forth that he is not a disbeliever in or opposed Declarations as toto organized government, or a member of or affiliated with any organ- my.
ization or body of persons teaching disbelief in or opposed to organized government, a polygamist or believer in the practice of polygamy,
and that it is his intention to become a citizen of the United States and Renunciation of
to renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any otherallegiance.

foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly byname to the prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of which he at thetime of filing of his petition may be a citizen or subject, and that it isIntention of perma.

his intention to reside permanently within the United States, and nentresidence,etc.
whether or not he has been denied admission as a citizen of the UnitedStates, and, if denied, the ground or grounds of such denial, the court
or courts in which such decision was rendered, and that the cause forsuch denial has since been cured or removed, and every fact material
to his naturalization and required to be proved upon the final hearingof his application.
The petition shall also be verified by the affidavits of at least two Evidenceastocharcredible witnesses, who are citizens of the United States, and who acteretc.

shall state in their affidavits that they have personally known the applicant to be a resident of the United States for a period of at least five
years continuously, and of the State, Territory, or district in which
the application is made for a period of at least one year immediately
preceding the date of the filing of his petition, and that they each havepersonal knowledge that the petitioner is a person of good moral character, and that he is in every way qualified, in their opinion, to be
admitted as a citizen of the United States.
At the time of filing his petition there shall be filed with the clerk

certificates of ar-of the court a certificate from the Department of Commerce and Labor, be
if the petitioner arrives in the United States after the passage of thisAct, stating the date, place, and manner of his arrival in the UnitedStates, and the declaration of intention of such petitioner, which certificate and declaration shall be attached to and made a part of said
petition.
Third. He shall, before he is admitted to citizenship, declare on oathraed. tiento

Declaration in open

in open court that he will support the Constitution of the United States, courand that he absolutely and entirely renounces and abjures all allegiance

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and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, andparticularly by name to the prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty ofwhich he was before a citizen or subject; that he will support anddefend the Constitution and laws of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and bear true faith and allegiance to thesame.
Evidence of restFourth. It shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court
dece, etc., reqired
admitting any alien to citizenship that immediately preceding the dateof his application he has resided continuously within the United States
five years at least, and within the State or Territory where such court
is at the time held one year at least, and that during that time he has
behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principlesof the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good
Additional testi- order and happiness of the same. In addition to the oath of the applimon r.
cant, the testimony of at least two witnesses, citizens of the UnitedStates, as to the facts of residence, moral character, and attachment to
the principles of the Constitution shall be required, and the name,place of residence, and occupation of each witness shall be set forth in
the record.
Former title& etc.,
Fifth. In case the alien applying to be admitted to citizenship has
tobeborne any hereditary title, or has been of any of the orders of nobility
in the kingdom or state from which he came, he shall, in addition to
the above requisites, make an express renunciation of his title or orderof nobility in the court to which his application is made, and his renunciation shall be recorded in the court.
widows and minor Sixth. When any alien who has declared his intention to become achildren,citizen of the United States dies before he is actually naturalized thewidow and minor children of such alien may, by complying with theother provisions of this Act, be naturalized without making any declaration of intention.
Public notice of peSEC. 5. That the clerk of the court shall, immediately after filingttion, hearing, etc. the petition, give notice thereof by posting in a public and conspicuous

place in his office, or in the building in which his office is situated,
under an appropriate heading, the name, nativity, and residence of thealien, the date and place of his arrival in the United States, and thedate, as nearly as may be, for the final hearing of his petition, and thenames of the witnesses whom the applicant expects to summon in his
nSfubpas
to wit behalf; and the clerk shall, if the applicant requests it, issue a subpoena
for the witnesses so named by the said applicant to appear upon the
day set for the final hearing, but in case such witnesses can not be produced upon the final hearing other witnesses may be summoned.
iling and docket
SEC. 6. That petitions for naturalization may he madeand filed during
term time or vacation of the court and shall be docketed the same day
Hearings
as filed, but final action thereon shall be had only on stated days, to be
fixed by rule of the court, and in no case shall final action be had upona petition until at least ninety days have elapsed after filing and postProtqo.
ing the notice of such petition: Pro'nided, That no person shall be
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naturalized nor shall any certificate of naturalization be issued by any

court within thirty days preceding the holding of any general electionchange of name.

within its territorial jurisdiction.

It shall be lawful, at the time andas a part of the naturalization of any alien, for the court, in its discretion, upon the petition of such alien, to make a decree changing thename of said alien, and his certificate of naturalization shall be issued
to him in accordance therewith.
ONatddenra
on^foSEC. 7. That no person who disbelieves in or who is opposed toorpolygamist.
organized government, or who is a member of or affiliated with anyorganization entertaining and teaching such disbelief in or opposition
to organized government, or who advocates or teaches the duty,
necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any
officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally,of the Government of the United States, or of any other organizedFIFTY-NINTH CONGRESESS.

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government, because of his or their official character, or who is apolygamist, shall be naturalized or be made a citizen of the UnitedStates.
SEC. 8. That no alien shall hereafter be naturalized or admitted as speaking
a citizen of the United States who can not speak the English language: required.
Provided; That this requirement shall not apply to aliens who are prosos.
physically unable to comply therewith, if they are otherwise qualified
to become citizens of the United States: And provided furthei, Thatthe requirements of this section shall not apply to any alien who has
prior to the passage of this Act declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States in conformity with the law in force at thedate of making such declaration: Providedfurther, That the require-

EnglishPhysicaiincapacty.

Not applicable topHomesteadentry-

ments of section eight shall not apply to aliens who shall hereafter men
declare their intention to become citizens and who shall make homestead entries upon the public lands of the United States and comply
in all respects with the laws providing for homestead entries on suchlands.
SEC. 9. That every final hearing upon such petition shall be had inopen court before a judge or judges thereof, and every final orderFinal hearings.
Record of orders

which may be made upon such petition shall be under the hand of thet
court and entered in full upon a record kept for that purpose, andupon such final hearing of such petition the applicant and witnesses
shall be examined under oath before the court and in the presence ofthe court.
SEC. 10. That in case the petitioner has not resided in the State, .Evidence of rei-

Territory, or district for a period of five years continuously and imme- dence
diately preceding the filing of his petition he may establish by two
witnesses, both in his petition and at the hearing, the time of his residence
within the State, provided that it has been for more than one year, andthe remaining portion of his five years' residence within the UnitedStates required by law to be established may be proved by the depositions of two or more witnesses who are citizens of the United States, upon
notice to the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization and the UnitedStates attorney for the district in which said witnesses may reside.

SEC. 11. That the United States shall have the right to appear before Examinations, etc.
any court or courts exercising jurisdiction in naturalization proceedings in oppoton.

for the purpose of cross-examining the petitioner and the witnesses
produced in support of his petition concerning any matter touching orin any way affecting his right to admission to citizenship, and shallhave the right to call witnesses, produce evidence, and be heard in
opposition to the granting of any petition in naturalization proceedings.

CourttokeepdupiiSEC. 12. That it is hereby made the duty of the clerk of each and catesof declarations
every court exercising jurisdiction in naturalization matters under the and certificates.

provisions of this Act to keep and file a duplicate of each declarationof intention made before him and to send to the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization at Washington, within thirty days after theissuance of a certificate of citizenship, a duplicate of such certificate,
and to make and keep on file in his office a stub for each certificate so
issued by him, whereon shall be entered a memorandum of all theessential'facts set forth in such certificate.

It shall also be the duty ofPaper

in rejected

the clerk of each of said courts to report to the said Bureau, within
thirty days after the final hearing and decision of the court, the nameof each and every alien who shall be denied naturalization, and to
furnish to said Bureau duplicates of all petitions within thirty days
after the filing of the same, and certified copies of such other proceedings and orders instituted in or issued out of said court affecting or
reTating to the naturalization of aliens as may be required from time
to time by the said Bureau.
In case any such clerk or officer acting under his direction shall Penalty for failurerefuse or neglect to comply with any of the foregoing provisions he of clerk.
shall forfeit and pay to the United States the sum of twenty-five dol-

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lars in each and every case in which such violation or omission occurs,
and the amount of such forfeiture may be recovered by the UnitedStates in an action of debt against such clerk.
Responsibility

forClerks of courts having and exercising jurisdiction in naturalization

matters shall be responsible for all blank certificates of citizenshipreceived by them from time to time from the Bureau of Immigration
and Naturalization, and shall account for the same to the said Bureau
Return of defaced, whenever required so to do by such Bureau. No certificate of citizenetc., blanks
ship received by any such clerk which may be defaced or injured insuch manner as to prevent its use as herein provided shall in any casebe destroyed, but such certificate shall be returned to the said Bureau;
Pealty.
and in case any such clerk shall fail to return or properly account for
any certificate furnished by the said Bureau, as herein provided, heshall be liable to the United States in the sum of fifty dollars, to be
recovered in an action of debt, for each and every certificate notproperly accounted for or returned.
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SEC. 13. That the clerk of each and every court exercising jurisdiction in naturalization cases shall charge, collect, and account for thefollowing fees in each proceeding:
For receiving and filing a declaration of intention and issuing a

Declraton.

et.tinertitonat,

Dispoalo fees.

duplicate thereof, one dollar.
Ferfe
or making, filing, and docketing the petition of an alien for admission as a citizen of the United States and for the final hearing thereon,
two dollars; and for entering the final order and the issuance of thecertificate of citizenship thereunder, if granted, two dollars.
The clerk of any court collecting such fees is hereby authorized toretain one-half of the fees collected by him in such naturalization proceeding; the remaining one-half of the naturalization fees in each casecollected by such rc!rks, respectively, shall be accounted for in theirquartely accounts, which they are hereby required to render the
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, and paid over to such
Bureau within thirty days from the close of each quarter in each andevery fiscal year, and the moneys so received shall be paid over to the
disbursing clerk of the Department of Commerce and Labor, whoshall thereupon deposit them in the Treasury of the United States,
rendering an account therefor quarterly to the Auditor for the Stateand other Departments, and the said disbursing clerk shall be held
responsible under his bond for said fees so received.
errpost by petition-

Proi .

Retention by cler.

In addition to the fees herein required, the petitioner shall, upon thefiling of his petition to become a citizen of the United States, depositwith and pay to the clerk of the court a sum of money sufficient tocover the expenses of subpoenaing and paying the legal fees of any
witnesses for whom he may request a subpoena, and upon the final discharge of such witnesses they shall receive, if they demand the samefrom the clerk, the customary and usual witness fees from the moneys
which the petitioner shall have paid to such clerk for such purpose,and the residue, if any, shall be returned by the clerk to the petitioner: Provided, That the clerks of courts exercising jurisdiction innaturalization proceedings shall be permitted to retain one-half ofthe fees in any fiscal year up to the sum of three thousand dollars
and that all fees received by such clerks in naturalization proceedings in excess of such amount shall be accounted for and paid
over to said Bureau as in case of other fees to which the United
aymenttiona lerkl

for addi- States may be entitled under the provisions of this Act. The
clerks of the various courts exercising jurisdiction in naturaliza-tion proceedings shall pay all additional clerical force that may berequired in performing the duties imposed by this Act upon the clerksof courts from fees received by such clerks in naturalization proceedAdditional

artce. c ea .

alow- ings.

And in case the clerk of any court collects fees in excess of thesum of six thousand dollars in any one year, the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may allow to such clerk from the money which theFIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS.

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United States shall receive additional compensation for the employment of additional clerical assistance, but for no other purpose, if in
the opinion of the said Secretary the business of such clerk warrants
such allowance.
SEC. 14. That the declarations of intention and the petitions for eBndidng of papers,

naturalization shall be bound in chronological order in separate volumes, indexed, consecutively numbered, and made part of the recordsof the court. Each certificate of naturalization issued shall bear uponits face, in a place prepared therefor, the volume number and page
number of the petition whereon such certificate was issued, and thevolume number and page number of the stub of such certificate.
SEC. 15. That it shall be the duty of the United States district attor-

Proceedings to en-neys for the respective districts, upon affidavit showing good cause gailyprocured.

therefor, to institute proceedings in any court having jurisdiction tonaturalize aliens in the judicial district in which the naturalized citizen
may reside at the time of bringing the suit, for the purpose of setting
aside and canceling the certificate of citizenship on the ground of fraud
or on the ground that such certificate of citizenship was illegally procured.

In any such proceedings the party holding the certificate ofNotiee to holder,

citizenship alleged to have been fraudulently or illegally procured etc
shall have sixty days personal notice in which to make answer to thepetition of the United States; and if the holder of such certificate beabsent from the United States or from the district in which he last had
his residence, such notice shall be given by publication in the manner
provided for the service of summons by publication or upon absentees
by the laws of the State or the place where such suit is brought.
If any alien who shall have secured a certificate of citizenship underatesnaoel

onertfs-

the provisions of this Act shall, within five years after the issuance of manenuyabroa
such certificate, return to the country of his nativity, or go to any
other foreign country, and take permanent residence therein, it shallbe considered prima facie evidence of a lack of intention on the partof such alien to become a permanent citizen of the United States at
the time of filing his application for citizenship, and, in the absenceof countervailing evidence, it shall be sufficient in the proper proceeding to authorize the cancellation of his certificate of citizenship as
fraudulent, and the diplomatic and consular officers of the UnitedStates in foreign countries shall from time to time, through the
Department of State, furnish the Department of Justice with thenames of those within their respective jurisdictions who have suchcertificates of citizenship and who have taken permanent residence inthe country of their nativity, or in any other foreign country, andsuch statements, duly certified, shall be admissible in evidence in all
courts in proceedings to cancel certificates of citizenship.
Whenever any certificate of citizenship shall be set aside or can- copyofolerof:canceled, as herein provided, the court in which such judgment or decree
is rendered shall make an order canceling such certificate of citizenshipand shall send a certified copy of such order to the Bureau of Immicourt of origina
gration and Naturalization; and in case such certificate was not origi- .l Touenally issued by the court making such order it shall direct the clerk of 'the court to transmit a copy of such order and judgment to the courtout of which such certificate of citizenship shall have been originallyissued.

And it shall thereupon be the duty of the clerk of the court tcancng records,

receiving such certified copy of the order and judgment of the court to
Ienter the same of record and to cancel such original certificate of citizenship upon the records and to notify the Bureau of Immigration andNaturalization of such cancellation.

The provisions of this section shall apply not only to certificates of ceArtKpon to all

citizenship issued under the provisions of this Act, but to all certificatesof citizenship which may have been issued heretofore by any court
exercising jurisdiction in naturalization proceedings under prior laws.

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SEC. 16. That every person who falsely makes, forges, counterfeits,cor causes or procures to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or
knowingly aids or assists in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting
any certificate of citizenship, with intent to use the same, or with theintent that the same may be used by some other person or persons,shall be guilty of a felony, and a person convicted of such offense shallbe punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years, or by afine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or by both such fine andimprisonment.

rnishment for enSEC. 17. That every person who engraves or causes or procures tograving, printing
sellig, etc., counter- be engraved, or assists in engraving, any plate in the likeness of any
fets.
plate designed for the printing of a certificate of citizenship, or who,

sells any such plate, or who brings into the United States from any
foreign place any such plate, except under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, or other proper officer, and any person
who has in his control, custody, or possession any metallic plate
engraved after the similitude of any plate from which any such certificate has been printed, with intent to use such plate or suffer thesame to be used in forging or counterfeiting any such certificate or
any part thereof; and every person who prints, photographs, or in any
other manner causes to be printed, photographed, made, or executed,
any print or impression in the likeness of any such certificate, or any
part thereof, or who sells any such certificate, or brings the same into
the United States from any foreign place, except by direction of someproper officer of the United States, or who has in his possession a distinctive paper which has been adopted by the proper officer of theUnited States for the printing of such certificate, with intent to unlawfully use the same, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor for not more thaneaPnihmentforlleetc.,galy~ issuing,certifieates.

ten years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SEC. 18. That it is hereby made a felony for any clerk or other person to issue or be a party to the issuance of a certificate of citizenshipcontrary to the provisions of this Act, except upon a final order under
the hand of a court having jurisdiction to make such order, andupon conviction thereof such clerk or other person shall be punishedby imprisonment for not more than five years and by a fine of not
more than five thousand dollars, in the discretion of the court.

Punishment
forunSEC. 19. That every person who without lawful
lawfulpossemionofblank certificates.
of any blank certificate of citizenship provided

excuse is possessedby the Bureau of

Immigration and Naturalization, with intent unlawfully to use thesame, shall be imprisoned at hard labor not more than five years or be
fined not more than one thousand dollars.
Punishment for SEC. 20. That any clerk or other officer of a court having power
neglecting to renderaccounts, etc.

under this Act to naturalize aliens, who willfully neglects to render

true accounts of moneys received by him for naturalization proceedings or who willfully neglects to pay over any balance of such moneys
due to the United States within thirty days after said payment shallbecome due and demand therefor has been made and refused, shall bedeemed guilty of embezzlement of the public moneys, aiia shall bepunishable by imprisonment for not more than five years, or by a fineof not more than five thousand dollars, or both.
ePunishment
reSEC. 21. That it shall be unlawful for any clerk of any court or his
ceilving,
etc., forillegaliees.
authorized deputy or assistant exercising jurisdiction in naturalization
proceedings, or to demand, charge, collect, or receive any other or
additional fees or moneys in naturalization proceedings save the feesand moneys herein specified; and a violation of any of the provisionsof this section or any part thereof is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than
two years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or byboth such fine and imprisonment.

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SEC. 22. That the clerk of any court exercising jurisdiction in natu-

Punishment for is-forim-it for prosec-

etc.
ralization proceedings, or any person acting under authority of this edgments,
witnessoraffiant,
petitioner,athatAct, who shall knowingly certify
named in an affidavit, petition, or certificate of citizenship, or otherpaper or writing required to be executed under the provisions of thisAct, personally appeared before him and was sworn thereto, or
acknowledged the execution thereof or signed the same, when in fact
such petitioner, affiant, or witness did not personally appear before
him, or was not sworn thereto, or did not execute the same, or did
not acknowledge the execution thereof, shall be punished by a finenot exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed
five years.
SEC. 23. That any person who knowingly procures naturalization in fPuunsent obtainr
violation of the provisions of this Act shall be fined not more than five ing naturalzaton.
thousand dollars, or shall be imprisoned not more than five years, orboth, and upon conviction the court in which such conviction is had
shall thereupon adjudge and declare the final order admitting such
person to citizenship void. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the
courts having jurisdiction of the trial of such offense to make such
adjudication. Any person who knowingly aids, advises, or encourages Accessores
any person not entitled thereto to apply for or to secure naturalization,or to file the preliminary papers declaring an intent to become a citizen of the United States, or who in any naturalization proceedingknowingly procures or gives false testimony as to any material fact,
or who knowingly makes an affidavit false as to any material fact
required to be proved in such proceeding, shall be fined not more than
five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
SEC. 24. That no person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punishedany crime arising under the provisions of this Act unless the indictment is found or the information is filed within five years next after
the commission of such crime.

SEC. 25. That for the purpose of the prosecution of all crimes and offenses.tinfp

offenses against the naturalization laws of the United States which may
have been committed prior to the date when this Act shall go into effect,the existing naturalization laws shall remain in full force and effect.
SEC. 26. That sections twenty-one hundred and sixty-five, twenty-

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879,
pp.
2168,, 173,
one hundred and sixty-seven, twenty-one hundred and sixty-eight,
twenty-one hundred and seventy-three, of the Revised Statutes of the o80'p 1z

United States of America and section thirty-nine of chapter one thousand and twelve of the Statutes at Large of the United States ofAmerica for the year nineteen hundred and three, and all Acts or partsof Acts inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions of this Act
are hereby repealed.
theSEC. 27. That substantially the following forms shall be used in

Forms

proceedings to which they relate:

DECLARATION OF INTENTION.

(Invalid for all purposes seven years after the date hereof.)
.

, ss:

, aged----- years, occupation ------ , do declareI,, commy personal description is: Color that(affirm)oathon,of hair ---, color-, height ------ , weight -plexion- - ; I was born
- - -, other visible distinctive marks
color of eyes

; I now
day of ------- , anno Domini ..
in ------ on the.
reside at ----- ; I emigrated to the United States of America- fromon the vessel-mymy; last foreign residence was

It is my bona fide intention to renounce forever all allegiance andfidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, andDeclaration ofoin intention

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particularly to - - - , of which I am now a citizen (subject); I arrived
at the (port) of-- , in the State (Territory or District) of -- -on or about the ---day of ----. anno Domini .- _...; I am not
an anarchist; I am not a polygamist nor a believer in the practice ofpolygamy; and it is my intention in good faith to become a citizen of
the United States of America and to permanently reside therein. So
help me God.
(Original signature of declarant) ------ -----.
Subscribed and swornto (affirmed) before me this - -- day of ----.. ,anno Domini - .
[L. 8.](Official character of attestor.)
Petitionfornaturlmtion.

PETITION FOR NATURALIZATION.

------

Court of ------.

In the matter of the petition of ---------..to be admitted as a
citizen of the United States of America.
To the ......
Court:The petition of ------------ respectfully shows:First. My full name is ------ -Second. My place of residence is number ---street,city of -----. , State (Territory or District) of ------.
Third. My occupation is - .
Fourth. I was born on the ------ day of ------ at.
.
Fifth. I emigrated to the United States from ', on or aboutthe---.day of --- ., anno Domini ..--. , and arrived at the portof -----, in the United States, on the vessel-

Sixth. I declared mv intention to become a citizen of the UnitedStates on the
day of ------ at .-,in the -----. court ofSeventh. I am
married. My wife's name is.----.
. She
was born in ----- and now resides at ---- _. I have ----- children,and the name, date, and place of birth and place of residence of eachof said children is as follows: .----.-.
Eighth. I am not a disbeliever in or opposed to organized government or a member of or affiliated with any organization or body of
persons teaching disbelief in organized government. I am not apolygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy. I am attachedto the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and it is myintention to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce
absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelitv to any foreign princepotentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly to , of whic
at this time I am a citizen (or subject), and it is my intention to residepermanently in the United States.
Ninth. I am able to speak the English language.
Tenth. I have resided continuously in the United States of America
for a term of five years at least immediately preceding the date of thispetition, to wit, since - - -. , anno Domini -...
, and in the State(Territory or District) of ------ for one year at least next preceding
the date of this petition, to wit, since..- day of, annoDomini...

Eleventh. I have not heretofore made petition for citizenship to any
court. (I made petition for citizenship to the ----.. court ofat - - -. , and the said petition was denied by the said court for thefollowing reasons and causes, to wit, ---------- , and the cause ofsuch denial has since been cured or removed.)FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS.

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Attached hereto and made a part of this petition are my declarationof intention to become a citizen of the United States and the certificate
from the Department of Commerce and Labor required by law.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may be admitted a citizen of
the United States of America.
Dated -......
(Signature of petitioner) ------, s:-.-- ..--, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is thepetitioner in the above-entitled proceeding; that he has read the foregoing petition and knows the contents thereof; that the same is trueof his own knowledge, except as to matters therein stated to be alleged
upon information and belief, and that as to those matters he believes
it to be true.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ------ day of -...
,--annoDomini ------.
[L. s.]..
.
Clerk of the --.-.

Court.

AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES.
----.

Affidavit

neses.

ofwit-

Court of ...

In the matter of the petition of -----.. to be admitted a citizenof the United States of America.
, ss:------.------.--.
, occupation ----- , residing at -, and ..
-.. , occupation ----.. , residing at -----. , each being severally,

duly, and respectively sworn, deposes and says that he is a citizen of
the United States of America; that he has personally known -------- , the petitioner above mentioned, to be a resident of the UnitedStates for a period of at least five years continuously immediately preceding the date of filing his petition, and of the State (Territory or
District) in which the above-entitled application is made for a periodof ------ years immediately preceding the date of filing his petition;and that he has personal knowledge that the said petitioner is a personof good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitutionof the United States, and that he is in every way qualified, in his opinion, to be admitted as a citizen of the United States.
Subscribed and sworn to before me thisteen hundred and ---..
[L. S.].----day of ------

nine-(Official character of attestor).
CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION.

Number-...

Petition, volume ---,page ..

Stub, volume ------ , page ------.
(Signature of holder)
Description of holder: Age, ------ ; height, --- - ; color, .--;
complexion, -- - -;color of eyes, ---.-- ; color of hair, -...-; visi-

Name, age, and place of residence
ble distinguishing marks, ---.--Names; ages, and places of residenceof wife,------- , ------ -----of minor children, ----, ------------;, .--- _, __--_;

Certificate of naturalization.

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1906.

, ss:

Be it remembered, that at a ------ term of the ----- court of--.--- , held at ------ on the ------ day of -----. , in the year of ourLord nineteen hundred and--., -- --- , who previous to his (her)naturalization was a citizen or subject of ------ , at present residing at
number .-.
---- street, --. _- city (town), ----- State (Territory
or District), having applied to be admitted a citizen of the United Statesof America pursuant to law, and the court having found that the petitioner had resided continuously within the United States for at least
five years and in this State for one year immediately preceding thedate of the hearing of his (her) petition, and that said petitioner intends
to reside permanently in the United States, had in all respects compliedwith the law in relation thereto, and that - he was entitled to be so
admitted, it was thereupon ordered by the said court that _he beadmitted as a citizen of the United States of America.
In testimony whereof the seal of said court is hereunto affixed on the- - - day of ---- , in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ..
,and of our independence the..
[L. S.]- .... ,(Official character of attestor).
Stub of certificate.

STUB

OF CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION.

No. of certificate, ... ..
Name ---------.-- ;. age,
Declaration of intention, volume .....--- , page -Petition, volume -.
, page ----Name, age, and place of residence of wife, ,,-ages, and places of residence of minor children, ---- , .---~--,...................

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Date of order, volume -, page
(Signature of holder)
SEC. 28. That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall have power

Rules, etc.
eried

to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for properly
copies to carrying into execution the various provisions of this Act.
Certifiedcopies of all papers, documents, certificates, and records required to be

used, filed, recorded, or kept under any and all of the provisions of
this Act shall be admitted in evidence equally with the originals in any
and all proceedings under this Act and in all cases in which the originals
thereof might be admissible as evidence.
SEC. 29. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisionsof this Act there is hereby appropriated the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the UnitedStates not otherwise appropriated, which appropriation shall be in fullfor the objects hereby expressed until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred

Appropriation.

Expenditures.

R. .,se. 679, p. 722. and seven: and the provisions of section thirty-six hundred and seventy-

nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall not be applicablein any way to this appropriation.
paturalization alleof
SEC. 30. That all the applicable provisions of the naturalization
persons owing
1

giance butnot

ttes

nited laws of the United States shall apply to and be held to authorize thecitie

admission to citizenship of all persons not citizens who owe permanent
allegiance to the United States, and who mav become residents of any
State or organized Territory of the United States, with the following
modifications: The applicant shall not be required to renounce allegiance to any foreign sovereignty; he shall make his declaration of
intention to become a citizen of the United States at least two years
prior to his admission; and residence within the jurisdiction of theFIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS.

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1906.

United States, owing such permanent allegiance, shall be regarded as
residence within the United States within the meaning of the five
years' residence clause of the existing law.
SEC. 31. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from andafter ninety days from the date of its passage: Provided, That sections
one, two, twenty-eight, and twenty-nine shall go into effect from andafter the passage of this Act.
Approved, June 29,1906.

CHAP. 3693.-An Act For the protection of wild animals in the Grand Canyon
Forest Reserve.

Effect.
"ProtoJune 29,1906.
[S.2732.1[Public, No. 339.]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Congress assembled, That the President of the Grand anyon ForUnited States is hereby authorized to designate such areas in the Protection of wild
Grand Canyon Forest Reserve as should, in his opinion, be set aside animlsin.
for the protection of game animals and be recognized as a breeding
place therefor.
SEC. 2. That when such areas have been designated as provided in Hunting, etc., unsection one of this Act, hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing ofgame animals upon the lands of the United States within the limits ofsaid areas shall be unlawful, except under such regulations as may beprescribed from time to time by the Secretary of Agriculture; and Penaltyany person violating such regulations or the provisions of this Act
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction
in any United States court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for a period
not exceeding one year, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment, inthe discretion of the court.
States of America in

SEC. 3. That it is the purpose of this Act to protect from trespass

Purpose of the law.

the public lands of the United States and the game animals which may
be thereon, and not to interfere with the operation of the local gamelaws as affecting private, State, or Territorial lands.
Approved, June 29, 1906.

CHAP. 3594.-An Act To prevent cruelty to animals while in transit by railroad
or other means of transportation from one State or Territory or the District ofColumbia into or through another State or Territory or the District of Columbia,
and repealing sections forty-three hundred and eighty-six, forty-three hundred andeighty-seven, forty-three hundred and eighty-eight, forty-three hundred and eightynine, and forty-three hundred and ninety of the United States Revised Statutes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United

June 29. 1906.
[8.3413.1[Public, No. 340.]

States of America in Congress assembled, That no railroad, express Transportation ofcompany, car company, common carrier other than by water, or the Time limit for conconfinement
whose road forms any part tinuousreceiver, trustee, or lessee of any
cars andvessels.
r ofethem,oonof a line of road over which cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals
shall be conveyed from one State or Territory or the District ofColumbia into or through another State or Territory or the Districtof Columbia, or the owners or masters of steam, sailing, or othervessels carrying or transporting cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals
from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia into or
through another State or Territory or the District of Columbia, shallconfine the same in cars, boats, or vessels of any description for aperiod longer than twenty-eight consecutive hours without unloading
the same in a humane manner, into properly equipped pens for rest,
water, and feeding, for a period of at least five consecutive hours, unlios