The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-02-06
THE NATURALIZATION LAWS.

TIE NATURALIZATION LAWS.
A bill wss reported 10 The Senate By
Dir. Bcrien on Monday (27th.) from The
committee on the Judiciary. 10 amend the
Naturalization Laws. The subject being
one u The highest interest 10 many of our
readers, we have run our eye over the bill
so as 10 enable Us 10 state briefly lis lead
ing features.
The bill proposes 10 enact that collec-
tors OF the revenue al all the ports of the
United States shall open and keep hooks
Of registry, in which. al the request Of an,
alien arriving in the United States, his
name, age, stature. &c. shall be registered,
and certificate Of such registry granted
TO the said alien.
The clerks Of Courts Of The United
States may at any time, being at least
three years after such regislry, on presen-
ta,ion Of the certificate thereof. record the
declaration Of the intention of such alien
to become permanently a citizen Of the
United States, and grant him certificate
Of such declaration.
Two years after the record Of such de-
claraiion, and five years after the registry
before mentioned. on the exhibition Of The
certificates Of registry and declaration, and
on proof of good character and attachment
10 the constitution and government Of the
United States, in any court Of the United
States, such alien may be admitted TO be-
come a citizen Of the United States, on
certain conditions, the most important Of
which appears to be that he shall have re-
sided one year at least preceding the APP
plication in the state or district in which
The court is held. To duplicate of such
certificates of citizenship or registry shall
ever be issued, except upon proof in court
and public advertisement of the loss Of the
original. Children under sixteen years Of
age at the time Of arrival in the country
are not required to produce certificates Of
registry or of declaration of intention, il
thsy ale proved To have been Eve years
resident and otherwise entitled.
The conservative provision Of the bill
is the next in order, viz: That no decree
Of naturalization shall be made, or certifi-
cate of naturalization granted, within -
months before the time of any election Of
President or Vice President of the United
States. or of the Electors thereof. or with
in - months of the time of any gene
rd election in the particular state or dis
trio, in which the application is made
and such decree and certificate shall con-
fer no right or privilege of citizenship
whatever, except in the stale or distric;
where granted, for the term Of months
after the date thereof.
DEGREES and certificates discovered TO
have been obtained by fraud or false pre-.
fences may. upon hearing in court, after
previous notice, he set aside; and all per.
sons concerned in such evasion of the
laws may be punished as for high misde-
meanors.
Persons now in the United States may,
a, any time within six months after the
passage Of this bill, avail themselves oil
the general provisions of it 10 become IA.
turalized without the previous registry re-
qured Of aliens hereafter arriving in the
United States.
The provisions Of the bill which We
have thus abridged, passed into a law
would, we have no doubt guard against
the mass of the abuses which are known
to have been perpeirated under the exist.
ing laws, and accomplish a salutary and
effective reform of our system of natural
ization. Nat. Na,ci.
The first formal step (says the North
American) has been made towards a
change in the Naturalization Laws, by
the appointment of Commissioners in diff
ferent cities to take testimony in relation
TO violations of the naturalization laws
the introduction of criminals and paupers