Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-30

three to two years but this In affects the
qurement Of five years previous continuous residence
The first section of the oct prescrbes different
rule for the naturalization Of aliens who arrived in this
country prior to obtaining the age Of eighteen It's
"Any alien being free white person and minor under
the Of years. who shall have resided IN the
United States three next his arriving at the
age Of twenty years. and who shall have continued to re-
side therein to the time he may make application to be ad
med citizen thereof may after he arrives at the age OF
twenty years. and after he shall have resided five years
ty be admitted citizen Of the United States without hav
ing made the declaration required In the first condition Of the
first section the to which this Is addition three
years previous his admission Provided Such alien shall
make the declaration required therein at the time Of his
her admissions and shall further declare on OATH and roc
the satisfaction of the court that M three years next
cedng been bona 6de intention of such alien to be-
citizen of the United States and shall In all other re-
spects comply with the laws in regard TO naturalization
The practical construction of this provision am in
formed is for the clerks to admit aliens who will make
oath they arrived during their minority proof OF three
years residence The true construction s that mere
does away with the necessity Of previous declaration
Of intention to become citizen the part OF those who
arrive in the country prior to attaining the age Of egh
teen years. but requires instead OF such previous deca
ration the oath Of the party and also proof that for the
three years next preceding it has been the intention OF
the alien to become citizens but in all other respects the
act Of 1902 and its amendments are to be complied with
by the person who applies under this section.
The act Of 1902 provided that no person arriving after
the passage Of that act should become citizen unless he
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the clerks office where he arrived and also the place OF
his intended settlement and required that the clerk should
record this in his Office and grant certificates In 1910
act still stringent in its requirements as to the
evidence in Of naturalization passed and re-
manned in force until 1925 when these provisions were
wholly repealed There several other statutes relating
to the subject Of naturalization which not formally
peale but which have become obsolete for want Of
whom they can be applied. The man who would
collect and embsdy in single act the operative portions Of
the various statutes this subject with such amendments
experience has shown IRE necessary to their due and
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they are now scattered through the laws of Congress
from 1902 to 848 it cannot he expected that the judges
the various courts will undertake the task
exactly which section and line word is in force and
which is repealed consequently the administration Of
these laws will be loose and defective until such ac
is passed And when that 10 done and the laws ad
ministered in their purity it will be apparent that the
faults have been far in the administration than in
the laws themselves.