New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-07
NATURALIZATION.
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Laws and to Punish Crimes Against

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Laws and to Punish Crimes Against
\ the Same, and for Other Purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That in all
cases where any oath, affirmation, or affida-
Wit shall be made or taken under or by
virtue of any act or law relating to the
NATURALIZATION Of aliens, or in any proceed
ings under such acts or laws, and any per-
son or persons taking or making such oath,
affirmation, or affidavit, shall knowingly
swear or affirm falsely, the same shall be
deemed and taken to be perjury, and the
person or persons guilty thereof shall, upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to imprison-
ment for a term not exceeding five years,
and not less than one year, and to q fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars L -
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That
If any person applying to be admitted
citizen, OF appearing as a witness for any
such person, shall knowingly personate any
other person than himself, or falsely appear
in the name OF a deceased person, or i'll an
assumed or fictitious name, or II any per
son shall falsely make, forge or counterfeit
any oath, affirmation, notice, affidavit GER
tificate, order, record, signature or other
instrument, paper or proceeding required or
providing for the naturalization of aliens;
or shall utter, sell, dispose OF. or use as true
or genuine, or for any unlawful purpose,
any false. forged, ante-dated or counterfeit
oath, affirmation, notice, certificate, order,
record, signature, instrument, paper or pro-
ceeding as aforesaid; or sell or dispose of to
any person other than the person for whom
it was originally issued any certificate OF
citizenship, or certificate showing any per-
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son shall in any manner use, for the pur-
pose of registering as Il voter, or as evidence
of right to vote or otherwise. unlawfully,
anv order, certificate OF citizenship, or certi-
ficate, jud gment or exemphfcatiOns showing
such person to be admitted to be citizen.
whether heretofore or hereafter issued or
made knowing that such order or certificate,
judgment or eXemplitcati0n has been I'M
lawfully issued or made: or if any person
shall unlawfully use or attempt to Use any
such order or certificate, issued to or i'll the
name Of any other person, or in fictitious
name, or the name OF q deceased person, or
use, or attempt to use, or aid, or assist, or
participate in the use OF any certificate OF
citizenship, knowing the same to be forged.
counterfeit or ante-dated, or knowing the
same to have been procured by fraud or
otherwise unlawfully obtained: or if any
person, and without lawful excuse, shall
knowingly have or be possessed OF any
false, forged. antc-dated or counterfeit GER
tifcate Of citizenship, purporting to have
been issued under the provisions of any
law of the United States relating to natu-
radiation, knowing such certificate 10 be
false, forged, ante-dated or counterfeit.
with intent unlawfully to use the same; or
if any person shall obtain, accept or receive
any certificate of citizenship known to such
PERSON to have been procured by fraud or
by the use of any false name, or by means
of any false statement made with intent to
procure, or to aid in procuring, the issue of
such certificate, or known to such person to
be fraudulently altered or ante-dated; or
if any person who has been or may be adj
mitted to be citizen shall, on oath or
affirmation, Or by affidavit, knowingly deny
that he has been so admitted, with intent to
evade or avoid any duty or liability imposed
or required by law, every person so offend
ing shall he deemed and adjudged guilty of
felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be
sentenced to be imprisoned and kept at
hard labor, for period of not less than one
year nor more than five years, or be fined in
n sum not less than three hundred dollars
nor more than one thousand dollars; or both
such punishments may be imposed, in the
discretion OF the court. And every person
who shall knowingly and Intentionally aid
or abet any person i'll the commission of any
such felony, or attempt to do any act hereby
made felony, or counsel, advise or procure,
or attempt to procure the commission
thereof, shall be liable to indictment and
punishment III the same manner and to the
same extent as the principal party guilty of
such felony, and such person may be tried
and convicted thereof without the previous
conviction of such principal.
Sec. 3. And be il further enacted, That
any person who shall knowingly use any
certificate of naturalization heretofore
granted by any court. or which shall here
after be granted, which has been, or shall
be procured through fraud or by false evil
dence, or has been or shall be issued by the
clerk or any other officer of the court, with
ont any appearance and hearing Of the APP
plicant in court. and without lawful author
ity; and any person who snail falsely repre-
sent himself to be q citizen of the United
States, without having been duly admitted
to citizenship. for any fraudulent purpose
shall be deemed guilty OF a mis-
and upon conviction thereof, in
due course OF law, shall be sentenced to pay
a fine Of not exceeding one thousand dollars,
or be imprisoned not exceeding two years.
either or both. in the discretion OF the court
taking cognizance of the same.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That
the provisions of this act shall apply to I'LL
had or taken. or attempted to
be had or taken, before any court in Which
any proceeding Ior naturalZauon snAl ne
had, or taken. or attempted t.
DC commenced ana the courts OF tMe United
states shali have JURISDICTION Oh an oitenses
tihder the PROVISIONS Oh this act; IN OF De-
l0re whatsoever couf: or tripuhal the same
shall nave oeen ccnmlt1ed.
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any Guy hasng upward 9i twenty tnou-
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