Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-07-30


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 similtude of
any plate from which any such certifi-
cate has been printed, with intent to
use such plate or suffer the same to
be used in forging OR counterfeiting
any such certificate or any part there
Of; and every person who prints,
photographs, or in any other manner
causes to be printed, photographed,
made, or executed, any print or i'm
preston 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 some proper officer of the United
States, or who has in his possession a
! distinctive paper which has been
adopted by the proper officer of the
United 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
Edollars,S or by imprisonment at hard
| labor for not more than ten years, or
by both such fine and Imprisonment.
Sec. Is. That it is hereby made a
felony for any clerk or other person
to issue or be party to the issuance
of certificate of citizenship contrary
to the provisions of. this act, except
upon a final order under the hand of
a court having jurisdiction to make
such order, and upon conviction there
of such clerk or other person shall be
punished by imprisonment for not
more than five years and by fine of
/ not more than five thousand dollars,
4 in the discretion of the court. ~
| Sec. 10. That every person who
without lawful excuse is possessed of
any blank certificate of citizenship
+ rovided by the bureau of immigra-
ton and naturalization, with intent
unlawfully to use the same, shall be
imprisoned at hard labor not more
than five years or be fined not more
than one thousand dollars. z. & " r..
| Sec. 20. That any clerk or other
officer of a court having power under
this act to naturahze aliens, who will
fully ncglects to render true accounts
OF moneys received by him for nat
uralization proceedings or who will
fully neglects to pay over any balance
of such moneys due to the United
States within thirty days after said
payment shall become due and de-
tmand therefor has been made and re-
fused. shall be deemed guilty Of en-.
lbezzlement of the public moneys, and
shall be punt shable by imprisonment
for not more than five years: or by a
line Of not more than five thousand
dollars, or both. II &
Sec. Fl. That; it shall be unlawful
for any clerk of any court or his
authorized deputy or assistant exer-
eising jurisdiction in naturalization
proceedings, or to demand, charge,
collect, or receive any other or adj
dltional fees or moneys in naturaIiza-
ton proceedings save the fees and
moneys herein specified; and a viola
ton of any of the provisions Of this
section OF any part thereof is hereby
declared TO be a nisdemeanor and
shall be punished by imprisonment
for not more than two years, or by a
fine of not more than one thousand
dollars, or by both such fine and i'm
prisonment.
Sec. %. That the clerk OF any
court exercising Jurisdiction in nat
uralization proceedings, or any person
acting under authority of this act,
who shall knowingly certify that
petitioner, afiant or witness named
in an affidavit, petition, or certificate
OF citizenship, or other paper or writ
ing required to be executed under the
provisions OF this act, personally ap-
peared before him and was sworn
thereto, or acknowledge the execu-
ton thereof or signed the same, when
IN fact such petitioner, affiant, or |
witness did not personally appear be-
fore him, or was not sworn thereto, or3
did not execute the same, or did not
acknowledge the execution thereof,
shall be punished BY fine not ex-
.ceeding five thousand dollars, or byI
Imprisonment not to exceed Ave years.
Sec. %. That any person who
knowingly procures naturalization I'M
violation OF the provisions OF this act
shall be fined not more than Ave
thousand dollars or shall be I'M
prisened not more than ave years, or
both, and upon conviction the court iii I