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


cate of citizenship received by any
such clerk which may be defaced or
injured in such manner as to prevent
its use as herein provided shall in any
case be destroyed, but such certificate
shall be returned to the said bureau;
and in case any such clerk shall fail
to return or properly account for any
certificate furnished by the said
bureau, as herein provided, he shall
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 not properly account
ed for or returned. .
Sec. 10. That the clerk of each and
every court exercising jurisdiction in
naturalization cases shall charge,
collect, and account for the following
fees in each proceeding:
For receiving and filing a declara-
ton of intention and issuing a dupli-
cate thereof, one dollar. ,.;. :.
For making, filing, and docketing
the petition of an alien for admission
as citizen Of the United States and
for the final hearing thereon, two dol
lars and for entering the final order
and the Issuance of the certificate of
citizenship Hereunder, if granted,
two dollars. -
The clerk of any court collecting
such fees is hereby authorized to
retain one-half of the fees collected by
him in such naturalization proceed
ing; the remaining one-half of the
naturalization fees in each case col
lected by such clerks, respectively,
shall be accounted for in their quar-
terly accounts, which they are here
by 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 and every fiscal year, and the
moneys so received shall be paid
over to the disbursing clerk Of the
department of commerce and labor,
who shall thereupon deposit them in
the treasury Of the United States,
rendering an account therefor quarter
ly to the auditor for the state and
other departments, land the said dis
bursting clerk shall be held RESPONSE
Bile under his bond for said fees so re-
ceived. %.4 s5s r,,li -
In addition to the fees herein re-
quired, the petitioner shall, upon the
filing of his petition to become a
citizen Of the United States, deposit
with and pay to the clerk of the court
a sum of money sufficient to cover the
expenses of subpoenaing and paying
the legal fees OF any witnesses for
khom he may request a subpoena, and
upon the final discharge Of such wit
nesses they shall receive, If they de-
mand the same from 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 petit
toner: Provided, That the clerks of
court exercising jurisdiction in nat
uralization proceedings shall be per-
mitted to retain one,half Of the, fees
in any fiscal year up to the sum Of
three thousand dollars, and that all
fees received by such clerks in nat
uralization 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
States may be entitled under the pro-
visions of this act. The clerks Of the
various courts exercising jurisdiction
in naturalization proceedings shall
pay all ADDITIONAL clerical force that
may be required in performing the
duties imposed by this act upon the
clerks Of courts from fees received by
such clerks in naturalization proceed-
ings. And in case the clerk. of any
court collects fees in excess of the
sum of six thousand dollars in any
one year, the secretary Of commerce
and labor may allow to such clerk
q! fConfInned On r,aOs. a i - -