NATURALIZATION. thereupon adjudge and declare the final order admitting such person to citizenship void. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the courts having jurisdiction of the trial of such offense to make such adjudication. Any person who knowingly aids, advises, or encourages any person not entitled thereto to apply for or to secure naturalization, or to file the preliminary papers declaring an intent to become a citizen of the United States, or who in any naturalization proceeding knowingly procures or gives false testimony as to any material fact, or who knowingly makes an affidavit false as to any material fact required to be proved in such proceeding, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. SEC. 24. That no person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any crime arising under the provisions of this Act unless the indictment is found or the information is filed within five years next after the commission of such crime. SEC. 25. That for the purpose of the prosecution of all crimes and offenses against the naturalization laws of the United States which may have been committed prior to the date when this Act shall go into effect, the existing naturalization laws shall remain in full force and effect. SEC. 26. That sections twenty-one hundred and sixtyfive, twenty-one hundred and sixty-seven, twenty-one hundred and sixty-eight, twenty-one hundred and seventy-three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States of America, and section thirty-nine of chapter one thousand and twelve of the Statutes at Large of the United States of America for the year nineteen hundred and three, and all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with or repugnant to the provision of this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 27. That substantially the following forms shall be used in the proceedings to which they relate : DECLARATION OF INTENTION. (Invalid for all purposes seven years after the date hereof.) 20 NATURALIZATION. ever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly to of Domini of which I am now a citizen (subject); I arrived at the (port) of .... in the State (Territory or District) on or about the . . . . . . . . day of. . . . . . . .anno .; I am not an anarchist; I am not a polygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy; and it is my intention in good faith to become a citizen of the United States of America and to permanently reside therein. So help me God. (Original signature of declarant) Subscribed and sworn to (affirmed) before me this [L. S.] (Official character of attestor.) PETITION FOR NATURALIZATION. Court of. In the matter of the petition of.. ...to be admitted as a citizen of the United States of America. anno Domini in the Fifth. I emigrated to the United Statees from.. on or about the.... ..day of..... and arrived at the port of. United States, on the vessel.... Sixth. I declared my intention to become a citizen of the United States on the.. ..day of..... .court of... ..at .married. My wife's name is I have........children and the name, date, and place of birth and place of residence of each of said children is as follows: Eighth. I am not a disbeliever in or opposed to organized government or a member of or affiliated with any organization or body of persons teaching disbelief in organized government. I am not a polygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy. I am attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and it is my intention to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity NATURALIZATION. to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly to.. of which at this time I am a citizen (or subject), and it is my intention to reside permanently in the United States. Ninth. I am able to speak the English language. Tenth. I have resided continuously in the United States of America for a term of five years at least immediately preceding the date of this petition, to-wit, since...... .anno Domini, and in the State (Territory or District) of.. .for one year at least next preceding the date of this petition, to-wit, since.. .anno Domini.. ..day of Eleventh. I have not heretofore made petition for citizenship to any court. (I made petition for citizenship to the..... .court of... at. ....... and the said petition was denied by the said court for the following reasons and causes, to-wit, and the cause of such denial has since been cured or removed.) Attached hereto and made a part of this petition are my declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States and the certificate from the Department of Commerce and Labor required by law. Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may be admitted a citizen of the United States of America. Dated..... (Signature of petitioner). SS: being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the petitioner in the above-entitled proceedings; that he has read the foregoing petition and knows the contents thereof; that the same is true of his own knowledge, except as to matters therein stated to be alleged upon information and belief, and that as to those matters he believes it to be true. Subscribed and sworn to before me this. of.... [L. S.] Clerk of the. ...day .Court. AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES. Court of.... ..... In the matter of the petition of.. admitted a citizen of the United States of America. .to be each being severally, duly, and re spectively sworn, deposes and says that he is a citizen of the United States of America; that he has personally known .., the petitioner above mentioned, to be a resident of the United States for a period of at least NATURALIZATION. five years continuously immediately preceding the date of filing his petition, and of the State (Territory or District) in which the above-entitled application is made for a period of...... years immediately preceding the date of filing his petition; and that he has personal knowledge that the said petitioner is a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and that he is in every way qualified, in his opinion, to be admitted as a citizen of the United States. ...city (town), .. .street, State (Territory or District), having applied to be admitted a citizen of the United States of America pursuant to law, and the court having found that the petitioner had resided continuously within the United States for at least five years and in this State for one year immediately preceding the date of the hearing of his (her) petition, and that said petitioner intends to reside permanently in the United States, had in all respects complied with the law in relation thereto, and that ....he was entitled to be so admitted, it was thereupon ordered by said court that..... he be admitted as a citizen of the United States of America. In testimony whereof the seal of said court is hereunto affixed on the... ...day of.. ...in the year ..., page.. .... ., page... Name, age, and place of residence of wife..... Names, ages and places of residence of minor children, SEC. 28. That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall have power to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for properly carrying into execution the various provisious of this Act. Certified copies of all papers, documents, certificates, and records required to be used, filed, recorded, or kept under any and all of the provisions of this Act shall be admitted in evidence equally with the originals in any and all proceedings under this Act and in all cases in which the originals thereof might be admissible as evidence. SEC. 30. That all the applicable provisions of the naturalization laws of the United States shall apply to and be held to authorize the admission to citizenship of all persons not citizens who owe permanent allegiance to the United States, and who may become residents of any State or organized Territory of the United States, with the following modifications: The applicant shall not be required to renounce allegiance to any foreign sovereignty; he shall make his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States at least two years prior to his admission; and residence within the jurisdiction of the United States, owing such permanent allegiance, shall be regarded as residence within the United States within the meaning of the five years' residence clause of the existing law. SEC. 31. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after ninety days from the date of its passage: Provided, That sections one, two, twenty-eight, and twenty-nine shall go into effect from and after the passage of this Act. Approved June 29, 1906. |