court on election day or during the period of thirty days preceding the day of holding of any election within the jurisdiction of the court," is repealed.

SEC. 2. No declaration of intention heretofore filed in disregard of so much of such Act of 1906 as is above repealed shall be held invalid for such cause. (44 Stat. 652; 8 U. S. C. 374.)

NATURALIZATION OP ALIEN VETERANS

[Act approved May 26, 1926) " Sec. 1. That (a) as used in this Act, the term "alien veteran" means an individual, a member of the military or naval forces of the United States at any time after April 5, 1917, and before November 12, 1918, who is now an alien not ineligible to citizenship; but does not include (1) any individual at any time during such period or thereafter separated from such forces under other than honorable conditions, (2) any conscientious objector who performed no military duty whatever or refused to wear the uniform, or (3) any alien at any time during such period or thereafter discharged from the military or naval forces on account of his alienage. (44 Stat. 654; 8 U.S. C. 241.)

APPOINTMENT OF DESIGNATED EXAMINERS

(Act approved June 8, 1926] ** That section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, and to provide for a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout the United States," approved June 29, 1906, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subdivision, to read as follows:

“Fourteenth, (a) The Judge of any United States district court, or the senior judge of such court if there are more judges than one, is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to designate one or more examiners or officers of the Immigration and Naturalization Service 33 serving as such examiner or officer within the territorial jurisdiction of such court, to conduct preliminary hearings upon petitions for naturalization to such court, and to make findings and recommendations thereon. For such purposes any such designated examiner or officer is hereby authorized to take testimony concerning any matter touching or in any way affecting the admissibility of any petitioner for naturalization, to subpoena witnesses, and to administer oaths, including the oath of the petitioner to his petition and the oath of his witnesses.

“(b) The findings of any such designated examiner or officer upon any such preliminary hearing shall be submitted to the court at the final hearing upon the petition required by section 9, with a recommendation that the petition be granted or denied or continued, with the reasons therefor. Such findings and recommendations shall be accompanied by duplicate lists containing the names of the petitioners, classified according to the character of the recommendations, and signed by the designated examiner or officer. The judge to whom such findings and recommendations are submitted shall by written order approve such recommendations with such exceptions as he may deem proper, by subscribing his name to each such list when corrected to conform to his conclusions upon such recommendations. One of such lists shall thereafter be filed permanently of record in such court and the duplicate list shall be sent by the clerk of such court to the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization,

"(c) The provisions of section 9 requiring the examination of the petitioner and witnesses under oath before the court and in the presence of the court shall not apply in any case where a designated examiner or officer has conducted the preliminary hearing authorized by this subdivision; except that the court may, in its discretion, and shall, upon demand of the petitioner, require the examination of the petitioner and the witnesses under oath before the court and in the presence of the court.” (44 Stat. 709–710; 8 U.S. C. 399a.)

CITIZENSHIP' AND NATURALIZATION OF CERTAIN INHABITANTS OF THE

VIRGIN ISLANDS RESIDENCE IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS (Act approved February 25, 1927, as amended by sec. 6, Act approved June 28, 1932]

Seo. 1. That the following persons and their children born subsequent to January 17, 1917, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States :

(a) All former Danish citizens who, on January 17, 1917, resided in the Virgin Islands of the United States, and are now residing in those islands or in the United States or Puerto Rico, and who did not make the declaration required to preserve their Danish citizenship by article 6 of the treaty entered into on August 4, 1916, between the United States and Denmark, or who, having made such a declaration, have heretofore renounced or may hereafter renounce it by a declaration before a court of record;

(b) All natives of the Virgin Islands of the United States who, on January 17, 1917, resided in those islands, and are now residing in those islands or in the United States or Puerto Rico, and who are not citizens or subjects of any foreign country;

(c) All natives of the Virgin Islands of the United States who, on January 17, 1917, resided in the United States, and are now residing in the Virgin Islands of the United States, and who are not citizens or subjects of any foreign country (44 Stat. 1234); and

(d) All natives of the Virgin Islands of the United States who are, on the date of enactment of this subdivision, residing in continental United States, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or any other insular possession or Territory of the United States, who are not citizens or subjects of

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SEC. 2.38 [Expired by limitation.]

Sec. 3. All persons born in the Virgin Islands of the United States on or after January 17, 1917 (whether before or after the effective date of this Act), and subject to the jurisdiction the United States, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States. (44 Stat. 1235; 8 U. S. C. 5c.)

Sec. 4.87 The district court of the Virgin Islands of the United States shall have jurisdiction for naturalization purposes (including jurisdiction for the purpose of setting aside and canceling certificates of citizenship under section 15 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, and to provide for a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout the United States," approved June 29, 1906, as amended); and for the purpose of the naturalization laws residence in the Virgin Islands of the United States shall be considered as residence in the United States. (44 Stat. 1235; 8 U. S. C. 358a.)

Sec. 5. [This section has no relation to naturalization.]

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CERTAIN PORTO RICAN CITIZENS DEEMED CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES

[Act approved March 4, 1927) SEC. 2. That a new section is hereby inserted between sections 5 and 6 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1917, as amended, as follows:

“Sec. 5a. That all citizens of the United States who have resided or who shall hereafter reside in the island for one year shall be citizens of Porto Rico: Provided, That persons born in Porto Rico of alien parents, referred to in the last paragraph of section 5, who did not avail themselves of the privilege granted to them of becoming citizens of the United States, shall have a period of one year from the approval of this Act to make the declaration provided for in the aforesaid section: And provided further, That persons who elected to retain the political status of citizens of Porto Rico may within one year after the passage of this Act become citizens of the United States upon the same terms and in the same manner as is provided for the naturalization of native Porto Ricans born of foreign parents.” (44 Stat. 1418-1419; 8 U. S. C. 5a; 48 U. S. C. 733a.)

CITIZENSHIP OF CHEROKEE INDIANS

[Act approved January 25, 1929]

That it was not the purpose of Congress when passing the Act of June 4, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, page 376), to repeal, amend, modify, or abridge the provisions of the Act of June 2, 1924 (Fortythird Statutes, page 253), entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue certificates of citizenship to Indians," which conferred full citizenship upon the Indians composing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, located in the State of North Carolina, and that the citizenship of said Indians be and is hereby confirmed. (45 Stat. 1094.)

REGISTRY OF ALIENS

[Act approved March 2, 1929, as amended by Act approved August 7, 1939]

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SEO. 1. That (a) the registry of aliens at ports of entry required by section 1 of the Act of June 29, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, part 1, page 596), as amended, may be made as to any alien not ineligible to citizenship in whose case there is no record of admission for permanent residence, if such alien shall make a satisfactory showing to the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, with the approval of the Attorney General," that he

(1) Entered the United States prior to July 1, 1924; 1

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uralization" a fee of $10. All fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

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(c) The provisions of section 76 of the Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," approved March 4, 1909, shall apply in respect of the record of registry authorized by this section in the same manner and to the same extent, including penalties, as they apply in respect of the oaths, notices, affidavits, certificates, orders, records, signatures, and other instruments, papers, or proceedings specified in such section 76. (45 Stat. 1513; 8 U. S. C. 106.)

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SEC. 2. Upon the making of a record of registry as authorized by section 1 of this Act, the certificate of arrival required by the fourth paragraph of the second subdivision of section 4 of such Act of June 29, 1906, as amended, may be issued upon application to the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, with the approval of the Attorney General, and upon payment of the fee prescribed by section 5 of this Act. (45 Stat. 1513; 8 U. S. C. 106b.)

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SEC. 3.45 For the purposes of the immigration laws and the naturalization laws an alien, in respect of whom a record of registry has been made as authorized by section 1 of this Act, shall be deemed to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of his entry. (45 Stat. 1513; 8 U. S. C. 106c.)

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SEC. 4. No daclaration of intention shall be made by any alien under such Act of June 29, 1906, as amended, or, if made, be valid, until the lawful entry for permanent residence of such alien shall have been established, and a certificate showing the date, place, and manner of his arrival shall have been issued; except that no such certificate shall be required if the entry was on or before June 29, 1906. (45 Stat. 1513; as amended by 47 Stat. 166; 8 U. S. C. 377b.) SEO. 5.

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