States, and that he is in every way qualified, in his opinion, to be admitted as a citizen of the United States.

(Signature of holder).

; color.

Description of holder: Age... ; height... complexion.... ; color of eyes...; color of hair.. visible distinguishing marks.. Name, age and place of residence of Names, ages and places of residence of minor

wife.... children,.

held at....

....,

State (Territory

on the........ day of....... in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and.. who, previous to his (her) naturalization was a citizen or subject of............, at present residing at number.. ....street, .........city (town), 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 the 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 of our Lord nineteen hundred and and of our independence the.........

Names,

Name, age, and place of residence of wife.. ages, and places of residence of minor children,

Date of order, volume..

page..

(Signature of holder).

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 provisions 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. 29. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act there is hereby appropriated the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, which appropriation shall be in full for the objects hereby expressed until June 30, 1907: and the provisions of Section 3679 of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall not be applicable in any way to this appropriation.

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 1, 2, 28, and 29 shall go into effect from and after the passage of this act.

§ 2166.

Honorably Discharged Soldiers Are Exempt From Certain
Formalities.

Any alien, of the age of twenty-one years and upward, who has enlisted, or may enlist, in the armies of the United States, either the regular or the volunteer forces, and has been, or may be hereafter, honorably discharged, shall be admitted to become a citizen of the United States, upon his petition, without any previous declaration of his intention to become such; and he shall not be required to prove more than one year's residence within the United States previous to his application to become such citizen; and the court admitting such alien shall, in addi

tion to such proof of residence and good moral character, as now provided by law, be satisfied by competent proof of such person's having been honorably discharged from the service of the United States.

§ 2169 (As Amended, 1875). Aliens of African Nativity and Descent. The provisions of this title shall apply to aliens being free white persons, and to aliens of African nativity and to persons of African descent.

§ 2171. Naturalization to Alien Enemies Prohibited.

No alien who is a native citizen or subject, or a denizen of any country, state, or sovereignty with which the United States are at war, at the time of his application, shall be then admitted to become a citizen of the United States; but persons resident within the United States, or the territories thereof, on the eighteenth day of June, 1812, who had before that day made a declaration, according to law, of their intention to become citizens of the United Statse, or who were on that day entitled to become citizens without making such declaration, may be admitted to become citizens thereof, notwithstanding they were alien enemies at the time and in the manner prescribed by the laws heretofore passed on that subject; nor shall anything herein contained be taken or construed to interfere with or prevent the apprehension and removal, agreeably to law, of any alien enemy at any time previous to the actual naturalization of such alien.

§ 2172. Children of Persons Naturalized Under Certain Laws to Be Citizens.

The children of persons who have been duly naturalized under any law of the United States, or who, previous to the passing of any law on that subject, by the Government of the United States, may have become citizens of any one of the states, under the laws thereof, being under the age of twentyone years at the time of the naturalization of their parents, shall, if dwelling in the United States, be considered as citizens thereof; and the children of persons who now are, or have been, citizens of the United States, shall, though born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, be considered as citizens thereof; but no person heretofore proscribed by any state, or who has been legally convicted of having joined the army of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War, shall be admitted to become a citizen without the consent of the legislature of the state in which such person was proscribed.

§ 2174. Alien Seamen of Merchant Vessels.

Every seaman, being a foreigner, who declares his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States in any competent court, and shall have served three years on board of a merchant vessel of the United States subsequent to the date of such declaration, may, on his application to any competent court, and the production of his certificate of discharge and good conduct during that time, together with the certificate of his delcaration of intention to become a citizen, be admitted a citizen of the United States; and every seaman, being a foreigner, shall, after his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, and after he shall have served such three years, be deemed a citizen of the United States for the purpose of manning and serving on board any merchant vessel of the United States, anything to the contrary in any act of Congress notwithstanding; but such seaman shall, for all purposes of protection as an American citizen, be deemed such, after the filing of his declaration of intention to become such citizen.

§ 14.

Naturalization of Chinese Prohibited.

That hereafter no state court or court of the United States shall admit Chinese to citizenship; and all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Aliens Honorably Discharged From Service in Navy or Marine Corps.

Any alien of the age of twenty-one years and upward who has enlisted or may enlist in the United States Navy or Marine Corps, and has served or may hereafter serve five consecutive years in the United States navy or one enlistment in the United States Marine Corps, and has been or may hereafter be honorably discharged, shall be admitted to become a citizen of the United States upon his petition, without any previous declaration of his intention to become such; and the court admitting such alien shall, in addition to proof of good moral character, be satisfied by competent proof of such person's service in and honorable discharge fro mthe United States Navy or Marine Corps.

AN ACT TO VALIDATE CERTAIN CERTIFICATES OF
NATURALIZATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That naturalization certificates issued after the act approved March 3, 1903, entitled "An act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States," went into effect, which fail to show that the courts issuing said certificates complied with the requirements of Section 39 of said act, but which were otherwise lawfully issued, are hereby declared to be as valid as though said certificates complied with said section; provided, that in all such cases applications shall be made for new naturalization with the provisions of said act of 1903, they shall relate back to the defective certificates, and citizenship shall be deemed to have been perfected at the date of the defective certificate.

Sec. 2. That all the records relating to naturalization, all declarations of intention to become citizens of the United States and all certificates of naturalization filed, recorded, or issued prior to the time when this act takes effect in or from the criminal court of Cook County, Illinois, shall for all purposes be deemed to be and to have been made, filed, recorded, or issued by a court with jurisdiction to naturalize aliens, but shall not be by this act further validated or legalized.