On what condi. tions an alien may be naturalized. Fourthly, That in case the alien, applying to be admitted to citizenship, shall have borne any hereditary title, or been of any of the orders of nobility in the kingdom or state from which he came, he shall, in addition to the above requisites make an express renunciation of his title or order of nobility in the court to which his application shall be made, which renunciation shall be recorded in the said court: Provided, That no alien who shall be a native citizen, denizen, or subject of any country, state, or sovereign, with whom the United States shall be at war, at the time of his application, shall be then admitted to be a citizen of the United States: Provided also, That any alien who was residing within the limits, and under the jurisdiction of the United States, before the twenty ninth day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety five, may be admitted to become a citizen, on due proof made to some one of the courts aforesaid, that he has resided two years, at least, within and under the jurisdiction of the United States, and one year, at least, immediately preceding his application, within the state or territory where such court is at the time held; and on his declaring on oath, or affirmation, that he will support the constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely and No person who shall arrive in the United States, from and after the time when the 12th sec. of act 3d March, 1813, 2d ses. 12 Con. shall take effect, shall be admitted to become a citizen of the United States, who shall not for the continued term of five years next preceding his admission, as aforesaid, have resided within the United States, without being at any time during the said five years, out of the territory of the United States. It is presumed that the act has application only to the citizens of the country which shall, by convention with the United States, adopt regulations similar to those contained therein.-See under head of seamen. entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty whatever, and particularly, by name, the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, whereof he was before a citizen or subject: and moreover, on its appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that during the said term of two years, he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same; and where the alien, applying for admission to citizenship shall have borne any hereditary title, or been of any of the orders of nobility in the kingdom or state from which he came, on his moreover making in the court, an express renunciation of his title or order of nobility, before he shall be entitled to such admission: all of which proceedings, required in this proviso to be performed in the court, shall be recorded by the clerk thereof: And provided also, That any alien who was residing within the limits, and under the jurisdiction of the United States at any time between the said twenty ninth day of January, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety five,. and the eighteenth day of June, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety eight, may, within two years after the passing of this act, be admitted to become a citizen, without a compliance with the first condition above specified. SEC. 2. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That in addition to the directions aforesaid, all free Mode of naturalization prescribed. white persons, being aliens, who may arrive in the United States after the passing of this act, shall, in order to become citizens of the United States, make registry, and obtain certificates, in the following manner, to wit: every person desirous of being naturalized shall, if of the age of twenty one years, make report of himself; or if under the age of twenty one years, or held in service, shall be reported by his pa rent, guardian, master, or mistress, to the clerk of the district court of the district where such alien or aliens shall arrive, or to some other court of record of the United States, or of either of the territorial districts of the same, or of a particular state; and such report shall ascertian the name, birth-place, age, nation, and allegiance of each alien, together with the country whence he or she migrated, and, the place of his or her intended settlement; and it shall be the duty of such clerk, on receiving such report, to record the same in his office, and to grant to the person making such report, and to each individual concerned therein, whenever he shall be required, a certificate under his hand and seal of office of such report and registry; and for receiving and registering each report of an individual or family, he shall receive fifty cents; and for each certificate granted pursuant to this act, to an individual or family, fifty cents: and such certificate shall be exhibited to the court by every alien who may arrive in the United States, after the passing of this act, on his application to be naturalized, as evidence of the time of his arrival within the United States. What courts are Children of pers sons naturalized SEC. 3. And whereas, doubts have arisen whether certain courts of record in some of the states, are included within the description of district or circuit courts; Be it further enacted, That every court of record in any individual state, having common law jurisdiction, and a seal and clerk or prothonotary, shall be considered as a district court within the meaning of this act; and every alien, who may have been naturalized in any such court, shall enjoy, from and after the passing of the act, the same rights and privileges, as if he had been naturalized in a district or circuit court of the United States. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the childunderertain laws ren of persons duly naturalized under any of the laws of the United States, or who, previous to the passing to be citizens of the U. States. of any law on that subject, by the government of the United States, may have become citizens of any of the said states, under the laws thereof, being under the age of twenty one years, at the time of their parents being so naturalized, or admitted to the rights of citizenship, shall, if dwelling in the United States, be considered as citizens of the United States, 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 of the United States: Provided, That the right of citizenship shall not descend to per- zenship not to ex sons whose fathers have never resided within the United States: Provided also, That no person hereto- the U. States, or fore proscribed by any state, or who has been legally scribed, &c, convicted of having joined the army of Great Britain, during the late war, shall be admitted a citizen, as aforesaid, without the consent of the legislature of the state in which such person was proscribed. Privilege of citi. tend to children of persons who have never resided in to persons pro Repeal of former SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all acts heretofore passed respecting naturalization, be, and act. the same are hereby repealed. Approved 14th April, 1802, 1st ses. 7th Con.. An act in addition to an act, entituled “An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization; and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject. mitted to become SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any alien, being a free white person, certain aliens perwho was residing within the limits and under the ju- citizens of the U. risdiction of the United States, at any time between the eighteenth day of June, one thousand seven hundred ninety eight, and the fourteenth day of April, States. After an alien shall have compli rections, his wid one thousand eight hundred and two, and who has continued to reside within the same, may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States, without a compliance with the first condition specified in the first section of the act entituled "An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject.* SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That when any alien ed with certain di who shall have complied with the first condition speciow and children fied in the first section of the said original act, and the United States, who shall have pursued the directions prescribed in made citizens of the second section of the said act, may die, before he is actually naturalized, the widow and the children of such alien shall be considered as citizens of the United States, and shall be entitled to all rights and privileges as such, upon taking the oaths prescribed by law. Approved 26th March, 180, 1st ses. 8th Con. ,ed to become citi zens. An act supplementary to the acts heretofore passed on the subject of an uniform rule of naturalization. SEC. 3. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Persons authoriz: assembled, That persons resident within the United States, or the territories thereof, on the eighteenth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, who had before that day made a declaration according to law, of their intentions to become citizens of the United States, or who, by the existing laws of the United States, were on that day entitled to become citizens, without making such declaration may be admitted to become citizens thereof, notwithstanding * See page 461. |