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begin five years after the time such minor child begins to reside permanently in the United States. (48 Stat. 797; 8 U.S. C. 8.) 69

SEO. 6.70 That all children born outside the limits of the United States who are citizens thereof in accordance with the provisions of section nineteen hundred and ninety-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States and who continue to reside outside the United States shall, in order to receive the protection of this Government, be required upon reaching the age of eighteen years to record at an American consulate their intention to become residents and remain citizens of the United States, and shall be further required to take the oath of allegiance to the United States upon attaining their majority. (34 Stat. 1229; 8 U. S. C. 6.)

CONSPIRING TO COMMIT OFFENSE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES

[Act approved March 4, 1909]

SEC. 37. If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such parties do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (35 Stat. 1096; 18 U.S. C. 88.)

FALSELY MAKING OR FORGING CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP; PENALTY

SEC. 74." Whoever shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or shall knowingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting any certificate of citizenship, with intent to use the same, or with the intent that the same may be used by some other person, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (35 Stat. 1102; 18 U. S. C. 135,)

ENGRAVING COUNTERFEIT PLATES FOR CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATES-MAKING ANY PRINT, PHOTOGRAPH, OR IMPRESSION OF, OR SELLING CERTIFICATE— DISTINCTIVE PAPER; PENALTY

SEC. 75.72 Whoever shall engrave, or cause or procure to be engraved, or assist in engraving, any plate in the likeness of any plate designed for the printing of a certificate of citizenship; or whoever shall sell any such plate, or shall bring into the United States from any foreign place any such plate, except under the direction of the

Sec. 2. Act of May 24, 1934, repealed by sec. 504, Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1173; 8 U. S. C. 904), effective January 13, 1941. Prior to 12 noon (E, S. T.) May 24, 1934, sec. 5 of the Act of Mar. 2, 1907, read as follows:

SEC. 5. That a child born without the United States of alien parents shall be deemed a citizen of the United States by virtue of the naturalization of or resumption of Ameri can citizenship by the parent: Provided, That such naturalization or resumption takes place during the minority of such child: And provided further, That the citizenship of such minor child shall begin at the time such minor child begins to reside permanently in the United States."

See sec. 314 of Nationality Act, p. 366, for provisions regarding derivation of citizenship through naturalization of parents.

10 Repealed by sec. 504, Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1172; 8 U. S. C. 904). effective January 13, 1941. See secs. 201 (c), p. 856, 313, p. 366, and 407, p. 408, of that Act for provisions on similar subjects. Sec. 1993, Revised Statutes, appears 451.

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Repealed by sec. 504, Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1172; 8 U. S. C. 904), effective January 13, 1941. See sec. 346, p. 394, of that Act for Penal Provisions.

Repealed by sec. 504, Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1172; 8 U. S. C. 904), effective January 13, 1941. See sec. 346, p. 394, of that Act for Penal Provisions.

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Attorney General 73 or other proper officer; or who ever shall have in his control, custody, or possession any metallic plate engraved after the similitude of any plate from which any such certificate has been printed, with intent to use or to suffer such plate to be used in forging or counterfeiting any such certificate or any part thereof; or whoever shall print, photograph, or in any manner cause to be printed, photographed, made, or executed, any print or impression in the likeness of any such certificate, or any part thereof; or whoever shall sell any such certificate, or shall bring the same into the United States from any foreign place, except by direction of some proper officer of the United States; or whoever shall have in his possession a distinctive paper which has been adopted by the proper officer of the United States for the printing of such certificate, with intent unlawfully to use the same, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (35 Stat. 1102; 18 U. S. C. 137.)

FALSE PERSONATION—-FORGERY OR COUNTERFEITINGUTTERING FORGED RECORD-ILLEGALLY DISPOSING OF CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP; PEN

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SEC. 76.72 Whoever, when applying to be admitted a citizen, or when appearing as a witness for any such person, shall knowingly personate any person other than himself, or shall falsely appear in the name of a deceased person, or in an assumed or fictitious name; or whoever shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit any oath, notice, affidavit, certificate, order, record, signature, or other instrument, paper, or proceeding required or authorized by any law relating to or providing for the naturalization of aliens; or whoever shall utter, sell, dispose of, or shall use as true or genuine, for any unlawful purpose, any false, forged, antedated, or counterfeit oath, notice, certificate, order, record, signature, instrument, paper, or proceeding above specified; or whoever shall sell or dispose of to any person other than the person for whom it was originally issued any certificate of citizenship or certificate showing any person to be admitted a citizen, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (35 Stat. 1102; 18 U. S. C. 138.)

USE, POSSESSION, OR ACCEPTANCE OF FALSE CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP— BLANK CERTIFICATES-DENIAL OF HAVING BEEN ADMITTED TO CITIZENSHIP; PENALTY

SEC. 77.72 Whoever shall use or attempt to use, or shall aid, assist, or participate in the use of any certificate of citizenship, knowing the same to be forged, counterfeit, or antedated, or knowing the same to have been procured by fraud or otherwise unlawfully obtained; or whoever, without lawful excuse, shall knowingly possess any false, forged, antedated, or counterfeit certificate of citizenship purporting to have been issued under any law of the United States relating to naturalization, knowing such certificate to be false, forged, antedated, or counterfeit, with the intent unlawfully to use the same; or whoever shall obtain, accept, or receive any certificate of citizenship, knowing the same to have been procured by fraud or

See footnote 53, p. 470.

For footnote 72 see p. 501.

by the use or means of any false name or statement given or made with the intent to procure, or to aid in procuring, the issuance of such certificate, or knowing the same to have been fraudulently altered or antedated; or whoever, without lawful excuse, shall have in his possession any blank certificate of citizenship provided by the Immigration and Naturalization Service with the intent unlawfully to use the same; or whoever, after having been admitted to be a citizen, shall, on oath or by affidavit, knowingly deny that he has been so admitted, with the intent to evade or avoid any duty or liability imposed or required by law, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (35 Stat. 1102-1103; 18 U. S. C. 139.)

USE OF, OR ATTEMPT TO USE, FALSE CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP; PENALTY

SEC. 78.72 Whoever shall in any manner use, for the purpose of registering as a voter, or as evidence of a right to vote, or otherwise unlawfully, any order, certificate of citizenship, or certificate, judgment, or exemplification, showing any person to be admitted to be a citizen, whether heretofore or hereafter issued or made, knowing that such order, certificate, judgment, or exemplification has been unlawfully issued or made; or whoever shall unlawfully use, or attempt to use, any such order or certificate, issued to or in the name of any other person, or in a fictitious name, or the name of a deceased person, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (35 Stat. 1103; 18 U. S. C. 140.)

USE OF FALSE CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP-FALSELY CLAIMING

CITIZENSHIP; PENALTY

SEC. 79.72 Whoever shall knowingly use any certificate of naturalization heretofore or which hereafter may be granted by any court, which has been or may be procured through fraud or by false evidence, or which has been or may hereafter be issued by the clerk or any other officer of the court without any appearance and hearing of the applicant in court and without lawful authority; or whoever, for any fraudulent purpose whatever, shall falsely represent himself to be a citizen of the United States without having been duly admitted to citizenship, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (35 Stat. 1103; 18 U. S. C. 141.)

FALSELY SWEARING IN NATURALIZATION CASES; PENALTY

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SEC. 80. Whoever, in any proceeding under or by virtue of any law relating to the naturalization of aliens, shall knowingly swear falsely in any case where an oath is made or affidavit taken, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five years. (35 Stat. 1103; 18 U. S. C. 142.)

PROVISIONS OF FIVE PRECEDING SECTIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL COURTS WHEREIN NATURALIZATION ATTEMPTED

SEC. 81. The provisions of the five sections last preceding shall apply to all proceedings had or taken, or attempted to be had or

For footnote 72 see p. 501.

Repealed by sec. 504, Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1172; 8 U. S. C. 904), effective January 13, 1941. See sec. 346, p. 894, of that Act for Penal Provisions.

taken, before any court in which any proceeding for naturalization may be commenced or attempted to be commenced, and whether such court was vested by law with jurisdiction in naturalization proceedings or not. (35 Stat. 1103; 18 U. S. C. 143.)

VALIDATION OF NATURALIZATION RECORDS

[Act approved May 27, 1910]

SEO. 9. That section one hundred of said Act [April 30, 1900] is hereby amended by adding thereto the following:

"All 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 taking effect of the naturalization Act of June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, in or from any circuit court of the Territory of Hawaii, 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."" (36 Stat. 448; 8 U. S. C. 385.)

ALLOWANCE OF FEES TO CLERKS OF COURT

[Act approved June 25, 1910]

SEO. 1.75 That section thirteen of the Act approved June twentyninth, nineteen hundred and six, 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," is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence of the section, which reads as follows: "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 from the money which the United States shall receive additional compensation for the employment of additional clerical assistance, but for no other purpose, if in the opinion of the said Secretary the business of such clerk warrants such allowance," and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

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"And in case the clerk of any court exercising naturalization jurisdiction collects fees in excess of the sum of six thousand dollars in any fiscal year the Attorney General 7 may allow salaries, for naturalization purposes only, to pay for clerical assistance, to be selected and employed by that clerk, additional to the clerical force, for which clerks of courts are required by this section to pay from fees received by such clerks in naturalization proceedings, if in the opinion of said Attorney General " the naturalization business of such clerk warrants further additional assistance: Provided, That in no event shall the whole amount allowed the clerk of a court and his assistants exceed the one-half of the gross receipts of the office of said clerk from naturalization fees during such fiscal year: Provided further, That when, at the close of any fiscal year, the business of such clerk of court indicates in the opinion of the Attorney General's that the naturalization fees for the succeeding

For footnote 73 see p. 502.

For provisions of sec. 100, Act of April 30, 1900, as that section read prior to its amendment, see p. 459. Repealed by sec. 504, Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1172; 8 U. S. C. 904), effective January 13, 1941. See sec. 842 thereof, p. 891, for similar provisions.

fiscal year will exceed six thousand dollars the Attorney General " may authorize the continuance of the allowance of salaries for the additional clerical assistance herein provided for and employed on the last day of the fiscal year until such time as the remittances indicate in the opinion of said Attorney General "s that the fees for the then current fiscal year will not be sufficient to allow the additional clerical assistance authorized by this Act.

"That payment for the additional clerical assistance herein authorized shall be in the manner and under such regulations as the Attorney General "s may prescribe." (36 Stat. 829-830; 8 U. S. C.. 402.)

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UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURTS ABOLISHED

[Act approved March 3, 1911]

SEC. 289. The circuit courts of the United States, upon the taking effect of this Act, shall be, and hereby are, abolished; and thereupon, on said date, the clerks of said courts shall deliver to the clerks of the district courts of the United States for their respective districts all the journals, dockets, books, files, records, and other books and papers of or belonging to or in any manner connected with said circuit courts; and shall also on said date deliver to the clerks of said district courts all moneys, from whatever source received, then remaining in their hands or under their control as clerks of said circuit courts, or received by them by virtue of their said offices. The journals, dockets, books, files, records, and other books and papers so delivered to the clerks of the several district courts shall be and remain a part of the official records of said district courts, and copies thereof, when certified under the hand and seal of the clerk of the district court, shall be received as evidence equally with the originals thereof; and the clerks of the several district courts shall have the same authority to exercise all the powers and to perform all the duties with respect thereto as the clerks of the several circuit courts had prior to the taking effect of this Act. (36 Stat. 1167.)

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PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP

[Act approved March 23, 1912] "

That section four of the Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes," is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 4. That all inhabitants of the Philippine Islands continuing to reside therein who were Spanish subjects on the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and then resided in said islands, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of the Philippine Islands and as

It was provided by sec. 801 of that Act that it should take effect and be in force on and after January 1, 1912. (36 Stat. 1169.)

"Superseded by sec. 2, Act of August 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 546; 48 U. S. C. 1002), (see p. 508) authorizing the Philippine Legislature to provide by law for the acquisition of Philippine citizenship. There are no provisions for the naturalization as citizens of the United States of persons in the Philippine Islands. For provisions concerning the naturalization of persons as citizens of the Philippine Islands, see Act of March 26, 1920 (15 Public Laws of the Philippine Islands, 267-271), and Act of November 30,1928 (27 Public Laws of the Philippine Legislature, No. 3448).

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