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 FORTY-—FIRS'1` CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 254. 1870. 255 shall unlawfully use, or attempt to use, any such order or certificate, Th? d°l”€.°f issued to or in the name of any other person, or in a fictitious name, or gg2t:;;,?;,? ,,,,1, the name of a deceased person; or use, or attempt to use, or aid, or the naturalizaassist,_or participate in the use of any certificate of citizenship, knowing £‘;e‘:,f,’Q,‘(‘;‘:* d°' the same to be forged, or counterfeit, or ante-dated, or knowing the and pgngltyy, same to have been procured by fraud, or otherwise unlawfully obtained ; th¤f¤i0¤‘· or if any person, and without lawful excuse, shall knowingly have or be possessed of any false, forged, ante-dated, or counterfeit certificate of citizenship, purporting to have been issued under the provisions of any law of the United States relating to naturalization, knowing such certificate to be false, forged, ante-dated, or counterfeit, with intent unlawfully to use the same; or if any person shall obtain, accept, or receive any certificate of citizenship known to such person to have been procured by fraud or by the use of any false name, or by means of any false statement made with intent to procure, or to aid in procuring, the issue of such certificate, or known to such person to be fraudulently altered or ante—dated; or if any person who has been or may be admitted to be a citizen shall, on oath or affirmation, or by afiidavit, knowingly deny that he has been so admitted, with intent to evade or avoid any duty or liability imposed or required by law, every person so offending shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to be imprisoned and kept at hard labor for a period not less than one year nor more than five years, or be fined in a sum not less than three hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both such punishments may be imposed, in the discretion of the court. And every person who shall knowingly and intentionally aid or abet any k¤E$£¤lt?’ {gd person in the commission of any such felony, or attempt to do any act ,,,,c¤,§,€,5,y hereby made felony, or counsel, advise, or procure, or attempt to pro- aiding, &c. the cure, the commission thereof, shall be liable to indictment and punish- 23;}% °fs“°h ment in the same manner and to the same extent as the principal party ' guilty of such felony, and such person may be tried and convicted thereof TPM. &¢· without the previous conviction of such principal. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall know- Pemilty f<>P_ ingly use any certificate of naturalization heretofore granted by any court, or which shall hereafter be granted, which has been, or shall be, &c. certificate of procured through fraud or by false evidence, or has been or shall be ”“*“"“1"“*‘°“? 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 ; and any person who shall falsely represent himself to be a citizen of the ,yf‘,};,;;,;";‘;i)i_‘;l' United States, without having been duly admitted to citizenship, for ssntingows my any fraudulent purpose whatever, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- *0 b¤¤¢1¤Z€¤· meanor, and upon conviction thereof, in due course of law, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not exceeding one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding two years, either or both, in the discretion of the court taking cognizance of the same. This M, to Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall apply to on pmapply to all proceedings had or taken, or attempted to be had or taken, g‘;;tli‘;£Oi:”é*£· before any court in which any proceeding for naturalization shall be com- ,0,,,, any c,j,,,,_ menced, had, or taken, or attempted to be commenced ; and the courts of Uooupg of the the United States shall have jurisdiction of all offenses under the provis- tomsés if;;?,,,) ions of this act, in or before whatsoever court or tribunal the same shall mm programsés have been committed. umm this an SEO. 5. And be it further enacted, That in any city having upwards of ln citieslof twenty thousand inhabitants, it shall be the duty of the judge of the cir- ;E:3)§;$:L;O»0°0 cuit court of the United States for the circuit wherein said city shall be, judge, of c,{c,,,, upon the application of two citizens, to appoint in writing for each elec- cppégpkgpcm) gp-. tion district or voting precinct in said city, and to change orrenew said som twé cH_P` appointment as occasion may require, from time lto time, two citizens PCSI- jzgygg-in eachdent of the district or precinct, one from each political party, who, when so =>l<¢°¤°¤ d*$m°t