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 rms xxx.-Nxrunanizarion. 379 Sect; and, also, on its appearing. to the satisfaction of the court, that uring such term of two years e 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, appgying for admission to citizenship, has borne any hereditary title, or en 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. All of the roceedin , required in this condition to be performed in the court, shallpbe records.}! by the clerk thereof. _ Sixth. Any alien who was residing within the limits and under the Perscnsrssiding jurisdiction of the United States, between the eighteenth day of June, between 18 June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and the eighteenth day md 18J“°°· of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and who has continued  ____,...- to reside within the same, may be admitted to become a citizen of the 22 NM-- 18!6» ¤- United States without havin made any previous declaration of his inten- 31é1§"·_3;§’ég5°· tion to become such; but whenever any person, without a certificate of H6 ,,_2°'$f4 pj1g` such declaration of intention, makes application to be admitted a citizen, ’ ’` it must be proved to the satisfaction of the court, that the a plicant was residing within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the Uihited States before the eighteenth dav of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and has continued to reside within the same; and the residence of the applicant within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, for at least five years immediately preceding the time of such application, must be roved by the oath of citizens of the United States, which citizens shali)be named in the record as witnesses; and such continued residence within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, when satisfactorily proved, and the place where the applicant has resided for at least five years, shall be stated and set forth, tsgether with the names of such citizens, in the record of the court mitting the agplicant; otherwise the same shall not entitle him to be considered and eemed a citizen of the United States. [Be it enacted D<*¤l¤¤§ii<>¤_ M by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of l‘,::,“,f,::,;'“*‘°”· America in Congress assembled, That the declaration of intention to be- Q4-; come a citizen of the United States, re uired by section two thousand one _ 1:*6-- 187*% 6-5» hundred and sixty live of the Revisedihtatutes of the United States, may " 1 J" 2‘ be made by an alien before the clerk of any of the courts named in said section two thousand one hundred and sixty tive; and all such declarations heretofore made before any such clerk are hereby declared as legal and valid as if made before one of the courts named in said section.] _S1cc. 2166. An alien, of the age of twenty-one years and u ward, Aliens honorwho has enlisted): or may enlist, in the armies of the United States, im? f?l&’h"$°‘l either the ular or the volunteer forces, and has been, or may be here- igwu lm I ry""` after, honolssily discharged, shall be admitted to become a citizen of the -——~—-——— United States, upon his petition, without any previous declaration of 202,7 J‘gf'·`}8§· “· his intention to become such; and he shall not be required toprove more 597: s' ’' p` than one vear’s residence within the United States previous to his a plication to become such citizen; and the court admitting such alien shall, in addition to such p1'00f of residence and good moral character, as now rovided by law, be satisfied by competent proof of such person’s having heen honorably discharged from the service of the United States. Sec. 2167. Any alien, being under the age of twenty-one years, who Minor residents. has resided in the United States three years next preceding his arriving —‘—_—‘_26 Mu,. ,82, Q_ at that age, and who has continued to reside therein to the time he may 1g6,S_1,\{4, p_b9_ make application to be admitted a citizen thereof, may, after he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and after .he has resided five years within the United States, includm the three years of his minority, be admitted a citizen of the United Sgtates, without having made the declaration required in the first condition of section twenty-one hundred and sixty- five; but such alien shall make the declaration required therein at t c time of his admission; and shall further declare, on oath, and prove to the satisfaction of the court, that, for two years next preceding, it has been his bona-fide intention to become acitizen of the United States;