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 542 SIXTY-FIF TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 68,69. 1918. [H!f?"Ig£?g4·]  ggizgpeigugegmzlgnon Making an appropriation for contingent expenses of [Pub. Res., N0. 28.] _ _ A mpmmn M Resolved by   Senate and House of Regesentatzves of the United gougi; or Representzv States of America an Congress assembled, at the following sum IS ‘""s· appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated : HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES. .¤ a`iisa`¤t€°i·$;£ For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select com- °°‘“""‘“’°*‘· mittees, exclusive of salaries and labor, unless specifically ordered bylthe House of Representatives, fiscal year nineteen hundred and exg teen, $40,000. Approved, May 6, 1918. €gr=iSi§’sii,:i;] CHAP. 69.-An _Act To amend the naturalization laws and to repeal certain  sections of the Revised Statutes of the United States and other laws relating to ’ naturalization, qid for other purposes. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,,§',‘,¥}‘“l'”“°" °' States ry America in O 688 assembled, That section four of the Act w;;g&Ed3*· P- 59% entitle ‘ ‘An Act to esitiigrlish a Bureau of Immigration and Naturali- ' zation and to provide a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout the United Statesfi atpproved June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, be, and IS ereby, amended by adding seven _ _ new subdivisions as follows: ~ ,,,,§‘¥““”‘°“ *° °‘"““' “Seventh. Any native-bom Filipino of the age of twenty-one years Scuggfgwréqukmmt and upward who has declared his intention to become a citizen of ac. ’ gm Ugitéed Staltles and whlio has gnlisted oiilmlajv h;f?ft;11];enlis§in the nite tates avy or arine orps or the av u 'a ervice, and who, after service of not less than three years, may begonorabl MMS, or Pom m_ discharged therefrom, or who may receive an_ ordinary discharge rags. { { d recommendation for reenhstment; or any alien, or any Porto Rican ,,q§,‘}‘§,,,° 'E? “',§‘§§§‘,§’§ not a citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years and $,g;¤gér§,g;’§’» 0* SMP- ulpward, who has enlisted or entered or may hereafter enlist in or enter ° the armies of the United States, either the Rzgular or the Volunteer Forces, or the National Army, the National uard or Naval Militia of Hiiny _Staitc&T;1rrit01y, or the Iiistiict og (éolumbzgi, or theu State m tis, in o cr service, or in the nitc tates av or arine Corps, or in the United States Coast Guard, or who hagserved for thrge yelarrs on board of any gospel of tllie Unitecgi States Governxpeig, or or t ce ears on oar 0 merc ant or shin vessels 0 the United Statesyof more than twenty tons burden, and gvhile still in the ggrvice gp a regpligtmgnt or reappointmcplt, 0;: within sg} moriths teran onora e isc ar e or separation ere rom, orw `eon urlough to the Army Reservg or Regular Army Reserve after honorable Ammrm On pm service, may, on presentation of the required declaration of intention igpgisxirfnecnamzion or petition for. naturalization withoutiiproof of the required five years’ " ° residence within the United States upon examination by the representative of the Bureau of Naturalization, in accordance with the _,,,(_,,S,,, mm, mm requirementsof this subdivision it is shown that such residence can ·1ur¤¤;nf€S·‘¤¤ war. not be established; an ahen serving in the military or naval service of the United States druring the time this country is engaged in the present war may file his petition for naturalization without making Vmmh mmm the preliminary declaration of intention and_witl10ut proof of the ,.,;,;,5- 0, ,,2,-,, Se,. required five years’ residence within the United States; any alien ugéqidence M thm declarant who has served in the United States Army or Navy, or the 4l’hilippine Constabulary, and has been_l1onorabl]y1 discharged thereme · iron}, 811%.htT b¥;gn_?;:(§e§1tc;l€§or sertwgce in eiitlger t lemipltary or naval service o e ru a on e con tion t at c becomes a.