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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 69. 1918. 545 exemption boards and_ cooperate with the War Department in lpeatilnghdeclarants subject to the Army draft and expenses inei- 4 ent thereto. "Tenth. That an person not an alien enemy, who resided unin- Mis ¤¢¤i¢ terruptedly  time United States during the period of fivegrears 2i»1é°11is°i§ m°lii£f2se?.1ii;§ next preceding July iirst, nineteen hundre  fourteen, an was "**"_i‘,,*“§;,,,,,,,m, ,,,,,,0,,, on that date otherwise qualified to become a citizen of the United gfgimmew d¤¤1¤¤=·· States, except that he had not made the declaration of intention ' required by law and who during or prior to that time, because of misinformation relgardi§ his citizemhip status erroneously exercised the rights and pe orm the duties of a citizen of the United States in good faith, may file the etition for naturalization prescribed by law without makin the prelllmm ary declaration of intention required of other aliens, and upon satisfactory, proof to the court that he has so acted may be admitted as a citizen of the United States upon complying in all respects with the other requirements of the natural; ization aw. "Eleventh. No alien who is a_native,_ citizen, subject, or denizen ,,,§°§,mu,$.*§,g’§,°",% of any countliiy, State, or sovereignty with which the United States £%r;¢<=·» ¤l ¤¤¤¤¤Y is at war sha be admitted to become a citizen of the United States ` unless he made his declaration of intention not less than two nor ' more than seven years prior to the existence of the state of war, or was at that time entitled to become a citizen of the United States, without making a declaration of intention, or unless his petition for naturalization shall then be pendin and is otherwise entitled to admission, notwithstanding he shall lie an alien enemy at the time and in the manner prescribed by the laws pissed upon that sub'ect: Provided, That no alien embraced within t subdivision shall have QE ,,,,,1,,, his petition for naturalization called for a hearing, or heard, except ¤¤¤¤=¤· after ninety days’ notice given by the clerk of the court to the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of .Natura.lization to be present, and the petition shall be given no final hearing except in open court and after such notice to the representative of the Government from the Bureau of Naturalization, whose objection shall cause the petition to be continued from time to time forso long as the Government R mx t of may require: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall sue¤°m¤i°¤m11s.° °" be taken or construed to mterfere with or pirevent the apprehension and removal, agreeably to law, of any a en enemy at any time previous to the actua naturalization of such alien; and section twenty-one hundred and seventy-one of the Revised Statutes of the ,.,§é1;f°°‘2m""3°°· United States is hereby repealed: Provided further, That the Presi- u,md*>’ °*°¤*P”°¤ dent of the United States may, in his discretion, upon investigation ` and report by the Department of Justice fully estabhshing the loyalty of any alien enemy not included in the foregoing exemption, except such alien enemy from the classification of alien enemyéand there- A _ upon he shall have the privilege of applying for natura ation; and p°'°’"““°"‘ for the purposes of carrying into effect the provisions of this section, including personal services in the District of Columbia, the sum of ${100,000 is hereby appropriated, to be available until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ami) nineteen, including travel expenses for members of the Bureau of Naturalization and its field service only, and ilihtgiicuiismslvgiihg the provisions of section thirty-six hundred and seventy-nine of the V°‘· i”·P·*9- Revised Statutes shall not be applicable in any way to this appropna ion. _ _ "Twelfth. That any person who, while a citizen of the United m.li3°§’.?rt}i¤?§l°iS#a:i°.‘¤i1`1: States and during the existing war in Euro, entered the milita §,§{’,’}§,’,?dS‘“°““‘P’”' or naval service of any country at war withea country with whidh ° the United States is now at war, who shall be deemed to have lost  citizenship by reason of any oath or obligation taken by lum for the   of entering such service, ma resume his citizenship by ta g the oath of allegiance to the llnited States 112460°——vor. 40—r·r 1———35