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 854 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs . 835, 836. 1930 . July 3, 1930. [H. R.10960 .1 [Public, No. 508 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the last three sentences of section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act relative to the naturalization and citizenship of married women," approved Septem- ber 22, 1922 (relating to the presumption of loss of citizenship by married women by residence abroad), are repealed, but such repeal shall not restore citizenship lost under such section 3 before such repeal. SEC. 2. (a) Section 4 of such Act of September 22, 1922, is amended to read as follows " SEC . 4 . (a) A woman who has lost her United States citizenship by reason of her marriage to an alien eligible to citizenship or by reason of the loss of United States citizenship by her husband may, if eligible to citizenship and if she has not acquired any other nationality by affirmative act, be naturalized upon full and complete compliance with all requirements of the naturalization laws, with the fol lowi ng e xcep tion s "(1) No declaration of intention and no certificate of arrival shall be required, and no period of residence within the United States or within the county where the petition is filed shall be required ; "( 2) The petition need not set forth that it is the intention of the petitioner to reside permanently within the United States ; Filin g of. "(3) The petition may be filed in any court having naturalization jurisdiction, regardless of the residence of the petitioner ; "( 4) If there is attached to the petition, at the time of filing, a certificate from a naturalization examiner stating that the petitioner has appeared before him for examination, the petition may be heard at any time after filing . "( b) After her naturalization such woman shall have the same citizenship status as if her marriage, or the loss of citizenship by her husband, as the case may be, had taken place after this section, as amended, takes effect ." (b) The amendment made by this section to section 4 of such Act of September 22, 1922, shall not terminate citizenship acquired under such section 4 before such amendment . SEC . 3 . Subdivision (f) of section 4 of the Immigration Act of 1924, as amended, is amended to read as follows "(f) A woman who was a citizen of the United States and lost her citizenship by reason of her marriage to an alien, or the loss of United States citizenship by her husband, or by marriage to an alien and residence in a foreign country ." App roved, July 3, 1930 . Nat urali zati on a nd citizenship of married women . Vol . 42, p. 1022, amended . Matter repealed . Vol. 42, p. 1022. U. S. C.,p. 158. Naturalization if citi- zens hip lost by mar- riage prior hereto . Cert ifica te of arri val, etc., waived . Petition. Hearing of. Status thereafter. Citizenship status not terminated there- by. Vol. 45, p. 1009. U. S. C ., Supp. IV, p.63. Nonquota immi- grant . July 3, 1930. [H. R . 12233 .1	[Public, No. 509.] CHAP . 835 .-An Act To amend the law relative to the citizenship and natu- ralization of married women, and for other purposes . CHAP . 836 .-An Act Authorizing the Robertson and Janin Company, of Montreal, C anada, its s uccessors an d assigns, to construct, maintain, an d operate a bridge across the Rainy River at Baude tte, Minnesota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Rainy River. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in o rder to Robertson and Janin Company may bridge, facilitate international commerce, improve the postal service, and at Baudette, Minn. provide for military and other purposes Robertson and Janin Com- pany, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Rainy River, so far as the United States has jurisdiction over the waters of such river, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at Baudette, Minnesota, in accordance with the provi-

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