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FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3592. 1906. 597 . ' a citizen or subject. And such declaration shall set forth the name, age, occupation, personal description, lace of birth, last foreign residence an allegiance, the date of arrival: the name of the vessel, if any, in which he came to the United States, and the resent place of residence in the United States of said alien: Proviaied, however, That no alien who, in conformity with the law in force at the date of his decla~ ¤.:.T_`"°°° d°°l""' ration, has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States shall be required to renew such declaration. Second. Not less than two years nor more than seven years after he _,,,P°¤¤°|¤¤m *<>a;i¤¤¤¤· has made such declaration of intention he shall make and Ble, in dupli- iiiequn-menu cate, a petition in writing, signed by the applicant in his own handwritin and duly verified, in which petition such a plicant shall state his full name, his place of residence (by street ami) number if i- ` ble), his occupation, and, if possible, the date and place of the place from which he emigrated, and the date and place of his arrival in the United States, and, i he entered through a port, the name of the vessel on which he arrived; the time when and the place and name of the court where he declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States; if he is married he shall state the name of his wife and, if possible, the country of her nativity and her (place of residence at the time of Bling his petition; and if e has chil ren, the name, date, and place of birth and place of residence of each child livin at the time of the Bling of his petition: Provided, That if he has Usd his d I . declaration before the passailof this Act he shall not be required to u.m.“°°° °° "°` si n the petition in his own ndwriting. gfhe petition shall set forth that he is not a disbeliever in or opposed m*frgL¤;¤f:g¤m¤{;-;¤_ to organizeldtgovernment, or a member of or affiliated with any organ- my. ization or y of persons teaching disbelief in or opposed to organized vernment, a polygamist or believer in the pI'8Cl]1CB of polygamy and mt it is his intention to become a citizeniof the United States and aenunemien or to renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any °“‘°’ ““°"‘“°°· foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly by name to the prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of which he at the time of Bling of his petition may be a citizen or supyect, and that it is nmnum orpszmehis intention to reside permanently within the nited States, and “°“°'°“m°“°°· °‘°· whether or not he has been denied admission as a citizen of the United States, and, if denied, the ground or grounds of such denial, the court or courts in which such decision was rendered, and that the cause for such denial has since been cured or removed, and every fact material to his naturalization and required to be proved upon the Bnal hearing of his application. _ _ The petition shall also be verified by the aflidavits of at least two c§_¥¤_j¤¤•¤¤¤¤¤¤r· credible witnesses, who are citizens of the United States, and who` shall state in their ailidavits that they have personally known the applicant to be a resident of the United States for a period of at least hve years continuously, and of the State, Territory, or district in which the ap lication is made for a period of at least one year immediately precedlin the date of the Bling of his petition, and that they each have personaldmowledge that the petitioner is a person of good moral character, and that he is in every way qualiiied, in their opinion, to be admitted as a citizen of ghe United Spates. h u be m d h h I k { At the time of iilin is tition 01*8 S 9. e wit the c er Certifwtw 0 M'- of the court a certiiicade frogicthe Department of Commerce and Labor, fiZEl,,°{d mm¤°°’°° if the petitioner arrives in the United States after the passage of this Act, stating the date, place, and manner of his arrival in the United States, and the declaration of intention of such (petitioner, which certiBcate and declaration shall be attached to an made a part of said ti 'on. ’ PcTii]ird. He shall, before he is admitted to citizenship, declare on oath neumum mq.; i in open court that he will support the Constitution of the United States, °°“"‘ and that he absolutely and entirely renounces and abjures all allegiance