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SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 69. 1918. 543 citizen of the United States, may Ele his petition for naturalization ulpron proof of coréglnuops residing]; the United States for the *"°°‘°"°‘*d°“°°· t ee ears imm °ate rece ° petition, y two witnesses, citizen; of the United Strites, and in these cases only residence in the Philip ine Islands and the Panama Canal Zone by aliens may be considerecl) residence within the United States, and the place of such military service shall be construed as the place of residence required _ to be established for purposes of naturalization; and any alien, or any 0,P;§,§g;‘j‘;§g,!;,g“;§,§ person owing permanent alle °ance to the United States embraced eiajiw. Th t within this subdivision, ma fills his petition for naturalization in the m§ai§°al$ela;i1i:b:l" °u most convenient court without proof of residence within its jurisdiction, notlviviitgistanding thnhLn1t?ip;11 upon 0t§1eJjuriscgiction of tizlie courts s e in section e o e c une wenty-nin , _ _ _ nineteenplliindred and six, provided he ap ars with his two witnesses llgidiiicg aigciiptcdbefpre the appropriate representative of tig; Btnreau of Igagrrpahzation an asses e rel1m1' `n examination ere re uire e ore filing' his pletition forpnaturalizlgion in the office of like (izlerk of the court, and in each case the record of this examination shall be offered in evidence by the representative of the Government from the Bureau . of Naturahzation and made a part of the record at the original and Sm] mm any subse uent hearings; and, except as otherwise herein provided, ea. m°1i¤¤ glprooftdf the honoriible discharge certificate of such alien, or person owing '°“&°°°°·°‘°· permanent allegiance to the United States, or the certificate of service showing good conduct, signed biy a duly authorized officer, or by the masters o said vessels, shall be eemed prima facie evidence to satisfy all of the requirements of residence within the United States and within the State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, and good ”i°EZ1v$h“*€§§§§t§°qc`§i4§§Llm’0i“Yt "'ii§&`l‘f’P§£€£ bhliteq °$¤dg“llZ 0 wi , e , » a plicant as the person named in the certificate or honorable discgarge, and in those cases only where the alien is actualg in the military or naval service of e United States, the cerf cate of arrival shall not be filed with the petition for naturalization in the manner prescribed; and any petition for naturalization filed under the Immedim ,,w,,,gS_ provisions of this subdivision may be heard immediately, notwithstanding the law prohibits the hearing of a petition for naturalization during thirty days precedingl any election in the jurisdiction of the court._ _ Any alien, who at the time of the passage of this Act, is in mmm mm wm the military service of the United States, who may not be within the mmmmaqawse. jurisdictipn of any lcipurt autheilrized to naturalize aliens, may fikkihis etition or natura ation wit out a aring in rson in e ce gf the clerk of the co1n·t and shall nliizmbe requirgd to take the prescribed oath of allegiance in open court. The petition shall be venHed Pmmum th by the affidavits o at least two credible witnesses who are citizens ew. °°'°° ’ o the United States, and who shall prove in their aiiidavits the portion of the residence that the have personall known the applicant to have resided within the Uynited States. The time of military service may be established b the affidavits of at least two other citizens of the United States, wllich, together with the oath of allegiance, may be taken in accordance with the terms of section seventeen hundred R S lm 31 and fifty of the Revised Statutes of the United States after notice Eésézlmdgé ` from and under regulations of the Bureau of Natiualization. Such ' affidavits and oath of allegiance shall be admitted in evidence in any original or appellate naturalization proceeding without proof of the genuineness o the seal or signature or of the official character of the officer before whom the afli avits and oath of allegiance were taken, and shall be filed byzthe representative of the Government from the , Bureau of Natura ation at the hearing as provided by Section l'°]‘34’P‘5°°' eleven of the Act of June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six.