§ 3-96 TITLE 8.-~—¢ALIENS 4 396.-Time. for filing petition for naturalization; stateddays fcfinal action theréon; change af name.————I—‘etiti0xis for llfltilr I§8.H!&ti0!1·H1&}'- bé made and filedduring term time or vacation. of the caurt and shall be doéketeil the same day as'iil¢d,” but iinai anctimxthereon shall he had duly on Qsiiited days,~t0' be, iixéd by rule df the c~0ut§,;”aml in no case shall final action be had ]1}}G!l_,"B`i}·€fiti0§fI1lltii-Ht least ui1iety·d=1ys°11z1ve glupsed after filing and posting the notice of such petition. ·· N0 person shall be Il&l{“l2i‘31iZ€<1' 1l01',.·S11flll gmy certificate of Qfnaturalizhtuion bei. issuedby any ·c0urt— within thirty days preceding the ·1l01(H_1lg df any general election wiyhip. its territorial jurisdfqztion; [ It shall be 1z1wfu1,_:1t the time zmdixs :r part df the _1mtur:1]iz£1tiqu of _§ny` alien, for, the c0ur.;,-in nits discretion, upbi1·.the petition of ‘su¢h`i31ié:i, to make a decree changing the>u£1mc_0t.·$aid Z aiiéu, and hiS_(‘€l`t;Hl22l(1é`_(léf naturalization shall, be issued to * hindu. accdrdimce therewith. Y (June 29, 1906, c. 3592, "§ 6, 34 Sm¥.59S.) _· ‘ » -. 'e_`· * ¤ _. _ I;
397. Public notice jéf Bling bf petition and _0f hearing- there?
on; wifnassesp-Thé clerk of the court shall, imnicdiatély after ming the petition, ’give·1ib_tice thereof by posting in sg publicfziud u u u ¢0uspicu0us_~pla<·—é in his oihée, 01‘»i11—thé buil{Iing·in‘ which his · pmce is situatcdi under KH? H]_)])1‘0[)fi8t€`.”llé3diDg, the ngme, Y uafivity, and residence of·`t11€ alien, thé date and °pl‘ace, of u his arrijm1;in·the Unitedj States, and ihe date, as nea1*ly__as_ 3 may be,. for the lfinal héqring of his petit1011,gaud·theuuamés_· of the ·witnesSes° yvhqm the` k1pplica;1fexpects tbusumumou tin his I}éh3lf;`a11d the clerk shall, if the applicant requests it; issue ._a éaibpmna foi· the “witue·sses sd named by lthe said inpplicanb
to appear up<m· the day `s¢t_ for the final henri1ig,.bu't in_ case such withesséé czuxi not beupruduced upon the final hearing.
_‘·` other wi-messesiuuuy ibé summoned. (June 29,°·1906,` c. 3592, §5.34 Smt,598.) u _. ‘ ,393. Fiuaf héaring on petition in open. court; final order mndexjhand of ccmft; examination bf applicant hud witncsses.—· `- VEVBITY Html hcaring upon a -petfi;§Qu ?fg;f _' g g_g_utalizatiQn slgali uuB5Qiiféd”"`§1"2»YéB ” §6§£E `Béf6i¥é` ¥ ii; judge for ·5uq1ges tiieieqr, and _ every Hnal grae; u vp¤hicb_ muy be u made. upon such Xpetifidn shall be under the hand of the court and entered inful,1 upou a ;·ecr>rd kept for ..tl1atf-puibosc; und upon such fina1`1ie11ring - 0£_ such °péti-ticnuthe applicant and Witnesses Shi1u be c_xamiucil~ under oath, before the c0urt_ai1‘d in the preséhgo of the _C0l1l't.’ ('Jui1g‘29, 1906, c.; 3592, §‘ 9. “34 _Stat. 5!19.) _ A , I ‘ 399. Appearance by Ul}itEd”'St§t€S and proceedings `in 0pp6—- `sitivn to naturalizatio¤.—-The United States sliall have` the z right to appear bcforeauy c0urt or courts exeréis»ing"jurisdi¢T` tion in-naturalization proceedings for. the purpose of cross- l examining the petitioner and ithé witncssesjumduced in sup- '
p0rt_0f his petition concerning any-lmdtfer touching or iuziuy I
—s$%ay`·af£cctiug his right to uadmissionu to citizenship, mul shall` “hai·e the xjight to*`call witnesses,. produce ““evide11¢;·e, and be l;eard· in¢opp0siti011_t¢;$ the gmnizing of any petition in‘naturaTizrgticm ·p1·0ce¢dingS.‘ (June 29, 1900, 0. 3592, §.11,`3~1- SLM? 599.) DUTIES QF "CLERKS; OF 'COURTS; NATURALIZATrlON` 400. Duties of ·clcrks· of courts; filing declaration of inteng . tion; `fqmwarding duplicate ~C€1'tiE/C3t€ and names, of aliens u denied citizenship; penhltye-It shall be thé duty of thé clerk u l of _.»ez11··l1‘ aud ‘e5vc:x·5· l'¥Qi)l1I't <·xc·rci¤·:ing- jurisdiétipxx in ·naI1_¤.1mliz=1.— tion matters to keep and illé’é1°duplic3_fe of each. declaration · of intenticm m;1do bqforv him auulj to send to the Bureau. of l Natu1·:1lizzzti0r1 at W:nsl1im:tO11, within `thirty clays `1lf[9[`UlQW' issu:mce oft; certificate ofV(?'U€ii§4éI1Shi}). :1 ilupl'i<2:1ta._0f such cer-` ` tiiicutge, and to IHi1k(?”3!}il;k9(‘Du0U_ file in lnfs; aime avstulj [fur u
0:a_ch (evrtiticate so issued by hixu. whereén sli;¤l1;be” centered in U 'mejnmraaudum of :111-,tl10'c·sse>11(i:1l fnéts sat -foi·t‘l1’ in subh cer-’°
tiiicute. _1£`shull also be the duty of the clerk of ;cuch of°`S1\id_ [
LND C1TIZEN_SIIlP._ O 162. .l courts to report to the-· said bureaujwifhin thirty days a»f~1or the dual hearing and decision otethe court,_·the name- of Ouch and every allen who shall be denied naturolizatjmxnsaantl to yu,-.· nish. to said bureau duplicates of all petitions uiithin tllir=l,,·· gdays after. the filing of the·&jsarne,, and certified? copies of snolt other proceedlngsand orders -l¤S§_i‘•i¤ted iujor issued out <,,g ' said court. affecting. or relating to the naturalization ot aliens as may berequired from time to time by the said bureau, " ( » In case any suchclerk oromcer acting under hisiidlretlion shall refuse or neglect `to comply with any `of the foregoing »l,,·,,_ visions or this section he shall forfeit and pay‘.to’tho,1j¤m,.,; States the· sum of $25 in eachcand every case in which smb ‘ yiolation or omission `occurs, and the amount of such forfeiture ·may be recovered by the United States in an=·action of debt against such clerk, (June._29,f1906, .c. 3592,,} 12,3-1, Stat. i‘vtm.>s , ,,401: same;. responsibility for `blanlt certiBcstcs of citizen-I ship; return of ldefaoed”_certi6cates; penalty,-}—Clerks of courts { having and exercising jurisdiction in naturalization nxattors shall be responsible for? all blank certidcates of citizenship ro; ceiyed by them from time to time from_*the'B¤reau of Natural;- ‘ zation, and shall accountnfor, the' same to the said- bureau whenever, required soto no by suchbureau; No certificate of citizenship received. by any such clerk awbichi may be `deta<·orl_ ‘0r`injured'in such manner as__to·-prevent its* \1S»é_as`_hcrein Sprovided shall in-any case he destroyed, but such certlhcate shall be returned to the said} bureau ;‘ and case any such clerk · shall-fail to- return orproperly account for any ceytincate furnished by the saidjbu‘rea_u, as herein provided, hc. shall no liable . to the ,United States in the sum-of $50, tobe recoveredin an action of debt, for each, and eyerylcertiilcate not properly nocounted foror ireturned; _ (June 29,;p_190tl,_ c. 3592, `§ 12, '34 Stat; 599.),* ‘_ s 4 = ,s a _ _ 402. Fees; disposition of; clerical assistance.-—'1‘he clerli·ot_ each and every courtexercising jortsoxouon in naturalization cases shall a charge, collect, »a~nd—aeeount¥~ ~for+thev##folloivi·ng afeesr ~··s *· ineachproceeding; · t »— a` ‘_ * t For receivfng·and_ filing a declaration of intention and issuing ` a duplicate thereof,_$1. _ y g `_ _ ; p . o g For making, filing, and docketing the petition of an alien-4 _for admission.-‘as a citizen of the ,Uni»ted States and for the , final hearing thereon, $2.; and forientering the nnal order and the issuance of the certificate of citizenship thereunder, it granted,r_$2.`" - i · " _` ” · at ~ _ ._ t ·`E>kcep.t° as[hereinafter`meutioned in this section, the clerk ui" on;,»,t·oo_n collecting such ·fees_is authorized to retain, onehalt ; of the fees collected by hi1n_ in such naturalization proceeding} the preniaiiiing one-half of the ‘naturall2.ation·.,Iees_= in each case. collected by such clerks, respectively; shall Ybc accounted for in theirouarterly ‘accounts,swhich they are required to render the Bureau of Na_turallzation,,and paid over tosurh noreou, within thirty days, from the close of each quarter in cache aridlevcryilscal year, and “the_ moneys sor received shall be paid ’over_to thei disbursi¤ng·’__clcrk_ot_ the, Department- of Labor, who- shall thereupon deposit them in` the 'Treasury nf tno unuooy States, rendering an account therefor quarterly to_ tl1c.‘Gcneral’Accountlng_ Office, and the said dishursiug clerk shall beheld responsible under his bonrltor said fees so ro-- ceived. e * ._" S l p v_ ‘ _ V ,·— In addfti‘on·to‘the fees herein required, the petitioner sluill. upon the‘·tllin-g ofhis petition to bcconne a_ citizen of the tTnito·l States, deposit .u€ith and pay to the clerk of the court a sum of moitoy sufficient to eoverthe expenses of subptnnaing-and paying,the· legal fees of, any witnesses for whom henniay 1‘<‘· F quest a subpmna, andlupon the final discharge of such witnesses they sh‘all.roceive, if theydemand the same from the clerk, the customary,\and usual witness fees from the mouoyr which the pctitionérpshallh havepaid to such clerk tor- such
