73d CONGRESS . SESS . II. CHS. 148, 154. APRIL 16, 19, 1934 . fund created by such section, as amended, shall be on the same terms and subject to the same conditions, limitations, and restrictions as are provided therein, except that such loans shall bear interest at the rate of not less than 51/4 per centum per annum, payable annually . SE C. 2 . Any construction, outfitting, equipment, reconditioning, r emodel ing, o r impr oveme nt of vessel s und er aut hority of th is resolut ion sha ll be o nly of vessel s of a type a nd kind suitab le for use as naval auxiliaries, and shall be in accordance with plans and specifications first approved by the Secretary of the Navy with particular reference to the economical conversion of such vessels into auxiliary naval vessels . SEC . 3 . The term " citizens of the United States ", as used in this resolution, includes a corporation, partnership, or association only if it is a citizen of the United States within the meaning of section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended (U.S .C ., title 46, sec . 802) . Approved, April 16, 1934 . [CHAPTER 154 .] AN ACT To reduce certain fees in naturalization proceedings, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the first paragraph of section 13 of the Naturalization Act of June 29, 1906 (34 Stat . 596), as amended (U .S .C ., Supp . VII, title 8, sec . 402), is amended to rea d as follows : " SEC. 13 . That the clerk of each and every court exercising juris- diction in naturalization cases shall charge, collect, and account for the following fees in each proceeding : "(1) For receiving and fi ling a declaration of intention and the issuing of a duplicate thereof, $2 .50 ; "(2) For making, filing, and docketing a petition for citizenship, and issuing a certificate of citizenship if the issuance of such cer- tificate is authorized by the court, and for the final hearing on the petition, $5 ." SEC . 2 . Subdivisions (b) and (c) of section 32 of the Act of June 29, 1906, and subdivision (a) of section 33 of the Act of June 29, 1906, which were added thereto by section 9 of the Act of March 2, 1929 (45 Stat . 1512), and by section 4 of the Act of May 25, 1932 (47 Stat . 165), as amended (U .S.C ., Supp . VII, title 8, sec . 399 b (b) and (c), and sec. 399 c (a) ), are amended as follows : Wherever in said subdivisions the words "afeeof$10" occ ur that shall be amended to read " a fee of $5." S EC. 3. Section 5 of the Act of March 2, 1929 (45 Stat . 1512), as amended (U.S .C ., Supp. VII, title 8, sec . 380 (a) ), is amended to read as follows " SEC . 5 . For every certificate of arrival issued for naturalization purposes a fee of $2 .50 shall be paid to the Commissioner of Natural- ization, which fee shall be paid over to and deposited in the Treasury in the same ma nner as other naturalizati on fees ." SEC. 4. Subdivision (a) of section 32 of the Act of June 29, 1906, which was added thereto by section 9 of the Act of March 2, 1929 (45 Stat. 1512), as amended (U .S .C., Supp . VII, title 8, sec . 399(b) (a)), is amended as follows : Wherever in said subdivision the words " a fee of $10 " occur they shall be amended to read "afeeof $1 " ; and by adding at the end thereof the following : " Provided, That an alien veteran as defined in section 1 of the Act of May 26, 19 26 (44 Stat. 654 ; (U.S.C., Supp. VII, title 8, sec . 241 (a) ), shall not be required to pay the fee required by this subdivision ." Terms and condi- tions. Interest rate . 597 Limitation as to type of vessels . Term "citizen" de- fined. U .S.C., p. 1530 . April 19, 1934 . [H.R. 3521.] [Public, No . 168.] Naturalization pr o- ceedings . Vol. 34, p. 600; Vol. 45, p.1514. U.S.C.,Supp. VII,P. 93. Designated fees re- duced . Declaration of inten- tion ; duplicate . Petition for citizen- ship ; certificate . Fees for new or spe- cial cer tificat es redu ced . Vol. 45, p.1515; Vol. 47, p. 165. U.S.C.,Supp. VII, p. 92. Vol. 45, p. 1513. U.S.C ., Supp . VII, p.90. Certificate of arrival . Vol. 45, p. 1515; Vol. 47, p. 165. U.S.C., Supp . VII, p. 92. New certificates in lieu of lost . Proviso . No charge to alien veteran. Vol.44,p . 654
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