PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 224-226 -JUNE 20, 1939
Oath to support
Constitution and
laws; renunciation of
foreign allegiance.
34 Stat. 697.
8U.S.0.§381.
grounds of such denial, the court or courts in which such decision was
rendered, and that the cause for such denial has been since cured or
removed and every fact material to his naturalization and required to
be proved upon the final hearing of his application.
Sw. 3. The third subdivision of section 4 of said Act of June 29
1906 (34 Stat. 597-598; U. S . C., title 8, sec. 381), is amended to read
as follows: "He shall, before he is admitted to citizenship, declare on
oath, in open court, that he will support the Constitution of the
United States, and that he absolutely and entirely renounces and
abjures all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate
state, or sovereignty of which he was before a citizen or subject; and
he will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United
States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and bear true faith
and allegiance
to the same."
Approved, June 20, 1939.
[CHAPTER 225]
AN ACT
June 20, 1939
I
[H. R. 4745]
Relating to benefit assessments from condemnation proceedings for the opening,
[Public, No. 139]
extension, widening, or straightening of alleys or minor streets.
District of Colum-
bia.
33 Stat. 733.
Condemnation pro-
ceedings for opening,
etc., of alleys or minor
streets; benefit assess-
ments.
ProisMs.
If damages plus
costs of proceedings
exceed amount of
benefits.
Payment of excess
of damages plus costs
over amount of assess-
ment for benefits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all con-
demnation proceedings instituted by the Commissioners of the Dis-
trict of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of sections 1608
to 1610 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia for the
acquisition of land for the opening, extension, widening, or straight-
ening of alleys or minor streets, all, or any part of the entire amount
found to be due and awarded by the jury in said proceedings as
damages for, and in respect of, the land condemned, plus all or any
part of the costs and expenses of said proceedings, may be assessed
by the jury as benefits: Provided, however, That if the total amount
of damages awarded by the jury in any such proceedings, plus the
costs and expenses of said proceedings, be in excess of the total
amount of benefits, it shall be optional with the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia to abide by the verdict of the jury, or, at
any time before the final ratification and confirmation of the verdict,
to enter a voluntary dismissal of the cause: Provided further, That
if the total amount of damages awarded by the jury in any such
proceedings, plus the costs and expenses of said proceedings, be in
excess of the total amount of the assessment for benefits, any such
excess in any verdict for the acquisition of land for minor streets or
alleys, shall be paid out of the appropriation available for the pay-
ment of damages awarded and costs incurred under said verdict.
Approved, June 20, 1939.
[CHAPTER 226]
ATN APT
June 20, 1939
"'
-
[H. R . 5066]
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to regulate proceedings in adoption in the
[Public, No. 140]
District of Columbia", approved August 25, 1937.
District of Colum-
bia.
Adoption proceed-
ings; extension of peri-
od for investigation.
50 Stat. 806.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of
the Act entitled "An Act to regulate proceedings in adoption in the
District of Columbia" be amended by striking out the word "sixty"
in the last paragraph thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the word
"ninety".
Approved, June 20, 1939.
844
[53 STAT.
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