No. 2816 N street NW.. being lot 4. square 43. in Alexander Shepherds subdivision in Georgetown. now West Washington. D.C. At the time he purchased said house and lot for his home he did not know of the provisions of the act of March 3. 1887. entitled "An act to restrict the ownership of real estate in the Territories to American citizens. etc.." (24 Stat.. 476). and it was not until the year 1893. when he was summoned on a jury and interrogated by the court. that he was advised of the disability that existed. whereupon petitioner at once took steps to become a citizen. and in the month of May. 1894. he declared his intention of being naturalized as a citizen of the United States in the supreme court of the District of Columbia. Petitioner furer r states that t the time he purchased said house in 1889 he. in good faith. executed and gave a mortgage or deed of trust to secure the deferred payments on the purchase price. and now. as the title of your petitioner to the real estate aforesaid is clouded by reason of the act of CongresI herein referred to. he prays that said real estate. which may be forfeited under the provisions of said act. be relleved and excepted from the operation thereof. and fo- that purpose that the annexed act be passed. Petitioner is a poor man. and if the provisions of the act of March 3. 1887 are enforced against him it would be a great hardship to him. as he purchased his house in good faith for a home for himself and family.
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