Since then I have been looking this matter up to some extent. and I find the following decision in the case of Warren Hussey et al.. an application for the Kempton mine. referred to in Sickless Mining Laws and Decisions. 92. the decision rendered by Secretary Delano. the then Secretary of the Interior. in which he uses this language: An assignor can transfer uc greater interest to his assignee than he himsolf possesses. While he is unnaturalized he has no right to locate a mine. If he does so. and disposes of it before naturalization. a subsequent naturalization would not. in my opinion. save his location. If. therefore. it appeared in this case that the original locators were not citizens or had not declared their intention to become such at the time their location was made. and they had not become citizens when they transfeared the mine. I should have no hesitation in holding that the transfer was invalid and the claim of the applicants was not good.
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