That accomplishes one thing. Then. In order to prevent that same alien from taking his declaration of intention. getting two or three duplicates. and using those duplicates to get licenses for his various friends. we have this qualification that he shall couantersign in the presence of the officer issuing the certificate. and that countersign goes through the entire bill up to the date of his naturalization . and it is provided In the bill that he shall countersign his final papers in the presence of the officer of the court granting the certificate of naturalization. So that by that means we have the counter signature. we have the signature of the applicant from the very minute he takes his first step in his process of becoming a citizen of the United States. and then we have the clerk of the court having each preceding paper before him before another paper is issued. and in that manner there can be no impersonation and no fraud. That is the point of this provision. That brings us back to the argument which I heard while I was sitting here. as to the educational qualifications of immigrants . and of course that is an open question. I admit. But in the United States. where citizenship is rapidly increasing in value.
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