It will require the services of a pretty careful attorney to get all of these papers in shape. so as to give the court jurisdiction to hear the cause. And it should not be forgotten that the question of jurisdiction will follow this wouldbe citizen through all his vocations in life. If he be called to serve as a juror. grand or trial. or be called to serve the. country in any civil or military capacity. or claims the protection of the flag which he thinks he has adopted. the legality of his naturalization will turn primarily upon the correctness of this apparently useless. but complex petition. Petition being made and filed. the clerk gives ninety days notice--a procedure of no practical value outside of half a dozen large citiesand sets the case for a "stated date" theretofore fixed by the rules of the court. If the alien is not present on the day fixedand in large counties and among bIusy men it will very often be impossible for him to attend with his witnesses on a day fixed three months in advancethere is no provision for having the hearings continued. and. apparently. the whole proceeding would have to be begun over again.
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