Mr. Speaker. at the last session of Congress we passed a new naturalization law. Under that law the irreg: ularities that have been mentioned as having occurred under the act of 1903 will become absolutely impossible. The condition is simply this: In section 39 of the act of March. 1903. the duty was not imposed upon the applicant but upon the court. At that time there were in the United States some five thousand different courts having jurisdiction under the naturalization laws. Many of these courts did not follow the provisions of this statute. They did not change the form of their naturalization certificates. It may be that they required the affidavits. It may be that they examined the applicants and determined that they were in every way qualified for citizenship. but when they came to issuing the certificate they used the old form of certificate. and did not place in that certificate what section 39 required should be stated. namely. that the provision in question had been followed.
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