Section 10 is an amendment of section 100 of the organic act. In relation to this. Governor Frear says: This amendment ratifies. but only so far as the question of Jurisdic. tion is concerned. the naturalizations made by the territorial circuit courts before the passage of the new naturalization act. (34 Stats.. 586. .une 29. 1906.) By the latter act these courts are given such jurisdiction in clear language. but before that it was a question whether they were "district courts" of a Territory within the meaning of the former naturalization laws. During the period of uncertainty they naturalized. or attempted to do so. 889 persons. The validity of these naturalizations should be placed beyond question. both as a matter of justice to the persons themselves and those dependent on them and for the good of the Territory. as these persons form a valuable element in Its voting citizenship.
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