Public Law 72–203

That

Sec. 2.

Sec. 3.

The last proviso in the first paragraph of the seventh subdivision

Alien seamen in foreign registry.

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of section 4 of such Act of June 29, 1906, as amended, is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following: “except that this

Residence restrictions not to apply to service on American-owned vessels.

proviso shall not apply in the case of service on American-owned vessels by an alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.”

Sec. 4.

Section 32 of such Act of June 29, 1906, as amended, is

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amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subdivisions:

“(c)“(c)

If the name of any naturalized citizen has, subsequent to

New certificate of citizenship may be issued on change of name.

naturalization, been changed by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or by marriage, the citizen may, upon the payment to the commissioner of a fee of $10, make application (accompanied by two

Fee.

photographs of the applicant) for a new certificate of citizenship in the new name of such citizen. If the commissioner finds the name of the applicant to have been changed as claimed he shall issue to the applicant a new certificate with one of such photographs of the applicant affixed thereto.

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“(d) Authority granted to issue certified copies of naturalization records.

The Commissioner of Naturalization is authorized to make and issue, without fee, certifications of any part of the naturalization records of any court, or of any certificate of citizenship, for use in complying with any statute, State or Federal, or in any judicial

Admission of, as evidence.

proceeding. Any such certification shall be admitted in evidence equally with the original from which such certification was made in any case in which the original thereof might be admissible as evidence. No such certification shall be made by any clerk of court except upon order of the court.”

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Sec. 5.

So much of subdivision (a) of section 33 of such Act of June 29, 1906, as amended, as reads “Upon obtaining a certificate from the Secretary of Labor showing the date, place, and manner of arrival in the United States,” is hereby repealed.

Sec. 6.

Section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to supplement the naturalization laws, and for other purposes,” approved March 2, 1929, is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and

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inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following: “except that no such certificate shall be required if the entry was on or before June 29, 1906.”

Sec. 7.

Despite the provisions of subdivision (a) of section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act making it a felony with penalty for certain aliens to enter the United States of America under certain conditions in violation of law,” approved March 4, 1929, as amended, an alien, if otherwise admissible, shall not be excluded from admission to the United States under the provisions of such subdivision after the expiration of one year after the date of deportation if, prior to his reembarkation at a place outside of the United States, or prior to

Approval of application necessary.

his application in foreign contiguous territory for admission to the United States, the Secretary of Labor, in his discretion, shall have granted such alien permission to reapply for admission.

Sec. 8.

The compilation of the statistics to show races, nationalities, and other information, authorized and directed to be prepared by the Commissioner of Naturalization, shall be completed and published at the same time, as near as practicable, as the publication of the statistics of the 1930 census; except that reports covering the census of 1910 shall be completed and submitted not later than January 31, 1933, and reports covering the census of 1920 not later

To conform to Act of 1929.

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than December 31, 1933. Such statistics shall show the records of registry made under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to supplement the naturalization laws, and for other purposes,”

Fund available.

approved March 2, 1929. Payment for the equipment used in preparing such compilation shall be made from appropriations for miscellaneous expenses of the Bureau of Naturalization.

Sec. 9.

The Secretary of the Treasury, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Labor, is authorized to provide quarters, without payment of rent, in the building occupied by the Naturalization Service in New York City, for a photographic studio operated by welfare organizations without profit and solely for the benefit of

Supervision.

aliens seeking naturalization. Such studio shall be under the supervision of the Commissioner of Naturalization.

Sec. 10.

The tenth subdivision of section 4 of the Act of June 29, 1906 (ch. 3592, 34 Stat. 598), as amended by the Act of May 9, 1918 (ch. 69, 40 Stat. 545; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 377), is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Tenth. That any person not an alien enemy, who resided uninterruptedly

Residents not alien enemies erroneously exercising citizenship rights.

within the United States during the period of five years next preceding July 1, 1920, and was on that date otherwise qualified to become a citizen of the United States, except that he had not made a declaration of intention required by law and who during or prior to that time, because of misinformation regarding his citizenship status erroneously exercised the rights and performed the

Admittance, without preliminary declaration.

duties of a citizen of the United States in good faith, may file the petition for naturalization prescribed by law without making the preliminary declaration of intention required of other aliens, and upon satisfactory proof to the court that he has so acted may be admitted as a citizen of the United States upon complying in all respects with the other requirements of the naturalization law.”