| Show naturalization THE tiie usual mode of admittance of an alien to citizenship in the united states after he has obtained his first papers Is as follows the applicant goes to the bleik elerk of the court and exhibits the certificate of his having declared his intention the clerk then prepares a written itten deposition for the witness setting forth his knowledge of the applicants residence and of his hla good character and another for the applicant declaring that he re bounces all allegiance to every foreign power and particularly that of which he is a citizen or subject and arld if he has borne any title of nobility that he renounces it and that he will support the constitution of the united states the parties are then taken before the judge who examines each of them under oath and if he is satisfied that the applicant has resided in the country for the requisite period and is a man of goad character lie makes an order in writing for his admission the depositions 1 10 aro nrc then subscribed by the till parties and publicly sworn to te in court in the presence of the judge and the certificate of the declaration of intention the depositions sit ions and the order of the judge are filed and constitute the record of the proceeding A final certificate under the seal of the court signed by the ie clerk is then given to the app applicant icart declaring that he has comp complied ed with all the requisites of the law and has been duly admitted a citizen which certificate is conclusive evidence thereafter of the fact in the case of a minor the previous declaration is dispels ed with but in all other re respects pacts the course of procedure is the same the record of naturalization if regular upon its face is conclusive as to the naturalization of the alien and cannot be contradicted by extrinsic evidence thus it will be seen that either the certificate of naturalization or the record of the same tame is conclusive evidence thereafter of the fact of the naturalization of the nilen alien |
