APPENDIX,

CONTAINING

NATURALIZATION AND PASSENGER LAWS

OF THE UNITED STATES, AND EXTRACTS FROM THE LAWS OF THE SEVERAL STATES RELATIVE TO IMMIGRANTS, THE IMPORTA

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES

RELATIVE TO

NATURALIZATION.

REMARKS.

AN Act of Congress to establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal all former laws passed on that subject, was approved April 14, 1802.

This Act contained certain provisions in favor of aliens residing in the United States at any time previous to the 29th of January, 1795 [see page 191], and certain other provisions in favor of those who resided in the United States at any time between the 29th of January, 1795, and the 18th of June, 1799 [see page 192].

By this Act, any alien arriving in the United States after the latter period was required, besides other conditions, to comply with the following before he could be admitted to the rights of citizenship :

1. He shall declare on oath or affirmation, in some competent court, at least three years before his admission, that it was, bona fide, his intention to renounce for ever all allegiance to any sovereign or state of which he was a subject. [See page 190.]

2. He shall swear or affirm that he will support the Constitution of the United States. [See page 190.]

3. He shall satisfy the court that he has resided within the United States at least five years, and within the State or Territory where such court is held at least one year, before he can be admitted. It must further appear to the satisfaction of the court that he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States. [See page 190.]

4. He shall renounce every title of nobility held by him. [See page 190.] Subsequent laws modified this act in the following important particulars :— A residence in the United States for the continued term of five years, without being at any time without the territory of the same, was required of aliens by an act approved March 3, 1813. [See page 195.] This provision, however, was repealed by the act of June 26, 1848. [See page 198.]