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350 TITLE xxv. —-CITIZEN SHIP. T I T L E X X V . CITIZENSIIIP. Sec. l Su" h d f ·· 1998. Avoidin the rat.

 Uitligehhliiptldfnshildmn of citizens l 1999. Right 0tgexpatriation_declared. _

born abroad. _ 2000. Pramcctiprgtzpatumliml citizens in

 Olmerrisnlifrl) b(:iriI1\irllUileg`oti1!llen· 2001. Release; of citizens imprisoned by

1996. Rights as gitizens forfeited for de- foreispd governments to be detio c. · mm · 1997. Cesftlainnsoldiers and sailors not to I incur the forfeitures of the last section. l Whoarecitizens Sec. 1992. All persons born in_the United States and not subject to

 any fo;·e¥nlpow§5·,éetE:;uding Indians not taxed, are declared to be citi-

31,s.1,v. 14,p. 27. zens o the ni s. Planters’ Bank v. St. John, 1 Woods, 585; McKay r. Campbell, 2 Saw., 118. Citizenship of Sec. 1993. All children heretofore b0rn or hereafter born out of the °hlld'€¤°l°l*·l’°““ limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were or may b'"" °b’°°“d` be at the time of their birth citizens thereof, are declared to be citizens "tT` I` of the United States; but the rights of citizenship shall not descend to ,81;2¥;f"g1€°?駷 children whose fathers never resided in the Unite States. iorébl, irsés, cl 71, s. 1, v. 10, p. 604. Citiwnshiv ¤f Sec. 1994. Any woman who is now or may hereafter be married to a mmm “'°“‘°“· citizen of the United States, and who might erself be lawfully natural- ' ized, shall be deemed a citizen. 71?2. 6dd.—Kelly r. Owen, 7 Wall., 496. Of persons born Sec. 1995. All persons born in the district of country formerly known

 as the Territory of Oregon, and subject to the jurisdiction of the United

l8 M¤Y· 187% °· States on the 18th May, 1872, are citizens in the same manner as if born lg? °‘ 3* V' 17’ p' elsewhere in the United States. Riglitsascitizens Sec. 1996. All persons who deserted the military or naval service of f9ff¤1*¤d for d°°°" the United States and did not return thereto or report themselves to a °E‘”L. rovost—marshal within sixty days after the issuance of the proclamation 3 Mar-, 1865. ¢- hy the President, dated the 11th day of March, 1865, are deemed to have ‘ 136 °· 2l· "· l3· P· voluntarily relinquished and forfeited their rights of citizenship, as well as ' their right to become citizens; and such deserters shall be forever incapable "o holding any office of trust or profit under the United States, or of exercising any rights of citizens thereof. Certain soldiers Sec. 1997. No sol ier or sailor, however, who faithfully served accord- {md ¤¤$>'¤ ,**9: ing to his enlistment until the 19th day of April, 1865, and who, without T;';;, thikgtgcf proper puthogitydorl leaiéeliirlsg olptmned, quit his command or refused to ,,0,, serve a ter t a a e, s a e to be a deserter from the Arm or

 Navy; but this section shall be construedsolely as a removal of anyldis-

28’v_15,,;_u_‘ ability such soldier or sailor may have incurred, under the preceding section, by the loss of citizenship and of the right to hold office, in conseréuence of his desertion. Avoiding the nc. 1998. Every person who hereafter deserts the military or naval 9g__; service of the United States, or who being duly enrolled, departs the 3 Mar., 1865, o. jurisdiction of the district in which he is enrolled. or goes beyond the 736 s. 21, v. 13, p. units of the United States, with intent to avoid any draft 1ut·0 the · military or naval service, lawfully ordered, shall be liable to all the penalties and forfeitures of section nineteen hundred and ninety-six. plgntotexpatri- _ Sec. 1999. Whereas the right of ex atriation is a natural and inherent

  • f ·__ right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life

27 July, 1868, o. liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and whereas in the recognition of 249.s.1,v.15,p-223 this principle this Government has freely received emigrants from all