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72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 202, 203 . MAY 23, 25, 1932 .

165 said board may reserve the ri ht to pay off such bonds in their numerical order at the rate of 20,000 or less per annum from and after the expiration of four years from their date of issue . Approved, May 23, 1932 . [CHAPTER 203 .1 AN ACT ay 251932

_ 1006477 .1 , To further amend the naturalization laws, and for other purposes .

[Pu bl ic, No . 149 .) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unite d Sta tes of Amer ica i n Con gress assem bled, That (a) an alien Natur alization . Allen veterans of tha veteran, as defined in section 1 or the Act of May 26, 1926 (ch . 398, world war . 44 Stat. 654 ; title 8 sec. 241, U. S. C. Su

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c .101 Supp. V, p• 71, the United States, be entitled at any time within two years after amended . t he enact ment of this Act to natu ralizati on upon t he same terms, c on- Exten ding, nat ur ah- ditions and exemptions which would have been accorded to such zatmn , exempti ons, f

Terms erempt,ons, alien if he had petitioned before the armistice of the World War, et c; r0 or 0r continued except that (1) such alien shall be required to prove that immediately residence and goo d be- precedi ng the d ate of hi s petiti on he ha s reside d contin uously w ithin hav ior required . the United States for at least two years, in pursuance of a legal admission for permanent residence, and that during all such period he has behaved as a person of good moral character ; (2) if such if admitted subse- admissi on was s ubsequent to Marc h 3, 192 4, such alien sh all file with quest to March 3, 1024 . his petition a certificate of arrival issued by the Commissioner of Naturalization ; (3) final action shall not be had upon the petition Final action on peti. until at least ninety days have elapsed after filing of such petition ; ties' and (4) such alien shall be required to appear and file his petition in person, and to take the prescribed oath of allegiance in open court. Pe titi on and oath in Such residence and good moral character shall be proved either by op en court . the affidavits of two credible witnesses who are citizens of the United Verification . States, or by depositions by two such witnesses made before a natural ization examiner, for eac h place of resid ence . (b) All petitions for citizenship made outside the United States overseas, etc ., peti- tions invalid if not in accordance with the seve nth subd ivis ion of section 4 of the heretofore granted . Nat ura liz ati on Act of Jun e 29, 190 6, as amended, u pon wh ich C , p. 160.p' 54 2; U. S. naturalization has not been heretofore granted, are hereby declared to be invalid for all purposes . SEC . 2 . (a) The seventh subdivision of section 4 of the Naturali- Waive r of res idence zation Act of June 29, 1906, as amended is amended by striking out requirements not to in- °

cltV. I .40ice cc the National Guard or Naval Militia of any State, Territory, or the c ., p. 161, amen 542 U ded . . S. District of Columbia, or the State militia in Federal service," . (b) Thi s section shall n ot be ap plied in the cas e of any individ ual c Petitions date

Sled prior whose p etition for natur alizatio n has be en filed before the enac tment of this Act. SEC . 3 . The last proviso in the first paragraph of the seventh sub- 01$l,es ;seY en in for- division of section 4 of such Act of June 29, 1906, as amended, is V01 . 40,1) .544 U. S. amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting C., p .161, a mended . in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following : "except that this Residence restric- tions not to apply to proviso shall not apply in the case of service on American-owned service on American- vessels by an alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United owned ves se ls . State s for perma nent resid ence ." SEC . 4 . Section 32 of such Act of June 29, 1906, as amended, is am o lldea45, p. 1515, amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subdivisions "(c) If the name of any naturalized citizen has, subsequent to New cer tific ate o- ci tize nshi p may be is- naturalization, been changed by order of a court of competent juris- sued on change of name, dict ion, or by marri age, the c itizen may, upon the p aymen t 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