THOMSON, District Judge.
The original act of 1802 (2 Stat. 153) required the applicant to declare on oath, before a Circuit or District Court of the United States, or a court of record of any of the states having common-law jurisdiction, of his intention to become a citizen of the United States. The law so remained until 1824 (4 Stat. 69), when Congress made a significant change, allowing the declaration to be made before the clerk of any of the courts named in the...
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