Opinions of the Principal Officers of the Executive Departments, and Other Papers Relating to Expatriation, Naturalization, and Change of Allegiance

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1873 - Allegiance - 279 pages
 

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Page 184 - when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity. But, although municipal laws cannot take away or destroy this great right, they may regulate the manner and prescribe the evidence of its exercise ; and in the absence of
Page 8 - of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," (15 Stat. at Large, 223,) should the Executive refuse to give effect to an act of expatriation of a citizen of the United States
Page 45 - I. The law-making power having declared that the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, (15 US Stat., p. 223,) should the Executive refuse to give effect to an act of expatriation of a citizen of the United States!
Page 36 - Ludlam, 26 NY, 357; Lynch vs. Clark, 1 Sandf., ch. 583.) The act provided that "persons heretofore born or hereafter to be born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were or shall be at the time of their birth citizens of this country, shall
Page 101 - all comprehended under the following general heads : Protection by the Government ; the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the right to acquire and possess property of every kind, and to pursue and obtain happiness and safety, subject, nevertheless, to such restraints as the Government may justly
Page 47 - out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were, or shall lie at the time of their birth, citizens of the United States, shall be deemed and considered, and are hereby declared to be, citizens of the United States : Provided,
Page 106 - at Large, p. 604) that persons born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were or shall be at the time of their birth citizens of the United States, shall he deemed and considered
Page 82 - effect until the applicant has taken the oath of allegiance. An alien to whom a certificate of naturalization is granted shall, in the United Kingdom, be entitled to all political and other rights, powers, and privileges, and be subject to all obligations to which a natural-born
Page 136 - of State of the United States, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note which His Excellency the Baron Lederer addressed to him on the 21st day of November, and has given very careful consideration to the facts with reference to the nationality of
Page 13 - Stat. at Large, p. 223,) enacts that all naturalized citizens of the United States while in foreign states shall be entitled to and shall receive from this Government the same protection of persons and property that is accorded to native-bom citizens in like

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