HomeMy WebLinkAboutWILMOT-GILBERT, W J - 1893 r.
The United States of America,
THE STATE OF H;®, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, ss.
in the matter of the Declaration of)
/ 1 1 � / � - DECLARATION .
to become a Citizen of the United States.
H
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a a ' n and a native of e __ .0P -
rye,6 1 , being duly sworn according to law, declare
'‘a ' and say, that I first arrived in the United States on the
c ay of A. D. 18' _, lat it is bona fide my intention to
become a citize of ie T i11 ed States, and to rengunce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any
Foreign P ' , P to tate,t State so - , "gnty, what- er, and particularly all allegiance
and fidelity to ��
of w am a sub'ect._ , so help me God.
P i 9/- iii ' _____. g ,z,
Sworn to before me, and subscribed in —e, thi ._ �` day of 18
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CD ,� I Clerk.
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THE STATE OH/0,
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, ss. ( 5)EVI E. MEACHAM, Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas, within and for said cou ' 1 whose custody the files, journals and records of
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said court are required by the laws of t -Mil OkMe Ohio to be kept, hereby certify that the foregoing
copy is taken and copied from the origipal duuldi4tion in the above entitled case, now on file in the
office of the Clerk of the Court of Com n eas, within and for said Cuyahoga county, and that
said foregoing copy has been compared y me NAT' said original declaration, and that the same is a
correct transcript thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name officially, '
and affix the seal of said court, at the court house in the city of
Cleveland, in said county, this ,-2- —4'
,
A. D. 18. t
day of
0,e_fr____r, ` lerk,
By C ./22 iU - —r�r deputy C k.
WRead. This paper does not give the holder the right to vote or erwise exercise any•the rights of citizenship. Aliens
may be admitted to citizenship after having resided in the United States for five years,and in the State or Territory in which the
application is made,for one year next preceding the filing of such application. This declaration must be made at least two years
before applying for final admission;except as provided by section 2167 U. S. Statutes.
Admission to citizenship can only be granted by some court of record,having competent jurisdiction, before which the appli-
cant
must appear and file his written application,and produce evidence to the satisfaction of the court in support thereof.
Clerk of the court has no power to grant admission to citizenship. See revised statutes of the United States,sections 2165 to .
2174 inclusive;and for penalties for violating naturalization laws, see sections 5395 to 5429 inclusive.