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    "ocrText": "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA:\nSTATE OF CALIFORNIA.\nSTATE OF CALIFORNIA.\nIn the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles.\nIn the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles.\nIn the matter of the application of\nIn the matter of the application of\nabal Petrus Visser\nCounty of Los Angeles SS.\nJohn To be admitted Williams a citizen\nCounty of Los Angeles ss.\nTo be admitted a citizen of the United States.\nof the United States.\nStule\nof said, County being duly sworn, testifies and says that he is well acquainted with the above named\nable fetrus Uisser\nof said County, being duly. sworn, testifies and says that he is well acquajuted with the above named\nand has been so acquainted with him for five years, and that the\nJohn\nWilliams\nsaid Abel Cetrus Visser\nand has been acquainted with him for five years, and that the\nhas continually resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of\nsaid\nu\nhas continually resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of\nthe United States of America for five years last past, and for one year last past within the State of California, and that during\nthe United States of America for five years last past, and for one year last past within the State of California, and that during\nsuch time he has behaved himself as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the\nsuch time he has behaved himself as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the\nUnited\nStates, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.\nUnited States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same. L.C.Steele\nSubscribed and sworn to in open Court, this\n30th\nday of October\nA.D.1896\nSubscribed and sworn to in open Court, this\n30th day of\nOct\nJ further\nA. D. 189 6\nClerk\nBy ammohanse Deputy\nHenewin\nClerk\nClerk.\ntate of California,\nBy Sampung\nDeputy Clerk.\nSS.\nState of California,\nSS.\nI\nAbelCatrus Visser\nCounty of nos @ngetes,\nCounty of Nos @ngetes,\ndo solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United\nI\nJohn William\ndo solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United\nStates, and I do absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to/all and every foreign Prince,\nPotentate, State or Sovereiguty whatever, and particularly to the\nStates, and do absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure, all allegiance and fidelity to,all and every foreign Prince,\nPotentate, State or Sovereiguty whatever, and particularly to Victims, Queen of treat Cortim\nday of October\nJohn Williams\nSubscribed and sworn to in open Court, this 30th\n189 6. before me.\ng Nawleu\nSubscribed and sworn to in open Court, this\n30th day of\nOct\n189 6 before me.\nClerk.\nBy um mahren\nJ.Celentin\nClerk.\nDeputy Clerk.\nBy\nSamkuts\nDeputy Clerk.\nCERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP.\nCERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP.\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\nState of California,\nSS.\nState of California,\nSS.\nCounty of @ngetes,\nCounty of los @ngetes,\n@e it (Remembered, That on the\n30th\nday ef\nOctober\nin the year of our Lord\nit (Remembereo, That on the\n30th\n,day of\nOet\none\nformerly\nthousand of eight, Vottand hundred assumery six, Abef present Petrus of the Visset State of\nin the year of our Lord\nat California, aforesaid, appeared in\none thousand eight six, John Williams\nformerly of\nsurand\nat present of the State of California, aforesaid, appeared in\nthe Superior Court of Los Angeles County, the said Court being a Court of Record, having common law jurisdiction, and a\nthe\nSuperior Court of Los Angeles County, the said Court being a Court of Record, having common law jurisdiction, and a\nClerk and Seal, and applied to the said Court to be admitted to become a CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF\nClerk and Seal, and applied to the said Court to be admitted to become a CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF\nAMERICA, pursuant to the directions and requisitions of the Act of Congress of the United States of America, entitled \"An\nAMERICA, pursuant to the directions and requisitions of the Act of Congress of the United States of America, entitled \"An\nAct to establish an Uniform Rule of Naturalization, and to Repeal the Acts heretofore passed on that Subject,\" and of the\nAct to establish an Uniform Rule of Naturalization, and to Repeal the Acts heretofore passed on that Subject,\" and of the\nseveral Acts in relation thereto.\nsaid Abel Petrus Wisser\nseveral Acts in relation thereto.\nAnd the\nhaving thereupon produced to the Court such\nAnd the\nsaid John am Walliams\nhaving thereupon produced to the Court such\nevidence, ordered by the said Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles, that the said Uncl Cetrus Vissio\nmade such Declaration and Renunciation, and taken such Oaths as are by the said Att required, it was\nevidence, made such Declaration and Renunciation, and taken such Oaths as are ly the said Ast required, thereupon it was\nordered by the said Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles, that the said John\nKilliam\nbe admitted, and he was accordingly admitted by the said Court to be a CITIZEN\nbe admitted, and he was accordingly admitted by the said Court to be a CITIZEN\nOF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\nOF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\nJn Cestimony the Sealof the said Court is hereunto affixed this 30th\nday of Oclober\nJn Cestimony the Seal of the said Court is hereunto affixed this\n30th\n/ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nday of\nOet\nin the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nhundred and unity six\n, and in the year of our Independence the\nhundred anaminet one\n, and in the year of our Independence the\n[SEAL.\none hundred Per and Curiam: twentyfross\n[SEAL.]\none hundred and thrents first\nPer Curiamo\nClerk,\nBy\nDeputy.\nSanikath"
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