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    "ocrText": "UNITEDI 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.\nmatter of the application of\nNeels\nCounty of Los Angeles-SS.\ntetundiques\nIn the matter of the application of\nCounty of Los Angeles ss.\nTo be admitted a citizen of the-United States.\nTo be admitted a cititen of the United States.\nMartin Kelsch\nof said Coupty, being/duly swern, pestifies and says that he is well\\acquainted with the above named\nfiels Chielem\nof said County, bein duly sworn, testifies and says that he is well acquainted with the above named\nand has been so acquainted with him for five years, and that the\nsaid\nhas continually resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of\nsaid United States Dearest of agrees America for\nand has been sq acquainted with him for five years, and that the\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 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 States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.\nMartin Kelsch\nUnited States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.\nM.1.Baneth\nSubscribed and sworn to in open Court, this\nRoth\nday of\nDec\nA. D.\nSubscribed and sworn to in open Court, this 22nd\nday of fifty\nHowevhr\nA. D, 1897\nClerk\nClerk\nBy samparts\nDeputy Clerk.\nBy Deputy Clerk.\nState of California,\nSS.\ntate of California,\nCounty of dos @ngefes,\nCougty of\n}\nSS,\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,\nStates, and I do absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure an allegiance, and fidelity /to M and every ,foreign Prince,\nI John signits\ndo solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United\nPoténtate, Letate or Sovergiguté yyatever, and particularly to\nthe thugs of Deniwant\nPotentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to the dispublicy\nNiets H Nielsen\nJohn Signed\nSubscribed and sworn to in open Court, this\n10th\ndave\nDee 897. before me.\nSubscribed and sworn to in open Court, this\n22nd\nAre\nJonuohn\nClerk.\nTenaster day-of, 1897, before Clerk.\nme.\nBy smuking\nDeputy Clerk.\nBy\nDeputy Clerk.\nCERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP.\nCERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP.\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA,\n(tate of California,\nSS.\nState of California,\nSS.\nCounty of @ngeles,\nCounty of @ngetes,\n@ it (Remembered, That on the\n16th\nday of\nDue\nNeels 46 kelsen\nin the year of our Lord\n@ it (Remembered, That on the\n22nd\nday December\nin the year of our Lord\none thousand eight -kundred and mysty seemi,\nformerly of\nDeneark\nat present of the State of California, aforesaid, appeared in\none formerly thousand of Surtarisant eight hundred at preseut signist of the\nState of California, aforesaid, appeared in\nthe\nSuperior 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\nOF\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\nthe\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.\nseveral\nAnd the said\nhaving thereupon produced to the Court such\nAnd Acts the in said relation John thereto. Signas\nhaving thereupon produced to the Court such\nevidence, made such Declaration and Renunciation, and taken such Oaths as are by the said Act required, thereupon it was\nevidence, made such Declaration and Renunciation, and taken such Oaths as are by the said Act required thereupon it\nwas\nordered sold Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles, that the said\nKilso Nilson\nordered by the said Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles, that the said\nbe admitted, and he was accordingly admitted by the said Court to be a CITIZEN\nfather\ndigup\nbe admitted, and he was accordingly admitted by the sand Court to bea CITIZEN\nOF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\n16th\nOF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\nJn Cestimong the Seal of the said Court is hereunto affixed this\nJn Eestimony the said Court is hereunto affixed this 22nd\nday of Dec\nin the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nday of Deceased\nin the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nhundred serm\n1 and in the year of our Independence the\none hundred and second\nhundred and everty Streen\nand in the year of our Independence the\nSEAL.)\nPer Curiam:\none hundred and streety becoud\nPer Curiamo\nClerk,\nDeputy.\nBy"
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