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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\nJohn To Burns of the\nCounty of Los Angeles- SS.\nCounty of Los Angeles ss.\nbe admitted a citizen United States.\nTobe admitted a citizen of the United States.\nGrank Douyan\nF.M.Frunch\nof said Courty, beingaluly swórn, testifies and says that he is well acquainted with the above named\nof said County, being duly sworn, sestifies and says that he is well acquainted with the above named\nsaid United States (surus Burus of America\nand has been so acquainted with him for five years, and that the\nJames Oscar - Aletcher\nand has been so acquainted with him for five years, and that the\nhas continually resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of\nsaid\nhas continually resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of\nthe 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 States, well to the order and happiness of the same.\nand disposed good\nUnited States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.\nMontand\nSubscribed and sworn to in open Court,\nthis 13th\nof October A.D. 1896\nSubscribed and sworn to in open Court, this\n14th\nof\nOct\nA. D. 189\n6\nday\nClerk\nday Flexin\nClerk\nBy ammohanne Deputy Clerk.\nBy\nSanteets\nDeputy Clerk.\ntate of California,\nState of California,\nSS.\nSS.\nAos gingetes,\nCounty of Mos @ngetes,\nI\ndo solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United\nJames Oscar Fletcher\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, mid I do absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to all and every foreign Prince,\nPoteutate, Critam L\nState or Sovereiguty Ireland whatever, and particularly to the Arctora Zucau of Great\nPotentate, sigha Sovereiguty whateder, and particularly to\nJohn Byrns\nme Compine\nJames Oscar Fletilent\nSubscribed and sworn to in open Court,\nthis 13 the\nOctober\n189 6 before me.\nSubscribed and sworn to in open Court, this\n14th\nday\nof Oct 189 before me.\nday Nucher\nClerk.\nClerk.\nBy ammothermy Deputy Clerk.\nBy\nsansfect\nDeputy Clerk.\nCERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP.\nCERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP.\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA,\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\nState of California,\nState of California,\nSS.\nSS.\nCounty of &os @ngetes,\nCounty of Mos @ngetes,\nthe\nThat on the 13th\nday pf October\nin the year of our Lord\nthousandite hundred and minity Dirk games Oncar Fletcher\n@ it QRemembexed, That on the\n14th\nday of\nOct\nin the year of our Lord\nthousand eight Irelaus hundred and annuty six, Jutun at Burns present of the\n@ it (Remembered,\none\none\nState of California, aforesaid, appeared in\nformerly minany\nat present of the State of California, aforesaid, appeared in\nformerly of\nSuperior Court of Los Angeles County, the said Court being a Court of Record, having common law jurisdiction, and\nthe\nSuperior Court of Los Angeles County, the said Court being a Court of Record, having common law jurisdiction, and a\nthe\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\nOF\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.\nseveral Acts in relation thereto.\nAnd the said\nJohn Burus\nhaving thereupon produced to the Court such\nAnd the said James Oscar Fletcher\nhaving thereupon produced to the Court such\nevidence, by John Burus\nmade 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 was\nordered the said Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles, that the said\nordered by the said Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles, that the James Occar\nFletcher\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 Seal of the said Court is hereunto affixed this 13th\n3n Cestimony the Seal of the said Court is hereunto affixed this\n14th\nday of October\nin the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nday of\nQet,\nin the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nhundred and murtifix\nand in the year of our Independence the\nhundred and out\nand in the year of our Independence the\n[SEAL.\none\nhundred Per and Curiam:\n[SEAL.]\none hundred and twenty first\nPer Curiam:\nClerk,\nHeralin\nClerk,\nDeputy\nSamkutz"
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