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    "ocrText": "58\nOF\nIN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF\nFiled\nSignamondo AMERICA.\nany 4th 1914\n#.3391\nORIGINAL\nBE/ADMITTED A CITIZEN or THE UNITED STATES or\nSTATES OF\nOATH OF ALLEGIANCE\nI hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate,\nstate, or sovereignty, and particularly to\nctor Emmanus)\nKing\nof\nItalit\nPETITION FOR NATURALIZATION\nof whom I have heretofore been a subject; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all\nenemies, foreign and domestic; and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same.\nTo the Honorable the\nSignsmonda Traguen\nThe petition of\nSuperior John Court\nThe State of Celifornia,\nin and for Los Angeles County.\nFirst. UMy place of residence\nlead\nhereby filed, respectfully showeth:\nSecond. My occupation is\nmechanic\n(Give number, street, clty town, aud State.)\nday of\nNOV\n1914\nA. 19\nThird. was born on the 14th day of\nJuly\nSubscribed and sworn to before me, in open Court, this\nFourth. I emigrated to the United States from LIVERPOOL,\nanno ENGLAND Domini 869 at Bergen and norway\non about\nthe\nanno Damini 879 and arrived in the United States at the port of NEW YORK\n2 day of\nmay\nClerk.\nNOTE.-In renunciation of title of nobility, add the following to the oath of allegiance before is executed: further renounce the title of (give title), an order of nobility, which have heretofore held.\"\nanno Domini 1879 on the vessel\nUnknown\non the 12 day of may\nthan\nFifth. I declared my intention to become eitizen of the United States on the 3\nmadison his\nhe character day of of onveyance or name no U company should begiven.)\nin the municipal\nanno\nat\nDomini 894\nSixth.\nnot\nCourt of Cty of madam Co of have Wis\nam\nmarried My-wift'aname-is\nor\nin\nM. CANTWELL, Law Blank Publisher, Madison, Wia.\ncand. restites at\nI\nhave\nno children, and the name, date and pluce of ana of Treséd of each of sutt extturen followor\n(Give number, street city or town, and State.)\nUpon consideration of the petition\nfurther testimony taken in open Cour\nState of Ulisconsin,)\nS.C.T.\nto become a citizen of the United State\nMunicipal Court,\nCity of Madison and County of Dane.\n)\n(It is further ordered, upon cons\nI. John S Johnson\nan Alien, being a free white\nand hereby is, changed to\nperson, do hereby declare on oath, in open Court, that emigrated to the United States on or about the\nJune 29, 1906 (34 Stat. L., pt. 1,p. 59\nBy the Court:\nmonth of may\nin the year eighteen hundred and Seventy thine\nSeventh. I am not disbeliever in or apposed to organized government or member of or affliated with any organization or body of persons teaching disbelief in or opposed\nto\norganized\ngovernment. I am not polygamist nor believer in the practice of polygamy. I am attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and it is my\nand that it is botta fide, my intentions to become a citizen of the United States of America, and to re-\nintention to a the\nbecome eitizen of United States^and to renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and\nnounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Poentate, State or Sovereignty what-\nparticularly to\nHaakon VH, of Norway.\nof whom at this time I am subject,and it is my intention\nto reside permanently in the United States.\never, and particularly to the Hingdom og formay\nEighth. am able to speak the English language.\n,whereof I am now a subject,\nWinth.\nUpon consideration of the petition\nhave resided continuously in the United States of America for the term of five years at least immediately preceding the date of this petition, to wit, since\nJohn If Johnson\nthe\nday of\nmay\nanno Domini 1879 and in the State of\nCalifornia\nthis petition, since the 4th day of Dec\ncontinuously next preceding the date of\nanno\nSubscribed and sworn to before, me in open Court,\nDomini 897 being residence within this State of at least one year next preceding the date\nin the City of Madison, this\n6th\nof this petition.\nTenth. I have not heretofore made pelition for ettizêhship to any court. (L marde petition for to the\nCourt\nday of. November A. D. 1894\nat\non the\ndayof\nanno Domini 1\nand\nAG Betenjill Clerk.\nsaid. patition was denied by the said -Court for Tite following ressono and owt.\nand the cause of such thas stnee teen earett or removed.\nTHE S.AID PETITION IS HEREBY\nAttached hereto and made part of this petition are my declaration of intention to become citizen of the United States and from the Department of Tabor\ntogether\nwith\nmy\naffidavit and the affidavits of the two verifying witnesses thereto, required by law. Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may be admitted citizen of the United States of America.\nof Wisconsin,\nt (Complete and\ns.c.T.\n\"\ntrue  petitioner.)\nMUNICIPAL COURT.\nl, Ale Pettenjics\nblerk\nCity of Madison and County of Dane.\nDeclaration of NOTE TO Intention CLEAK and or Courr. Cartifosto-of -If petifioner Arrinal No fromDpartmento) the filed words this reading 4 and th Certificate day of of Arrival No aug from\narrived the United States ON oa BEFORE JUNE 29, 1906, strike out\n1914\nof said Court, being a COURT OF RECORD, do hereby certify that on the\n5th\nDepartment\nday\nContinued from\nAFFIDAVITS OF PETITIONER AND WITNESSES.\nto\nof the month of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred\nST.ATE OF\nContinued from\nand ninety form personally appeared John S Johnson\nCaunty of LOS lingetes\nss:\nto\nan alien, being a free white person, declared on oath befoce said bourt, in open bourt,\nThe aforesaid petitioner being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the petitioner in the above-entitled proceedings: that he has read the foregoing petition and knows\nthe\nthat it was bena fide, his intention to become a eitizen of the United States of America,\ncontents thereof; that the said petition is signed with his full, true name; that the same is true of his own knowledge, except as to matters therein stated to be alleged upon\nto tenounce forever all allegiance and fidelity Co any foreign Prince, Potentate, State\ninformation and belief, and that as to those matters he a to\nand\nJohn (Complete and hewa Johnom\nor Sovereignty whatenet, and particularly to the Thingdom of normay\nW.H. Bradford\nLabore\noccupation\noccupation\nmechanic\nresiding\nwhereof he was then a subject.\nand William T mentz\nPesiding at\nBurbank leal\nIN TESTIMONY WHEREOP I have hereunto set my hand and affized the seal of\nJohn Lewis Johnson 4th\nduly, and respectively sworn, Asposes and says that he is a citizen of the United States of America; that he has personally known\nsaid (purt at the Clerk`s office, in the City of Madiaon, this\nof Novem A. D. 189\nthe petitioner above mentioned, to have resided in the United States continuously\nimn\nCertificate of Naturalization, N°\nthe Bettergill\ndately preceding the date of Aling his petifion, since the\nday of\nClerk.\nentitled\npetition is made continuously sinco the 4th day of anno Domini 1909 and\nJuly\nJuly\nanno Domini 19 ao and in the State in which the above-\nthat he has personal knowledge that\nthe said petitioner is . person of good moral character, attached to the of the Constitution of the United States, and that the Petitioner is in every way qualified, in his\nopinion, to be admitted a eitizen of the United States.\nwithiniter\nON\nWilli am M.\n(Bignature\nany\nthe above-named petitioner and witnesses in the office of the Clark of Court this day\nCOUNTE CLEAK AND EX OFFICIO CLERK\n3. Lelande THE SUPIRICA D FOR THE COMNTY\nOF Los ANGELES, STATE CF CALIFORNIA.\nClarki,\nBy\nDepuly Clerk"
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