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    "ocrText": "ORIGINAL\nno NO\nSTATES or .\n- DE\nBOMAIDALUA TO HTAO\nPETITION FOR NATURALIZATION\nas bas 35.3 minister bas 1 -\ninnovetically\nto\nput\nI which\n:ATE\nSuperior\nmore\nthe Homonable\nGourt\nof\nperson making\nation)\nSam Sam Stepanovieh California San Diego County\nThe petition of\nFirst. My place of residence is\n1226 Fourth (Give number, California\nstreet, clty or town, and State.)\nSan Deego\nhereby flied, respectfully showeth:\nSecond. My occupation is\ncook\nThird. , was born on the\n-\nday of January\nanno Domini 887\nFourth. I emigrated to the United States from Southampton England\nat Spuz, montenegro\non or about the 19th day of auquet\nanno Domini 1 905 and arrived in the United States, at the port of\nanno Domini 1 905 on the american Line\nnew york\non the 26th day of august\n(ifthe allen arrived otherwise than by\ncharacter of royance or name of transportation\nFifth I declared my intention to become a eitizen of the United States\nSanDiego, not California\nanno Domini 913\nat\n\"\nin\nthe\nSuperion on the day of January Louis Court of cumpany should corputy be given.)\nSixth. I am married. wife's reame is\nCourt\nmm\nShe was born\nand now resides at\n(Give number atrees, and)State.)\nI\nMildron, and the name, date and place of birth, and place of reaidence of each opaid thildren is as Kellows:\n:\nyears,\n/ personal\na inches,\na\nSeventh. I am not a disbeliever in or opposed to organized government or a member of or affliated with any organization or body of persons teaching disbelief in or opposed\nforehead\nto organized government. I am not a polygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy. I am attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and it is my\nintention\nparticularly\nto become to Nicholas itizen of the United States I4 and thing to renounce absolutag of Contenegoo all allegiance and fidelity of to whom any foreign at this prince, time I am potentate, a subject, state, and or is sovercignty, is my intention and\nnow reside\nto reside permanently inthe United States.\nEighth. I am able to speale the English language.\n0010030\nthe 26th day of august\nNinth. (hhave resided continuously in the United States of America for the term of five years at Teast immediately preceding the date of this petition, to wit, since\nanno Domini 1 905 and in the State of\nabout\nCalifornia\ncontinuously next preceding the date of\nthis petition, since the\n; my last\nA\nof this petition.\n1st day of July\nanno Domini 909 being a residence within this State of at least one year next preceding the date\n.)\nTenth. , have not haretofore made petition for citizenship to any court. (I judde petition for to the\nOourt of\nat\non the\nday of\nanno Dominis\nand the\nany foreign\nsaid petilion was denied by the Court for the tottowing repsons and causes, to wit,\nand the eause of such dentat has since been cured or removed.)\nad\nAttached hereto and made a part of this petition - my declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States\nW a subject ;\ntogether with\nmy affidavit and the affidavits of the two verifying witnesses thereto, required by law. Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may be admitted a citixon of the United States of America.\n3\n, in the\nh\nday\nSam Stepanovich (Complete and true\nsignature of petisioner.)\nDeclaration of Intention dad of No Fom Departm of Lied this 28th day of December 1915\nt; I am not a\nNove TO or COURT. -If petitioner arrived in the United os reading and of Arrival No.\nox words\nfrom Department of Labor.\nin good faith\nAFFIDAVITS OF PETITIONER AND WITNESSES.\nreside therein:\nState of California\nmost\nCommy of San Diego\n34:\nanounch\nand\narer & VOM\nEt.)\nThe aforesaid petitioner being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the petitioner in the above-entitled proceedings: that he has read the foragoing petition and knows the\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 do be alleged upon\ninformation and belief, and that as to these matters he believes it to be true.\nSama Stepanovich\nil 191\n3\na van Babley\n83883MT1W RO\n(Completo and true olgnature of petitioner.)\nand\nAnthony Pierson\noccupation restaurant prope\nresiding as 1139 19th sty Sea Dimes Cal\nsompation\ncook\nresiding at 818 9th st, Sen Digg en\nCourt.\neach being asverally, dull and respectively sworn, deposes and pays that he is a citimon of the United States of America; that he has personally known\nSam Stepanovich\nthe petitioner above meptioned, to have resided in the United States\nimmediately preceding the date of fling hie petition, since the\n1st\noputy Cletk.\nday of\nDecember\nanno Domini 1910 and in the State da which the alore\nentitled petition is made consinuously aince the\nin\nday of\nDecember\n11-9596\nanno Dominis 1 910 - that the has personal knowledge that\nthe said potitioner is . person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and that the potitioner le la esery way qualified, in Me\nopinion, to . of the United Stades.\nto\na. WanBeller ok\nanthony Pierson\naubooribed\nREMSA\n- by the above-namod and - de the efflee the Courd the\n-\n-\n15\nJ T. Butler"
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