18 ALIENS. [ART. 4.

such agricultural produce so on hand at the time of such applica-
tion and discharge shall be the property of the grower, producer
or other owner who shall have consigned the same.

16. Nothing contained in the three last preceding sections
shall in any manner impair any right of lien which any commis-
sion merchant, factor or agent may have acquired or be entitled
to for advances bona fide made, either in money or goods, to any
such grower, producer of owner on the faith and security of
such consignment, but such right of lien shall remain as at com-
mon law and mercantile usage.

ARTICLE IV.
Aliens

SEC. 1. Aliens, actual residents of this State, may take and
hold lands, tenements and hereditaments acquired by purchase,
or to which they would (if citizens) be entitled by descent—and
may sell and dispose of the same; Provided, that if any male alien
shall acquire any title or interest in any real estate, he shall,
within one year after the acquisition of the same, declare his in-
tention of becoming a citizen according to the laws of the United
States, and shall also, within twelve months after his being
capable of becoming a citizen, naturalize himself, agreeably to
said laws.

2. If any male alien shall die within one year after acquiring
any real estate without making the declaration aforesaid, or hav-
ing made the declaration, die within the term prescribed for his
becoming a citizen, and without having disposed of said real
estate, then the same shall descend to his heirs as if he had been
a citizen of the United States at the time of his death; Provided,
that such heirs being male aliens, shall comply with the provi-
sions of the preceding section.

3. If any male alien be an infant, or non compos mentis, then
the term limited for making the declaration above mentioned
shall be reckoned from the time such alien shall arrive at age or
become of sane mind, and not from the time of acquiring the real
estate.