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Dec. Ses. 1825. |
JOS. KENT, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
real estate, make the declaration prescribed by the first condition
of the first section of the act of congress, entitled ' An Act
to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the
acts heretofore passed on that subject, and shall also within
twelve months after his being capable of becoming a citizen,
naturalize himself agreeably to the laws of the United States. |
Case of death.
Proviso. |
2. And be it enacted, That in case
any male alien shall become
entitled to any real estate within this state, and shall
die within the term of one year herein before prescribed, without
making the declaration aforesaid, or having made the said
declaration, shall die within the term prescribed for his becoming
a citizen without naturalization, and without having made
any disposition by deed or will of said real estate, then the
said real estate shall descend to, and vest in such person or
persons as would be his or her heir or heirs, or capable in law
to inherit the same, if such alien had been a citizen of the United
States at the time of his death: Provided, That such person
or persons being male alien, shall proceed to comply with the
provision of the first and third sections of this act, and become
naturalized citizens within the time prescribed in said sections as
the case may require. |
Infants and
non compos. |
3. And be it enacted, That in case
any alien acquiring any
title to, or interest in any real estate as aforesaid, shall at the
time of such acquisition be a male infant, or non compos mentis,
then the term herein before limited for making the declaration
aforesaid, shall be reckoned from the time such alien shall
arrive at full age, or become of sane mind, (as the case may be)
and not from the time of acquiring title to said real estate. |
Neglecting
to naturalize
shall not invalidate
conveyances,
&c. |
4. And be it enacted, That if any alien
or aliens shall, after
having acquired any right, title or interest of, in or to any lands
tenements or hereditaments as provided in the first section of
this law, shall sell, convey or dispose of the same before he, she
or they shall have become naturalized as aforesaid, and shall
after such sale, conveyance and disposition, refuse or neglect
to become naturalized as aforesaid, such sale, conveyance or
disposition, shall be as good and valid in law as if he, she, or
they had become naturalized agreeably to the provisions of
said first section, and of the laws of the land. |
Heirs of
aliens shall
inherit.
Proviso. |
5. And be it enacted, That the heirs
of any alien holding
real property, shall have, hold and enjoy the same, under the
provisions of this act, in the same manner, and on the same
conditions, that natural born citizens are now entitled to hold
and enjoy real estate within this state: Provided, That such
heirs, being male shall proceed to comply with the provisions of
this act. |
| Restrictions. |
6. And be it enacted, That nothing
in this act contained,
shall be so construed as to divest or impair any right of property
acquired under the existing laws at any time before the passage
of this act, and shall in no wise be construed so as to enable
any alien or aliens by conforming to the provisions of this
act, to hold any property as trustee or trustees for any alien or
foreign corporation. |
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