In re Yunghauss

MAYER, District Judge.

The petitioner made his declaration of intention to become a citizen before the Supreme Court of the state of New York on April 19, 1905. He filed in this court his petition for admission to become a citizen on October 3, 1913.

The question is whether the petition should be denied because more than seven years have elapsed between the time of the making of the declaration of intention and the presentation of the petition for ádmission to become a citizen.

Section 4 of the Naturalization Daw of June 29, 1906, provides, among other things, as follows:

“First. He shall declare…