In re Spitzer

DANDIS, District Judge.

Samuel Spitzer, a subject of the King of Hungary, has applied to the court to be admitted to citizenship. It appears that he was born in Hungary in 1883; that he came to the United States in 1899, and has continued there to reside; that in 1900, when he was 18 years of age, he made a declaration of his intention to become a citizen. The point is urged by counsel for the government that this declaration was not authorized by the naturalization law in force when the declaration was made, and, therefore, that Spitzer may not now be lawfully admitted to citizenship.

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