In Re Bishop

NETERER, District Judge.

Naturalization is the act of adopting an alien and clothing him with the privileges of citizenship. Osborn Bank, 22 U. S. (9 Wheat.) 738-801, 6 L. Ed. 204. Congress has the power to effect naturalization by legislative act. Boyd v. Nebraska ex rel. Thayer, 143 U. S. 135, 12 S. Ct. 375, 36 L. Ed. 103; Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U. S. 94, 5 S. Ct. 41, 28 L. Ed. 643.

The political status of the applicant must be derived through -the mother, and not the stepfather. Weedin v. Mon Hin (C. C. A. 9th Circuit) 4 F.(2d) 533. The legal acceptance of the term “parent” does not include…