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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 45 STAT. · May 28, 1928 · Chapter 823

Chapter 823.

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Chap. 823: Requesting the President to negotiate with the nations with which there is no such agreement treaties for the protection of American citizens of foreign birth, or parentage, from liability to military service in such nations. Chapter 823 45 Stat. 789 1928-05-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public Chapter 823.— Joint Resolution Requesting the President to negotiate with the nations with which there is no such agreement treaties for the protection of American citizens of foreign birth, or parentage, from liability to military service in such nations.
May 28, 1928.[[H. J. Res. 268](/us/bill/70/hjres/268).][[Pub. Res., No. 56](/us/bill/70/pubres/56).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Foreign military service.Negotiations requested for protection of citizens of foreign parentage from, by treaty. That the President be, and he is hereby, respectfully requested to endeavor as soon as possible to negotiate treaties with the remaining nations with which we have no such agreement, providing that persons born in the United States of foreign parentage, and naturalized American citizens, shall not be held liable for military service or any other act of allegiance during a stay in the territory subject to the jurisdiction of any such nation while citizens of the United States of America under the laws thereof.
Approved, May 28, 1928.
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