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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 48 STAT. · March 2, 1917 · Public Law 478

Public Law 478. to provide a civil government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes”, approved March 2, 1917, as amended, as follows:Persons declared to be citizens of United States. " “Sec. 5b

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(/us/pl/73/477).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That a newPuerto Rico civil government.Vol. 39, p. 953. section is hereby inserted between sections 5a and 6 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a civil government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes”, approved March 2, 1917, as amended, as follows:Persons declared to be citizens of United States. " “Sec. 5b. All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899 (whether before or after the effective date of this Act) and not citizens, subjects, or nationals of any foreign power, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States: *Provided*, That this Act*Provisos*.Native not to be deprived of citizenship lawfully acquired. shall not be construed as depriving any person, native of Puerto Rico, of his or her American citizenship heretofore otherwise lawfully acquired by such person ; or to extend such citizenship to persons who shall have renounced or lost it under the treaties and/or laws of the United States or who are now residing permanently abroad and are citizens or subjects of a foreign country:Naturalization of certain native women.Vol. 42, p. 1022. *And provided further*, That any woman, native of Puerto Rico and permanently residing therein, who, prior to March 2, 1917, had lost her American nationality by reason of her marriage to an alien eligible to citizenship, or by reason of the loss of the United States citizenship by her husband, may be naturalized under the provisions of section 4 of the Act of September 22, 1922, entitled ‘An Act relative to the naturalization and citizenship of married women’, as amended.
” " Approved, June 27, 1934. To modify the operation of the Indian liquor laws on lands which were formerly Indian lands. 1934-06-27 846 Chapter 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 2024-12-11 48 Stat. 1245 73 2 public [CHAPTER 846.] AN ACT To modify the operation of the Indian liquor laws on lands which were formerly Indian lands.June 27, 1934.[[H.R. 8662](/us/bill/73/hr/8662).][[Public, No. 478](/us/pl/73/478).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That hereafter theIndian liquor laws.Operation of, on former Indian lands, modified. special Indian liquor laws shall not apply to former Indian lands now outside of any existing Indian reservation in any case where the land is no longer held by Indians under trust patents or under any other form of deed or patent which contains restrictions against alienation without the consent of some official of the United States Government: *Provided, however*, That nothing in this Act shall be*Proviso*.Traffic in intoxicants In Indian country, forbidden. construed to discontinue or repeal the provisions of the Indian liquor laws which prohibit the sale, gift, barter, exchange, or other disposition of beer, wine, and other liquors to Indians of the classes setVol. 29, p. 506.[U.S.C. p. 704](/us/usc/704). forth in the Act of January 30, 1897 (29 Stat.
L. 506), and section 241, title 25, of the United States Code. Approved, June 27, 1934. To encourage improvement in housing standards and conditions, to provide a system of mutual mortgage insurance, and for other purposes. 1934-06-27 847 Chapter 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 2024-12-11 48 Stat. 1246 73 2 public 1246 [CHAPTER 847.] AN ACT To encourage improvement in housing standards and conditions, to provide a system of mutual mortgage insurance, and for other purposes.June 27, 1934.[[H.R. 9620](/us/bill/73/hr/9620).][
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