Chapter XXIII. *for the relief of Dr
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Chap. XXIII.— An Act *for the relief of Dr. John Campbell While, of Baltimore, in the state of Maryland.*Feb. 13, 1839. Whereas, the said John Campbell White hath by his petition set forthPreamble. that, on the twelfth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, he did, in the district court of the United States in and for the district of Maryland, declare his intention to become a citizen of the United States, pursuant to the act of Congress in such case made and provided; and that afterwards, to wit: on the third day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four, he proved before the said court that he was residing within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States from the month of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and had continued to reside within the same to that time; and making the proof and declarations required by law, he was, by the judgment of the said court, admitted to become a citizen of the United States, pursuant to the act of Congress in such case made and provided; and that, by the misprision or mistake of the said clerk, the surname of the said petitioner is omitted in the record of the said naturalization, and the said record is made in the name of John Campbell, and that the said district court aforesaid have declined to order the record to be amended, because the application for that purpose came too late; and whereas, it is right and just that the misprision or mistake of the clerk in the entry of the said record should be corrected, in a case where no injustice can be done to any other person by such amendment; therefore. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the district court of the United States inRecord of the naturalization of J.
C. White to be corrected, &c. and for the district of Maryland, be, and it is hereby, authorized to cause the record of the naturalization of John Campbell White, made in the name of John Campbell, on the third day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four, to be amended according to the truth of the fact, notwithstanding the lapse of time; and for that purpose to receive either written or parole evidence to prove the identity of the said John Campbell White and John Campbell named 751 TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 29, 32, 34, 38. 1839. in the said record, and record the same; and that the said record when so amended, shall have the same force and effect as if no misprision or mistake had been made by the clerk of the said court in recording the name of the said John Campbell White. Approved, February 13, 1839.