June 26, 1848.
1813, ch. 42.
Chap. LXXII. — An Act to amend the Act entitled "An Act for the Regulation of Seamen on board the
public and private Vessels of the United States," passed the third of March, eighteen
hundred and thirteen.
Repeal of clause requiring a continued residence of five years in the United States
previous to naturalization.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the last clause of the twelfth section of the act hereby amended, consisting
of the following words, to wit, "without being at any time during the said five years
out of the territory of the United States," be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved, June 26, 1848.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Public Acts, 30th Cong., 1st sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 240