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Show CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP. No. 423 In the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the Territory of Utah, COUNTY OF BEAVER. Judge. PRESENT: Jacob S. Boreman In the Matter of the Application of IN OPEN COURT, John Esplin AN ALIEN, { "-' May "Term, A. D. 1886 To become a Citizen of the United ] this 12th day of May, States of America. A. D. 1886, as yet of said term. It appearing to the satisfaction of this Court, by the oaths of Daniel Tyler and William Worthing citizens of the United States of America, witnesses for that purpose, first duly sworn and examined, that John Esplin a native of...Scotland, has resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States five years at least last past, and within the Territory of Utah for one year last past; and that during all of said five years' time he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good, order and happiness of the same; and it also appearing to the Court, by competent evidence, that the said applicant has heretofore, and more than two years since, and in due form of law, declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States; and having now here, before this Court, taken an oath that he will support the Constitution of the United States of America, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty what-ever, and particularly Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the said ...John Esplin .-. be and he is hereby admitted and declared to be a CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Jacob S. Boreman Judge. Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the Second Judicial District) ',. > SS of the Territory of Utah, County of Beaver, ) I, J. R. Wilkius Clerk of the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the Territory of Utah, said Court being a Court of Record, having common law jurisdiction, and a Clerk and Seal, do certify that the above is a true copy of the act of Naturalization of. John Esplin as the same appears upon the records of said Court now in my office. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this........12th day of May Clerk. Deputy Clerk. A. D, 1886 |
