AZ vs. CA:19 California Exhibits, Vol. XIX; Nos. 4000-4044

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[6] I hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit was read by affiant in my presence before affiant affixed signature thereto; that affiant has been satisfactorily identified before me by E. B. Wickham of El Centro, California; (Give full name and post-office address.) that I verily believe affiant to be a qualified applicant and the identical person hereinbefore described; and that said affidavit was duly subscribed and sworn to before me, at my office, in El Centro, California, Imperial County., ( Town.) (County and State.) within the Imperial land district, this 4th day of February., 1920. /s/ Vene Bloomer Register, U. S. Land Office, El Centro, California. (Official designation of officer.) Revised Statutes of the United States. Title LXX.-Crimes.-Chap. 4. Sec. 5392. Every person who, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall be punished by fine of not more than two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, at hard labor, not more than five years; and shall, moreover, thereafter be incapable of giving testimony in any court of the United States until such time as the judgment against him is reversed. (See Sec. 1750.)