Foreign Relations of the United States, 1902, Whaling and Sealing Claims Against Russia, On Account of Arrest and Seizure of the American Vessels “Cape Horn Pigeon,” “James Hamilton Lewis,” “C. H. White,” and “Kate and Anna,” Appendix I

EXHIBIT Z.

[San Francisco, March 5, 1898]

Minor.]

Certified copy of act of naturalization.—No. 823.

In the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California. Present: Hon. D. J. Toohy, judge.

[In the matter of the application of Andrew Olson, an alien, to become a citizen of the United States of America.]

In open court, department No. 11, this 5th day of March, A. D. 1898.

It appearing to the satisfaction of this court by the oaths of George Anderson and F. H. Hagenah, citizens of the United States of America, witnesses for that purpose, first duly sworn and examined, that Andrew Olson, a native of Norway, resided in the United States of America three years next preceding his arriving at the age of 21 years, and that he has continued to reside in the United States to the present time, and has resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States five years at least last past, and within the State of California for one year last past, and that during all 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 the said applicant has 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, and sovereignty whatever, and particularly to the King of Norway and Sweden, it is therefore ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the said Andrew Olson be, and is hereby, admitted and declared to be a citizen of the United States of America.

D. J. Toohy, Judge.
Andrew Olson, Residence. No. 1 Jackson street

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Witnesses:

George Anderson, No 9 Jackson Street.

F. H. Hagenah, No. 100½ Jackson Street.

Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court,
City and County of San Francisco, State of California, ss:

I, Wm. J. Ruddick, county clerk and ex officio clerk of the superior court, in and for the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, 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 Andrew Olson, 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 5th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight and in the year of our Independence the one hundred and twelfth.

(Stamped)

Wm. J. Ruddick, Clerk.

[seal.] By

Bert M. Nulty, Deputy Clerk.