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appear bv their diilv authorized agent, you will require the affidavit of each 

 applicant, showing whether he is a native or naturalized citizen, when and 

 where born, and his residence. 



78. In case an applicant has declared his intention to become a citizen or has 

 been naturalized, his affidavit must show the date, place, and the court before 

 which he declared his intention, or from which his certificate of citizenship 

 issued, and present residence. 



79. The affidavit of the claimant as to his citizenship may be taken before 

 the register or receiver, or any other officer authorized to administer oaths 

 within the land district; or, if the claimant is residing beyond the limits of the 

 district, the affidavit may be taken before the clerk o^ any court of record or 

 before any notarv public of any State or Territory. 



80. If citizenship is established by the testimony of disinterested persons, 

 such testimony may be taken at any place before any person authorized to 

 administer oaths, and whose official character is duly verified. 



ADVERSE CLAIMS. 



81. Section 2326, and the act of April 26, 1882, provide for adverse claims, 

 fix the time within which they shall be filed to have legal effisct, and prescribe 

 the manner of their adjustment, etc. 



82. An adverse mining claim must be filed with the register and receiver 01 

 the Land Office where the application for patent was filed, or with the register 

 and receiver of the district in which the land is situated at the time of filing the 

 adverse claim. It must be on the oath of the adverse claimant, or it may be 

 verified by the oath of anv duly authorized agent or attorney-in-fact of the 

 adverse claimant, cognizant of the facts stated. 



83. Where an agent or attorney-in-fact verifies the adverse claim, he must 

 distinctly swear that he is such agent or attorney, and accompany his affidavit 

 by proof thereof. 



84. The agent or attorney-in-fact must make the affidavit in verification of 

 the adverse claim within the land district where the claim is situated. 



85. The adverse notice must fully set forth the nature and extent of the 

 interference or conflict; whether the adverse 'party claims as a purchaser for 

 valuable consideration or as a locator; if the former, a certified copy of the 

 original location, the original conveyance, a duly certified copy thereof, or an 

 abstract of title from the office of the proper recorder should be furnished, or if 

 the transaction was a merely verbal one he will narrate the circumstances 

 attending the purchase, the date thereof, and the amount paid, which facts 

 should be supported by the affidavit of one or more witnesses, if any were 



