...United States however contain the following provisions in Section 1,993 (Act of the I4th April, 1802) : "All children heretofore born or hereafter born out...whose fathers never resided in the United States." although not all, countries of continental Europe contain provisions under which nationality is acquired,...

...Statutes, which was in effect on the date the respondent's father was born. That section provides: All children heretofore born or hereafter born out...may be at the time of their birth citizens thereof 1 Section 201(e) of the Nationality Act of 1940 provides that United States nationality and citizenship...

...under' section 1993 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, a natural-born citizen. It says: All children heretofore born or hereafter born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the Uuitert States whose fathers were, or may be at the time of their birth citizens thereof, are declared...

...birth in Mexico, Section 1993 of the Revised Statutes of 1874 was in effect. It provided as follows: to be citizens of the United States; but the rights...whose fathers never resided in the United States. There was no provision for children born abroad of alien fathers and American citizen mothers. Section...

...subsequently taken up residence in United States; Rev. St. § 190:! (Сотр. St. § R!>47). providing that rights of citizenship shall not descend to children whose fathers never resided in United States, being satisfied by sui-h subsequent residence, and "descend'' meaning "to pass down...

...the United States and the State wherein they reside."). But see Weldin v. Chin Bow, 274 US 657 (1927) (rights of citizenship shall not descend to children whose fathers never resided in the United States and citizenship attaches only where the father has resided in the United States before the birth of...

...Country," Chicago Daily Tribune, 28 Dec. 1933. 78. Sect. 1993, Revised Statutes of the US (1878), read: "All children heretofore born or hereafter born out...whose fathers never resided in the United States." This provision was a reenactment of the Nationality Acts of April 14, 1802, 2 Stat. 153, and of February...

...law in 1802 and was later strengthened in 1855 and 1878. The revised statute of 1878 provides that "all children heretofore born or hereafter born out...thereof are declared to be citizens of the United States." 29 Accordingly, a child born in China of an American father could gain both admission to and...

...of the United States by the force of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution; also, all persons born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers at the time of their birth were citizens of the United States (act of February 10,1855); also, all...

...respondent's grandfather. Chin Tong is forty-nine years old and was born in the United States. ***** "All children heretofore born or hereafter born out...whose fathers never resided in the United States." The rights of Chin Bow are determined by the construction of this section. ***** [660] The United States...