Section 124
SEC. 124. Vessels of class (c) will be such as were owned by Spanish subjects, natives of the Peninsula, residents of the Philippine Islands before April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, who have taken the oath of allegiance to the United States, or such as may have been or may be acquired by purchase since that date by such Spanish subjects. In both such cases, before issuing certificate the officer of the customs shall require satisfactory proof that the applicant was a Spanish subject, native of the Peninsula, and resident of the Philippine Islands before April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and that he has taken the oath of allegiance to the United States in the presence of witnesses. In the case of a vessel owned by a Spanish subject before April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, native of the Peninsula, the officer of the customs shall proceed as in the case of a vessel owned by a native inhabitant before April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. In case of a vessel purchased since April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, by a Spanish subject, he shall require the applicant to produce the bill of sale, with a copy of the same, and proceed as prescribed in the case of the sale of a vessel to an American citizen, satisfying himself of and certifying to the oath of allegiance, instead of the citizenship of the applicant.