 Some sections of it were repealed by other acts in the early 1920s; those sections which remained were codified at , but those too were repealed by the Nationality Act of 1940.when the question of dual citizenship arose, 

This act was an attempt by Congress to resolve issues related to the status of citizenship, including those Americans living outside the United States, married women, and children born outside the country to American citizens.A particular concern during the last half of the nineteenth century was that of dual citizenship.During this period, several countries had established laws which gave their nationality to alien wives of male citizens.