Table of Authorities - Claim of Right "An entry upon land with the intent to claim the land and

to hold it." Title and Trust Corp v U.S. 264 US 200, 204. "As regards adverse possession, claim of land as one's own to hold it for oneself." Tex.Civ.App., 186 S.W.2d1019, 1020. "Claim of right, claim of title and claim of ownership are synonymous." Ewing v. Tanner, 193 S.E. 243, 247. Also one in Wyoming. Description This section is from the book "The Law Of Real Property and Other Interests In Land", by Herbert Thorn Dike Tiffany. Also available from Amazon: A Treatise on the Modern Law of Real Property and Other Interests in Land . Sec. 520. Necessity of claim of right It is frequently stated that, in order that one may acquire a right by prescription, the user must be under claim of right.85 Sometimes this requirement is stated as adof such space by another even for his own purpose is permissive. Gascho v. Lennert, 176, Ind. 677, 97 N. E. 6. 83. See Bennett v. Biddle, 150 Pa. St. 420, 24 Atl. 738. 84. Thompson v. Easley, 87 Ga. 320, 13 S. E. 511; Clark v. Hen-ckel - (Md.) - , 26 Atl. 1039; Dow-ling v. Hennings, 20 Md. 179, 83 Am. Dec. 545; Barnes v. Haynes, 13 Gray (Mass.) 188, 74 Am. Dec. 629; Jensen v. Showalter, 79 Neb. 544, 113 N. W. 202; Nicholls v. Wentworth, 100 N. Y. 455, 3 N. E. 482; Craven v. Rose, 3 S. C. 72 See Scott v. Dishough, 83 Ark. 369, 103 S. W. 1153. But see Wilkinson v. Hutzel, 142 Mich. 674, 10G N. W. 207. 84a. Watkins v. Peck, 13 N. H. 360; Shaughnessey v. Leary, 162 Mass. 108, 38 N. E. 197. 85. Union Mill & Mining Co. v. Ferris, 2 Sawy. 176, Fed Cas. No. 14371; Trump v. Mcdonnell, 120 Ala. 200, 24 So. 353; Barbour v. Pierce, 42 Cal. 657; Brandon v. Umpqua Lumber & Timber Co., 26 Cal. App. 96, 146 Pac. 46; Clarke v. Clarke, 133 Cal. 667, 66 Pac. 10; Medlock v. Owen, 105 Ark. 460, 151 Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 1

S. W. 995; Brossard v. Morgan, 7 Idaho, 215, 61 Pac. 1031; Dexter v. Tree, 117 111. 532, 6 N. E. 506; Hill v. Hagaman, 84 Ind. 287; Parish v. Kaspare, 109 Ind. 586, 10 N. E. 109; Bowman v. Wickliffe, 15 B. Mon. (Ky.) 84; Rollins v. Black-den, 112 Me. 459, Ann. Cas. 1917A 875, 92 Atl. 521; Sargent v. Ballard, 9 Pick. (Mass.) 251; Brace v. Yale, 10 Allen (Mass.) 441; Bigelow Carpet Co. v. Wig-gin, 239 Mass. 542, 95 N. E. 938; Wallace v. Fletcher, 30 N. H. 434; Burnham v. Mcquosten, 48 .N. H. 446; Cobb v. Davenport, 32 N. J. L. 369; Felton v. Simpson, 11 Ired. L. (33 N. C.) 84; Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Ihiys, 11 Lea, ditional to that of the adverseness of the user, and sometimes as explanatory of what the requirement of adverseness means. In whichever way it be asserted, the recognition of such a requirement, like that of claim of title as a prerequisite to the running of the statute of limitations in favor of one wrongfully in possession of land, involves considerable difficulty. It appears to be conceded that this requirement of claim of right does not involve any necessity of a verbal assertion, during the period of user, of a right to exercise such user, and that it is sufficient if an assertion of such a claim can be inferred from the circumstances of the user itself.86 And so it has been stated that, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the user of another's land without interruption for the prescriptive period will be presumed to have been under claim of right.87 This requirement of claim of (Tenn.) 382, 47 Am. Rep. 291; Dodge v. Stacy, 39 Vt. 558; Wilder v. Wheeldon, 56 Vt. 344; Kent v. Dobyns, 112 Va. 586, 72 S. E. 139; Bisbee v. Lacky, 97 Wash. 447, 166 Pac. 638. In Boyd v. Morris, 32 Ky. L. Rep. 642, 106 S. W. 867, it is said to be immaterial whether the adverse use of a passway over the land of another is claimed as a matter of right or merely as a matter of convenience. 86. Deerfield v. Connecticut R. R., 144 Mass. 325, 11 N. E. 105: Smith v. Putnam, 62 N. H. 369; Hammond v. Zehner, 21 N. Y. 118; Townsend v. Bissell, 4 Hun (N. Y.) 297; Snowden v. Bell, 159 N. C. 497, 75 S. E. 721; Pavey v. Vance, 56 Ohio St. 162, 46 N. E. 898; Hall v. Austin, 20 Tex. Civ. App. 59, 48 S. W. 53; Barber v. Bailey, 86 Vt. 219, 44 L. R. A. (N. S) 98, 84 Atl. 608; Dodge v. Stacy, 39 Vt. 558. An Iowa statute provides that user shall not be evidence of a claim of right, and that express notice of the claim must be given. See Gates v. Colax Northern R. Co., 177 Iowa, 690, 159 N. W. 456; Mcbridge v. Bair, 134 Iowa, 611, 112 N. W. 169. 87. Smith v. Ponsford, 184 Ind. 53, 110 N. E. 194; Mitchell v. Pratt, 177 Ky. 438, 197 S. W. 961; Blake v. Everett, 1 Allen (Mass.) 248; Miller v. Garlock, 8 Barb. (N. Y.) 153; Pavey v. Vance, 56 Ohio St. 162, 46 N. E. 898; Barber v. Bailey, 86 Vt. 219, 44 L. R. A. (N. S.) 98, 84 Atl. 608; Poronto v. Sinnott, 89 Vt. 479, 95 Atl. 647; Muncy v. Updike, 119 Va. 636, 89 S. E. 884; Rogerson v. Shepherd, 33 W. Va. 307, 10 S. E. 632; Wend-ler v. Woodward, 93 Wash. 684, 161 Pac. 1043. Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 2

But the burden of proof, in the sense of risk of non persua right thus appears to resolve itself into a requirement merely of a user which will justify an inference or presumption of such a claim, and the only user which can possibly satisfy this requirement is obviously a user "as of right," that is, a user unaccompanied by any recognition of a right in the landowner to stop such user. It would be more satisfactory if the courts, instead of asserting that the user must be under claim of right, would assert merely that it must be "as of right"88 or would be satisfied with the statement that it must be adverse, which apparently means the same. As it is not necessary that the person exercising the wrongful use verbally assert a claim of right to make such use, so, it is conceived, it is not necessary that he believe himself to have such a right, that is, a mental claim of right is no more necessary than a verbal claim of right. It is recognized that good faith is not necessary to entitle one to the benefit of the statute of limitations,89 and there is no reason for regarding it as necessary for the application of the doctrine of prescription.90 sion of the jury, is necessarily upon the person asserting the prescriptive right. Shea v. Gavitt, 89 Conn. 359, L. R. A. 1916A 689, 94 Atl. 360; Rollins v. Blackden, 112 Me. 459, Ann. Cas. 1917A 875, 92 Atl. 521; Smith v. Sedalia, 152 Mo. 283, 48 L. R. A. 711, 53 S. W. 907; St. Martin v. Skamania Boom Co., 79 Wash. 393, 140 Pac. 355; District of Columbia v. Robinson, 180 U. S. 92, 45 L. Ed. 440 (dictum). 88. As in Polly v. Mccall, 37 Ala. 20; Stevens v. Dennett, 51 N. H. 324; Worrall v. Rhoads, 2 Whart. (Pa.) 427; Webster v. Lowell, 142 Mass. 324, 8 N. E. 54. In the English Prescription Act, the two expressions "as of right" and "claiming right" are used, and they are regarded as similar in meaning. Tickle v. Brown, 4 Ad. & El. 369, and "as of right," it has been decided, means as a person rightfully entitled would have enjoyed the user. Bright v. Walker, 1 Cromp. Mees. & Ros. 211, while the user is not "as of right" if permissive. International Tea Stores v. Hobbs (1903) 2 ch. 165; Gardner v. Hodgson's Kingston Brewery (1903) App. Cas. 229. 89. Ante, Sec. 504 note 72. 90. The decision in Wilder v. Wheeldon, 56 Vt. 344, that the claim of a right of way by prescription was defeated by Similar idea in Jersey http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/criminal/charges/theft002.pdf Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 3

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rr-04-29.pdf Defense of Property under the Common Law - LexisNexis http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/study/outlines/html/crim/crim10.htm [3] Claim of Right When a person asserts a claim of right to property in the possession of another and seeks to reclaim such property, the possessor is not justified in using force to thwart the dispossession if he knows, believes, or as a reasonable person should believe, that the claimant has a legitimate claim of right to possession of the property in question. Since the use of force to protect property is legitimate only if the act/attempted act of dispossession is unlawful, in such cases of a legitimate claim to property, the act of dispossession is lawful. [A] Common Law A person in possession of real or personal property is justified in using non-deadly force against a would-be dispossessor if he reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent and unlawful dispossession of the property. Under no circumstances may a person use deadly force to prevent dispossession. CANADA CODE

39. (1) Defense with claim of right - Every one who is in peaceable possession of a personal property under a claim of right, and every one acting under his authority, is protected from criminal responsibility for defending that possession, even against a person entitled by law to possession of it, if he uses no more force than is necessary. (2) Defence without claim of right - Every one who is in peaceable possession of personal property, but does not claim it as a right or does not act under authority of a person who claims it as of right, is not justified or protected from criminal responsibility for defending his possession against a person who is entitled by law to possession of it. [R.S. c.C-34, s.39.] This article is Research Machines plc 2009. All rights reserved. Helicon Publishing is a division of Research Machines plc. Canadian Claim of Right Declaration! Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 4

Notice of Understanding and Intent and Claim of Right Understanding and Intent And Claim of Right I, [First]-[Middle]: [Last Name], a flesh and blood man and Sovereign Spiritual Being, do hereby make Oath and state the following is My Truth and My Law; Whereas it is my understanding Canada is a common law jurisdiction, and, Whereas it is my understanding equality before the law is paramount and mandatory, and, Whereas it is my understanding a statute is defined as a legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law, and, Whereas it is my understanding a society is defined as a number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act for a common goal, and, Whereas it is my understanding that for something to exist legally it must have a name, and, Whereas it is my understanding the only form of government recognized as lawful in Canada is a representative one, and, Whereas it is my understanding representation requires mutual consent, and, Whereas it is my understanding that in the absence of mutual consent neither representation nor governance can exist, and, Whereas it is my understanding all Acts are statutes restricted in scope and applicability by the Constitution Act, and, Whereas it is my understanding Section 32 of the Constitution Act limits it to members and employees of government, and, Whereas it is my understanding those who have a SIN (Social Insurance Number) are in fact employees Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 5

of the federal government and thus are bound by the statutes created by the federal government, and, Whereas it is my understanding that it is lawful to abandon one's SIN, and, Whereas it is my understanding people in Canada have a right to revoke or deny consent to be represented and thus governed, and, Whereas it is my understanding if anyone does revoke or deny consent they exist free of government control and statutory restraints, and, Whereas it is my understanding that a claim of right establishes a lawful excuse and that this factual truth is expressed in Section 39 of the Criminal Code of Canada, and, Whereas it is my understanding that if one has lawful excuse one may choose to not obey a court, tribunal, statute, Act or order, and that this factual truth is expressed in Sections 126 and 127 of the Criminal Code of Canada, and, Whereas it is my understanding that Section 15 of the Criminal Code of Canada does not clearly express that one may be charged for failure to obey a de facto government or court, and, Whereas it is my understanding that all existing courts and governments are de facto only and not de jure, and, Whereas it is my understanding that a man by the name of Marc Dumais did while acting as a General in the Canadian Armed Forces sign an agreement allowing for foreign armed soldiers to be used in Canada against Canadians, and, Whereas it is my understanding that this agreement was signed in conspiracy with Stephen Harper, a man playing the role of Prime Minister of Canada, and, Whereas it is my understanding that Section 46 of the Criminal Code of Canada states that everyone commits treason if amongst other things they levee war against Canada or do any act preparatory thereto; or without lawful authority, communicates or makes available to an agent of a state other Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 6

than Canada, military or scientific information which is aiding or abetting any foreign state or entity which threatens the sovereignty, unity of Canada, and, Whereas it is my understanding that the agreement they entered into was done in secrecy and without public input or discussion and in contravention of Section 46 of the Criminal Code of Canada, and, Whereas it is my understanding that as a Freeman-on-the-Land in this common law jurisdiction that I have the duty to stand in defence of the country of Canada and its sovereign people against foreign armed troops who attempt to invade, govern or police me or my Country, and, Whereas it is my understanding that this duty is not affected by agreements made by treasonous and de facto government agents, and, Whereas it is my understanding that a Canadian General does not have the power or mandate to enter into Treaties with a foreign power, and, Whereas it is my understanding that agreements made on behalf of Canada by traitors to Canada do not bind the people of Canada, and, Whereas I do firmly and truly believe the aforementioned agreement is an overt act of treason, and, Whereas it is my understanding that agreeing or conspiring to agree to allow armed foreign troops to patrol and police our streets is an act of treason, and, Whereas a Freeman-on-the-Land has lawfully revoked consent and does exist free of statutory restrictions, obligations, and limitations, and, Whereas I, _________________________________________ am a Freeman-on-the-Land, and, Whereas it is my understanding that acting peacefully and does not violate common law, and, Whereas as I am a Freeman-on-the-Land who operates with full responsibility and I do not see the need to ask permission to engage in lawful and peaceful activities, especially from those who claim limited Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 7

liability, and, Whereas it is my understanding a by-law is defined as a rule of a corporation, and, Whereas it is my understanding corporations are legal fictions and require contracts in order to claim authority or control over other parties, and, Whereas it is my understanding that I can use a Notary Public and/or three witness signatures to perform duties found under any Act including thus a Notary Public or three witness signatures gives the power to hold court and hear evidence and issue binding lawful judgments, and, Whereas it is my understanding that I have a right to create and maintain a court de jure of right; legitimate; lawful, byright and just title; "by law", and to have free-men, government agents, and any other people whom violate my common law rights and/or the rights of my friends and family tried in a court de jure, and, Whereas it is my understanding that I have a right to use my property without having to pay for the use or enjoyment of it, and, Whereas it is my understanding that I have the right to claim up to 160 acres, settle on, and own, existing unsurveyed Crown Land and lawfully claim it as mine (without limitation), and grant myself full Allodial Title to it, and, Whereas it is my understanding that I must live on it as my main place of domicile, and, Whereas it is my understanding that I must steward the land properly, improve it in some fashion, either by clearing land for argriculture, harvesting timber, or otherwise, and, Whereas it is my understanding that I may pass the land on to my heirs if I have any when I die, and I understand that it reverts to being claimable if I do not do so, and, Whereas it is my understanding that I have the right to possess and use all of God's plants and their natural products for consumption, medication and other peaceful purposes, and, Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 8

Whereas it is my understanding that public transportation is in fact and actuality public property to which I have the right of use and access without having to pay, and, Whereas I claim the right to collect a pension if I have paid into it and claim that said right is not affected if I abandon my Social Insurance Number, and, Whereas it is my understanding that a summons is merely an invitation to attend and the ones issued in my province create no obligation or dishonor if ignored, and, Whereas it is my understanding peace officers have a duty to distinguish between statutes and law and those who attempt to enforce statutes against a Freeman-on-the-Land are in fact breaking the law, and, Whereas it is my understanding that I have the power to refuse intercourse or interaction with peace officers who have not observed me violate common law, and, Whereas it is my understanding that permanent estoppel by acquiescence barring any peace officer and/or prosecutor from bringing charges against a Freeman-on-the-Land under any Act is created if this claim is not responded to in the stated fashion and time, and, Whereas it is my understanding that the common law right to travel on the highways without license is lawful and still exists although it does appear to have been deceptively hidden, and, Whereas it is my understanding that I have the common law right to travel on public roads for non-commercial purposes, without registration, license, or insurance, and, Whereas it is my understanding that free unencumbered possession and use of arms and firearms for protection of person, property, country and livelihood is considered lawful and just, and, Whereas at my discretion I may possess arms and firearms free of statutes and regulations for lawful purposes, and, Whereas it is my understanding that the act of registering the birth of a baby creates a legal Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 9

entity called a person that exists in association with that baby and that the manner in which offspring are registered transfers superior guardianship rights over that offspring to the government, and, Whereas it is my understanding that this creation of a person and transfer of authority is not fully disclosed to the parents, and, Whereas it is my understanding that the person and the human being to which it is associated are two very separate and different things and that the people playing roles in government only have the right to act upon the legal person and not the Sovereign Spiritual Being, and, Whereas it is my understanding that if I do not exist in association with a person I cannot be lawfully governed by the people playing roles in government, and, Whereas it is my understanding that I am not obliged to obey the orders of anyone claiming to be a Queen or King or those acting on behalf of such an entity, as no one who does make preposterous claims that abandon and erode the concept of equality has any authority over me, and, Whereas it is my understanding that the people in the government are merely playing roles, and, Whereas I AM NOT PLAYING, and, Therefore be it now known to any and all interested, concerned or affected parties, that I, _____________________________ am a Freeman-on-the-Land and do hereby serve notice and state clearly specifically and unequivocally my intent to peacefully and lawfully exist free of all statutory obligations, restrictions and that I maintain all rights at law to trade, exchange or barter and exist without deceptive governance and to do so without limitations, restrictions or regulations created by others and without my consent. Furthermore, I claim that these actions are not outside my communities' standards and will in fact support said community in our desire for truth and maximum freedom.

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Furthermore, I claim the right to engage in these actions and further claim that all property held by me is held under a claim of right as mentioned in the Criminal Code of Canada. Furthermore, I claim that anyone who interferes with my lawful activities after having been served notice of this claim and who fails to properly dispute or make lawful counterclaim is breaking the law, cannot claim good faith or colour of right and that such transgressions will be dealt with in a properly convened court de jure. Furthermore, I claim that the de facto courts in Canada are bound by the Law and Equity Act and are in fact in the profitable business of conducting, witnessing and facilitating the transactions of security interests and I further claim they require the consent of both parties prior to providing any such services. Furthermore, I claim all transactions of security interests require the consent of both parties and I do hereby deny consent to any transaction of a security interest issuing under any Act for as herein stated as a Freeman-on-the-Land I am not subject to any Act. Furthermore, I claim my FEE SCHEDULE for any transgressions by peace officers, government principals or agents or justice system participants is FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER HOUR or portion thereof if being questioned, interrogated or in any way detained, harrassed or otherwise regulated and FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER HOUR or portion thereof if I am handcuffed, transported, incarcerated or subjected to any adjudication process without my express written and Notarized (and/or witnessed by three signatures) consent. Furthermore, I claim the right to use a Notary Public and/or three witness signatures to secure payment of the aforementioned FEE SCHEDULE against any transgressors who by their actions or omissions harm me or my interests, directly or by proxy in any way. Furthermore, I claim the right to convene a proper court de jure in order to address any potentially criminal actions of any peace officers, government principals or agents or justice system participants who having been served notice of this claim fail to dispute or discuss or make lawful counterclaim and then interfere by act or omission with the lawful exercise of properly claimed and established rights and freedoms. Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 11

Furthermore, I claim the law of agent and principal applies and that service upon one is service upon both. Affected parties wishing to dispute the claims made herein or make their own counterclaims must respond appropriately within TEN (10) days of service of notice of this action. Responses must be under Oath or attestation, upon full commercial liability and penalty of perjury. Failure to register a dispute against the claims made herein and then successfully defeating these claims in a proper court of law will result in an automatic default judgment securing forevermore all rights herein claimed and establishing permanent and irrevocable estoppel by acquiescence barring the bringing of charges under any statute or Act or regulation against My Self Freeman-on-the-Land ______________________for exercising these lawful and properly established rights, freedoms and duties. Place of Claim of Right: (City), (Province), (Country) and/or: Notary Public: ____________________________________

http://www.pnnac.org/secure/Notice-Of-Understanding-And-Intent.html ---------Claim of Right for Americans 4:07 PM on Apr. 10, 2008 We all use artificial entities everyday. Our all caps name registered with the government. All law, and I mean, ALL LAW, applies to this name only, not us. We are all free and don't know it. We are the voluntary surety for this name only. Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 12

Writing up a claim of right for Americans who want some ideas on how to extricate themselves from the deception of the commercial federal United States government (a corporation) and the State governments that have contracted with this federal legal entity. These legal entities are governed by the federal registry and US Code (commercial code based on the Napoleonic Civil Code), which itself is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code. The New World Order uses commerce (communism) to control us and tax us via a legal entity it creates when we register our name with government. This name become "identification". This identification is, in fact, not us. It's a legal entity to which all government law applies. Since governments are non-living entities and can't have authority over a living being, they have to go through an interface, the "identity". We have volunteered into commercial law acting a non-living legal entity, the fourteenth amendment "citizen of the United States" through social security, voting registration, driver's licenses, and resident status. We, as living beings, are not "citizens", "residents", "persons", nor "taxpayers" - only our non-living identification as a legal entity is. The fourteenth amendment grants only privileges to "citizens", not rights. If we claim to be "citizens", "residents" or "persons" then we have lowered our political status as is recognized by governments. Then we are, in effect, claiming not to have rights, unless we then actively claim them from that position.. One way to be free is simply agree not to be surety for any debt, or criminal or civil charge. "I do not consent to be surety for the debt or charge on that artificial entity". Another way to claim our rights is to bind public officials to the Bill of Rights of the Constitution and claim the political status of "the people", an article IX entity of the Bill of Rights. Another way is to set things up ahead of time by establishing material facts as our private law about who we are as living beings, and the nature of the non-living de facto federal and state governments. There are a few ways to establish private law which can be the exonerating facts in any government case imposed upon the legal name that we once thought was ours, and through which we used to think we have no choice but to act. One way that seems to be working for a lot of people is through establishing by tacit admission (non-response and admission thereby) of those in control of the government, for certain claims we are making about our freedom, or admissions of truth that we make about ourselves as living entities, or with questions that we ask to them about the nature of the de facto corporate governments. Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 13

There are also several methods by which one can establish tacit admission of facts. They all involve nonresponse by government officials to the questions, claims or charges that you make of them. One of them is to send a claim of right to the men and women (in their private capacity) doing business as the public officials in government, the men and which are supposed to be under Oath of Office and acting in their private capacity to protect our rights (ie, Mayors, Governors, Senators, President, etc) using a notary process similar to Jack and Margy Flynn. By doing this we are both bypassing the corporate entity name that we use in commerce, and also bypassing the corporate non-living entities in which they are unlawfully acting as de facto members of the United States, talking to them directly man to man, as those people who are supposed to be under oath to the Constitution. I'm still working on this... please comment if you notice conceptual errors. I would like to have a consensus of people on whether or not we should be referring to ourselves as Sovereign State Citizens, or as Sovereign Free Men-on-the-land (the fact that we are not de facto citizens -small c- is not in dispute). Be sure to claim that the men and woman acting as public officials are to uphold the Bill of Rights, and that you are of the political status of "the people". "the people" are the political status that is free. Listen to Eric WhoRU on WTPRN.com for more information on political status of "people" vs "citizen". This is very powerful stuff. Many people are having great success with using ideas like this. This is all brand new stuff for me so please visit thinkfree.ca forums for more details and discussion and watch the videos by Robert-Arthur:Menard, Irene Gravenhorst, and Winston Shrout in my Must See Freedom Videos post. Notice of Understanding and Intent and Claim of Right Whereas it is my understanding that: the common law is that which derives its force and authority from the universal consent and immemorial practice of the people. that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are the right to Life, Freedom and the right to sole ownership of both property and land, and;

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equality before, not under, the law is paramount and mandatory, and; Thomas Jefferson said: A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate." --Thomas Jefferson: Rights of British America, 1774. ME 1:209, Papers 1:134 That "every man is independent of all laws except those prescribed by nature. He is not bound by any institution formed by his fellow men without his consent." Cruden v Neale 2 NC.338(1796) 2 S.E. 70 no law of man can ever govern the conduct of people on the land, only those who work in a capacity of government officials and agents and employees in their lawful duty to protect the life, liberty and property, and; the lawful functions of any government cannot infringe upon the freedom granted to men and women on the mand by their creator, and; A society is defined as a number of persons joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act for a common goal, and; A statute is defined as a legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law only within that society, and: A by-law is defined as a rule of a corporation, and; the United States of America is a federation of fifty artificial nation states, the government of each state bound by the Constitution for The United States of America, and; The Constitution for The United States of America, and the public acts of all states and the federal government, established corporate legal entities called governments on the land known as the United States and the several States, and; The Constitution of The United States of America is a document to which all public acts must abide, and; the current acting federal government on the land commonly known of as the United States of America is a Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 15

power de facto, is referred to as the United States, and has no authority over men and women on the land, and; The United States is a corporation as per public policy 29 USC 3002. corporations are artificial legal entities that can contract only with other legal entities by the hand of living agents, and only with full disclosure between the agents thereof, full disclosure of the definition of all words, the assumption that those definitions rest upon, and the implications that extend therefrom of all clauses of such contracts in order to claim authority, power or control over those contracting parties, and; The Constitutions and public acts for The United States of America and the respective States do not bind nor extend to people on the land, only to natural and artificial persons, and; the Law Societies and Bar Associations of the United States and the respective states are the societies whose members create the statutes of the United States, therefore these statutes apply only to citizens of those societies, the artificial persons who are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or those artificial persons whose trustee acts in his personal capacity as an employee of those societies, and; The Constitution of The United States of America and it's public acts, the Constitutions and public acts of each of the respective states, and all de facto counterparts, apply only to citizens, residents, persons and the like - artificial persons representing the government officials, agents and employees of each level of governments, and; a "person" "resident" or "citizen" of the Constitution of the United States of America and the Bill of Rights and all statutes, code, ordinances and by-laws of the United States and of all States and Municipalities refers to artificial political entities, and; all law of the United States and respective States applies only to artificial persons, and those sworn to uphold these laws, and; The United States and all governments and courts on the land commonly known of as United States of America are corporations, and have no authority over sovereign men and women on the land, and;

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The US Code and State Codes, are commercial law governed by the Uniform Commercial Code, and; for something to be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States it must be an artificial person subject to the jurisdiction pursuant to the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of The United States of America, and; that the term 'citizen' as defined in the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America is the term used to denote the political status of the artificial entity of government employee or officer, and; A citizen is an artificial person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States as per the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution for the United States, and is also subject to those corporate state entities which have contracted with the United States, and; that one unknowingly acting as the legal entity of a citizen under the fourteenth amendment is interpreted by those running the United States as not enjoying the full extent of freedom God allows, even though full disclosure of this legal status has not been established, and; there is no such thing as a contract, or social contract, without the universal agreement of parties thereto over time, and; people may only act as the priniciple of any contract, or the surety for issues involving artificial persons with their continual agreement and consent over time, and; one who does not consent to act as surety for an artificial entity may choose not to, and that there can be no lawful consequence for not doing so, and; living beings who act as surety for an artificial entity subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and in that capacity may not be exerting his sovereign freedom and rights, has the freedom and private right to do so and may choose to do so at any time, and; the terms "community" and "community standards" are deceptive and used to impose unlawful legal control and conformity upon the people on the land and the land itself, and; Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 17

a name is that which is designated to property by the owner thereof, and; someone's given and family names under their creator are not the same as the first and last names written on any commercial instrument or court document which may resemble one's God given name, and; when someone is born they do not have first hand knowledge of who they are, what they are or where they are, nor do they have first hand knowledge of who their parents are, nor could they pick them out of a line up of two - therefore any knowledge of who our parents are or what the people we commonly know of as our parents have told us regarding our supposed time and date of birth in a de facto court of law for purposes of "identification" is hearsay, and offering such information would be entering into fraud, and; that those in control of the government de facto of the United States of America deceptively entice others, through application for citizenship or residency, limited liability, and use of a social insurance number, to act in commerce in a capacity of an artificial entity created and controlled by the United States, and therefore as de facto government employees/citizens, and refer to them and tax them through commerce as their chattle property, and; one may apply, register, and/or submit to the United States for creation and use of a artificial entity, a legal name similar to the lawful name of the one who applies, but only the legal name created, being legally "owned" by the United States, is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States under the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States, and; the name and date of birth on a birth certificate are merely proof of the facts so certified thereon in any court in the United States, or any of the States, can only be used by those acting as artificial entities in a de facto manner (in fraud), have no relation to any sovereign man or woman, and cannot lawfully used for purposes of "identification", and; no information stemming from a birth certificate, nor information stemming from second hand knowledge of one's birth can lawfully be used to in a court of law, and use of such by the courts is in fraud, and; using a Social Security Number is prima fascia evidence of acting in the capacity of a citizen or artificial person, government employee or officer, and; Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 18

those who use a Social Security Number (SSN) are acting through a legal name as officers or employees of the de facto federal government, only the legal person to which they are trustee bound by the de facto statutes and bylaws created by the Federal government, or by legal contractual extension, the de facto State and Municipal governments, and; those who are in control of the government of the United States of America consider men and women as instruments of production, and lure men, women and children into acting as legal entities for the purposes of taxation and control, and; that the income tax is an excise tax derived from what those in control of the legal entity the United States consider as for use of their legal property, for the "privilege" of using "benefits" offered by this de facto government, and; that courts and tribunals of federal jurisdiction and those courts of the fifty states that have contracted with the de facto United States cannot be of lawful authority without the full consent of all parties involved in a case, and; the courts of the United States and States conduct the profitable business of witnessing and facilitating transactions of security interests, and; the current courts in the United States and in the several states are corporations, and operate on a system of double entry accrual bookkeeping, which is unlawful, and; use of the current court system of the United States and States and Municipalities is a benefit in fact, and; that any transaction of a security interest requires the consent of both parties prior to providing any such services, and; statutory or by-laws stating that persons must identify themselves refer only to non-living legal entities themselves, and do not extend to men women or children who may use a legal entity name of the United States, and;

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there is no lawful obligation for anyone to ever "identify" themselves, and; peace officers are under United Nations contract, and; the term "police officer" means a corporate policy enforcer, and; police officers who ask for identification are not acting under their oath of office and therefore are not acting lawfully, and; "eminent domain" only involves legal title to property, not lawful claim, and. that the Federal Reserve is a private corporation, and that the lawful money of the United States of America has been replaced with private legal tender and credit, the use thereof by those acting through their legal entities are considered as taxable events by the de facto corporate government of the United States, and; HJR-192 and the Bretton-Woods Agreement removed lawful money from circulation in the United States of America. a crime is that which is committed by a government official, agent or employee against the lawfully protected interests of the people on the land, and; breaching of the peace is the breaching of de facto code, statute, or by-law, by an artificial entity, and; a free man or woman on the land cannot breach the peace nor break the law of any corporation or government on the land, and; that as a sovereign Free Man-on-the-land I cannot commit a crime nor break a law of the United States, nor breach a statute or code, and; breaking the law, as committed by a sovereign Free Man-on-the-Land, is not equivalent to a crime as committed by someone acting in the name of government or under the de facto government, nor to the breaching of a statute or by-law by which government officials, agents and employees are governed, and;

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de facto courts often try to deflect the fact that they have no evidence of the existence of an injured or complaining party and therefore no probable cause for a case, by arguing that a peace officer had "reasonable belief" or "probable cause to believe" a crime was committed, or that an accused's defense is hearsay, when in fact it's the officer's complaint itself which is based on hearsay and there is no evidence of an unlawful event, or existence of an injured or complaining party, and; anyone who has already applied and registered for, and use, any artificial legal entity of any government including the United States, has not had their God-given freedom and the rights as a sovereign infringed, even though the civil, natural and political rights of the artificial person/citizen created are not equivalent to God-given freedom and the rights of the man or woman who has applied, and; I may claim damages and bill those people acting as lawful or legal entities of any government or acting de facto government infringes on the freedom granted to me by my creator as a living sovereign man on the land, and; that any action for which one can apply for and receive a license must itself be a fundamentally lawful action and does not need a licence, and; that anything for which one can apply for insurance must lawfully be something for which one can own and use under full liability and is not obliged to have limited liability insurance for, and; that automobiles for which one can apply for and receive a license and/or registration to own and use on the land must fundamentally be lawful to own and use on the land, including what de facto governments term "public land or highways", therefore does not need a licence and/or registration, and; that it is perfectly lawful to own land of any of the several States by allodial title or land patent or Claim of Right, and this not depend on, nor can be supplanted by any concurrently registered legal title of the land with any de facto local, state or federal government, and; because no lawful money of the Constitution of the United States of America is in circulation does not mean that we cannot use federal reserve notes to buy and lawfully own land of what is commonly known of the United States of America or any of the States thereof, and;

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that remedy from unbonded de facto statutes and by-laws must, in the imperative, exist for those who have unknowingly been enticed to act as legal persons - as employees of the de facto governments on the land mass known as the United States of America, so as that those who operate, and operate in obedience to, the de facto government, do not force people into involuntary servitude and; that, acting as a unbonded de facto government employee citizen, remedy exists because, as de facto statutory law is always speaking, and as the definition of the words "shall" and "must" are yet to be construed in the imperative sense, this means that the words "shall" and "must" have not currently been defined in statutory law, therefore, one acting in the capacity of an artificial entity may deny consent to be governed through it, and; someone unknowingly acting as a legal entity can, upon learning he is acting as a legal entity, can simply deny consent to be surety for criminal or civil charges on that legal entity, or act or perform as a legal entity, unless one is a public official, agent or employee under oath to uphold the Constitution for the United States of America and it's laws, or acting in a de facto capacity as a public official, agent or employee of the United States and subject to uphold the laws of the United States, and; all those who work for government agencies, courts and police, whether acting knowingly or not as a legal entity, must be bonded and under oath to uphold the Constitution of The United States of America so as to protect and indemnify those they serve, lest he or she be subject to criminal charges or commercial processes and; to lawfully hold office, government officials must be bonded and under oath to uphold their respective State Constitution, Constitution for the United States of America, and also the State statute and code and federal statute and code that applies to their office, and are always subject to these laws, and cannot lawfully evade prosecution or commercial processes for not upholding these laws, and; Writs of Indictment or verified criminal complaints can be presented by a sovereign Free Man-on-the-land before a properly convened Grand Juries and courts de jure to indict those members of corporations and de facto governments who infringe upon the God-given rights of the people, and; it is perfectly lawful for anyone on the land commonly known of as the United States of America to not be known as, or do business as an artificial entity, and to abandon one's legal name and SSN altogether and act Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 22

solely as a Free Man-on-the-land of what is commonly known of as the United States of America, and; people on the land commonly known as the United States of America have the God given freedom to revoke or deny consent to be known as a citizen or Citizen, and thus to be governed through the legal name to which they can act as trustee, and; if anyone does revoke or deny consent to be governed as an artificial legal entity/government employee, they are clarifying their status which is eternally true - to lawfully exist free of all government control and statutory and commercial code restraint that exists and acts upon the legal name fraudulently misrepresenting the God-given name of people on the land, and; a common law claim of right in one's God-given name, claiming and clarifying that which is eternally true that of the God-given freedom and right to exist free of involuntary servitude, by claiming the eternal truth of ownership and possession of one's body, land, and property over, above, and separate from, the de facto legal title that denotes chattle property - establishes lawful excuse, and; one with lawful excuse may choose to not obey a statute, Act, regulation, court, tribunal, order, warrant, summons, or the like, that are created and used by those in, or who represent, the de facto possession of sovereign power, and; a Free Man-on-the-Land has lawfully claimed to be free from governance, and to be free from governance as, or through, an artificial entity, and exists free of all statutory or codified restrictions, obligations, and limitations, and; traveling freely, and/or running private non-commercial business, by any means, on the land, roads, highways and seas is a God-given right that cannot be forcibly regulated or taxed by commerce, and; giving lawful notice, someone from another country may live on the land commonly known of as the United States of America, and may not be detained or restrained against his liberty, or deprived of this life or property, by those acting for government, and; the people on the land and notaries are senior to any judge of the United States of America and it's repective States, and; Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 23

Therefore be it resolved and known to any and all concerned and effected parties, that I, Lake-Shore:Baby, a Free Man-on-the-Land do hereby state clearly, specifically and unequivocally my intent: to claim that my body and all property in my possession is my own and cannot be used by others without my consent, and; to do anything I so wish without interference from any government, agency, court or police operating on the land commonly known of as the United States of America, and; to act and be recognized by all governments courts and public officials and officers operating on, over and above the land commonly known of as the United States of America forevermore with full God-given freedom and the rights which stem therefrom, and; To lawfully exist free of all statutory and commercial obligations and restrictions, and maintain all rights at law to trade, exchange or barter; to lawfully buy, own, possess, use and sell anything without interference from any government, agency, court or police of the United States or the States, and; To travel lawfully on the land commonly known as the United States of America by whatever means I deem necessary without interference from de facto governments, courts or police, or any other entity thereby contracted to any government or court acting on the land, and;

Therefore, to communicate clearly to the de facto governments on the land of the United States of America, I claim from my authority as a living man on the land, granted to me by my creator, undisturbed by de facto statutory law and the law of persons, the following unalienable freedoms and rights: this is lawful notice that I have a bilateral binding contract with all men and women acting as public officials and agents of the United States and all States, and all corporations they underwrite, involving the Constitution of the United States of America, including but not limited to the Bill of Rights and what is Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 24

commonly known of as the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution for the United States of America. that I am Lake-Shore:Baby, a living sovereign Free Man-on-the-Land, my given and family names as granted to me by the creator of all living things, acting under his authority and power alone, and; that I am of not of any political class or jurisdiction of the Constitution for the United States of America, but am of equal or greater political status of any entity defined therein, and; that I claim and reserve all freedoms and rights as granted to me by my creator. as a soul in the knowledge of God and not the chattel property of anyone nor anything, the ownership and the right to soul possession of my body, and enjoyment of it in any way I see fit, free from any interference from corporations and de facto governments, agencies, courts and police, and any entity, person, man or woman that acts on their behalf and; as I am not chattle property, nor a child, citizen, person, resident, taxpayer, employee of, or residing with, any government, nor any other word that denotes an entity with diminished freedom and/or rights, I do not need to ask permission from any government to engage in any activity, and; that the above claims generate lawful excuse to disobey any law of the United States or the respective States and Municipalities, and; since private commerce has an unlawful monopoly on the land, the right to use the legal entity that represents me with the United States to conduct business of any type without having the freedom and rights granted to me by my creator infringed, and; Notaries having the superior authority to any judge of the United States and the States, may hold court and hear evidence and issue binding lawful judgments and; the right to use the any law of the United States and a Notary Public to perform duties found under any Act to claim recourse against those public officials who violate my freedom and rights and, free from intimidation to myself or to the Notary, and that the judgment of the Notary I use will be fully binding upon Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 25

those whom are involved in the claim, and; that peace officers, and all other men, women and entities, have a duty to act under their Constitutional oath of office and distinguish between statutes created by the de facto government, and law, and those who attempt to enforce statutes against a Free Man-on-the-Land are in fact breaking the law and; the right to generate further lawful excuse, which includes all of the defenses which God and the common law considers sufficient reason to excuse a man from criminal liability as administered by de facto governments, courts and police; the authority to refuse intercourse or interaction with peace and law enforcement officers and anyone else representing corporations or de facto government powers, who have not observed me infringe upon the God given freedom and rights of others and; the authority to use the full extent of the sovereign power, any writs from the common law, and any commercial procedures, to defend myself and the liberty of my body and private property, or to enforce consequences on those who commit treason and obstruction of justice in their actions to block me in my pursuit of freedom, remedy and recourse; all men and women acting as public officials and agents of the United States and State governments and the corporations they underwrite are bound to understand my intent to claim, and my claim to exist free of all statutory, and codified laws, rules and regulations of the United States and the States, despite how this document is worded. for the purposes of this claim, all men and women acting as public officials and agents of the United States and States are bound by the Constitution for the United States of America including but not limited to the Bill of Rights and what is commonly known of as the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.

Furthermore I claim

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The right to determine what is best for myself, my family or anyone or any one under my care, and; The right to engage in these actions and further claim that all property lawfully held by me is held under a claim of right as mentioned in the United States Code and juris prudence, and that I am the lawful owner of this property, and; ownership as my private property all monies that I earn and that, since lawful money has essentially been removed from the land, that these monies are considered for all intents and purposes lawful money and untaxable, and; soul ownership, possession and enjoyment of my property which I have bought with any monies (whether or not Constitutionally lawful money) earned from my labor, which have been given to me, or to which I have claimed ownership undisputed in the common law, without interference, and; that I am not a taxpayer, and any capacity I act in is not a taxpayer, and; The right to use Federal Reserve Note money and private bank credit as if it were lawful money, and all acts and events while using it as untaxable, and; the right to use my property without having to further pay or be taxed for the use or enjoyment of it, and; the right to earn a living without having my earnings taxed, and; that notice in any public newspaper is lawful notice, and that if not responded to in a timely fashion, that a notice of claim published as such will create allodial title or patent to any land that I claim that is not lawfully responded to, and; I have the right to claim uninhabited land anywhere in the geographic area commonly referred to as the United States of America, and; The right to buy and own and sell anything, whether or not regulated by de facto government statutes and by-laws, and;

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the right to defend myself, those around me, and my property from trespass with whatever level of force I deem is necessary, and; And I claim the right to be considered by all those in de facto possession of the sovereign power, and all those acting as public officials and government employees, as a sovereign Freeman-on-the-Land, having all God's freedom and rights that extend therefrom, and the right to oblige the lawful government of the United States of America to provide a passport recorded in my lawful name as a sovereign Freeman-on-the-Land or National, and delivered to me at a fair cost, and; ownership as my property of all monies I have paid into a government Pension Plan, and that these must be returned in full, on demand, in gold or silver coin equivalent to the price of gold or silver on the day that these monies were paid, and; the right to be free from, and all my actions either directly or through any entity, to be free from, or surety for, all taxation to which I do not voluntarily consent to, and that to consent to taxation, I must be presented with full disclosure for inspection negotiation and agreement thereto, of any liabilities I may incur for the fair use of services, and; all transactions of security interests require the consent of both parties and I do hereby deny consent to any transaction of a security interest issuing under any Act, bill, or bylaw for as herein stated as a Freeman-onthe-Land I am not subject to any government statutes or de facto government or corporate laws, and; the right to the unmolested pursuit of my trade or occupation and free use of all road and highways on the land commonly known of as the United States of America, and; And I claim the right, without government restriction, to buy, sell own, carry freely, use any weapon in any manner that does not infringe upon the God given rights of others. the right to deregister anything that has been registered in the legal name to which I act as trustee, and/or Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 28

record such property with the de facto governments as if they were lawful governments, so that said governments act to protect my property instead of usurping it through fines and taxes and/or de facto court judgments; the right to record with my county recorder the lawfully cured claim to any property I own without having it registered with a legal title in any fashion. anyone who interferes with my lawful activities after having been served notice of this claim and who fails to properly dispute or make lawful counterclaim is breaking the law, cannot claim good faith or color of right, and that such transgressions will be dealt with in a properly convened court de jure; that I claim and reserve all rights as reserved to the people of the ninth amendment to the Constitution for the United States of America. that all freedom and rights under my creator as a living man not expressly claimed and reserved in this document are implied to be claimed and reserved in my dealings with all men and women acting in any capacity as a lawful or legal entity. the right to establish for myself, and any one under my authority or care a FEE SCHEDULE for any transgression(s) against our God-given freedoms and rights perpetrated by peace officers, government principals, agents or justice system participants is FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS or portion thereof if being questioned, interrogated or in any way detained, harassed or otherwise regulated, and TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS PER HOUR if handcuffed, transported, incarcerated or subjected to any adjudication process without my express written and Notarized consent, and a minimum TEN MILLION DOLLARS for any restraint or violence not limited thereto, brought against me, my family, anyone under my authority or care; your agreement to indemnify me in the equivalent in value in gold of ten million Federal Reserve Note dollars at the time that this notice is received, against any and all injury, damage and loss, both to my body and my property, or infringement against my freedom and rights as granted to me by my creator, which stems from your acts or omissions, or the acts or omissions of your agents, and representatives or the agents and representatives of any corporation working under you in the United States and any of the States, and; the right to chose a method of payment upon demand, and; Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 29

the right to use a Notary Public, Commissioner or any two (2) people not related to me by blood or marriage to secure payment of the aforementioned FEE SCHEDULE against any transgressor who, by their actions or omissions, directly or by proxy in any way, harms myself, anyone under my authority or care, or my interests, and; the right to engage the services of a Notary Public, Commissioner for taking affidavits and/or any two (2) people not related to me by blood or marriage to attest to my signature for verification purposes and does not constitute adhesion, contract or change in status in any manner. All rights reserved without prejudice, and; the right to convene a proper court de jure with verified criminal complaints in order to address criminal actions of any peace officers, government principals or agents or justice system participants who, having been served notice of this claim and fail to dispute or discuss or make lawful counterclaim, then interfere by act or omission with the lawful exercise of my properly claimed and established freedoms and rights, and; the law of agent and principal applies and that service upon one is service upon both/all, and; the right to deal with any counterclaims or disputes publicly and in an open forum using discussion and negotiation and to capture on video tape said discussion and negotiation for whatever lawful purpose as I see fit and; that if this claim is not responded to in the stated fashion and time, under lawful oath of office and full liability, and with lawful reason by this should not be so, permanent estoppel by acquiescence barring any peace officer, prosecutor, justice of the peace, judge, government official, or those acting on behalf of any private company, from bringing de facto charges without probable cause against myself or compelling my being surety for any criminal charge, civil charge or other debt, whether I am acting as a Freeman-on-theLand, or considered as acting as trustee of the legal name which I use, or considered as acting in personem, or in rem as the legal name I may use, and; affected parties wishing to dispute the claims made herein or make their own counterclaims must respond appropriately within FOURTEEN (14) DAYS of service of notice of this action. Responses must address point by point each of the claims herein, under Oath of office, upon full commercial liability and penalty of perjury, and registered in the Notaries or Commissioner's Office herein provided no later than fourteen days Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 30

from the date of original service as attested to by way of certificate of service, and; failure to register a dispute against the claims made herein under the terms above will result in an automatic default judgment securing forevermore all rights herein claimed and establishing permanent and irrevocable estoppel by acquiescence, this fully binding claim of right upon the parties named herein, and their respective offices, forevermore barring the bringing of de facto charges under any statute or Act, and any action not having been assessed for probable cause by a magistrate, against My Self a sovereign Freeman-on-the-Land Lake-Shore:Baby, and; use of a Notary or Commissioner of Affidavits is for attestation and verification purposes only and does not constitute a change in status or entrance or acceptance of foreign jurisdiction. \ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=136156749&blogID=412749579 Michael-Hans, Winter c/o General Post Office Ripton, Vermont state, uSA Non-domestic [05766 TDC] Sally Hoyle Town Clerk Ripton, Vermont state May 22, 2006 Dear Sally, Here is the Affidavit of which Joyce, on your behalf, had notarized on the 3 rd of May, 2006 that I wish to record in the Books of Records for the Township of Ripton. It includes my Declaration of Sovereignty and Removal of Unqualified Signatures and Power of Attorney. Today, the issue of sovereignty may seem rather complex, yet a sovereign, when considering a man or woman of flesh and blood, is quite simple to comprehend. In retrospect, one must consider the history and nature of the federalization of these union States and the contractual legalese of the corporate central government; our unlawful monetary system and its trail to those who benefit. Coupled with this corruption, the social engineering (operant conditioning) of the core beliefs and values of the American Citizenry, individuals or persons will sheepishly comply with these injustices basing their actions upon the premise that they are entitled to a benefit or feeling that their freedom is owed to them. The machinations that continually Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 31

perpetrate treasonous acts repugnant to our free, constitutional republic are set in place follow the money. If the proverbial "writing on the wall" is not obvious, then please see 31 U.S.C.A. 3101, amended March 16, 2006. In flesh and blood, mind and soul, I am publicly declaring my sovereignty, inviolate. I will not be party to the destruction of this great Nation that has stood as a model of freedom, nor will I be complicit in the unjust, forced destruction of other sovereign countries and their citizenry. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, am in this country (the UNITED STATES), but not of this country; I am neutral, a denizen within the Republic of Vermont. Please see the following Affidavit: Declaration of Sovereignty and Removal of Unqualified Signatures and Power of Attorney, pages two through eleven. Any response, protest or dispute to this Affidavit should be done within twenty (20) days from the last date of the public notice of the recording of this Affidavit and must be directed as exactly prescribed above without the elimination of any brackets or case lettering. Otherwise, any attempted correspondence with the Affiant will be returned to sender, "Refused." I am not a "customer" of the United States Postal Service. Enclosed are $84.00 of the unconstitutionally circulated Federal Reserve Bank notes, with limited use, without prejudice, to discharge the recording tax (32 V.S.A. 1671) for this cover and the 11 pages that follow. Respectfully yours, without prejudice and with the explicit reservation of all my unalienable rights, I am, Michael-Hans, Winter AFFIDAVIT: DECLARATION OF SOVEREIGNTY, REMOVAL OF UNQUALIFIED SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: I, Michael-Hans, Winter, jure divino, suae potestate esse Free, Good and Lawful, Christian, in propria persona, by special appearance, having first-hand knowledge of the facts as stated herein, do hereby declare my proper and lawful status with respect to Citizenship, Sovereignty, Removal of Unlawful Signatures and Powers of Attorney to-wit: 1. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, the undersigned, knowingly, willingly and voluntarily, hereby affirm and state as follows: 2. I am of lawful age of majority and otherwise competent to make this affirmation; and 3. I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein.

4. I am a Citizen, a natural man, living on the land in Addison county in Vermont state, with such
citizenship being synonymous with "the People" wherein sovereignty rests, and have been a Citizen in the de jure union state of Vermont (see 8U.S.C.A 1502) for approximately nine years; and, Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 32

5. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, a Free Private Christian male, a living soul, was born to my parents on the
12th day of December on the twelfth day of the twelfth month of the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-one in Suffern township in de jure county of Rockland, New York state, one of the de jure states of the union of America; and,

6. I was sired by Charle-Pius, Winter, a free male born on the 10th day of July 1927, in Vienna Austria,
naturalized on December 15th, 1949, in Hackensack, New Jersey, one of the de jure states of the union of America; and, 7. I was given birth by Virginia Bedard, Winter, a free female, born on the 2nd day of April 1926, in Middlebury township in Addison county, Vermont state, one of the de jure states of the union of America; and, 8. Virginia Bedard and Charles-Pius, Winter, were one, joined in Holy wedlock at the time of July 24, 1957 and unto them, the genealogy of Winter, I was conceived and born; and,

9. My Christian name is Michael-Hans, Winter; a.k.a. Michel-Hans, Bedard-Winter; I have no fictitious

name, a war name, nor a "dummy corporation" name. See Blacks Law Dictionary, 6th Edition, and, 10. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, have never voluntarily surrendered the rights to my name, as it is wholly owned by myself as private property. It is not, nor never was, a TRADE NAME, and nor will it ever be, and, 11. As per Article 8 of the Vermont Declaration of Rights I am a "Freeman," a Free Private Christian male, a living soul, without boon, benefit, statutory franchise nor contractual adhesion that could cloud my natural citizenship or the unalienable rights endowed by my Creator: and,

12. I am an American Citizen, as designated in the Constitution for the united States of America (1787),
by virtue as an American National living in the republic state, Vermont, without implications of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States "being born or naturalized," nor unlawful consequences of the coerced Reconstruction Acts of 1867 of the 39 th Congress. I am a Citizen as originally established by the Declaration of Independence (1776) with "certain unalienable rights" granted by our Creator and as established by the Articles of Confederation (1777). I am not a United States citizen, see U.S. v. Cruikshank, 92 US 542 (1876); Slaughterhouse Cases 83 U.S. 395, 407 (1873). "Citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment has expressed territorial limitation which prevents its extension to every place over which the government is Sovereign." Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 379 F2d 33, 43 (1967); U.S. v. Rhodes, 27 Fed. Cas.785, 749 (1866). See also Bowlin v. Commonwealth, 65 Kent. Rep. 5, 29 (1867); Hauge v. CIO, 307 U.S. 496, 509 520 note 1 (1936); Van Valkenburg v. Brown, 43 Cal Rpts 43, 47 (1872). Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 33

DECLARATION of sovereignty "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:32

13. The Declaration of Independence states: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are
created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness; that to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

14. Within the Constitution for the United States for America, there exists a clear distinction between
natural born Citizens and United States citizens, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President:" Article 2, section 1, clause 5 and, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside." Bill of Rights, 14th Amendment, see also In re Rodrigues, W.D. Tex (1897), 81 F. 337. The distinction is not only evident in the proper usage of English (proper nouns being capitalized), but also to where the jurisdiction lies "thereof the United States" implying the Federal government granting such privileges and having jurisdiction "thereof" rather than respect to the unalienable Rights in the above mentioned Declaration of Independence, "that all men are created equal... endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights." The 14th Amendment (private unilateral contract law) clearly was set forth to establish another rule and structure of government, namely one centralized in nature, also known as the "federalization" of the many states of the union of America as territories. See Hanson v. Denckla, 357 U.S. 235 (1958).

15. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, am "alien" to the Federal government, " a body corporate for municipal
purposes, have a seal" the District of Columbia as declared by the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871, An Act to provide a Government for the District of Columbia, 41 st Congress, Section 34, Session III, chapters 61 and 62, the ten-square miles and the territories thereof. See also, Federalist Papers 42. I do not reside within the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, nor in any other Federal Overlay, Territory, Enclave or Possession of the United States. (See Article I, Section 8 Clause 17 of the Constitution for the United States of America.)

16. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, clearly am not a "person" subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress
as defined in Article I, Section 8 Clause 17 of the Constitution for the United States of America and any purported allegiance to the United States is hereby renounced. I am an American, and not a 14 th Amendment U.S. citizen, nor a citizen of the United States. "thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 34

amendments were designed mainly for the protection of newly emancipated negroes" and further cited that the "fourteenth amendment creates and defines citizenship of the United States." United States v. Anthony, 24 Fed. Cas. 829 (1873). I was not naturally born, nor naturalized in a territory over which the United States ("not exceeding ten square miles") is sovereign.

17. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, have become aware of 8 U.S.C.A. 1481 & 1483, and have noticed that
the terms "United States citizen" and "American citizen" appear to be used interchangeably in the notes; however, as case law demonstrates, there has been established a clear distinction between the two terms. I am not a citizen subject to United States jurisdiction; I am a Sovereign Citizen with all the unalienable Rights, Authority and pre-eminence of a Sovereign. "In this country, sovereignty resides with the people." Julliard v. Greenman, 110 U.S. 421 (1883). See also, Bellei v. Rusk, D.C. (1969), 296 F.Supp 1247.

18. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, clearly understand the difference between a "state Citizen" and a "United
States citizen; I am not a federal "U.S. citizen" nor a "citizen of the United States": "We have in our political system, a government of each of the several states and a government of the United States. Each is distinct from the other and has citizens of its own." U.S. v. Cruikshank, 92 US 542 (1876). See also 8 U.S.C.A 1502. "The persons declared to be citizens are all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. Bill of Rights, Amendment 14. The evident meaning of these last words is, not merely subject in some respect or degree to the jurisdiction of the United States (jurisdiction thereof, not jurisdictions thereof), but completely subject. , but who has not been naturalized or taxed or recognized as a citizen, either by the United States of by the State, is not a citizen of the United States within the meaning of the 1 st section of the 14th Article of Amendment of the Constitution. Elk v. Wilkins, 112 US 94. (1884). Furthermore, "The privileges and immunities clause of the 14th Amendment protects very few rights because it neither incorporates the Bill of Rights nor protects all rights of individual citizens. Instead this provision protects only those rights peculiar to being a citizen of the federal government. It does not protect those rights which belong to state Citizenship." Jones v. Temmer, 829 F. Supp. 1226 (1993). See also, Hammerstein v. Lyne, W.D.Mo. 1912, 200 F.165.

19. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, clearly understand that the term "United States" has three different
meanings, and must be defined with respect to issues of law and citizenship; "The term United States may be used in any one of the following senses: (1) It may merely be the name of a sovereign occupying the position analogous to that of other sovereigns in the family of nations or, (2) It may designate the territory over which the United States is sovereign or, (3) It may be the collective names of the several states which are united by and under the Constitution.." Hooven & Allison v. Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 35

Evatt, 324 US 652, 65 S.Ct. 870, 880, Blacks Law Dictionary, 4th Edition, p. 1703. According to the United States Code, the ''United States'' means: (A) a Federal corporation; (B) an agency, department, commission, board, or other entity of the United States; or (C) an instrumentality of the United States, 28 U.S.C.A. 3002 (15), Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Furthermore, "It is quite clear, then, that there is a citizenship of the United States and a citizenship of a State, which are distinct from each other and which depend upon different characteristics or circumstances in the individual." Slaughter House Cases, 83 U.S. 36, 16 Wall. 36 (1872). In common usage, the term "person" does not include the sovereign and statutes employing it will ordinarily not be construed to do so." United States v. United Mine Workers, 330 U.S. 258 (1946), 1 U.S.C. 1, note 6. "There can be no limitation on the power of the people of the United States (of America). By their authority the State Constitutions were made and by their authority the Constitution for the United States (of America) was established and they had the power to change or abolish state Constitutions or to make them yield to the general Government and treaties by their authority." Hauenstein v. Lynham 100 US 483 (1879). "Sovereignty itself is, of course, not subject to law, for it is the author and source of law; but in our system, while sovereign powers are delegated to the agencies of government, sovereignty itself remains with the people, by whom and for whom all government exists and acts." Yick Wo v. Hopkins and Woo Lee v. Hopkins 118 US 356 (1886). "The individual may stand upon his constitutional rights as a citizen. He is entitled to carry on his private business in his own way. His power to contract is unlimited. He owes no duty to the state or to his neighbors to divulge his business, or to open his doors to an investigation, so far as it may tend to criminate him. He owes no such duty to the state, since he receives nothing therefrom, beyond the protection of his life and property. His rights are such as existed by the law of the land long antecedent to the organization of the state, and can only be taken from him by due process of law, and in accordance with the Constitution." Hale v. Henkel, 201 U.S. 43 (1906) The Michigan Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court concurred and made it perfectly clear that the "word person is ordinarily construed to exclude the sovereign" and that for a sovereign to be bound by statute the sovereign must be "specifically" named. Will v. Michigan state Police 491 U.S. 58, 105 L.Ed.2nd 45 (1989). "Acts of Congress" are not applicable to "sovereigns" in the 50 states. " include any act of Congress locally applicable to and in force in the District of Columbia, in Puerto Rico, in a territory

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or in an insular possession. 18 U.S.C.A. Rule 54 C, said Title being, Crimes and Criminal Procedures, enacted into Positive Law. "It is a familiar doctrine of the common law, that the sovereign cannot be sued in his own courts without consent." The Siren v. United State, 74 U.S. 152 (1868) "No action can be taken against a sovereign in the non-constitutional courts of either the United states or the state courts and any such action is considered the crime of Barratry. Barratry is an offense at common law." State v. Batson, 17 S.E. 2d 511, 512, 513. "The Common Law is absolutely distinguishable from the Roman or Civil Law systems." People v. Ballard 155 NYS 2d 59. "It will be admitted on all hands with the exception of the powers surrendered by the Constitution of the United States, the people of the several States are unconditionally and absolutely sovereign within their respective territories." Additionally, "It had been said by eminent judges that no man was a citizen of the United States except he was a citizen of on of the state composing the Union those residing in the District of Columbia or in the territories, though within the United States were not citizens." Ohio L. Ins. & T. Co. v. Debolt, 16 How. 428 (1853) "The canon of construction which teaches that legislation of congress, unless contrary intent appears, is meant to apply only within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States." Foley Brothers v. Filardo, 336 U.S. 281, 9 L ed 364 (1948). "In exercising this power, Congress is not subject to the same constitutional limitations, as when it is legislating for the United States." Hooven and Allisons Co. v. Evatt, 324, U.S. 652. Congress, within its "ten square miles" since 1933 operates in a style of private equity or merchant law, similar to that of (Roman-Ecclesiastical) Civil Law, where private law (contracted opinions and beliefs for profit and gain promoted by non-governmental special interest groups and lobbyists) is now set forth as public policy by "law-makers" (see Erie Railroad v. Thompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938)) and applies only to the District of Columbia and all of its Federal territories. "The Constitution is the supreme law of the land ordained and established by the people. All legislation must conform to the principles it lays down. All other provisions of the Constitution sedulously framed to define and limit the power of the United States and preserve powers of the states, could be broken down, the independence of the States obliterated and the United States converted into a central form of government exercising uncontrolled police power throughout the union superceding all local control over local concerns." United States v. Butler, 297 U.S. 1, 56 S.Ct. 312, 102 A.L.R. 914 (1935)

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The sovereignty of the State essential to its proper functioning under the Federal Constitution cannot be surrendered, it cannot be taken away by any form of legislation. "The affirmation of such proposition would obliterate the distinction between the delegated powers of the federal Government and those reserve to the states and to their citizens." United States v. Constantine, 296 U.S. 287 (1935). The successful war for American Independence was formally brought to a close in the year 1783 with the signing of the Treaty of Peace. Article 1 of the Treaty clearly states that King George of England "acknowledges the United States viz the thirteen colonies are free, sovereign and independent States and relinquishes all claims to the government, property, and territorial rights of the same" "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Galitians 5:1

20. Through the study of history, I, Michael-Hans, Winter, have discovered that the de jure Vermont
state, a Constitutional Republic, was laid dormant as of the 1st of the "Reconstruction Acts" on 2 March 1867 and with the demise of the of Vermonts Council of Electors in 1869, a new "constitution" was forced upon her, completing the creation of a federal overlay, a district known as the State of Vermont, a de facto, "a state within a state", Howard v. Sinking Fund of Louisville, 344 U.S. 624 (1952); see also 31 CFR 51.2 & 52.2.

21. However, the de jure state of Vermont existed as an independent Republic prior to joining the Union
in 1793 and, as Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution for the United States of America guarantees to each state a Republican Form of Government, I, Michael-Hans, Winter, will recognize the de jure Vermont Republic, a de jure, sovereign state , a constitutional form of government still in existence; I, do not recognize the de facto State of Vermont. Said State is a de facto corporation operating as a territory of the District of Columbia. "All states whatever are corporations" Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 Dall U.S. 419, 468 (1793). Henceforth, only allowing 14th Amendment U.S. citizens (or citizens of the United States) to vote and hold office therein. Blacks Law dictionary defines de facto government as, "One that maintains itself by a display of force against the will of the rightful legal government and is successful, at least temporarily, in overturning the institutions of the rightful legal government by setting up its own in lieu thereof. Worthham v. Walker, 133 Tex. 255, 128 S.W.2d. 1138, 1145. " Blacks Law Dicitonary, 4th Edition, page 5044. 22. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, hereby declare that any and all contract(s) or agreement(s) which may be claimed to exist between myself, in propria persona, and the de facto STATE OF VERMONT to be

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null and void, as any such contract/agreement was not entered into knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally and constitutes constructive fraud.

23. Pursuant to 8 U.S.C.A. 1481 & 1483, I, Michael-Hans, Winter, hereby do with full disclosure,
knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally:

a. Make a formal declaration of allegiance to the Constitutional Republic of Vermont (see 8 U.S.C.A
1502), a de jure state foreign to the state of the forum, the United States, "The United States government is a foreign corporation with respect to the state." In re Merriam's Estate, 36 NE 505 (1894), 1441 S.CT. 1973, 41 L.Ed. 287 and thereby securing the right to vote as a qualified elector in this state of the Union;

b. Decline and reject dual citizenship (state/Federal), Federal being the incorporated "10 square miles,"
U.S. Constitution Article I, Section 8 Clause 17 & District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871, or any federal overlying areas within a state.

c. Declare that I am not a "resident of", (see Amendment 14 U.S.C.A 1, Note 25) an "inhabitant of"
or "domiciled within" the United States, nor any federal jurisdiction thereof. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, am not "ward of ", a "franchisee of", "subject of", "property of", "chattel of", or "subject to the jurisdiction of" the state of the forum of any United States territory, corporate State, corporate County, or corporate City, Municipal body politics, territory or enclave created under the primary authority of Art. I, Section. 8, Clause. 17 and Art. IV, Section. 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution for the united States of America and I am not subject to any private-civil legislation created by or under the jurisdiction of any employees, officers, or agents deriving their authority therefrom. I am not a "federal personnel," officers and employees of the Government of the United States , see 5 U.S.C. 552a, Chapter 5 (a) (13). I am not a fictitious entity, corporate or otherwise, collateral or liable to any debt, or an implied Redeemable Instrument, or certificate of equity as employed in commerce nor subject to a jurisdiction under the Uniform Commercial Code. I am not a "fiduciary agent", "trustee", "franchisee", "transferee", "benefactor", "stockholder" "donor" or "contributor" with respect to funds of the United States General Trust Fund, nor any constructive or implied (charitable) trust or fund created by the state of the forum of any United States territory, corporate State, corporate County, or corporate City, or Municipal body politics. I am not an "individual" nor "actor" subject to any agencies (28 U.S.C. 3002(15)), nor held by their administrative codes, regulations, treaties, or agreements repugnant to the organic constitution of the united States of America or to the Constitutional Republic of Vermont, or laws contrary to those of our Creator. d. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, enter into a covenant first and foremost with my Creator, the Almighty provider of liberty and justice, the Supreme Ruler, God, and Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 39

e. secondly, I, Michael-Hans, Winter enter into a common, natural-law covenant with a state foreign to
the United States for the protection of my absolute rights and property, see Article 1, Declaration of Rights, Vermont Constitution, 1793.

1. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, declare that I am first and foremost a Vermont state Citizen, a (North-)
American National and not a "U.S." federal citizen, yet a denizen with respect to the Federal government and its respective territories. See United States ex rel. Zdunic v. Uhl, C.C.A.N.Y. 137 F.2d 858, and Vermont Constitution, Chapter 2, section 39, 1793.

2. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, hereby reserve all of my common-law natural rights to not be compelled to
perform under any contract/agreement into which I did not enter into knowingly, voluntarily, intentionally with full disclosure, and further-more, I do not accept the liability associated with the compelled benefit(s) of any unrevealed, undisclosed contract(s) or commercial agreement(s) and I reject any assumptions/implications to any such benefits, (see Jewett v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, (1982) 455 US 302, 311; 71 L.Ed. 170, 176; 102 S.Ct. 1082.) I am a Citizen under the 1787 Constitution as amended and ratified in 1791, and precedent decisions of Article III Justice Courts of Law, (not an Article I ecclesiastical, legislative or administrative court) and I have Rights, which are unalienable that were endowed by my Creator, secured and protected by the original articles of the Bill of Rights, the Republic of Vermonts Declaration of Rights and the Constitution for the united States of America. I do not waive any of my absolute Rights, nor will I at any time. NOTE: This affidavit is not intended for national expatriation, it is intended for renunciation, repudiation, rejection of implied domestic Federal citizenship and is to claim exclusive lawful nondomestic State citizenship/denizenship. REMOVAL OF UNQUALIFIED SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

3. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, with my presence being in the township of Ripton, in the de jure County of
Addison of the Republic of Vermont, but not of the body politic and corporate (see In re Merriam's Estate, 36 NE 505 (1894), 1441 S.CT. 1973, 41 L.Ed. 287) of either, was born into the American Republic and not in the District of Columbia, nor any of its territories. I, hereby remove any unqualified signature and power of attorney on the following documents, but not limited to said birth certificate and the application for a social security number for the following reasons listed below, and any and all documents or instruments of incorporation implying 14th Amendment citizenship.

4. Unknowingly, having apparently been made ward of the corporate state and Federal government
without my permission, as my above referenced biological parents were misled into applying for and obtaining a birth certificate (also known as a certificate in equity) and subsequently filed with the agency, Bureau of Vital Statistics (42 U.S.C.A. 242k(h),(see Sheppard-Townsend Maternity Act Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 40

of 1921 via the Childrens Bureau creating a federal birth certificate registration area, Public Law 97, 67th Congress, Session 1, Chapter 135, and, although eventually repealed in 1928, parts of it have been found in other legislative acts, namely in Title V of the Social Security Act of 1935; the membership to the International Monetary Fund and World Bank under the Bretton Woods Agreement Act (22USC 286-286k-2), entered into after the suspension of Americas true monetary standard of a gold backed currency (House Joint Resolution 192, 73rd Congress, Session I, June 5, 1933) in 1933, a period of economic turmoil, described as an emergency, that benefited only the extremely wealthy investment bankers of the world. 5. Having been unknowingly misled as a teenager (minority) by persons of authority, government agencies, public institutions, government sponsored advertisements and IRS-instructed tax-paying businesses, who have adamantly stated that I had to have a social security number in order to work and carry on in life, this "strawman," incorporated numerical entity employed a social security number so that I could enjoy the fruits of my labor. This was executed without any knowledge of the facts that this unilateral, adhesive contract binding to a private charitable trust, unknowingly made me a beneficiary/contributor to the national debt created by the de facto federal corporate government, Washington D.C., ("10 square miles") and equally liable for its repayment. (see paragraphs 12 through 19)

6. Now of my own right, not under any legal disability or mental deficiency, or the power or threat of
another, or guardianship, I, Michael-Hans, Winter, do hereby negate, rescind, revoke, remove, ab initio, all [unqualified] signatures, endorsement or subscriptions on any instruments and any express or implied power of attorney therewith. I have never entered nor made any "knowing(ly), intelligent acts done with sufficient awareness." Brady v. U.S. 397 U.S. 742, (1969) with regards to such instruments, and all such instruments are null and void, in fact or assumption, signed either by me or anyone acting as my agent, or legal guardian, or any unsigned constructive instruments, as it pertains to documents implying 14th Amendment citizenship, which were created by the federal United States government (10 square miles, also known as the District of Columbia) see District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871, acting in its questionable insular capacity, are hereby, ab initio, null and void. Cujus est commodum ejus debet esse incommodum - "He who receives the benefit should also bear the disadvantage" Common Law Maxim "One who avails himself of the benefits conferred by a statute cannot deny its validity." Buck v. Kuykendall, 267 U.S. 307, 316 (1924).

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"A benefit is not conferred on one who is unwilling to receive it; that is to say, no one can be compelled to accept a benefit against his consent." Justinian Code "When it is said that a valuable consideration for a promise may consist in a benefit to the promiser, benefit means that the promiser has in return for his promise has acquired some legal right to which he would not otherwise have been entitled." Woolum v. Sizemore, 102 S.W. 323, 3224. "They cannot claim the benefit of statutes and afterwards assail their validity. There is no sanctity in such claim of Constitutional right as prevents its being waived as any other claim of right may be waived." Wall v. Parrot Silver and Copper Co., 244 U.S. 407 (1916); St. Louis Malleable Casting Co. v. Prendergart Construction Co., 260 U.S. 469 (1922).

7. Due to the use of various elements of fraud and misrepresentation under tactics of threat, duress,
coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, by the aforementioned agencies/entities, I, Michael-Hans, Winter, hereby cancel, repudiate and refuse to accept any benefits, franchises and or privileges attached to the above mentioned (Roman) civil law "socialist agreements," and agencies (see President Andrew Johnsons veto messages to the Reconstruction Acts, Messages and Paper of the Presidents, 17891887, Government Printing Office, Volume 6, 398-405, " expending public monies for asylum beyond the 10 square miles", p. 398) not limited to the birth certificate and/or social security number. Nor will I, in the future, accept any benefits or privileges under threat, duress or coercion, with or without my full knowledge, that remain outside the confines of the Constitution for the united States of America. The requirement to pay a license fee involves the exercise of a privilege. I am exercising no commercially taxable privilege, but rather, Rights, secured in the organic Constitution for the united States of America and the Bill of Rights. "A State may not impose a charge for the enjoyment of a Right granted by the federal Constitution.. Thus, it may not extract a license tax for the privilege of carrying on interstate commerce." Murdock v Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105, 113 (1942); Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 491 (1966). "The claim and exercise of a Constitutional right cannot be converted into a crime." Miller v. U.S. 230 F 2d 486 (1956).

8. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, hereby declare that any and all contracts or agreements which may be
claimed to exist between myself, in persona propria, and the de facto DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (see Article I, Section 8 clause 17 of the Constitution for the united States of America) and the STATE OF VERMONT to be null and void, as any such contract/agreement was not entered into knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally and constitutes constructive fraud.

9. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, do not live within the federal overlay area as created within every
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be construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular State." Constitution for the United States of America, Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2. 10. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, make void for lack of good faith and notice on the part of the United States government, any and all [unqualified] signatures implying 14th Amendment citizenship.

11. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, do hereby remove, annul, withdraw, abrogate, recant, negate, delete,
nullify, expunge, cancel, repudiate, disavow, renounce, and relinquish all [unqualified] and powers of attorney, in fact or assumption, with or without my consent and/or knowledge, as it pertains to all private property, real or personal, obtained in the past, present or future. I am the sole and absolute possessor/owner and possess absolute unqualified full right and allodial title to any and all such property. I have no effectively connected business within the United States government and its inflationary laws of equity, nor do I practice interstate commerce between the United States government and any federal state including the STATE OF VERMONTS " body politic and corporate." In re Merriam's Estate, 36 NE 505 (1894), 1441 S.CT. 1973, 41 L.Ed. 287.

12. Any and all contracts or agreements which would tend to indicate, or presume, that I, Michael-Hans,
Winter, am a U.S. citizen"; a citizen of the Federal government, are hereby declared to be null and void. I have never been a "United States citizen" as defined in 26 C.F.R. 1.1-1(c). I, Michael-Hans, Winter, hereby declare that any such contract/agreement was not entered into knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally with or without full disclosure, and therefore was the result of Constructive Fraud (Blacks Law Dictionary, 6th Ed. p. 314; 4th Ed. p. 789, Fraud, constructive). 13. This instrument replaces, cancels, repudiates the prior instruments that are filed with the United States Government and any and all other governmental entities anywhere which may execute on said prior instrument(s), and this document shall become a permanent part of the records of the United States government and the State of Vermont principles. 14. As practiced by the Congress for the United States of America, I, Michael-Hans, Winter, also reserve the right to revise and extend any and all remarks made in this document of Affidavit: Declaration of Sovereignty, Removal of Unqualified Signatures and Powers of Attorney. 15. I, Michael-Hans, Winter, declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the united States of America and to the best of my knowledge, that the foregoing document is true and correct, and further, sayeth naught. Subscribed, sealed and affirmed this________________ day of April in the Year of our Lord, Twothousand and six, in Addison county, Vermont state, I, Michael-Hans, Winter, hereby affix my own signature with explicit reservation of ALL unalienable rights and without prejudice to ANY of those rights. Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 43

Michael-Hans, Winter, Citizen/Principal, suae potestate esse, proceeding jure divino, with Assistance, Special, "Without Prejudice" to any unalienable rights. As stated in the second Book of Corinthians, Chapter 13, Verse 1: "In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established." _______________________________________ ___________________ Witness Date _______________________________________ ___________________ Witness Date _______________________________________ ___________________ Witness Date For the purpose of verification of signature only, on this ________ day of April, 2006, before me the undersigned, a Notary in and for the Vermont state, personally appeared Michael-Hans, Winter, who satisfactorily proved to me to be the above signer, whose name is subscribed herein and who is the custodian of this instrument. _______________________________________ Notary Public My Commission Expires___________________ Public Notice Declaration of Sovereignty and Removal of Unqualified Signatures and Power of Attorney I, Michael-Hans, Winter, by the authority of the Almighty Creator, have recorded the following Affidavit: Declaration of Sovereignty and Removal of Unqualified Signatures and Power of Attorney, hereby giving Public Notice. Said recording may be found in the Land Records Book, Volume 40, Pages 207218, received for recording on May 22, 2006, A.D. at the Town Clerk's office, township of Ripton, within the county of Addison and the Vermont Republic. Anyone who wishes to refute, protest or dispute the facts recorded, he/she must do so within thirty (30) days from the last date of the publication of this notice and must direct same exactly as prescribed below without elimination of any brackets or case lettering. Otherwise, any attempted correspondence with the above named Affiant will be returned to sender, as Unacceptable. Dated: May 22, 2006 Michael-Hans, Winter c/o General Post Office Ripton, Vermont state, u.S.A Table of Authorities - Claim of Right Compiled by Michael James Anthony Page 44

Non-domestic [05766/TDC] Name of Publication: The Burlington Free Press First Publication Date: _____________________ Second Publication Date: _____________________ Third Publication Date: _____________________

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