Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-06-18
Some InfOrma ton about Passports.

PASSPORTS are only issued to citizens of
the United States upon application sup
| ported by proof of citizenship. During
| the war there was an internal revenue tax
of SIS collected on each passport, bk& now
! they are issued by the Secretary oFState
| free of cost. When a renewal Of passport
| is desired, it is only necessary to furnish
the number and date of the old one, un-
less it was issued previous to 1861, in
which case an oath of allegiance must
accompany the application for renewal.
1t is expected that every passport will be
renewed-in fact, the regulations say they
must be renewed-either at the Depart
ment of State, or at a legation or consul
late abroad, within one year from its date.
The following is quoted from the regula-
tons:
When the applicant is native citizen
| of the United States, he must transmit an
affidavit of this fact, signed by him, stat
ing his age and place of birth, and sworn
to by himself and one other citizen of the
United States named therein, to whom he
is personally known, and to the best of
his knowledge and belief the declaration
made by him is true. This affidavit must
be attested by a Notary Public, under his
signature and seal of office. When there
is no Notary in the place. the affidavit
may be made before a Justice of the
Peace or other officer authorized to adj
minister Oaths. A23aLf &
| If the applicant be naturalized citizen,
| his certificate of naturalization must be
transmitted for..inspection, (it will be re-
turned with the passport, and he must
state under oath that he is the identical
person described in the certificate pre-
Sented. /
The wife or widow of naturalized
citizen must transmit the naturalization
certificate of the husband, stating under
oath that she is such wife Or widow. gis3
The children Of naturalized citizen
must transmit the certificate Of naturaliza-
| ton Of the father, stating under oath that
| they are such children, and were minors
at the time of such naturalization. = a
The application must be accompanied
| by description of the person, stating the
following particulars, viz: 1850
| Age - years. Stature: - feet -
inches english measure). Eyes: TT.
| Nose: --. Mouth $50. Chin: 49,.
Hair: - Complexion: -, Face.
When the applicant is to be accompan-
led by his wife, children or servants, it
| will be sufficient to state the names and
ages of such persons and their relationship
| to the appI1cant.
Persons who leave the country, expect
| ing to obtain passports while abroad from
| the diplomatic or consular agents of the
United States are liable to disappointment,
| inasmuch as it is the duty of those agents
| not to grant documents Of that character,
except to those persons who are certainly
known to be entitled to them; and it is
sometimes difficult if not impracticable
to procure proof Of this fact in a foreign
country.
Certificates of citizenship or passports
| issued by State authorities or by Judicial
or municipal functionaries of the United
States are not recognized by the officers
of foreign governments; and by the
twenty-third section Of the act of Con
gress, approved on the 18th of August
1856, it is made penal for such authorities
and functionaries to issue such passports
When husband, wife and minor chill.
dren expect to travel together, a single
passport for the whole will suffice. For
any other person in the party separate
passport will be required.
If applicants for passports cannot get
these ideas through their heads, let them
write to the Department of State, Pass
port Bureau" stating whether the appli
cant is native or naturalized citizen, and
a blank will be forwarded for filing out
It is a very easy matter to secure pass
port but some people think it is a very diff
cult one, and take ten times the necessary
trouble over the effort-Ne,o York Jow.
nal of Commerce.
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