Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-08-18
COPPSLAND REVIEW.
How Foreign Born PersOns may Acquire
 Title to Public Lands.

Persons oi foreign birth and psren- tage shO have not been naturallZed, , nor decIsreed their intention to become citizens of the United States, nor re- oeived honorable discharges from the military or naval services of the govern ment, may purchase lands st private entry within the States and may acquire title to mineral lands within the Terri tories. IL was probably the intention of the lawmakers, when enacting the law on this su ice, passed by the last Con RreEs, te prevent the requirement by aliens of title to agricultural lands ID the several Territories, and as the law has not been construed by the courts oc the Interior department, 1t may be thai the object has been attained. l am oi opiDion, however, that IL IS very doubt ful whether sbe right to purchase land at private entry ID the Territones-if any can be found subiecl to such entry has been denied to foreigners by said act.
 In ordinary cases of entry under the pre-emption and timber-culturo laws, ,an alien who has declared his or her in.en- tioa to become a citizen of the United States may acquire title to public lands.
 An entry may be initiated under the homestead law by one who has made the declaration or intention respecting citizenship, but the naturalization must be complete before the title can be per fected'
 To the administration of public land laws, an honorable discharge from tbe military or naval service of the United u. lank kn u declaration of intention to become Q citizen so far ss relates to the initiation of clam.
 4 declaration of intention by an entryman, who dies before being fnlly nRturalizel, is deemed equivalent Co a declaration by hIs widow or minor children. An GlIen can acquire no rights, as against an adverse claimant. by set tlemens upon pubic land. Such set tleT'= rights, in the absence of adverse claim. will relate back Co date of origi- nal settlement upon becoming nstura- lized.
 The alien heirs of 6 deceased hOmesteEder may purchase under sec tion 2, act Juoe l5, 1880, unless forbid den by inc alien act referred to above.
 The son who came to this country as Q minor with hIs father. sud whose fs- ther-stIll living-has only declared lis intention to become a citizen, IS not qualified 10 make entry without having filed his own declaration of intention. An alien who has been honOrably dis charged iron the military or naval ser vice of the United States. may initiate 8 homestead entry but must take out ci- tiEenship papers before he can com pl etc bis entry and receive patent.
 The nine;een-yegT-old daughter of s person who had declared bis inteUtIOn to become c citizen, bus who had not yet received his final citizenship papers, may in person or by guardian make proof upon the homestead of her de- ceased father, provided she shall have continued either in person or by proxy 10 cultivate and lie on the land em- braced, and Is able tO show that she has taken the 0Rths required by nsturslizs- iion lsvs,
 The full naturalization of an alien naturslizes bis wife and all minor chIl- dren.
 The marriage of an alien woman to sn American citizen endows her with oiti. zenship.
 The children of an alien who were minors at the date of his declaration of intention Co become a citlzen, must com plete their naturalization in the event thss the citizenship of the father was not completed puor to the attainment by them Of theIr msjori,ies.
 An alien who immigrstes during his minority and remains until after his ma iority must become nsturslized if he de- sires to exercise the rights and enjoy the privileges of citizenship.
 Alien women may be nsturslized the sam ss foreign born men. the proceed ing being precisely similar.
 The rules respecting citizenship in re- lAtion to entries of public Ends apply to all alike without regard to sex,
 HENRY N. Corr.