Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-07-09
tn RESTRICT IMMIGRATION.
A Bill for that Purpose Prepared BY
~ Idaho Lawyer.

Wallace Pressl
w. B. Hepburn of Wallace, now in
Boise, has drawn up the following bill,
" hich will no doubt be in,rod uced in
Congress BY Sc me OF ldsho's Repre.
at the next session. MIR.
Heybur"'s bill evidently received con
siderable thought, IS it is we'll drawn
up, compact, and covers . large
amount OF ground. 1t is as follows:
Be it enacted that section 2l65 Of
the Revised Statutes Of the United
States b- amended as follows:
l. That after the LIST day of March,
1892, any person who is not native
born citizen Of the United States, and
Who shall desire to become a citizen
thereof by naturalization, shall, ut the
,imc Of declaring his or her intention
to become such citizen file with the
Clerk Of court Of record, III open
court, by order of the Judge thereof, q
certificate, 81 gned by the consul OF
minister Of the United States residing
in the country from which such person
emieratrs and duly accredited to suci.
country, witch certificate shall STATE.
the age, SIX, trade, profession, occu-
patton, and business Of such person
whether married or single, and tina,
the person does not, to the best OF the
knowledge Of such consul or minister,
belong to any society, order or organ
iza,ion having for its object the over.
throw Of the Government under which
such person lived, or in which they
resided, and has never ut any time be.
long-d to such society; and that such
person has never been, ant is not n,
the time Of appl.in for such ce.t16-
cate, paupet or public charge, and
such certificate shall not be given b,
such consul or minister except on due
proofs Of the things IN said certificate
stated.
SEQ 2. That persons receiving
such certificate shall within sixty day,
after arriving within the United States
present such certificate to court O
record and he or sue shall declare or
oath before said court that il is bon,
tide his or her int nuon 10 bee, me
citizen Of the United states aud 10 re
n"unce forever all allegiance ali,
tide:,ty to all. fo'eisn prince, po,en
tat, state or sovereignty, aud patio
ularly by name to the prince, p, ten
tate, state or sovereignty Of whic
the alien may b- at the time u c,t,zel
or subject, and shall at the time 0
making said declaration, file the Ger
tihcale Of the consul or minlste
afor, SAID, III said court, there to re
main as one of the records Of sal,
court, aud 10 count shall receive sue
deciaratlun of Intention, except upol
the ptesentatl n Of such ce, tiieat.
duly autht ntlcated, aud IN coufoImit
with the provisions Of this act, and un
less such person SO holding such Ger
titicate shall within the period Of sixt
DAYS after his or her arrival within tn
United States, and within SIX month
after the date OF the issuance Of sucl
cert fea,-, present such certificate Il
SAID court aud declare his or ter ,nten
ton to become citizen of the Unite,
States III the manner herein provided
such certificate Of tho said consu
or minister shall be null ard void.
Sec. 3. Tha, upon tie issuing o
such certificate BY said consul or mir
lister, and the delivery of same by hin
he shall forward cop. thereof, bear
ing a number corresponding to tia
on the certificate issued. to the Secrs
txry of the Interior of the Unite
States, which said certificate shall +
registered aud preserved by said SCI
Rotary.
Sec 4. That unless the person {
declaring his or her intention to b
come u citizen of the Unitei States.
provided, shall within FIVE years aft,
so doing, make application to a cou
Of record for final and full citizensh
and comply with the provisions Of tt
second, third aud fourth paragraph
Of section 2l65 r. S. U. S.. the pape
and certificates received by such pc
sons at the time of d-clari, z his j
t4nuon to become such ri,izen, shs
become void and all rights granted
such person by reason thereof shall
cancelled and forfeited without pr
cess Of law.
$40. 5. That no person shall
finally admitted to citizenship, uni
they can speak and rad tn" Enuli'