The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

series of large protuberances arranged In
a line from under the rear end Of the
cows bag and communicated with the
bore of the gun. These contained pockets
for holding powder. The gun was charged
with eighteen pounds of powder at the
breech Against that rested the projectile
In the ordinary manner; in each pocket
powder. The breech charge was fired, and
this ignited the powder in the pockets,
each charge accelerated the p pro
great velocity. The range was from
twelve to fifteen miles. This account is
taken from a publication of about the
SHOOTING SEA GULLs-F. A. c.,
| City. There is no law that would prevent
person from killing sea gulls on the
Bay Of San Francisco, providing that fire.
arms are not used. There is an ordinance
Of the city which says that mo person
shall discharge any firearms of any de-
scription in that portion of the city and
county bounded by Devisadero, Fell,
| Stanyan, Frederick Fifteenth, Castro.
| Twenty-siXth and Napa streets and the
| outer lines of streets forming the water
! front. or within 300 yards of any public
highway, or upon any. ground set apart
| Or within 800 yards of any dwelling
! house" Now, in law it has been held
that ship on which persons have per-.
| manent residence is dwelling, and as
| the Bay of San Francisco is within the
territorial limits of the city and county
! of San Francisco. 1t follows that no one
! could shoot sea gulls within 800 yards Of
! any ship, II such ship IS inhabited, and
| 1t has also been held that the track of
| ferry and river boats is highway, there
| fore it would be unlawful to shoot gullS
| within 300 yards of any course usually
traversed by ferry and river boats. This
department. is of the opinion that there
on the Bay of San Francisco without
danger of coming in conflict with the
law.
FOR THE PRESIDENCY-Fred and
W. E. S., City. One of these correspond
ents asks: I'm order to be eligible for
the Presidency of the United States is it
requisite that the parents of the individ-
ual seeking the nomination should have
been born in the United States?" and the
other asks: IF the United States Min
lister to China or any other foreign coun-
try should have a son born in that for
eign country while he was in the service
of the United States would that son. if
brought up and educated in the United
States, be eligible to the Presidency"
The answer to the first question is no.
The constitution says that no person
except a natural born citizen or a citi-
zen of the United States at the time of
the adoption of this constitution shall be
eligible to the office of President" The
matter of parentage does not cut any fig
ure in the question of eligibility.
AS to the second question, it has never
been brought to the test of an act''al de-
ois,on in a Federal court, her ce it is re-
garded as still open to aIgul-eli-. Inc
constitution goes further and says:
Neither shall any person be eligible to
that office who shall not have attained to
the age of IS years and been fourteen
years a resident within the United
States" 1t is evident from the language
of the constitution that the possibility of
the birth of an American citizen while
his parents were without the jurisdiction
of the United States or his temporary
in NOT 6ar~ try or
tional or other purposes was thought of,
otherwise the stipulation for a fourteen
years residence would not have been in
serted. BY the act of March 20, 1890,
known as the naturalization act there is
a definition of natural born" for it says:
1.-THE children of citizens of the United
States that may be born beyond the seas
or out of the limits of the United States
shall be held as natural-born citizens