Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-08-10
naturalization Law
New Act Of CONGRESS Be-
comes Operative -
Sept. 26th

its passage; it was approved June 20
1905. and therefore would become
operative about September % Ct the
present year; and it will be seen that
the persons who desire to vote this
fsn. who have not taken o7t their ma.
turslization papers prior to Septem-
ber q. cannot get them in time to
vote.
Exclusive jurisdiction t. naturalize
sliers is conferred upon the United
States courts, also upon ''All courts OF
record in any state or territory now
existirg g or which may hereafter BE-
creat-d having seal and q clerk.
and jurisdiction in actions at law or
equity. or law and eq7itv in which
tho amount in controversies unlimi-
ted, and shall exte1d only to aliens
resident within the respective Judicial
districts Of such courts.
Not less than two years nor more
than seven years after the alien has
made declaration Of Intention, he
shall make and file in duplicate q Pc
tition. in writing, signed by the ap-
plicant in his own handwriting and
duly verified. in which petition such
applicant shall state his full name,
place CT residence. occupation, date
and place Of his birth, place from
which emigrated, the date and place
Of bis arrival into the United States;
if he is married, the name Of his
wife, and if possible the country cf
her nativity, and if he has children
the name. dste and pace Ct birth and
lace of residence cf each child that
he is net disbeliever in or cppe se1
to organized government; is not a
| p lygamiet or believer in polygamy
ana the petition shall be verified by
tue af6davits of at leas: two creditable
witnesses who we:e citizens Of tpe
United States; and many other re-
quiEements which have heretofore
been made.
The law also provides tnat the CLERK
Of the court shall Immediately after
6lirg of the petition give notice
thereof by pestipg IN public and
terial facts stated in the p:tition, and
the date. as nearly as may be. for the
final hearing on the petition, the
tioDs may be made and fled during
term time or vacation Of the court,
ard shall be docketed the same day as
fled, but final action thereon shall be
had only on stated days to be fixed BY
role OF court. and in no case shall
final action be had upon a petition un-
elapsed after the 1ling and postirH.of
the notice Of such petition.
It ie further provided that no person
shall he natut allied. nor shall any
certificate of naturalization be Issued
by any court within its territorial jur-
isdiction : and it shall be lawful at the
time, and as rart Of the natoraliza
tion ct any alien for the court in its
discre re-ion Upon the the petition If
such alien to make decree changing
tie name of said alien, and his certih
cate Of naturalization shall be Issued
to him in accordance Herewith.
Section = provides that no alien
shall be naturalized or admitted as
citizen of the United States who can
not speak the English language There
are some exceptions to this rule which
can be discovered upon a reading Of
the law.
Every final hearing upon a petition
shall be had In open court before
judge OK the judges thereof, and the
United States has a rlgat to appear
before the courts in these proceedings
and crosss examine the petitioner and
witnesses. etc.
All blanks upon which naturaliza-
ton papers aye made will be furnished
by the government, and a general
reading of the law indicated that the
government proposes that the strictest
rules shall be adolted in the admission
to cit!zenehip of aliens.