Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-27
Placed in Control of Bureau
of immigration in Commerce
and Labor Department
ANARCHIST OR POlyGAMIST
CANNOT BECOME CITIZEN
Neither Can One Who Can Not
Speak and Write the
English Language.

Washington. d. c., Sept. 27.-The
new law passed by congress during
its last session went into effect to-
| day. 1t is a general law applicable to
all parts OF the United States and
places ali matters pertaining to the
naturalization OF foreign born per
sons. who wish to become natural
lied American citizens under the
control and supervision Of the bu-
reau of immigration and naturaliza-
ton, which forms division of the
| department Of commerce and labor
and is headed by the commissioner
general of immigration, Richard X.
Campbell, of Virginia.
Since the adoption of the new law
copies have been sent 10 all parts OF
! the United States, to instruct the
courts and court officials of the var
ious counties and states regarding
their rights and duties. The law pro-
vides that every alien landing In this
country shall be registered by the
national bureau OF immigration and
shall obtain certificate of record.
setting forth the date of his arrival,
the name OF the ship, etc. This GER
| tificate must be presented when the
application fors the first papers Is
made.
The method of obtaining the first
papers is only little more exacting
than formerly. A full. description of
the applicant must be given, with
his fun name, religious belief, place
of birth, ETC., down to enc exact date
of his arrival in this country and the
name OF the ship which brought him.
He must also swear that he is neith-
or an anarchist nor a poiygamist.
:, Some radical changes have been
made In the method OF obtaining the
final naturalization papers. The ap,
plicant must have lived in the United
States for fully five years. II married
he must give the full name. including
maiden name and age of his wife.
number, age and name of his chill
dren, etc. He must take oath that he
is neither an anarchist nor a polyga-
mist and does not believe in these
doctrines. His statements must be
vouched for by two reliable witness
ses. II the naturalization clerk of
! the respective court should have rea-
sonable doubts concerning the auth
enticity of the immigration certifi-
cate OF the applicant, he may sub
poena witnesses and bold an inquiry
In the matter. Petitions for natural-
ization may be filed at any time, but
only with such courts that are courts
of records. have seat and seal
and are competent of jurisdiction In
either law or equity.
An interesting feature is that the
intending citizen who objects TO his
name, and can give good reasons for
such objections, can at the time or
his application for naturalization, Pc
tition the court to allow him 10
change his name. and the court is
empowered to grant the request.
A provision which will have a ten
dency to lessen the number OF apph-
cants for naturalization, provides that
no alien shall be admitted to citizen
ship who cannot speak and write the
English language. Another radical
innovation is that all hearings In ma
turalization cases must take place In
open court II an alien having his
first papers applies for his final pa
pers, the clerk of the court before
which the application is made. must
take a complete record, a copy OF
which must go to the bureau of i'm
migration. A clerk failing to send
such copy is liable to a fine of s25 for
each case. Ninety days time must
elapse before the final hearing. to
give the government time, to be rep
! resented at the hearing, ii that should
be considered necessary.
While the cost of becoming an Am-
erican citizen under the former law,
which was in force eighty years,
varied from 81 10 $3.50 the total cost
from now on will be So OF this
amount 81 is to be paid when the dec
laration of intention is made; 81 upon
the final hearing and 81 when the
final order of naturalization Is is
sued, One half that amount goes
to the respective county, the other
half to the bureau OF immigration IL
an alient returns to his native cOun-
try in less than five years after he
has made his application for citizen
ship here, all proceedings taken In
his case shall be considered cancell-
el. The penalty for the fraudulent
use of a naturalization certificate Is
ten years Imprisonment and $4,000
fine. A similar penalty can be inn
posed for counterfeiting a certificate.
A clerk who dlsobeys the provisions
of the law may be sentenced to five
years Imprisonment and fined $1,000.
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II. b. Baldwin, a brother of Mrs.
w. j Cardwell, formerly of this city
but now of Lexington, NY. is In the