The Glenwood post., 1906-08-18
NATURALIZATION
LAWS REARRANGED
Uniform Rule for the NdturdIizd.
ton Of Aliens throughout
United StdfeS--In Effect
September 70
NAY Effect COLORADO VOTERS

Judge Beardsley this week recei veG
a copy of the new naturalization act
passed by the recent congress. The
new law will go into effect September
2S, 1906 and is of much importance to
Colorado just now in view of the
coming fall elections. A great m any
people are located in this state who
have their petitions in for naturaliza :
tion and who perhaps expect to secure
their papers in time to participate
in the fall elections but if they neg
ect attending to the matter up to
within few days of the election, as
Is usually the case, they will find
that it will be too late to make them
eligible to vote and they must then
be naturalized under the new law
According to the provisions of this
law petitions for naturalization may
be made and fled during term time or
vacation of the United States circuit
or district, courts and shall be dock
eted the same day as filed, but final
action thereon shall be had only on
stated days, to be fixed by rule of the
court, and in no case shall final ac
tion be had upon petition until at
least ninety days have elapsed after
filing and posting the notice of such
petition; provided, that no person
shall be naturalized nor shall any GER
tifcate of naturalization be issued by
any court within thirty days preced-
ing the holding of any general election
within its territorial jurisdiction.
Thus it will be seen that under the
new law county courts will have
no jurisdiction after September 2s,
and those expecting to get their nat
uralization papers through the county
courts must do so Immediately or else
the new lw. The following is gist
of the law:
All immigrants shall be registered
at the port of entry and certificate
shall be given to each person. Not
less than two years prior to his ad-
mission to citizenship the applicant
for naturalization must appear in a
United States district or circuit court
or in territorial or state court hav-
ing seal, a clerk and jurisdiction in
matters of law and equity, and in that
court he must renounce all foreign
allegiance and must swear that he is
at least 1S years of age and intends
to become citizen of the United
States. No less than two nor more
than seven years later he may file in
court a petition for naturalization,
setting forth his qualifications for
citizenship, verified by at least two
persons who have lived in the United
States for five years. Al the expira-
tion of ninety days the petitioner
must appear in court in person and
submit to an examination with his
witnesses The clerk in the mean
time must post in public place a
notice of the application with the
mans name and the date of his petit
ton. After the hearing if the apli-
cant has proven his ability to read
the English language, and if he has
satisfied the judge of his identity and
residence in this country for seven
years and of his abhorrence of all
anarchistic doctrines, the final papers
are issued and he becomes citizen
of the United States.
Following is one of the forms used
for the declaration of intention which
is quite interesting:
81 am not disbeliever in or op-
posed to organized government or a
member of or affiliated with any or,
ganization or body of persons teaching
disbelief in organized government l
am not polygamist nor believer in
the practice of polygamy. l am at
tached to the principles of the consti
tuition of the United States, and it is
my intention to become a citizen of
the United States. and to renounce
absolutely and forever all allegiance
and fidelity to any foreign prince,
potentate, state or sovereignty, and
particularly to --------, of
which at this time am citizen and
it is my intention to become cit
izen of the United States.