Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-29
NATURALIZATION LAW
REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY
ACTING SECRETARY MURRAY.
Judge Campbell Has Been Made Chief
of Naturalization Division
Work to Begin.

Acting Secretary Lawrence o. Murray or
| the Department of Commerce and Labor
| yesterday issued the regulations relating to
| the enforcement of the recently enacted
| naturalization laws
| The division of naturalization under the
| law, is made part of the bureau of immi-
J grafton. which now is known the bu-
! reau of immigration and naturalization and
| Judge Campbell, who was a member of the
| commission which conducted the inquiry
| into the naturalization laws of the various
| states. has been made chief of the division
| of naturalization. Active work will begin
! September q.
The regulations were issued in the form
OF a circular letter to clerks OF courts
| having jurisdiction to naturalize aliens"
Some Of the more important regulations,
| eliminating those purely technical in their
| effect. follow:
Declarations of intention made prior to
| September q, 1906, may be used in lieu OF
| the declarations required by the act Of June
| 29s 1906, at any time after the expiration or
| two years from the date when made
ALIENS who have made declarations OF
| intention prior to September "a, 1906, can
not be required, a preliminary to filing
| their petitions for naturalization, to file new
| declarations of intention under the act of
| June 30. 1905; are they required to
speak the English language.
ALIENS who make the declaration of in
| tention prior to September % 1906 unless
| they can be naturalized before that date
under the laws then in force, must comply
with the requirements of the act of June
20, 1906 in regard to the filing of petitions
for naturalization and furnishing proof, ex-
cept that they will not be required to speak
the English language or to sign petitions
| in their own handwriting.
mo certificate of naturalization shall be
| issued to petitioner until after the judge
of the court granting naturalization has
signed the order to that effect.
In every case in which the name of a
naturalized alien is changed by order of
court, the clerks of courts are required to
| report to the bureau of immigration and
naturalization, when transmitting to ii the
duplicate of the certificate of naturalization
of the alien whose name is changed, both
| the original and the new name of the per-
son concerned.
Applications for the issuance of declara-
lions of intention, or certificates Of natural
izaton, in lieu of those claimed to have
been lost or destroyed, shall be made under
oath to the clerk of the court by which the
originals were issued and shall contain full
Information.
'If an alien is physically unable to speak,
that fact should be stated in his petition for
naturalization in lieu of the statement, I
am able to speak the English language
Clerks of courts shall not receive declara-
lions of intention to become citizens from
other aliens than white persons and per-
sons of African nativity or of African de-
scent.
"JJnder section 2166 of the Revised Stat
utes, an honorably discharged soldier who
Is of the age of twenty-one years and up
ward may be admitted to become citizen
of the United States without making the
declaration of intention required of other
aliens.
CLERKS of courts having jurisdiction to
naturalize under the act of June %, 1906,
are requested. in case the foregoing rules
and regulations fail to remove from their
minds doubt as to the proper course of ac-
ton in any case, to write to the bureau OF
immigration and naturalization for instruc-
TONS"