Bisbee daily review., 1906-07-31
NEW LAW G0vERNI IN 6 NATURALIZATION OF
 FOREIGNERS
Aliens Will Now Have to File Petitions Ninety Days in
 Advance.
Special to Review.)

TOMBSTONE, July 30.-Clerk of the Court Geo. B. Wilcox has receiv- ed copies of the new naturalization law. and 1t contains a number of i'm portant changes over the last law. While the new law does not go into effect until the first of October, yet under its provisions any alien who wishes to become a citizen of the United States at tEe October term of the District Court will have to file his petition shortly. as the law requires it to befiled ninety days before it can be acted upon in the District Court. In order that those who have made their declara- ton to become citizens of the Unit cd States may understand what will be required or the:.l when they apply to the court for admission to citizenship, we have condensed one or two paragraphs from the bill:
 Under this kew law an alien desir- | ing 10 become a citizen of the Unit | ed States, must first make oath be- l fore the clerk O. the district court at least two years before he can be naturalized. and. after reaching the age of IS. that it his bona fide inten' l tion 10 become an American citizen, | renouncing his former allegiance, giv. 1 ing name. age, occupation, personal l description, birth place last foreign | residence and allegiance date of arriv- al in the United States, name of yes, sel on which he came to this country, and his present address.
 At the end of not less than two years, and not more than seyeN, the applicant must file his petition, in du, plicate, signed in his own handwrit- ing. with the clerk of the United States District Court, setting forth his eligibility. He must be able to speak English, and must declare that he intends to become a permanent resident of this country. This peti tion must be filed ninety days be fore the hearing in court, and be veri fled by two American citizens, resi- dents of the. United States for five years and of this territory for one year.
 Heretofore persons who had made their declaration to become citizens could appear at the clerks office, f1lt their petition. and the same wa! then presented to the cour
 if the court was in session, and tht
 petitioner made a citizen forthwith upon good proof. It is no doubt tht intention of many aliens in this com Imunity to present themselves for nat
 uralization at the October term O
 court, but it will be seen that thu
 new law requires them to file thei
 petitions ninety days before the cour
 can act upon them. Hence, those wh'
 hope to be made citizens in Octobe
 of this year should prepare their peti
 tions at once in order to get their pa
 pers in full at the October term.
 Under the nwe law jurisdiction il
 naturalization matters is confined t
 the United States circuit, district ant territorial courts, and state court
 having a seal, a clerk and jurisdiction
 in actions of law or equity Tn
 United States attorney is empowere to appear and examine into, and,
 considered necessary, to oppose nat uraliZation order.
 The old order. that left nafuraliza tion, in some places, to ward heeler during elections, is now done ava
 with. the ninety-day limit placing ) safeguard upon any corrupt practice!
 There was something terribly, a most criminalIy wrong in the COT
 struction of that South Framinghar building whose collapse carried S , many men to undeserved deaths.
 is the business of the law to send tn , responsibility home.