The San Francisco call., 1909-12-06
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THE PRESIDENCY-A Subscriber. City
Must man have been born in the United States
In order to become president OF themf
The constitution OF the United States,
article II, section /, clause .. says:
mo person-~exeept q natural born
citizen or citizen OF the
United States at the time OF the
adoption of this constitution shall
be eligible. to the office of president
There is common understanding that
one born In the home of a diplomatic
officer from the United States living In
a foreign country is an American citi-
zen because born under American juris-
diction. The naturalization law says:
THE children of persons who are now
or have been citizens of the United
States are. though born out of the
limits of the Jurisdiction of the United
States. considered as citizens thereof.
The supreme court of the United States
has never been called upon to give a
legal construction OF the words in the
constitution, "A natural born citizen"
consequently there is no decision az to
eligibility of a child OF American citi-
zens born in a foreign country The
politicians have avoided the. question
bs always selecting some one for can
didate for the office of president who
was born in the United States.
THE SAIIC LAw-Subseriber. Berkeley. Cal
A few DAYS since / saw reference to the
Sale law What is it?
The Saiic or ''Salique" law is a name
given to a collection of popular laws
framed by the Franks, which were
committed to writing in the fifth cen
tury. Several Latin texts of this code
exist though little has been recorded
of it's history. The law relates princi
paliy to the compensation and the pun
ishment of crime; the chapter relating
to the succession of what are called
Salic lands seems to have been inserted
at a later date. The provisions of this
land law have especially perpetuated
the name and memory Of this ancient
code. Although the Frankish law did
not in general, discriminate against
women, it was provided that the inher-
itance of the Salic lands (Which were
supposed to be the lands directly at
tached to the baronial hall of the
lord) should be confined TO males.
probably from the Importance of Sc
curing the military service of the chief
proprietors. How or for what reason
the rule of succession came to be ex-
tended to the French crown is not
known.
MEN AND DOGS-H. ID. A.. City J.
F. Marshall and r. Burnsey of this
city inform this department that the
words. The more I see of men the
more I like dogs" are by Louise de la
Rance, the English novelist. better
known under the lpseudonym "Ouida-" :"
One of the writer's says: II do not
know whether 1t appears in one of her
works or was simply conversational.
she was extraordinarily fond of dogs.
Sometimes she had Is or 20, and TO
feed these in her latter years she some
times herself went hun CRY"
PLANT STONES Subscriber. City What are
ssnlsnt stonesv said to be found In the Phil
ippines:
The plant stones, according to an ar
ticle published some time ago, are
said to be the rarest of the many
strange things that have been found
i'm the Philippines. The tabishir. one
of these, is a variety of opal sometimes
deposited in the joints of the bamboo,
and the beautiful greenish pink scin-
tillating specimens from these islands
are stated by a German publication to
be much more costly than the ordinary
opal. Thousands of cane stalks may
be exalained without finding one OF
these curious gems.
Beautiful blush pearls or stony Sc
cretions are occasionally found. rang
ing in size from a pinhead to a pea.
by carefully examining the interior of