The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-06
Clerk of Circuit Court Seeks
to Pave Way for Making
of Citizens Here
LEGAL STEPS ARE NECESSARY
Also Gives the Aliens Hints as to the
Questions They VIII be Called Upon
to Answer by the Government OFF,
Gals.

| Clerk of the Circuit court Benz. M.
DeDeimar has issued a little folder for
the benefit Of foreigners in the city. 1t
bears the caption Chow to become
Naturalized" and it contains all the
| information necessary for the foreign
born citizen. Appended to the little
folder of instructions is a lot of valu
able information to guide the foreign
ers in studying to pass the examination
required for securing second papers.
In the instructions as to how to become
citizens the clerk says:
First papers may be taken out any
time after your arrival in the United
States, providing you are eighteen (1s)
years old or over, but you must reside.
| (5) years in the United States and you
must be over q years of age before
you can apply for your second papers
But if you lived in the United States
before you were eighteen years old,
that counts just the same as it does
after For instance, had you arrived
| in this country at the age of sixteen
you would wait two years or until you
became eighteen and then apply for
your first papers and after having re-
ceived them you would only have to
wait three years before petitioning for
your second papers. Your first papers
must be two years old before you can
make application for your second pa
pers.
You do not need any witnesses in
taking out your first papers.
No person can be naturalized with
out taking out first papers, even though
he came to this country before the age
of eighteen years.
Petitions for Final Papers.
After you have lived five years in
the United States and your first pa
per is two years old you must go to
the office of the Circuit Clerk of the
county in which you live, bringing your
| first paper with you, together with two
witnesses (both of whom are citizens
Of the United States and who will
make oath that they have known you
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continuously for five years and over
and a resident of the state for at least
one year, and that you are man of
good moral character and would make
a good citizen) and apply for your
second papers.
| You will then give the Clerk your
name, place n of residence, occupation,
place and date of birth, name of coun-
| try you came from, the names of the
ports you sailed from and arrived at,
the name of the vessel you came on,
and, if married, the name, place of
birth and place of residence Of your
wife, together with the names, date and
place of birth and present place of
| residence of each and all of your chill
dren.
You will then be asked if you be-
lieve in organized government and
whether you are a member of any So
ciety that is opposed to same; whether
you are a polygamist or believe in the
practice of polygamy, and whether you
are attached to the principles of the
| Constitution of the United States and
whether you intend to reside perman-
emily in this country.
Final Hearing.
After you have made the above pc
tition you must then wait ninety days
before you can get your, final papers.
The Clerk will mail you notice stat
ing the time set for final hearing of
your petition before the Court.
On the date set you must appear
and be sure and bring the same two
witnesses who testified to your petit
tion and should they refuse to come
you may order the Clerk to subpoena
and compel them to do SO.
If the witnesses are naturalized cit
liens they must bring their final papers
with them to show the Judge.
The Judge will ask you many ques-
tions about the Constitution and laws
of the United States and to assist you
in answering them a list of questions
has been prepared and is printed be-
low. You should study these carefully
and it will be easy for you to answer
the questions asked you.
You must again post yourself on the
same questions asked you by the Clerk
when you fled your petition-your age,
date of birth, ETC., also of your wife
and children, date Of leaving old eoun-
try and landing in this country, that
you are not an Anarchist Gan Anar-
chist being a person who does not be-
ieve in Government that you are not
a Polygamist "a Polygamist being a
person who believes in having more
wives than one.)
Note the Following Carefully.
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