The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27
HOW TO GET THEM
Clerk of the Court Johnson
Issues Pointers


is the title to a neat little brochure
issued by ]. P. Johnson, clerk of
the court of St. Louis County.
The pamphlets are distributed with
the compliments of the author and
anyone desiring the information
contained therein are welcome to
get them by calling on Geo. L.
Brozich or this office.
Mr.. Johnson has outlined the
necessary steps to take to become
naturalized concisely and to the
point. Besides giving the mode of
procedure, the pamphlet also gives
the facts necessary to be known in
the examination before the court
at the time the hearing on the
application to become a citizen
takes place. Below are few of
the most saliant points as given by
Mr.. Johnson and cover questions
asked almost every day. More
details can be learned by getting
one or the pamphletS.
First papers may be taken out
at any time after your arrival in
the United States, providing you
are eighteen (1S) years old or over,
but you must reside five 60 years
in the United States and you must
be over Fl 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 time 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 petition
ing for your second papers. Your
first papers must be two years old
before you can make application
for your second papers.
You do not need any witnesses
in taking out your first papers.
No person can be naturalized
without taking out first papers,
even though he came to this
country before the age of eighteen
years.
After you have lived five years
in the United States and your first
paper is two years old you may go
to the Office of the Clerk of the
District Court in 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 to be resident of the
United States continuously for five
years and over and resident of
the state for at least one year, and
that you are a man of good moral
character and would make a good
citizen) and apply for your second
papers: If foreign born, witnesses
should bring their naturalization
certificates to prove their citizen
ship.
You will then give the clerk
your name, place of residence, oc-
cupation, place and date of birth,
name of country you came 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 children.
You will then be asked if you
believe in organized Government
and whether you are a member OF
any society that is opposed to same
whether you are a polygamist OF
believe in the practice of po1ygamy
and whether you are attached t.
the principles of the Constitution
of the United States and whethe
you intend to reside permanently
in this country.
If you arrived in this countr,
since June 20, 1906. (the date thu
new law took effect aside from al