Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-15
Many Persons Who Desire Per-
mitS Do Not Know How to
Get Them, Says Murphy

We have occasional applications
for passports in this office" said 4 r.
Murphy, clerk OF the federal court
but there is a little trouble expert
enced from the fact that many per.
sons desiring passports do not know
what course TO take TO secure them.
Mr.. Murphy pointed out that the
clerks office has just received from
Washington set OF the rules govern
ing the granting and issuing OF pass
ports In the United States Under
the heading Applications" the rules
read as follows:
A person who Is entitled to receive
q passport, II within the United States,
must make a written application. in
the form OF an affidavit. to the secre-
taTy OF state The application must
be made by the person to whom the
passport Is to be issued and signed lay
him, as IL is not competent for one
person TO apply for another.
The affidavit must be made before
a clerk Of a federal or state court
within the Jurisdiction OF which the
applicant or his witness resides, and
the seal Of the court must be affixed.
II the applicant signs by mark two
attesting witnesses TO his signature
are required. The applicant is re-
qufred to state the date and place of
his birth. his occupation, the place OF
his permanent residence, and within
what length OF time he will return to
the United States with the purpose Oh
residing and performing the duties OF
citizenship He is also required to
state the names of the foreign eoun-
tries which he expects to visit, and, If
any such country is at war, he must
state the object Of his visit thereto.
The latter statement should be brief
and general in form, thus: CONNER
cia1 business to attend to the settle.
ment of an estate to bring wife and
children to this country
The application must be accompa-
MED by an affidavit from at least one
creditable witness that the applicant
Is the person he represents himself
20 be, and that the facts stated in the
application are true to the best Of the
witness knowledge and belief. This
affidavit must be made before the
clerk OF the court before whom the
application is executed and the wit
ness must be an American citizen,
who resides within the jurisdiction CT
the court The applicant or his wit
ness must be known to the clerk of
the court before whom the application
IL executed. or must be able to satisfy
such officer as to his identity and the
bona fides Of the application"
The foregoing regulation pertains to
those naturalized citizens going back
to their native countries for pleasure
or business
Other Interesting sections of the
regulations follow:
Native citizens.-An application
containing the information indicated
by rule viii be sufficient evidence
In the case OF a native citizen.
A person Of the Chinese race. al
leging birth in the United States, must
obtain from the commissioner OF I'M
migration or Chinese inspector in
charge at the port through which he
proposes to leave the country a Ger
tfncate upon his application, under the
seal Of such officer, showing that
there has been granted to him by the
Inter a return certificate in accord
ance with rule Is Of the Chinese reg
ulations Of the department OF labor.