Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-16
SUPERIOR COURTS
 CLERKS MAY ISSUE
 PASSPORT PAPERS
Local Officials May Take the Applications of Those De- sirlng Permits to Enter For eign Countries.

by the Secretary of State of the Unit ed States, the clerks of the Superior i Courts may issue the application but the law requires certain things to be performed tefore that application can be issued. During the past few days there have been several applicants
 before Clerk James of the Superior Court but they did not have the neces- sary blanks and the other information that the law requires. At the present 1 time the Clerks office has not on hand the necessary blanks and a requisition has cen sent to Washington for them [ anc until they arrive those who wish passports must present the necessary | blanks.
 ] For the benefit of those who reside in Cochise County who wish to visit any of the foreign countries it will be necessary for them to comply with the following regulations: The affidavit accompanying the application must be made before a clerk of record, either | Federal or State, within the jurisdic- ' ton of which the applicant or his wit ness resides, and the seal of the court must be affixed. The applicant must state from what point he intends to IIeave the United States. and the date of his intended departure and also if by port of the United States, what 1 ship he intends to sail on. Each ap- lplication must be in the hands of the ! Department of State or it's agent at | least five days before departure from must be in duplicate and must state the date and place of birth, his occu- patton, the place of his permanent res idence and within what length of time he will return to the United States. He | is also required to state the names of the foreign countries which he eX- poets to visit and the objects of his visits thereto. If going on any other | than a business trip the applicant must satisfy the Department of State that it is imperative that he go and submit satisfactory documentary evi- dence substantiating his statement concerning the imperativeness of his proposed trip.
 The application must be accompan- jed by three photographs of the appli- cant on thin paper. unmounted, and not larger in size than three by three inches, one of these must be signed across it's face. so as to not obscure the features, by the applicant, and the signature thereon must correspond to the applicants signature affixed to the affidavit. The application must be supported by an affidavit from at [ least one acceptable witness that the applicant is the person he represents himself to be and that the other facts set forth are true to the best of his belief, and he must be an American citizen. The applicant or his witness must be known to the clerk of the court, or must be able to satisfy such officer as to his identity and the bona fdes of the applicant. The above rule applys to only. native citizens, except that a person born in the United States in a place where births are re corded will be required to submit birth certificate with his application. For naturalized citizens it requires that he transmit his certificate of nat uralization, or duly certified copy of the court record thereof.
 American citizens going tor France directly are required to bear passports approved by French diplomatic or con sular officers in the United States. The application for such action should
 be made to the French consulate with in the Jurisdiction of which the appli- cant resides.
 All persons entering the United
 States are required to register with the appropriate local authorities with in 2S days after arrival. Rigid re-
 strictions have been placed upon all
 travel between England and the Con
 tinent of Europe. Admission to Bel
 gium from Holland is understood to be practically forbidden 10 travellers
 
 from England. Russian regulations re-
 qufre that the passport must state def nitely the names of the places in Rus
 sia which the holder expects to visit
 and the object of his visits.
 Considerable delay will be saved ,O
 the applicant if he will secure the ne'
 cessary blanks and have them made
 out ready to sign by the clerk before
 he comes over here. and remember
 that at the present time the clerk has
 no blanks for the applicants and that it will be at least a week or ten days
 before thep can be secured. The ap-
 plicant if he is in hurry can make a
 direct application for the necessary blanks to the Secretary of State at
 Washington.