Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-06-01

uich we PuuiisH the lOllOWlnR nOllce
sent out for posting in the registration
places:
l. Name in full. Age in years.
This means all your names spelled
out in full
State your age to-day in years only.
Disregard additional months or days.
Be prepared to say 49," or '25," not
"l9 yrs. mos.," or the like.
2. Home address.
This means the place where you have
your permanent home, not the place
where you work. Be prepared to give
the address this way: "232 Main Street,
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois," that is
give number and name of street first,
then town, then county and State.
3. Date of birth.
Write your birthday month, day and
year, on piece of paper before going
to the Registrar, and give the paper to
him the first thing. Examples: August
5, 1894"
II you do not remember the year,
start to answer as you would if some.
one asked you your birthday, as Aug.
9TH Then say ION my birthday this
year will be Tor was)-years DID, ~
The Registrar will then fill in the year
OF birth. Many people do not carry in
mind the year they were born. This
may be obtained by the Registrar by
subtracting the age in years on this
years birthday from 1917
4. Are you (D a natural-born citizen
~ naturalized citizen; 81 an alien
(4) or have you declared your inten
ton to become citizen specify which,
(D If you were born in the United
States, including Alaska and Hawaii,
you are a natural-born citizen, nc
matter what may have been the citizen
ship or nationality of your parents. II
you were born in Porto Rico, you are a
citizen of the United States, unless you
were born of alien parentage. If you
were born abroad, you are still citizen
OF the United States if your father was
a citizen of the United States at the
time you were born, unless you have
expatriated yourself.
(2) You are naturaliZed citizen il
you have completed your naturalization
that is, if you have taker final papers.
But you are not citizen if you have
only declared your intention to become
a citizen THAT is, if you have only
'taken out first papers'O; in the latter
case you are only "declarant.
You are also naturalized citizen if
although foreign born, your father oil
surviving parent became fully natural
lied while you were under II years o.
aga apd if you came to the United
Stsfes under 81.
t3) You are declarant if, although
citizen or subject of some foreign
country, you have declared on oath be.
fore a naturalization court your inten
ton to become citizen of the UniteC
States. Receipt from the clerk of tn,
court OF the certified copy of sucf
declaration is often called 'taking ou
first papers," You are not declaran
if your first paper was taken out aftel
September 26, 1906, and is more than
years old.
az You are an alien if you do no
fall within one of the three classes
above mentioned
5. Where were you born?
First name the town, then the State
then the country, as Columbus, Ohio;
"Vienna, Austria;" "Paris, France;
Sofia, Bulgaria
6. Ii not citizen, Of what countr!
are you citizen or subject?
frbis need be answered only by alien
IA declarants. Remember that
"declarant" is not yet citizen Of th'
limited States. If an alien or declarant
state the name of your country, a
"France," "Japan, "China," etc.
z. What is your present trade, oc
cupation, or office?
This does not ask what you once did
nor what you have done most OF tn
time. nor what you are best fitted t
do. II Asks What Your Job Is Righ
Now. State briefly, as Farmer,
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