The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-06-01

l. Name in full. Age in years,
This means all your names SPELL
ed out in full.
State your age today in years
only. Disregard additional months
or days. Be prepared to say 49,,
Or "25," not "19 yrs. 3 mos" or
the like.
2. Home address.
This means the place where you
nave your permanent home, not the
place where you work. Be pre-
pared to give the address in this
way: '232 Main Street, Chicago.
Cook County Illinois," that is, give
your number and name Of street
first. then town, then county and
state.
3. Date of birth.
Write your birthday (month,
day, and year) on a piece of PAPER
before going to the Registrar, and
give the paper to him the first
thing. Example: august 1884"
If you do not remember the
year, start to answer as you would
If someone asked you your BIRTH
day, as August 5th." Then saw
ION my birthday this year l will be
lor was) - years old" The
Registrar will then fill in the wear
Of birth. Many people do not carry
IN mind the year they were born,
rms may be obtained by the Regis
trar subtracting the age in years on
thls years birthday from 1917.
=. Are you (1) a natural-born
cltlZen; (2)a naturalized citizen;
~ an alien; (4) or have you de-
clared your intention to become q
citizen (specify which,?
(1) II you were born in the
United States, including Alaska and
hawaii. you are a natural-born cit
lzen, no matter what may have
been the citizenship or nationality
OF your parents. If you were born
in Porto Rico. you are citizen OF
the United States, unless you were
born of alien parentage. II you
were born abroad, you are still a
citizen of the United States il your
father was citizen Of the United
States at the time you were born,
unless you have expatriated your
self.
zen II you have completed your na-
turalization; that is. If you havo
taken final papers," But you are
not a citizen if you have only de-
clared your intention to become
citizen (that is, II you have only
"taken out first papers'); in the
latter case you are only "declar-
ant
You are also a naturalized citizen
II although foreign born, your faith
er or surviving parent became full
ly naturalized while you were un-
der Fl years of age, and If you
came to the United States under 21.
CD You are declarant If, al
though citizen or subject of some
foreign country. you have declared
on oath before a naturalization
court your intention to become =
citizen Of the United States. Re-
ceipt from the clerk of the court uf
the certified copy of such declara-
tion is often called taking out
first papers," You are not de-
clarant II your first paper was taxi
| en- out after September 26, 1906,
and is more than Z years old.
w Aou SA . oA dACA IL yoU uO
not fall within one of the three
| classes above mentioned.
S. Where were you born?
First name the town, then the
state, then the country, as "Colum-
bus. Ohio;'' Vienna, AUSTRIA"
paris. France;;'' "Sof1a, Bulgaria"
8. II not a citizen, of what
country are you citizen or subject?
This need be answered only by
aliens and declarants. Remember
that a "declarant" is not yet citi-
zen of the United States. II an
alien or declarant, state the name Of
your country. as France" Japan"
| China" etc.
Z. What is your present trade,
occupation, or office?
This does not ask what you once
did, nor what you have done most
of the time. nor what you are best
fitted to do. It asks what your
job II right now, State briefly ~
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