The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-05
ALIENS
ARE REQUIRED
To REGISTER
Women Born In the United States
Who Marry German Aliens Come
Under the LaW-Register
June IL to 26.

The registration of German females
will be held from June II to June 26
inclusive. The plan will be the same
as that used for the registration of
German alien enemies.
Those who will be required to reg
lister as female aliens, according to
the notice sent to the police are ma
tives, citizens, denizens or subjects Of
the German government of the age
of IA years or upwards, who are with
in the United States and not actually
naturalized as American citizens. Fe-
male natives or subjects of the Aus
trO Hungarian empire are not re-
CURED to register unless they come
within the provisions of the section
relating to the natives and citizens of
the German government
A German alien female required to
register who shall, after the date fixed
for the issuance to her of a registra-
ton card, be found within the limits
of the United States or it's territories
or possessions, without having her
registration card on her person, is
detention for the duration of the war.
female, irrespective of the citizen
ship OF her parents, born in the United
States, and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, is an American citizen and is
not German alien required to regis
ter hereunder; unless she has become
naturalized in or taken an oath of al
legiance to Germany; or she has mar
ried a citizen or subject of Germany
who has not acquired naturalization
in the United States and the marital
relation has not been terminated by
death or absolute divorce
A female originally native citizen,
denizen, or subject of German is not
if she has become naturalized in the
United States a German alien, unless
subsequent to her naturalization in
the United States, she has become
naturalized in or taken an oath of al
legiance to Germany or has otherwise
resumed her Germany nationality; or
subsequent to her naturalization in
the United States, she has married a
citizen or subject of Germany who has
not acquired naturalization in the
United States, and the marital rela-
ton has not been terminated by death
or absolute divorce; or such marital
relation has been terminated by death
or absolute divorce, and she has not
resumed her American citizenship.
Any American woman who marries
foreigner takes the nationality of
her husband. At the termination of
the marital relation, she may resume
her American citizenship, if abroad
by registering as an American citizen
within one year with a consul of the
United States, or by returning to re-
side within the United States; or if
! residing in the United States at the
| termination of the marital relation
by continuing to reside therein. The
marital relation is terminated by death
or absolute divorce, not by mere judi
cial or voluntary separation.
Retains Husbands Nationality.
The wife of a citizen or subject OF
Germany who has not acquired nat
| uralization in the United States and
their foreign born female children OF
the age of IA years and upwards now
| within the United States are German
alien females and are required to reg
lister hereunder, except those of such
foreign born children as have separ-
ately acquired naturalization in the
United States or, prior to April g.
1917, married American citizens.
The marriage, prior to April 6, 1917
OF German alien female to a citizen
| of the United States naturalized her
as an American citizen.
A female native citizen, denizen or
subject of Germany, who has acuuir-
ed American citizenship by marriage
to an American, is presumed to retain
the same, after the termination of the
marital relation by death or absolute
divorce if she continues to reside in
the United States unless she makes
formal remuneration thereof before a
court having Jurisdiction to naturalize
aliens; If she resides abroad, she may
retain her American citizenship by
registering as such before a United
States consul within one year after
the termination of such marital rela-
ton
1t the second or subsequent husband
OF German alien widow becomes nat
uralized as an American citizen. such
widow Gf she might herself be law
FULLY naturalized) and her foreign
born minor children residing perma-
nently in the United States at the
time OF the naturalization of such hus-
band, or who become permanent resi-
dents of the United States before
reaching their majority, are thereby
naturalized as American citizens.
A female native, citizen, denizen, or
subject of Germany, who has not be-
come an American citizen by mar
rage, remains German alien re-
CURED to register although she has
declared her intention to become a
citizen OF the United States by taking
out first papers of naturalization. or
mas been partly or completely nat
urallzed in any other country than
the United States.
The naturalization as American
citizens Of the widow of an alien nat
urallzes as American citizens her for
eign born minor children who reside
permanently in the United States at
the time of her naturalization and al
SO those OF her minor children so born
VINO become permanent residents of