The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-01


 females must register The rules governing the registration and the definition of an alien enemy under the act are given below:
 All Natives, citizens, denizens or subjects of the German Empire or the German Imperial Government, being females of the age of IA years and upward, who are within the United States and not actually naturalized as American citizens are required to register as German alien females.
 2. Female natives, citizens, denl- zens, or subjects of the Austro-Hun- garian Empire are not required to register under the Presidents proc lamation of April 19, 1918, nor un' der these regulations, unless they come within the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
 A female irrespective of the citi- zenship of her parents, born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, is an American citizen and is not a German alien required to register hereunder, un- less
 (a) She has become naturalzed in or taken an oath of allegiance to Germany; or
 (b) She has married citizen or subject of Germany who has not acquired naturalization in the United States and the martial relation has not been terminated by death or absolute divorce; or such martial relation has been terminated by death or absolute divorce and she has not resumed her American citi- zenship in the manner hereinbefore stated.
 A female originally native, citi- zen. denizen or subject of Germany is not, if she has become naturalized in the United States,a German alien required to register unelss, (a) Subsequent to her naturaliza- tion in the United States, she has become naturalized in or taken an oath of allegiance to Germany, or has otherwise resumed her German nationality; or
 (b) Subsequent to her naturaliza tion in the United States, she has married citizen or subject of Ger many who has not acquired natural ization in the United States, and ha +;oI hoc hnop terminated by death or absolute di vorce; or such martial relation has been terminated by death or abos lute divorce, and she has not re sumed her American citizenship ir the manner hereinbelow stated; or
 Co Subsequent to her naturali- zation in the United States, she has become naturalized in or sworn al legiance to any other country.
 Any American woman who mar ries foreigner takes the nationality of her husband (The naturaliza- tion of such foreign husband as an American citizen restores to such wife American citizenship At the termination of the marital relation she may resume her American citi- zenship, if abroad, by registering as an American citizen within one year with a consul of the United States; or, if residing in the United States at, the termination of the marital Station, by continuing to re- side therein. (Act of May 2, 1907, 34 Stat. L., Part l., p. 1228) The marital relation is terminated by death or absolute divorce, not by mere judicial or voluntary separa- tion.
 The naturalization of a male alien as a citizen of the United States naturalizes as American citizens his wife eff she might herself be law fully naturalized) and their foreign born minor children residing perma- nently in the United States at the time of such naturalization, and al so those of their minor children so born who become permanent resi- dents of the United States before reaching their majority. (The term majority" as used in these defini- tions means arrival at the age of 21 years.)
 The wife of a citizen or subject of Germany who has not acquired naturalization in the United States and their foreign-born female chil- dren of the age of IA years and upward now within the United States are German alien females and are required to register here under, except those of such foreign born children as have separately ac- quired naturalization in the United States or, prior to April 6, 1917, have married American citizens.
 The marriage, prior to April 6, 1917, of a German alien female to a citizen of the United States, natur- alized her as an American citizen.
 A female native. citizen. denizen, or subject of Germany. who has ac- quired American citizenship by mar riage to an American, as stated in a paragraph above, is presumed to retain the same, after the termina- tion of the marital relation by death