Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-09-11

| JHlS space anu proceed 10 space 10, i0of
| ing spaces 5, g. s. 10, II, u, Is, IA and 10
| blank. An In>ian born in the United
| States shall be classed as Yloncitizen In
! dian unless he falls within one of the
| classes of citizen Indians described in
| space s.
UNITED STATES CITIZEN
10. NATIVE BORN.-If you are ma
| tive-born citizen of the United States,
| the register will place a check In this
| space and proceed to space 16 leaving
! spaces II, II. 49, IA and Is blank. II
! you were born in the United States,
| including Alaska and Hawaii. you are
! a native-born citizen of the United
! States irrespective of the citizenship of
/ your parents. Any inhabitant of Porto
| Rico who was Spanish subject on
| April IL. 1899. and who resided in Porto
! Rico on that date, and continued to reside
therein until April II, 1900. is held to
| be citizen of Porto Rico, except such
| inhabitants natives of the Spanish pc
] ninsuIa, who elected to preserve their
| allegiance to Spain on or before April
| II. 1900. by making a declaration. be-
| fore a court of record, of their decision
/ to do so. Any citizen of Porto Rico. as
| above defined, and any native of Porto
| Rico who was temporarily absent from
! the island on April II. 1899. and has
| since returned, and is not a citizen OF
| any foreign country is held to be
! citizen of the United States, provided
| he did not elect to retain his political
| status by making declaration under
| oath of his decision to do so within six
| months after March 2, 1917. If you
were born abroad you are still citi-
| zen 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
| H. NATURALIZED-If you are
4 IL
| the register will place a check in this
space and proceed to space 16. leaving
spaces TO- IL, 10, IA and Is blank. You
| are naturalized citizen if you have
completed your naturalization, that is,
if you have taken out final papers,.
But you are not citizen if you have
only declared your intention to become
citizen Chat is, if you have only
taken out first papers"); in the latter
case you are dGclarant.
10 CITIZEN BY FATHERS NATU-
REALIZATION BEFORE REGISTRANT'S
MAJORITY.-If you are a citizen by your
fathers naturalization Cor your mothers
naturalization in case your Gather died)
before you attained your majority the
registrar will place a check in this
space and proceed to space Is, leaving
spaces 10, II, IS, IA and Is blank. The
children of persons who have been duly
naturalized under the laws of the Unit
ed States, being under the age of
twenty-one at the time of the naturali-
zation of their parents, are, if dwelling
in the United States before attaining
their majority, considered as citizens
thereof. (Sec. Pip. U. S. Rev. Stat,
and "a Stat. L., pit. l. p. 1228.)
ALIEN.
10. DECLARANT-If you are a de-
clarant alien, the registrar will place a
check in this space and proceed to
space 49, leaving spaces TO- II, II and IA
blank. You are declarant if, although
a citizen subject of some other coun-
try, you have declared before natural
ization court your intention to become
citizen of the United States. This is re-
ferred to as taking out first papers
a. NONDECLARANT-I you are a
nondeclarant alien, the registrar will
place a check in this space and pro-
coed to space Is. leaving spaces 10, II, II
and 13 blank. You are a nondeclarant
alien if you do not fall within one of the
classes described in spaces 10, II, II and L.
and are not an Indian. In other words,
you are a nondeclarant alien if you are
citizen or subject of some other country
than the United States and have not de-
clared before naturalization court your
intention to become a citizen of the Unit
ed States, that is, have not "taken out
first papers,"
IS. This need be answered only by de-
clarant and nondeclarant aliens. Remem-
Der that a declarant is not yet citizen
of the United States. If you are an alien
of either class, state the name of your
country, which the registrar will write in
this space for example, Great Britain"
France" Italy" State also the name
of the subdivision of your country in
which you were ordinarily resident be-
fore proceeding to the United States,
which will be written by the registrar in
parentheses after the name of your coun-
try, as ''Great Britain (Scotland)." In
the case of Czecho -Slovaks, German or
Austrian Poles. Alsatians, Lorrainers,
and persons of like status, the reg
istrant may answer "Czecho- Slovak,
claimed as subject of Austria Hun
gary" "Pole claimed as subject
of Germany or Austria-Hungary,"
"Alsatian claimed as subject of Ger
many" ETC., and such an entry shall be
made by the registrar.
If not citizen of the United States,
of what nation are you a citizen or
subject?
16. PRESENT OCCUPATION : This
means your present occupation. trade, or
employment, which the registrar will en-
ter in this space. Do not state what you
once did, nor what you have done most
of the time, nor what you are best fitted
to do. Simply state what your job is
right now. State briefly, as farmer"
miner" student" 'laborer" ION farm.
in rolling MILL in automobile, wagon, or
other factory, 'machinist in automobile
factory" etc. If you hold an Office under
State or Federal Government, name the
Office you hold.
H. EMPLOYERS NAME.-If you are
working for an individual firm corpora
ton, or association, state it's name. If
in business, trade, profession, or employ
ment for yourself, so state If you are an
officer of the State or Federal Govern
ment, say whether your office is under
the United States, the State, the county,
or a municipality. The registrar will
make an appropriate entry.
1S.-PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT OR
BUSINESS-This means where you work.
Give the number and name of street first,
then city or town. then county and State
or R. F. D. number first, then town, then
county and State. The registrar will