The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-09-06
TWENTY PERTINENT
QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED
OF REGISTRANTS
sContinued from Page One1

0saCeS cltlzen. If you wer,
porn IN the United States, includin.
Aiaska and Hawaii, you are nativ,
porn citizen of the United States. If
respective of the citizenship of Won,
parents. Any inhabitant of Porr.
nico VINO was Spanish subject OF
tApr1l IL, 1899, and who resided il
Forto Rico on that date, and con
tlnued to reside therein until Anr;
IL, 1900, is held to be a citizen OF
Porto Rico, except such inhabitants
natives of the Spanish peninsula who
elected to preserve their allegiance
to Spain on Or before April IL, 1900
by making a declaration before 3
court OF record of their decision ia
Go so. Any citizen of Porto Rico as
above defined and any native of Por-
to Rlco 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 a citizen of tie
United States if your father was a
citizen of the United States at the
time you were born, unless you have
expatriated yourself.
QUESTION II. Naturalized citi-
zens of the United States? You are
naturalized citizen if you have COM
pleted your naturalization; that is, if
you have "taken out final papers,"
But you are not citizen if you only
have declared your intention to be-
come a citizen; this is, if you have
only taken out first papers," in the
latter case you are a declarant.
QUESTION IL. Citizens of the
United States by fathers naturaliza-
tion before registrant's majority.
The children of parents who have
been duly naturalized under the laws
Of the United States being under the
age of 81 at the time of the naturali-
zation of their parents are, if dwell
ing in the United States before at
tanning their majority, considered as
citizens thereof.
QUESTION Is. Alien declarant
You are declarant if, although a
citizen or, subject of some other
country, you have declared before a
naturalization court your intention
to become a citizen of the United
States. This is referred to as "tak-
ing out first papers,"
QUESTION ID. Alien nondeclar-
ant? You are a nondeclarant alien
if you do not fall within one of the
classes described by questions 10, II,
IL and Is, and are not an Indian. In
other words you are nondeclarant
alien if you are citizen or subject
of some other country than the
United States and have not declared
before naturalization court your
intention to become citizen of the
United States; that is, have not "tak-
en- out first papers,"
QUESTION Is. If not citizen
of the United States, Of what nation
are you a citizen or subject? This
need be answered only by declarant
and nondeclarant aliens. If you are
an alien of either class, state the
name of your country, which the reg
istrar 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 originally resident before
proceeding to the United States,
which will be written by the regis
trar in parentesis after the name OF
the country, as "Great Britain (Scot-
land" In the case of Czech-Slovaks'
German or Austrian Poles, Austrlans,
Lorrainers, and persons of like stat
us, the registrant may answer "Czecn-
Slovak, claimed as subject OF Aus
tria-Hungary." "Pole, claimed as
subject of Germany or Austria-Hun-
gary" Alsation, claimed as subject
of Germany" ETC., and such entry
will be made by the registrar.
QUESTION 16. Present occupa-
ton? This means your present oc-
cupation, trade or employment, which
the registrar will enter in this space
Do not state what you once did, no.
what you are best fitted to do. Simp-
| Nv state what your job is right now.
QUESTION II. Employers name
If YOU are working for firm, corpor'
alton or association, state its name
IF in business, trade, profession OF
employment for yourself, so state
IF YOU are an officer of the state OF