Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-09-05
ton Of your citizenship. leaving spaces Q
6. 8 and blank.

y,
INDIAN.
s. CITIZEN.-1f you are q citizen In.
dian born in the United States. the regis.
trar will place a check in this space
and proceed to space l6. leaving spaces o,
Q. Z. 8. 10. II, 10. Is. IA and Is blank. An
Indian born In the United States 10 a citf.
zen II CD he, or his father or mother
prior to his birth or before he attained
the age of 81, was allotted land or re.
csived a patent In fee prior to May =. isoe;
(2) II he was allotted land subsequent to
May 8. 1905. and received a patent In fee
to his land; (3) II he was residing In the
old Indian Territory on March g. 1901: a.
II he lives separate and apart from his
tribe and has adopted the habits of civil
lied life.
9. NONc1TIzEN.-If you are non.
citizen Indian born In the United States,
the registrar will place check IN
this space and proceed to space l6. leav.
ing spaces s. 6, z, 8, 10. II, IL. 13, IA and ID
blank. An Indian born in the United
States shall be classed as a noncitizen In
dian unless he falls within one OF TIM
classes of citizen Indians described IL
space 8.
UNITED STATES CITIZEN.
10. NATIVE BORN.-1f you are ma
the register will place a check in this
space and proceed to space 1s. leaving
spaces II. ~. 10. 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 II. 1892 and who resided In Porto
Rico on that date. and continued to reside
therein until April IL. 1900. is held to
be citizen Of Porto Rico. except such
Inhabitants. natives of the Spanish pc.
ninsula, who elected to preserve their
allegiance to Spain on or before April
II, 1900. by making a declaration. be-
fore 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 IL. 1899. and has
since returned. and Is not citizen OF
any foreign country, is held to be q
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. IT you
were born abroad, you are still citi-
zen of the United States IL your father
was citizen Of the United States at
the time you were born, unless you
have expatriated yourself.
IL. NATURALIZED.-If you are a
the register will place a check In this
space and proceed to space 16. leaving
spaces 10. IL, IS, IA and is blank. You
are n naturalized citizen II you have
completed your naturalization. that Is.
II you have taken out fnal papers"
But you are not a citizen II you have
only declared your intention to become
citizen (that is. If you have only
taken out first papers"); in the latter
case YOU are deClarant,
~. CITIZEN BY FATHERS NATU-
REALIZATION BEFORE REGI6TRANT'S
MAJORITY.-If you are citizen by your
fathers naturalization Cor your mothers
naturalization in case your father died)
before you attained your majority. the
registrar will place check in this
space and proceed to space 16. leaving
spaces 10, IL. 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-
cation of their parents. are, II dwelling
in the United States before attaining
thereof. (sec. 2172. U. s. Rev. Stat.
and "a Stat. L.. pit. l. p. 122S)
ALIEN.
10. DECLARANT.-If you are de-
clarant alien, the registrar will place a
check in this space and proceed to
space is. leaving spaces 10. II, II and IA
blank You are declarant II. although
a citizen or subject Of some other coun-
try. you have declared before a natural
ization court your intention to become a
citizen of the United States. This is re-
ferred to as taking out first papers,"
H. NONDECLARANT.-If you are a
nondeclarant alien, the registrar will
place a check in this space and pro-
coed to space Is. leaving spaces 10, II. IL
and 10 blank. You are nondeclarant
alien If you do not fall within one of the
classes described in spaces 10. II, IL and 1a
and are not an Indian In other words.
you are nondeclarant alien IL you are 0
citizen or subject Of some other country
than the United States and have not de-
clared before naturalization court your
intention to become 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 declarant is not yet citizen
of the United States. II you are an alien
Of either Glass; state the name Of your
country. which the registrar will write In
this space, for example. Great Britain. -
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. Alsatiahs. 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
'Alsatan claimed as subject of Ger
many" ETC., and such an entry shall be
made by the registrar.
II nt a citizen Of the United States,
Of what nation are you q citizen or
subject7
49, 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" (on farm.
in rolling mill, in automobile. wagon. or
other factory. "machinist in automobile
factory" etc. II you hold an Office under
State or Federal Government. name the
H. EMPLOYERS NAME.-1f you are
working for an individual. firm. corpora