The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1922-10-13

New naturalization laws went into
effect September % which are OF
much interest to women. At the
time the act was before the president
for signature there was session of
the naturalization court in Butte.
The wives of those naturalized on or
before September % are not affected
by the new ruling. The wife and
family in such cases take the status
of the husband and father. In the
case of those naturalized on the 23d,
however, this rule does not apply.
Richard X. Campbell explains the
provisions of the new law as follows:
s'By an act of congress approved
September %, 1922, it is provided
that after that date the citizenship
status of married woman shall no
longer follow that of the husband,
and that thereafter married woman
shall have the privilege of becoming
naturalized on her own account.
The two principal classes of mar
ried women specifically referred to
in the above legislation, with the
means each class must take in order
to acquire American citizenship, are
described below:
An alien woman marrying an
American citizen after the passage
of the above act or any woman whose
husband is naturalized after said
act.
"She may become naturalized by
filing the usual petition for natural
ization and complying with all REL
quirements of the naturalization |
laws, with the following exceptions:
(a) No declaration of intention re- /
quired; (b) Only one years continue
Gus residence in the United States, |
Hawaii, Alaska or Porto Rico imme- |
diately preceding the filing of her
petition required. ss9
"A woman who, before the pas
sage of the above act, was an Ameri-
can citizen and lost her United States
citizenship by marriage to an alien.
"She may become naturalized by
filing the usual petition for naturali-
cation and complying with all the
requirements of the naturalization
laws, with the following exceptions:
(a) No declaration of intention re-
quired; (b) Only one years continu-
GUS residence in the United States,
Hawaii, Alaska or Porto Rico imme-
dlately preceding the filing of her1
petition required. (c) No eertificateI
of arrival required if during the con-
tinuanee of the marital status she
shall have resided within the. United
States.a Ii
"AnD alien woman married to anil !
alien at the time of the passage of
the above act, or who thereafter mar \
ries an alien may become naturalized |
by complying with all the require
ments iof the naturalization laws, in /
Guiding declaration, five years con- {
tinuoHs residences, one year continu- |
GUS state residence, certificate of ar
rival If her entry dates from June s
20, 1906, etc. II
THE status of single alien women f
is not affected by this law, and wom- 4
en- of this class may continue as in Il
the past to file declarations and pc /
tftions Gfor the purpose of becoming
In
The act referred to further pro- e
vides that no married woman whose d
husband is not eligible to citizenship | t
shall be naturalized during the con- T.
tinuance of the marital status, and n
that she herself must be eligible to n
Eligibility for citizen v
ship is determined almost entirely o
by the question of whether the per- n
sons concerned are white persons or lt]
persons of African nativity or Afri- d
ian descent, as provided by section b
2,169 revised statutes, and whether
he husband is disbarred from citi-
senship, because of withdrawal of p
declaration of intention under the fl