The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-11-17
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NATURALIZATION

Following is the text Of the act &C
congress approved September 20. 1854,
entitled IAN Act Relative to the Nat.
uralixation and citizenship of Married
Women" and is published through the
courtesy Ct H. r. Straiton, clerk OF the
district court:
That the right of any woman to be-
come a naturalized citizen Of the TINT.
ted States shah not be denied or
abridged because of her sex or because
she is a married woman.
Sec. 2. That any woman VINO mar
ries a citizen of the United States at
| ter the passage Of this act. or any wo-
man whose husband is naturalixed At
ter the passage of this act. shall not
| become a citizen Of the United states
by reason of such marriage or natu.
| ralization: but, if eligible to citixen-
ship. she may be naturalized upon full
and complete compliance with all re-
lquirements Of the naturalization laws,
with the following exceptions:
(a) No declaration of intention shall
be required
OBJ In lieu of the fve-year period OF
residence within the United States and
| the one-year period of residence with
| in the state or territory where the nat
IRA lization court is held, she shall have
resided continuously in the United
States, Hawaii Alaska, or Porto Rico
for at least one year Immediately pre-
ceding the filing Of the petition.
Sec g. That woman citizen Of the
United States shall not cease tC' re a
citizen of the United States by reason
| of her marriage after the passage OF
this act. unless she makes formal
Pronunciation of her citizenship before
a court having jurisdiction ever nat
uralization of aliens: Provided. that
| any woman citizen who marries an
alien ineligible to citizenship shall
| cease to be a citizen of the United
states. If at the termination CT the
marital status she is citizen Of the
| United States she shall retain her cit.
| izenship regardless of her residence
If during the continuance Of the mar.
| ital status She resides continuously fol
| two years in a foreign state Of which
| her husband is Il citizen or subject
or for five years continuously outside
| the United states. she shall thereafter
be shbject to the same presumption az
| is a naturaliZed citizen of the United
States under the serond paragraph Ct
section 2 of the act entitled can Act
in reference to the eXpatriation Of cit
liens and their protection abroad" ap.
proved March .. 1907. Nothing here.
in shall be construed to repeal Of
amend the provisions of Revised sat.
utes 1899 or of section CT the Ex.
patriation Act of 1907 with refernct
to expatriation.
| Sec. !. That a woman who. before
the passage of this act. has lest hel
United States citizenship by reason Of
| her marriage to an alien eligible fol
citizenship. may be naturaliZed as pro.
vided by section . of this act: Pro-.
Vided, that no certificate of arriva
| shall be required tC be filed with hel
petition If during the continuance o!
| the marital status she shall have re.
sided within the United States. After
her naturalization she shall have thu
same citizenship status as If her mar
riage had taken place after the pass.
age of this act.
Sec. 5. That no woman whose nus.
band is not eligible to citizenship shall
be naturalized during the continuance
CT the marital status.
| Sec. e. That section 1894 Of the Re-
vised Statutes and section of the En-.
patriation Act of 1907 are repealed
Such repeal shall not terminate citi.
zenship acquired or retained under
either of such sections nor restore cit.
izenship lost under section Of the
Repatriation Act of 1907.
Sec Z. That section of the Expa.
| triaticn Act of 1907 is repealed. Such
repeal shall not restore citizenship lost
under such section nor terminate citi-
| zenship resumed under such section A
| woman who has resumed under such
section citizenship lost by marriage
shall, upon the passage of this act,
have for all purposes the same citizen
| ship status as Immediately preceding
her marriage.