New Ulm review., 1922-10-18
ST ! ! 'AT]Uls A ! I 5 OF ALIEN
" WOMEN ] n d | CHANGED. i: 4 /
CAN NOT DEPEND UPON THE
d. STATUS OF HUSBAND
SAYS NEW LAW.

"a - ANGW Law. i
Far reaching and sweeping changes
have been made in the. matter Of the
naturalization of alien women by the
act Of Congress approved September
22, 1922, notice of which was received
by Clerk Of Court Carl p. Manderfeld
early Tuesday morning. Heretofore
alien women who married citizens Of
the United States by virtue thereof
became citizens Of the United States.
This is all changed now but the status
Of those who automatically became
citizens under the old law will not be
changed.
Must Make Application.
Hereafter alien women must become
citizens in their own right. An alien
woman marrying an American citizen
after the passage of the act or any
woman whose husband is naturalized
after said act, may become citizen by
filing the usual petition for naturaliza-
tion and complying with all the re-
quirements Of the naturalization laws
except that no declaration of intention
is required and only one years con
tinuous residence in the. United States
or territories Immediately preceding
the filing OF the petition is mandatory.
A woman who, before the passage
of the act mentioned above, was sn
American citizen but lost her United
States citizenship by marriage to an
alien may again become citizen by a
complying with the above require
ments for alien women with the further
proviso that no certificate Of her
arrival will be required if during the.
continuance Of the marital status she,
shall have resided within the United
States.
Requirements Demanded.
An alien woman married to an alien
at the time Of the passage Of the act
or who thereafter tnarries an alien may
become naturalized by complying with
all requirements Of the naturalization
laws, including declaration, five years
continuous United States residence,
one year continuous state residence,
certificate Of arrival if her entry dates
from June 20, 1906, ability to speak
the English language and sign her
name in her own handwriting, etc.
~ The status Of single alien women is
not affected by this law and women Of
this class may continue as in the past
to file declarations and petitions for
the purpose Of becoming natruali1ed.
3s The act referred to furtherprovides
that no married woman whose husband
is not eligible tc citizenship shall be
naturalized during the continuance
of the marital status, and that she her
self must be eligible to citizenship.
Eligibility for citizenshipis determined
almost entirely by the question OF
whether the persons concerned are
white person." or :. persons Of African
nativity or African descent and
whether the husband is debarred from
citizenship, because Of the withdra wal
of declaration Of intention for the pur-
pose Of securing immunity from mill
tary service during the recent war.
Citizenship After Marriage.
|: It is further provided by the act in
question that a woman citizen Of the
United States shall not cease to be a
citizen by reason Of her marriage after
the passage Of said act, unless she
makes a.efornaal renuncia tion Of her
citizenship beforeEa court having juris-
diction over naturalization of aliens,
but that any woman citizen who mar
riies an alien ineligible to citizenship
shall cease to be a citizenof the United
States. NJ, sss5.
How this new act will work out re-
mains to be seen. The chances are
THAT great number Of the alien
women will not bother about getting
their own citizen papers and We may
have large mum Der of cases where
| the man is citizen and the wife is not.
LOCAL MEMBERS. ATTEND x. 6.
CEREM ON1s .a|4i5i
Members OF the Knights Of Colum-
bus from New q I'm and Brown county
we're present at the exempl fcation d
1.-THE Fourth degree at: the K. g. cllst
rooms, ST. Paul, on Columbus day
October ~ The work was perforn.ee
i BY Col. William H p Donahue; naastes
Iof the Fourth degree for the State
1 Those making the trip from New 4. e ID
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