Bisbee daily review., 1922-11-14


 eral years have had virtually the same privileges and rights as those exercised by male citizens. They have however been spared number i of the duties and obligations i'm posed upon men. The naturalization i laws have required that alien de- 1 string to become American citizens i should pass an examination upon ! the doctrines of the United States I Constitution and the fundamentals | of government. These laws were passed to protect the government and the people.
 1 The government wishes that all citizens should understand the work ings of their government, so that they can vote and perform their pub lie duties intelligently and wisely. When naturalization laws were pass ed, women did not have the right to vote, etc, as they do today. There was no serious objection there fore to making the status of the wife the same as the husbands If an alien. woman married an American citizen, by that act she became an American citizen That law has been changed
 New Naturalizations Laws
 The following are extracts from letter received by the principal of the night school from the Com missioner of Naturalization, at Wash ington, ID. C.:
 By an act of Congress approved September p, 1922, it is provided that after the passage of that act the marriage of an alien woman to an American citizen, or to an alien who may thereafter become a cit- iZeh, shall not confer American cit iZenShip upon her. It is also pro- vided that after the passage of said act a married woman who is other wise eligible shall have the privil- ege of becoming naturaliZed on her own account Citizenship acquired by women through their husbands by virtue of law in force prior to the passage of the act of Septem Der 9, 1922, is not affected by the new legislation
 "The two principal classes of mar ried women specifically referred to in the above legislation, with the means each class must take in or der to acquire American citizenship are described below:
 1. 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 re- quirements of the naturalization laws with the following exceptions:
 (a. No declaration of intention required. (b). Only one years con tinuous residence in the United States, Hawaii, Alaska, or Porto Ri- co immediately preceding the filing of her petition required t' 2. A woman who, before the pas sage of the above act. was an Amer ican citizen and lost her United States citizenship by marriage to an alien.
 Must File Petition She may become naturalized by fil- ing the usual petition for naturali- zation and complying with all require | mentS of the naturalization laws with the following exceptions: (D. No declaration of intention required. 1 (bO. Only one years continuous residence in the United States. Ha- waii, Alaska, or Porto Rico immed- lately preceding the filing of her petition required. (c) No certificate of arrival required if during the con- tinuance of the marital status she shall have resided within the United States.
 An Alien woman married to an Alien at the time of the passage of the above act, or who thereafter