The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-10-20
CITIZENSHIP nor
LOST BY MARRIAGE
WIVES NEITHER LOSE NOR GAIN
OlTZENsHIP THROUGH HUs.
BANDS UNDER NEW Law


N0W 03IUT8ux&taO0 laws went INTO
effect September - which are Of
mach 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 naturali1ed on or
before September - are not affected
~ the new ruling. The wife and
family In such cases take the status
Of the husband and father. In the
case Of those naturaliSed on the asa,
however. this rule does not apply.
Richard K. Campbell explains the
provisions Of the new law ~ follows:
by an act Of congress approved
September -, 1922, It II provided
that after that date the citixenship
status Of q married woman shall NO
longer follow that Of the husband,
and that thereafter q married woman
shall have the privilege Of becoming
naturalixed on her own account.
The two principal classes Of mar
rted women specifically referred to
In the above legislation, with the
means each class must take in order
to acquire American citizenship, are
described below:
IAN alien woman marrying an
American citizen after the passage
Of the above act or any woman whose
husband 70 naturalixed after said
act. ga
''she may become naturalised by
filing the usual petition for natural
txation and complying with all re-
quirements Of the naturalization
laws. with the following exceptions:
R0 40 4AtA
CURED; (b) Only one years continu-
Gus residence In the United States,
HAWAII. Alaska or Porto Rico imme-
diately preceding the filing of her
petition required.
woman who. before the pas
sage OF the above act, was an Ameri-
can c1ti1en and lost her United States
ctt11enshtp by marriage to an alien.
she may become naturalixed by
filing the usual petition for naturali-
satton and complying with all the
requirements Of the naturalization
laws. with the following exceptions:
(a) No declaration Of intention re-
CURED; (b) Only one years continu-
Gus residence in the United States,
Hawaii. Alaska or Porto Rico imme-
diately preceding the filing Of her
petition required. (c) No certificate
OF arrival required II during the con-
ttnuance Of the marital status she
shall have resided within the United
States.
IAN alien woman married to an
allen at the time Of the passage Of
the above act. or who thereafter mar
rtes an alien may become naturalized
by complying with all the require
ments OF the naturalization laws. in
Guiding declaration, five years con-
tinuous residence, one year continu-
GUS state residence, certificate Of ar
rival II her entry dates from June
20. 1905, etc.
1.-THE status Of single alien women
IL not affected by this law, and wom-
en- OF this class may continue as in
the past to file declarations and Pc
titions for the purpose Of becoming
naturalized.
"The act referred to further pro-
vtdes that no married woman whose
husband is not eligible to citisenship
snail be naturalized during the con-
tinuance OF the marital status, and
that she herself must be eligible to
catisensh1p. Eligibility for citisen-
ship 10 determined almost entirely
BY the question Of whether the nor
sons concerned are white persons or
persons Of African nativity or Afri-
can Descent a. provided BY section
x.169 revised statutes. and whether
the husband IL disbarred from oiti-
senship. because of withdrawal Of
declaration Of intention under the