The border vidette., 1926-05-01
BORDER RULES MODIFIED

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Nogales, Arizona and Nogales,
Sonora Chambers of Commerce,
special meetings with Inspector
Martinez of the Nogales, Sonora,
immigration office and confer
ences with G. Palacios Roji,
Mexican consul at this point,
have resulted in an excellent
working out of the new passport
regulations Of Sonora as they
pertain to people of this county
and relative to the coming John.
son Lester fight on May 2nd
when all restrictions will be lift
ed for the day. says Mondays
Herald.
The foreign relations commit.
tee Of the Nogales Chamber OF
Commerce presents the follow.
ing explanation of the system OF
registration in effect on the Dor.
der at Nogales:
American citizens who have
resided in Nogales, Arizona, aad
vicinity for one year or more
shall obtain from the city CLERK
a certificate of residence. This
certificate with two unmounted
passport pictures is sufficient for
securing at the Mexican immi
grafton Office, during regular
office hours. a border crossing
card, good in Mexico within for
ty miles of the border. No charge
is made for this card.
American citizens, who have
resided in Nogales less than one
year, must present evidence of
their status direct to the Mex.
ican immigration Office and a.
card will be issued if the evi-
dence is sufficient. The U. S.
immigration Office will issue an
identity card, similar to that is-
sued by the Mexican officials,
and this card will be recognized
for local crossing by the Mexican
immigration inspectors after
same bas been countersigned at
the Mexican immigration Office.
This latter course is recon.
mended.
Visitors, before leaving home,
should always provide them
selves with Identifying docu.
ments when contemplating en-.
tering foreign country for trav.
elers Identification acceptable
to the Mexican authorities is
listed in the order of preference
as follows:
1st. Letter from the Mexican
consul in the city where the visi.
tor resides or is known by pro.
minent citizens.
2nd, Letter from a bank.
3rd. Birth certificate or final
citizenship papers.
.4th. Letter from federal or
superior court official.
The letter should set forth
that the bearer is an American
citizen and give his or her oc.
cupation and permanent resid.
ence address.
A visitor arriving ia Nogales
during the Office hours, nine to
five. may secure a "a hours per-
NIT to cross the line.
After ofice hours, the letter
carried by the visitor, as above
indicated, will be recognized by
the inspectors on the line.
A travelling man may use his
business card after having same
signed by we'll known local
resident.
Visitors accompanied by we'll
known local residents of over one
year duration and holders of re-
gular border crossing cards may
cross the line for single visit
on the recommendation of the
accompanying local resident.
This provision applies if the
visitor has not been in the city
long enough to secure a regular
"a hour permit, and only after
Office hours. Lady visitors &C.
companying men possessing
proper Identification or a permit
may cross the line without the
necessity of securing a permit.
Local ladies must comply with
the same repulatiOnS as aDnlv tn
the men.
For the Johnson Lester fight,
May 2nd, permits will not be re-
quired for visitors arriving on
Sunday.
Each convention held in the
future in Nogales will be requir.
ed to provide badges with name
plate or name typewriter on the
ribbon. The badge constitutes
crossing permit during the time