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Entered as second-class matter Febru
ary 1, 1922, at the Post Office at
McGrath, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
mcgrath, alaska. jan. 27. 1922
New Procedure, Nat
uralization of Women
The old ruling that an alien woman
marrying a citizen automatically be
came a citizen, or a:i American woman
marrying an alien lost her citizenship,
is no more. New regulations govern
ing the acquisition of citizenship by
alien women, as well as changing tbe
status of Americans marrying aliens,
under the so-called Cable Act, passed
by Congress September 22d last, have
been received by the courts of Alaska.
Under this act, according to the state
rnents issued by the Commissioner of
Naturalization, the marriage of an
alien woman to an American citizen, or
to an alien who may thereafter become
a citizen, does not confer citizenship
upon her, but she must be naturalized,
if eligible. American women marrying
aliens eligible to citizenship do not lose
their American citizenship unless they
formally renounce it.
The following statement of the Com
missioner of Naturalization describes
the steps necessary to be taken in order
to acquire citizenship by the two prin
cipal classes of women affected:
1. An alieu woman marrying an
American citizen after tbe passage of
the above act, or any woman whose
husband is naturalized after said act.
She may be naturalized by filing the
usual petition for naturalization and
complying with all the requirements of
the naturalization laws, with the fol
lowing exceptions:
[a] No declaration of intention is
required
[bl Only one year’s continuous resi
dence in the United States, Hawaii,
McGrath
Pool Room
I
and
Cigar Store
For Sale
Or Lease
Mrs.E. P. Werner
Proprietor*
Alaska or Porto Rico immediately p e
ceding the filing of her petiliou re
quired.
2. A woman who, before the passage
of the above act,, was an American citi
zen and lost her United States citizen
ship by marriage to an alien.
She may become naturalized by filing
the usual petition for naturalizaiIon
and complying with all the require
ments of the naturalization laws, with
the following exceptions:
[a] No declaration of intention re
quired.
fb] Only one year’s continuous resi
dence in the United States, Hawaii,
Alaska or Porto Rico immediately pre
ceding her petition required.
[c] No certificate of arrival required
if during the continuance of her marital
status she shall have resided within the
United States.
An alien woman married to an alien
at the time of the psssage of the above
act, or hereafter marries an alien, may
become naturalized by'Complying with
all of the naturalization laws, includ
ing declaration; five years’continuous
residence, one year’s continuous state
residence: certificate of arnivai if her
entry dates on or after June 29, 1906;
ability to speak the English language
and sign her name in her own hand-i
writing.
The status of single alien -women is
not affected by the new law. and women
of this class may continue as in the
past to file declarations and petitions
for the purpose of becoming 'natural
ized
The act referred to further provides
that no married woman whose^busband
is not eligible to citizenship shall be
naturalized during the continuance of
the marital status, and tbat-ebeiherself
must be eligible to citizenship. [Eligi
bility to citizenship is determined al
most entirely by the question of
whether the persons concerned are
“white persons or persons of African
nativity or African descent,’’ as pro
vided by Section 2169 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, and
whether the husband is debarred from
citizenship because of withdrawal of
declaration of intention under the act
of July 9, 1918, for the purpose of secur
ing immunity from military service
during the recent war.
It is further provided by tbe act in
question that a woman citi-sen of the
United States shall not cease to be a
citizen by reason of her marriage after
tbe passage of said act, unless she
makes a formal renunciation of her
citizenship before a court having juris
diction over naturalization of aliens,
but that any woman who marries an
alien ineligible to citizenship shall
cease to be a citizen of tbe United
States.
PRESS SQUIBS.
It is a very difficult matter to build
up a merchant marine with receiver
ships.—Springfield State Register.
When the American public isn’t sure
what it wants, it votes for something
different from what it has.—Toledo
Blade.
If the women keep shooting, the
stores will soon begin to advertise,
"Tin Shirts for Husbands.”—New York
American.
Too bad the ex kaiser couldn’t have
taken a trip to some unfamiliar spot.
The battlefields, for instance—Brook
lyn Eagle.
Lenine may be recovering, but he’s
not what he used to be. The poor
man’s latest speech was only an hour
long.—Dallas News.
The funny thing about a business re
vival is that those who have faith are
not the ones at the mourners’ bench.—
La Grange Reporter.
The way things are tending, it will
soon be easier for a woman to get a
seat in any legislative body in the
t
countrv than in a streetcar.—Roches
ter Post Express.
Henry Ford is not satisfied with this
country's financial system. Henry must
have found, somewhere, a few dollars
nailed down—Toledo Blade.
American locks have been widely in
troduced into Mexico, which seems to
explain why PanCho Villa has re
formed.—New York Tribune.
In Japan a bride carries a short
sword in the wedding' ceremony; in
America she gets an automatic imme
11 lately after tbe ceremony.--Columbia
Record.
Ambassador Harvey notwithstand
ing, we don’t believe the Ten Com
mandments were -ever the exclusive
property of the men. At least they ’
never kept them.—^Philadelphia In
quirer.
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
? .LAWYERS
Iditarod, Alaska,
and at
70o L. C. Smith Bldg Seattle, VV ash
Practice in all Courts.
LOUIS GORMAN
Big River
General Supplies Fresh From the
(Outside
•Furs Bought and Sold
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Best of .Homes Cooked.vMeals. Prompt Attention
IJNew Dog Houses Under Construction.
Mrs. Frank Larson
Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley ■ <
Napamute* Alaska
Will receive by first boat a larger and more varied
stock of goods than ever before.
Good Prices for Your Fur [
BOB
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.
r
Arrange to Spend the Night at the
Big River Roadhouse
Best possible meals. Private rooms.
New dog kennels, and ,the best of lower Stiver fish
for dog feed.
Diamond Dick - - Proprietor (