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the alien has applied that he has made a 

 declaration to become a citizen two years 

 before applying for final papers, and has re- 

 sided continuously within the United States 

 for at least five years, and within the State or 

 Territory where such court is at the time held 

 one year at least ; and that during that time 

 " he has behaved as a man of good moral 

 character, attached to the principles of the 

 Constitution of the United States, and well_ 

 disposed to the good order and happiness of 

 the same," he will be admitted to citizenship. 



Titles of Nobility. If the applicant has 

 borne any hereditary title or order of nobility 

 he must make an express renunciation of the 

 same at the time of his application. 



Soldiers. Any alien at the age of twenty- 

 one years and upward who has been in the 

 armies of the United States, and has been 

 honorably discharged therefrom, may become 

 a citizen on his petition, without any previous 

 declaration of intention, provided that he has 

 resided in the United States at least one year 

 previous to his application, and is of good 

 moral character. ( It is judicially decided 

 that residence of one year in a particular State 

 is not requisite.) 



Minors. Any alien under the age of 

 twenty-one years who has resided in the 

 United States three years next preceding his 

 arriving at that age, and who has continued to 

 reside therein to the time he may make appli- 

 cation to be admitted a citizen thereof, may, 

 after he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, 

 and after he has resided five years within the 

 United States, including the three years of his 

 minority, be admitted a citizen ; but he must 

 make a declaration on oath and prove to the 

 satisfaction of the court that for two years 

 next preceding it has been his bona fide inten- 

 tion to become a citizen. 



Children of Naturalized Citizens. The chil- 

 dren of persons who have been duly natural- 

 ized, being under the age of twenty-one years 

 at the time of the naturalization of their 

 parents, shall, if dwelling in the United States, 

 be considered as citizens thereof. 



Citizens' Children Who Are Born Abroad. 

 The children of persons who now are or 

 have been citizens of the United States, are, 

 though born out of the limits and jurisdic- 

 tion of the United States, considered as citizens 

 thereof. 



Chinese. The naturalization of Chinamen 

 is expressly prohibited by Section 14, Chapter 

 126, Laws of 1882. 



Protection Abroad to Naturalized Citizens. 

 Section 2,000 of the Revised Statutes of the 

 United States declares that "all naturalized 

 citizens of the United States while in foreign 



countries are entitled to and shall receive from 

 this Government the same protection of per- 

 sons and property which is accorded to native- 

 born citizens." 



The Right of Suffrage. The right to vote 

 comes from the State, and is a State gift. 

 Naturalization is a Federal right and is a gift 

 of the Union, not of any one State. In nearly 

 one-half of the Union aliens (who have de- 

 clared intentions) vote and have the right to 

 vote equally with naturalized or native-born 

 citizens. In the other half only actual citizens 

 may vote. (See Table of Qualifications for 

 Voting in each State, on another page.) The 

 Federal naturalization laws apply to the whole 

 Union alike, and provide that no alien may be 

 naturalized until after five years' residence. 

 Even after five years' residence and due nat- 

 uralization he is not entitled to vote unless the 

 laws of the State confer the privilege upon 

 him, and he may vote in several States six 

 months after landing, if he has declared his 

 intention, under the United States law, to be- 

 come a citizen. 



PASSPORT REGULATIONS. 



RULES governing the granting and issuing of 

 passports in the United States : 



BY WHOM ISSUED. No one but the Secre- 

 tary of State may grant and issue passports in 

 the United States. Revised Statutes, sees. 

 4075, 4078. 



A citizen of the United States desiring to 

 procure a passport while he is temporarily 

 abroad should apply to the diplomatic repre- 

 sentative of the United States in the country 

 where he happens to be ; or, in the absence of 

 a diplomatic representative, to the consul 

 general of the United States ; or, in the ab- 

 sence of both, to the consul of the United 

 States. The necessary statement may be made 

 before the nearest consular officer of the United 

 States. 



To CITIZENS ONLY. The law forbids the 

 granting of a passport to any person who is 

 not a citizen of the United States Revised 

 Statutes, sec. 4076. 



A person who has only made the declaration 

 of intention to become a citizen of the United 

 States cannot receive a passport. 



APPLICATIONS. A citizen of the United 

 States in this country in order to procure a 

 passport must make a written application, in 

 the form of an affidavit, to the Secretary of 

 State. 



The affidavit must be attested by an officer 

 authorized to administer oaths, and if he has 

 an official seal it must be affixed. If he has no 

 seal, his official character must be authenti- 

 cated by certificate of the proper legal officer 



