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ABSTRACTS FROM PASSPORT REGULATIONS 
1. Passports are issued in the United States 
by the Secretary of State, through the Passport 
Division, Department of State, Washington, D. C. 
Applications for passports should be made in 
person to clerks of Federal courts, clerks of State 
courts having jurisdiction in naturalization mat¬ 
ters, or to passport agents of the Department 
of State. Passport agents of the Department oi * 
State are stationed at New York, Boston, New t 
Orleans, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle* a^d the% 
Department of State, Washington, D.*C. Ajjpli-^ 
cations should be filed from two •fcfe fcgft* we$Sfe 
before the passport is required^ ^^pendihg.^p on 
the distance from Washin|ton* # * 
2. Americans resident ahlr^acl* should apply for 
passports through tl*p nearSsI* l^rfcrican consulate. 
3. Applications for passports by persons in the 
Virgin Islands, Hawaii, P8rto Rico, Guam, Ameri¬ 
can 3amoa, or the Philippines, should be made to 
the chief executives of those islands. 
4. The fee for a passport, including one dollar 
for the execution of the application and nine dollars 
for the passport, is $10.00. (Act of June 4, 1920.) 
5. American passports are valid for two years 
unless limited to a shorter period. 
6. Americans making their homes or residing for 
a prolonged period abroad should register at the 
nearest American consulate. 
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1929 
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