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Statistics of the States of the Union.

STATISTICS OF THE STATES OF THE UNION.

(For names of the Governors and other State officials see Election Tables.)

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NAANNAAN.

Naturalization Laws.

NATURALIZATION LAWS.

(Revised by the Commissioner of Naturalization, Department of Labor.)

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THE following courts alone have the power to naturalize aliens: United States District Courts in the States and Territories; also all courts of record in any State or Territory having a seal, a clerk, and jurisdiction in actions at law or equity, or law and equity, in which the amount in controversy is unlimited. The power to naturalize is limited to persons residing within the geographical limits of the respective

courts.

Any alien, white, or of African nativity or descent, is required, if he desires to become naturalized, to file a declaration of intention in the clerk's office of a court having jurisdiction, and such declaration may not be filed until the alien has reached the age of eighteen. This declaration must contain information as to the name, age, occupation, time and place of arrival in the United States, and must further show that it is the declarant's bona fide intention to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly to the one of which he may be at the time a citizen or subject.

The widow, and children who are under age at the time that an alien who has made his declaration of intention has died, without having secured a certificate of naturalization, are exempted from the necessity of filing a declaration of intention.

PETITIONS FOR NATURALIZATION.

Not less than two years after an alien has filed his declaration of intention, and after not less than five years' continuous residence in the United States, he may tile a petition for citizenship in any one of the courts which has jurisdiction over the place in which he resides, provided he has lived at least one year continuously, immediately prior to the filing of such petition. in the State or Territory in which such place is located. This petition must be signed by the petitioner in his own handwriting and shall give his full name, place of residence, occupation, place of birth and the date thereof, the place from which he emigrated, and the date and place of his arrival in the United States. If such arrival occurred subsequent to the passage of the act of June 29, 1906, he must secure a certificate from the Department of Labor showing the fact of such arrival and the date and place thereof, for filing with the clerk of the court to be attached to his petition. If he is married he must state the name of his wife and, if possible, the country of her nativity and her place of residence at the time of the tiling of his petition, and, if he has children, the name, date and place of birth and present place of residence of each living child. The petition must set forth that he is not a disbeliever in or opposed to organized government, or a member of or affiliated with any organization or body of persons teaching disbelief in or opposition to organized government; that he is not a polygamist or a bellever in the practice of polygamy, and that he absolutely and forever renounces ali allegiance and fidelity to any foreign country of which he may, at the time of filing such petition, be a citizen or subject. This petition must be verified at the time it is filed by the affidavit of two credible witnesses, who are citizens of the United States and who shall state that they have known the petitioner during his entire residence (not exceeding five years) in the State in which the petition is filed, which must be not less than one year, and that they have known him to be a resident of the United States continuously during the five years Immediately preceding the filing of the petition; that during such time he acted 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. If a portion of the five years has been passed by the petitioner in some other State than that in which he resides at the time of filing his petition the affidavit of the witnesses may verify so much of the petitioner's residence as has been passed in the State (not less than one year), and the portion of said five years' residence out of the State may be shown by depositions at the time of hearing on the petition.

No petition may be heard until the expiration of at least ninety days after It is filed nor within thirty days preceding a general election. At the hearing upon a petition, which shall be at a date fixed by order of the court, the witnesses are required to again attend and testify in open court so that the Judge or Judges thereof may be satisfied that the petitioner is qualified and that he has complied with all the requirements of the law.

MILITARY SERVICE A SHORT-CUT TO UNITED STATES NATURALIZATION. (Amendment to Naturalization Laws, passed by Congress and approved by the President, May 9, 1918.) Any native Filipino who has declared his intention to be a citizen may become one after three years' service in the United States Navy, Marine Corps, or Naval Auxiliary Service. Any allen or Porto Rican not a United States citizen, desiring to be a citizen, may have three years' service with the United States military or naval forces taken as a substitute for five years of continuous residence and may become a citizen upon presentation of the required declaration of intention. The Philippine Islands, Panama Canal Zone, and places of United States military or naval service are, for purpose of naturalization, accepted as places of United States residence. Any alien serving, in the military or naval service of the United States during the present war may file a petition for naturalization without preliminary declaration and without proof of five years' residence. Any allen, if applying while still in the service, or within six months after honorable discharge or separation therefrom, may become a citizen after three years of service with United States military or naval forces, or the National Guard or Naval Militia of any State without filing preliminary declaration or proving five years' residence.

In cases of applicants in military or naval service petitions may be filed in the most convenient court without proof of residence within its jurisdiction. Honorable discharges or certificates of service are deemed prima facie proof as to residence and character, and the petition of a person in actual service may be heard immediately even though within thirty days of an election. Aliens in the military or naval service of the United States abroad (i. e., "not within the jurisdiction of any court authorized to naturalize aliens' -wording of statute), may file petitions without appearing in person, and may take the oath of allegiance by written verification. Service by aliens on vessels of other than American registry is not accepted as residence within the United States.

Allen seamen who have sailed three years on United States merchant or fishing vessels are protected as American citizens after declaring intention of becoming such. (This means that aliens who have sailed three years or more on American vessels may claim protection as American citizens by simply asking for it and, at the same time, declaring their intention of becoming citizens.) Aliens honorably discharged on account of disability in performance of duty while in military or naval service during the war or at its termination, may be relieved of the necessity of proving continuous five years' residence. Citizens having lost citizenship by entering the service of the Allies may resume citizenship by taking the oath of allegiance An allen who is a native, citizen, subject, or denizen of any country with which the United States is at war, shall not be admitted to citizenship unless he had made his declaration of intention not less than two nor more than seven years prior to the entrance of the United States into the war-with certain exceptions. The wording of the statute as to these exceptions is elaborate and confusing, but the substance is to permit of applications for citizenship by those serving the United States in a military or naval capacity who might otherwise be excluded, certain safeguards being provided of notice to the Government Bureau of Naturalization, and giving the Government authority to hold up the granting of naturalization indefinitely, and further giving the President discretion, upon investigation and report by the Department of Justice establishing loyalty, to grant the privilege of applying for naturalization. The law prohibits any alien from making a declaration of intention within thirty days of any election.

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United States Alien Immigration Statistics.

UNITED STATES ALIEN IMMIGRATION STATISTICS.

(By Anthony Caminetti, U. S. Commissioner of Immigration. Figures denoting immigration for the years 1832, 1843, 1850, and 1857 represent respectively 15 month, 9 month, 15 month, and 6 month periods.) TOTAL, FROM ALL COUNTRIES, BY FISCAL YEARS.

FROM BRITISH NORTH AMERICA (CANADA.)

The figures 1865-1885 represent what the United States Immigration authorities call "passing back and forth over the border."

United States Alien Immigration Statistics.

UNITED STATES ALIEN IMMIGRATION STATISTICS—Continued.

FROM DENMARK, NORWAY, AND SWEDEN (SCANDINAVIA.)

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YEAR.

Number.

1820..

1821.

231846.
24|1847

28 1848.

2,030||1871..

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YEAR.

1824.

201850.

1,589 1875.

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United States Alien Immigration Statistics.

UNITED STATES ALIEN IMMIGRATION STATISTICS-Continuea.