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Show OGDEN CITY SCHOOLS. W. Karl Hopkins, Supt. Night School Dept., F. T. Wiggins, Prin. TO ALL CLERKS OF COURTS EXERCISING NATURALIZATION JURISDICTION AND OTHERS CONCERNED. Copy of Changes in naturalization Laws. By in act of Congress approved September 22, 1922, it is provided that after the passage of that act the marriage of an alien woman to an American citizen, or to an alien who may thereafter become a citizen, shall not confer American citizenship upon her. It is also provided that after the passage of said act a married woman who is otherwise eligible shall have the privilege of becoming naturalized on her own account. Citizenship acquired by women through their husbands by virtue of law in force prior to the passage of the act of September 1922, is not affected by the new legislation. The two principal classes of married women specifically referred to in the above legislation, with the means each class must take in order to acquire American citizenship, are described below: 1. An alien woman marrying an American citizen after the passage of the above act, or any women whose husband is naturalized after said act. She may become naturalized by filing the usual petition for naturalization and complying with all requirements of the naturalization laws, with the following exceptions: (a). No declaration of intention required. (b). Only one year's continuous residence in the United States, Hawaii, Alaska, or PortoRico immediately preceding the filing of her petition required. 2. A woman who, before the passage of the above act. was an American citizen and lost her United States citizenship by marriage to an Allien. She may become naturalized by filing the usual petition for naturalization and complying with all requirements of the naturalization laws, with the following exceptions: . No declaration of intention required. . Only one year's continuous residence in the United States, Hawaii, Alaska, or Porto Rico immediately preceding the filing of her petition required. (c) No certificate of arrival required if during the continuance of the marital status she shall have residind within the Unitd States. AN ALIEN WOMAN MARRIED TO AN ALIEN AT THE TIME OF THE PASSAGE 0F THE ABOVE ACT, OR WHO THEREAFTER MARRIES AN ALIEN MAY BECOME NATURALIZED BY COMPLYING WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATURALIZATION LAWS, INCLUDING DECLARATION, FIVE YEARS' CONTIN- |
