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RECORD BOOKS-Continued.

Record books supplied by Department. Circular, August 1, 1897.

RED INK. See under Invoices.

REGISTERED MAIL. Postmaster-General states that many consular officers accept registered mail addressed to naval officers, travelers, and others in their care and deliver such mail to the addressees, or forward it, without keeping any record to show the disposition made, thus making it impossible to trace such mail in case the addressee fails to receive it.

Consular officers instructed to keep an official record of all registered mail passing through their offices in the following form:

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It is desirable that consular officers should not become responsible for registered mail matter, and whenever practicable they should endeavor to have it held by the post-office authorities and refer addressees to them. Circular, June 6, 1904.

REGISTRATION OF AMERICAN

CITIZENS.

Quotes paragraph 172 of the Regulations as amended by Executive order of April 8, 1907, and gives form of certificate of registration (No. 210). Fact of registration to be certified immediately to the embassy or legation, and a duplicate of registration forthwith sent to Department with statement whether certificate of registration has been issued. When certificate of registration has expired or new one is issued, embassy or legation and Department should be notified immediately. Americans are required to register each year, and any additional facts concerning residence, marriage, and children should be noted in the register, but the full registration having been made once need not be repeated. Consuls to exercise great care, and in case of uncertainty to ask the Department for instructions. Circular, April 19, 1907.

See also under Passports, Expatriation.

REGISTRATION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS

Continued.

In making registrations as required by the circular instruction of April 19, 1907, entitled "Registration of American Citizens," consuls must apply to each application the rules laid down in the circular of the same date entitled "Expatriation." (See above under Passports.)

No naturalized citizen should be registered, if he has resided for two years in the country of his origin or for five years in some other foreign country, unless he produces satisfactory evidence to overcome the presumption that he has ceased to be an American. citizen. Such evidence must be directed to the points indicated as (a), (b) and (c) in the expatriation circular, and the affidavit or affidavits must be in duplicate, one copy being sent to the Department with the duplicate certificate of registration (Form 210).

No one should be refused registration until he has been afforded full opportunity to submit evidence to overcome the presumption of expatriation.

A number of consuls have made no returns of registrations and some have reported very few. The Department expects all consuls to use their best endeavors to secure the registration of all American residents in their districts. The registration of travelers or brief sojourners is not contemplated by the Department's orders, under ordinary circumstances. Circular, November 30, 1907.

Applications for registration. As applications are nearly always made in person, it is not necessary in ordinary cases that they should be in the form of an affidavit. If consul deems it desirable the applicant may be verbally sworn to the facts set forth in the certificate of registration; but when an applicant against whom the presumption of expatriation lies. submits evidence to overcome the presumption, this evidence must be in the form of an affidavit or affidavits, made in duplicate. A form of affidavit for use in such cases is enclosed (Form No. 213). When consul can not state that the facts alleged in the affi

REGISTRATION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS—

Continued.

Application for registration-Continued.

davit are true according to his information and belief, he should require evidence to corroborate the applicant's affidavit, and he should report whether the affidavit and the corroborative evidence are satisfactory proof to him that the applicant has overcome the presumption of expatriation. Circular, March 2, 1908. Canada. Pilots, engineers, and captains, holding certificates and licenses issued by United States Inspectors of Hulls and Steamboats, who live and vote in Canada, must either have become British subjects (since only British subjects can vote at Canadian elections) or they must be violating the laws of Canada. No circumstance more calculated to confirm presumption of expatriation than the fact a person does by voting participate in the political affairs of a foreign country, thus acquiring a political domicile. Circular, June 22, 1907. China, registration in. See under Passports, Expatriation.

Japanese wife and children of American citizen.

As certificate of registration does not state specifically that the wife and children are citizens, certificate of registration issued to head of family may include his Japanese wife and children, but a separate certificate can not be issued to the Japanese wife or to the children born before the father's naturalization as an American. Defines status of children born of such marriages and encloses copy of letter from Department of Commerce and Labor. Circular, January 18, 1908.

Turkish dominions, registration in. See under Passports, Expatriation.

REGISTRATION OF CHILDREN BORN

ABROAD. Quotes paragraph 138 of the Consular Regulations as amended by Executive order of April 6, 1907, and appends text of section 1993 of the Revised Statutes and of section 6 of the act of March 2, 1907.

Such children should report to a convenient consul upon reaching the age of 18 years and before they

REGISTRATION OF CHILDREN

ABROAD-Continued.

BORN

have reached the age of 19 years and make a solemn declaration in triplicate in the following form:

I, A. B., born in

on

of

parents who were at the time of my birth American citizens, do
solemnly declare that it is my intention and desire to remain
a citizen of the United States and to become a resident thereof.
My father acquired citizenship through birth (or naturaliza-
tion)...
(if by birth, state where the father was

born;
if by naturalization state when and where he was
naturalized, as shown by record evidence of such naturaliza-
tion).

One copy of this statement is to be sent to the embassy
or legation in the country in which the consulate is
situated, one to the Department, and one retained.
and filed in consulate.

Upon reaching the age of 21 years and before reaching the age of 22, such children are required to take before a convenient consul the following oath or affirmation in triplicate:

I, A. B., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion: So help me God.

Same disposition of oath as of foregoing statement.
Every effort should be made to bring requirements.
of the law to attention of those whom it will affect.
-Circular, April 19, 1907.

REGISTRATION OF WOMEN WHO DESIRE
ΤΟ RESUME OR RETAIN AMERICAN
CITIZENSHIP. Quotes Executive order of April
6, 1907, as contained in the first paragraph after
paragraph 144 of the Consular Regulations, and
appends text of sections 3 and 4 of the act of
March 2, 1907.
Gives forms of registration for re-
sumption or conservation of citizenship (Nos. 211
and 211a).

*No fee to be charged for declaration. Circular, March 25, 1908.

REGISTRATION OF WOMEN WHO DESIRE
TO RESUME OR RETAIN AMERICAN
CITIZENSHIP-Continued.

Documentary evidence in support of the allegations
relative to the termination of the marital relation
should be required in each case and the nature of
such documentary proof should be set forth in the
consul's certificate. In the case of a woman having
been a native citizen of the United States before her
marriage, documentary proof of such citizenship need
not be required unless the consul entertains doubts
as to the statements made to him, in which case he
should require a certificate of birth or the affidavit of
a credible witness personally known to him.
In the case of a woman having been a naturalized citi-
zen of the United States previous to her marriage,
proof of the naturalization, such as would be re-
quired if she applied for a passport, should be
required. The affidavit and the consul's certificate
should be made in duplicate, and one copy should
be sent to this Department immediately afterwards
and the embassy or legation in the country in which
the consulate is situated should be at the same time
advised of the making of the affidavit and of the
report to the Department.

The consul's certificate to this affidavit should be the
same as in the case of an American woman married
to a foreigner who desires to resume her American
citizenship, and documentary evidence of the allega-
tions relative to the termination of the marital rela-
tion should be required as in the case of an American
woman married to a foreigner who desires to resume
her American citizenship. Also documentary proof
of the husband's citizenship should be required. The
affidavit and the consul's certificate should be made
in duplicate and reported as in the case of an Ameri-
can woman who desires to resume her citizenship.
-Circular, April 19, 1907.
The words Fee $2," appearing on Forms Nos. 211
and 211a, should be stricken out and the words "No
fee" substituted therefor. Circulars, March 25 and
May 25, 1908.

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