and by them proved in the court of the county or corporation where he resides, or by open verbal declaration made in such court and entered of record, shall declare that he relinquishes the character of a citizen of this State, and shall depart out of the same, such person shall, from the time of such departure, be considered as having exercised his right of expatriation, so far as regards this State, and shall thenceforth be deemed no citizen thereof.

SEC. 41. When suspended.-When any citizen of this State, being twenty-one years of age, shall reside elsewhere, and in good faith become the citizen of some other State of this Union, or the citizen or subject of a foreign State or sovereign, he shall not, while the citizen of another State, or the citizen or subject of a foreign State or sovereign, be deemed a citizen of this State.

SEC. 42. When relinquishment not allowed.-No such act of becoming the citizen or subject of a foreign State or sovereign, and no act under section forty shall have any effect, if done while this State, or the United States, shall be at war with any foreign power.-Code of Virginia (1904, by Pollard). secs. 39-42; Code 1849, ch. 3, secs. 1, 3, and 4.

WEST VIRGINIA.

The powers of government reside in all the citizens of the State and can be rightfully exercised only in accordance with their will and appointment.

All persons residing in this State, born, or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, shall be citizens of this State.

Every citizen shall be entitled to equal representation in the government, and, in all apportionments of representation, equality of numbers of those entitled thereto, shall, as far as practicable, be preserved.-Constitution (1872), Art. II, secs. 2, 3, and 4.

To the diplomatic and certain consular officers of the United States. GENTLEMEN: I append hereto a copy of an order of the Department of State, dated July 3, constituting James B. Scott, esq., Solicitor for the Department of State, David Jayne Hill, esq., this Government's minister to the Netherlands, and Gaillard Hunt, esq., chief of the passport bureau of this Department, a board to inquire into the laws and practice regarding citizenship, expatriation, and protection abroad and to report thereon before December next. The board desires to ascertain:

1. The laws relating to citizenship in the country in which you reside:

2. The means by which citizenship in that country is lost;

3. Whether or not the law of that country authorizes the renunciation of citizenship, and, if so, the conditions for the reacquisition of the citizenship thus renounced;

4. Whether, and how far, residence in foreign parts may affect the citizenship of origin;

5. And, finally, the practice of the Government to which you are accredited in protecting its citizens permanently residing in other countries.

The law relating to naturalization and the acquisition of citizenship is also desired.

In answering this instruction you may furnish publications and appropriate references to them, together with transcripts from the laws and other recognized authorities.

You will reply to this instruction at the earliest practicable

moment.

I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,

ROBERT BACON,

a See supra p. 4.

Acting Secretary.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

CONSTITUTION."

[Translation.]

ART. 8. The citizens of each province enjoy in the other provinces all the rights, privileges, and immunities inherent in citizenship.

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ART. 20. Foreigners shall enjoy in the territory of the nation all the civil rights of citizens. They may carry on their industry, commerce, or profession, own real estate, buy and sell it, navigate the rivers and coasts, exercise their religion freely, make wills, and marry, all in conformity with the laws. They are not obliged to acquire citizenship, nor to pay extraordinary compulsory taxes. They may become naturalized by residing two years continuously in the nation, but the authorities may curtail this period in favor of one who requests it on the strength of services proven to have been rendered to the Republic. ART. 21. Every Argentine citizen is obliged to bear arms in defense of the country and of this constitution, in conformity with the laws enacted for this purpose by Congress and with the decrees of the national executive. Naturalized citizens are free to perform this service or not during a period of ten years from the date on which they obtain their citizenship papers.

ART. 67. The Congress shall have power:

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general laws for the whole nation regarding naturalization and citizenship, based on the principle of citizenship by nativity.

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ART. 108. The provinces shall not

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pass especially laws

[Enclosure in despatch from Mr. Beaupré, minister to Argentine Republic, No. 441, November 3, 1906.--Translation.]

LAW OF 1869.

Law No. 346 of October 8 on Citizenship.

The Senate and Chamber of Deputies.

TITLE I.-Argentines.

ART. 1. The following are Argentines:

1. All persons born or who may be born in the territory of the Republic, whatever be the nationality of their parents, with the exception of the children of foreign ministers and members of legations residing in the Republic.

2. The children of native Argentines who having been born in a foreign country choose the citizenship of origin.

3. Persons who are born in the legations and on the warships of the Republic.

• Text as printed in Códigos y Leyes Usuales de la República Argentina (Buenos Aires, 1894), p. 1.