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21. District No. 21 (Portland, Ore.)

I. Administration

District Director

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1. Headquarters Force
Junior Examiner

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22. District No. 22 (San Francisco, Cal.)

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APPENDIX 2

CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Classifications of Activities have for their purpose to list and classify in all practicable detail the specific activities engaged in by the several services of the national government. Such statements are of value from a number of standpoints. They furnish, in the first place, the most effective showing that can be made in brief compass of the character of the work performed by the service to which they relate. Secondly, they lay the basis for system of accounting and reporting that will permit the showing of total expenditures classified according to activities. Finally, taken collectively, they make possible the preparation of a general or consolidated statement of the activities of the government as a whole. Such a statement will reveal in detail, not only what the government is doing, but the services in which the work is being performed. For example, one class of activities that would probably appear in such a classification is that of "scientific research." A subhead under this class would be "chemical research." Under this head would appear the specific lines of investigation under way and the services in which they were being prosecuted. It is hardly necessary to point out the value of such information in planning for future work and in considering the problem of the better distribution and coördination of the work of the government. The Institute contemplates attempting such a general listing and classification of the activities of the government upon the completion of the present series.

I. The Courts

CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES

1. Preparation, issuance, recording, filing and forwarding (duplicates) of

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3. Certificates of naturalization"

2. Conferring citizenship'

I. Issuance for orders authorizing'
2. Administering oath

3. Collecting and transmitting fees* 2. The Bureau

I. Relations with courts

I. Consideration of competency of courts
2. Supplying requisite blanks and forms
3. Collection of duplicates of all papers
4. Review of judicial rulings

I. Institution of cancellation proceedings because of

error

5. Examination of applications for and authorizations of
copies of naturalization papers lost or destroyed
6. Auditing of clerks of courts accounts on fee collections
1. Depositing money in the United States Treasury
7. Investigation of applicants for citizenship as to facts
presented

I. Examining applicants and witnesses in court.

2. Advising judges and supplying information to them

2. Records and Information

1. Custody of duplicates of all naturalization papers
2. Dissemination of general information and advice on
naturalization

3. Obtaining and forwarding certificates of arrival 3. Training for Citizenship

1. Correspondence with public schools concerning names, addresses, and other data with regard to aliens applying for naturalization

2. Forwarding names of applicants for citizenship to schools

3. Distributing Citizenship Textbooks.

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APPENDIX 3

PUBLICATIONS

The Bureau of Naturalization issues four publications, namely: I. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Naturalization.

2. Federal Citizenship Textbook.

3. Naturalization Laws and Regulations.

4. Syllabus of Naturalization Laws.

But one of these, the Annual Report, is a periodical issue. The others are revised from time to time as conditions dictate.

Annual Report. The Annual Report conforms in style and content to the annual reports of other bureaus. It reviews the work for the fiscal year ending June 30, the first half of the issue being devoted to the textual discussion and the second half to statistical and financial tables."

Federal Citizenship Textbook. The Federal Citizenship Textbook presents a standard course of instruction for use in the public schools of the United States for the preparation of candidates for the responsibilities of citizenship. It has been compiled and published by the Bureau of Naturalization from material submitted by the public schools of the several states, Congress having authorized the Bureau of Naturalization to present this handbook to the candidate for citizenship for his use while he is in the citizenship class of the public schools. The volume consists of three parts, designed, respectively, for beginners, intermediates, and advanced students.

Naturalization Laws and Regulations. Naturalization Laws and Regulations is a pamphlet of some sixty pages in the same format as the Annual Report. It is kept up to date by revision from time

The 1925 report contains fifty-seven pages with the following main headings: The Naturalization Procedure, The Bureau Activities, The Field Service Activities, Comment and Recommendations (Bureau of Naturalization, Comment, Legislative Recommendations), Naturalization Statistics.

to time and, in addition to the contents connoted by the title, outlines the requirements which must be fulfilled in order to acquire citizenship by naturalization.

The laws cited relate to the creation and administration of the Bureau as well as to eligibility for and the process of naturalization. The rules and regulations included are for the guidance of clerks of court, employees of the Naturalization Service, and others concerned.

Syllabus of Naturalization Laws. The Syllabus of Naturalization Laws presents in a very brief manner the general requirements of the law.

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