It compels the owner of property acquired under the provisions of law. as they supposed at the time. .and with no objection at the time they acquhed that ownership. to sell it. I am aware that in regard to alien ownership of land. as in California and my own State. there is a similar provision. If an alien continues to own land in Illinois for a certain time without becoming naturalized. the States attorney of the county in which the land is situated. or if in more than one county the States attorneys of the several counties. is required by a mandatory provision of the statute. by proper court proceedings. to obtain a decree to divest the alien of ownership. and to expose the land for sale at the door of the courthouse. at the county seat of the county. and to sell it. taking out the costs and renitting the balance of the proceeds to the alien. California is not the only State in the Union where the people are agitating against alien ownership. It is going on in a great number of States.
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