Under the Michigan law. previous to a certain date. if a man had filed his first papers he could vote. until the law was changed in 1905. I believe. Because this mans father had voted for years he presumed he was a citizen. but the father never took out his second papers. This man grew to manhood and voted and became the mayor of his city. He was a notary public and justice of the peace for years. When he had to prove his citizenship to qualify as a witness in a naturalization proceeding he could not do it. It appeared then that his father had never taken .out his second papers. It is that kind of a case that this bill is designed to help.
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