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On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 6:27 AM, NELSON DICE<nelsondice@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
INHABITANT. One who has his domicil in a place is an inhabitant of that place;
one who has an actual fixed residence in a place.
2. A mere intention to remove to a place will not make a man an inhabitant of
such place, although as a sign of such intention he may have sent his wife and
children to reside there. 1 Ashm. R. 126. Nor will his intention to quit his
residence, unless consummated, deprive him of his right as an inhabitant. 1
Dall. 480. Vide 10 Ves. 339; 14 Vin. Ab. 420; 1 Phil. Ev. Index, h. t.; Const.
of Mass., part 2, c. 1, s. 2, a. 1; Kyd on Corp. 321; Anal. des Pand. de Poth.
mot Habitans; Poth. Pand. lib. 50, t. 1, s. 2; 6 Adolph. & Ell. 153; 33 Eng.
Common Law Rep. 31.
3. The inhabitants of the United States may be classed into, 1. Those born
within the country; and, 2. Those born out of it.
4. - 1. The natives consist, 1st. Of white persons, and these are all citizens
of the United States, unless they have lost that right. 2d. Of the aborigines,
and these are not in general, citizens of the United States nor do they possess
any political power. 3d. Of negroes, or descendants of the African race, and
these generally possess no political authority whatever, not being able to
vote, nor to hold any office. 4th. Of the children of foreign ambassadors, who
are citizens or subjects as their fathers are or were at the time of their
birth.
5. - 2. Persons born out of the jurisdiction of the United States, are, 1st.
children of citizens of the United States, or of persons who have been such;
they are citizens of the United States, provided the father of such children
shall have resided within the same. Act of Congress of April 14, 1802, 4. 2d.
Persons who were in the country at the time of the adoption of the
constitution; these have all the rights of citizens. 3d. Persons who have
become naturalized under the laws of any state before the passage of any law on
the subject of naturalization by Congress, or who have become naturalized under
the acts of congress, are citizens of the United States, and entitled to vote
for all officers who are elected by citizens, and to hold any office except
those of president and vice-president of the United States. 4th. Children of
naturalized citizens, who were under the age of twenty-one years, at the time
of their parent's being so naturalized or admitted to the rights of
citizen-ship, are, if then dwelling in the United States, considered as
citizens of the United States, and entitled to the same rights as their
respective fathers. 5th. Persons who resided in a territory which was annexed
to the United States by treaty, and the territory became a state; as, for
example, a person who, born in France, moved to Louisiana in 1806, and settled
there, and remained in the territory until it was admitted as a state, it was
held, that although not naturalized under the acts of congress, he was a
citizen of the United States. Deshois' Case, 2 Mart. Lo. R. 185. 6th. Aliens or
foreigners, who have never been naturalized, and these are not citizens of the
United States, nor entitled to any political rights whatever. See Alien; Body
politic; Citizen; Domicil; Naturalization.
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