A Treatise on the Law of Citizenship in the United States #255107

In the days of the Roman republic it was the proud honor of a Roman citizen to state at home and abroad cim's Roman/us sum; so it should be in this country for an American to main tain, I am an American citizen. Therefore, the elements which enter into the inquiry should be considered. The first inquiry should be the means by which citizenship is acquired; whether by descent or naturalization; in either one of these two ways citizenship is generally conferred except in cases of adoption by marriage. Municipal rules have value within the territory of their juris diction, but have no extra-territorial effect.