Chapter 6 -Citizenship.

Section I.-How Citizenship is Obtained.

1. Burghers of the Orange Free State are:

(a) White persons born from inhabitants of the State both before and after 23 February, 1854.

(b) White persons who have obtained burgher-right under the regulations of the Constitution of 1854 or the altered Constitution of 1866.

(c) White persons who have lived a year in the State and have fixed property registered under their own names to at least the value of ￡150.

(d) White persons who have lived three successive years in the State and have made a written promise of allegiance to the State and obedience to the laws, whereupon a certificate of citizenship (burghership) shall be granted by the Landrost of the district where they have settled.

(e) Civil and judicial officials who, before accepting their offices, have taken an oath of allegiance to the State and its laws.

Section II.-How Citizenship is Lost.

Citizenship in the Orange Free State is lost by:

(a) Obtaining citizenship in a foreign country.

(b) Taking service without consent of the President in foreign military service, or accepting commission under a foreign government.

(c) Fixing one's residence outside the country with an evident intention of not returning to this State. This intention shall be considered to be expressed when a man settles in a foreign country longer than two years.