Reports on the Law of Civil Government in Territory Subject to Military Occupation by the Military Forces of the United States: Submitted to Hon. Elihu Root ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 - 808 pages |
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... governor , and for a time he claimed to exercise the same civil power as that previously vested in the Mexican governor of the department . By virtue of that supposed authority Gen. S. N. Kearney , March 10 , 1847 , as military governor ...
... governor , and for a time he claimed to exercise the same civil power as that previously vested in the Mexican governor of the department . By virtue of that supposed authority Gen. S. N. Kearney , March 10 , 1847 , as military governor ...
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... Governor Claiborne as the head of the military government in Louisiana and Major - General Jackson as military governor of East and West Florida , in time of peace , exercised the powers of the legis lative and judicial branches of the ...
... Governor Claiborne as the head of the military government in Louisiana and Major - General Jackson as military governor of East and West Florida , in time of peace , exercised the powers of the legis lative and judicial branches of the ...
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... Governor Claiborne , to exercise the powers theretofore possessed by the Spanish governor - general and the Spanish intendant of the territory . Under the Spanish régime the governor - general of the territory had almost royal authority ...
... Governor Claiborne , to exercise the powers theretofore possessed by the Spanish governor - general and the Spanish intendant of the territory . Under the Spanish régime the governor - general of the territory had almost royal authority ...
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... governor , secretary , and judges of the Indiana Territory , whose respective powers were extended over the district . This practically amounted to attaching the district to the Territory of Indiana for judicial and administrative ...
... governor , secretary , and judges of the Indiana Territory , whose respective powers were extended over the district . This practically amounted to attaching the district to the Territory of Indiana for judicial and administrative ...
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... governor and a secretary . The legislative powers were vested in a governor and a council of thirteen . In both the Territory of Orleans and the District of Louisiana the laws were to be reported to Congress , and if disapproved were to ...
... governor and a secretary . The legislative powers were vested in a governor and a council of thirteen . In both the Territory of Orleans and the District of Louisiana the laws were to be reported to Congress , and if disapproved were to ...
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Page 369 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 73 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 484 - ... in default of which declaration they shall be held to have renounced it and to have adopted the nationality of the territory in which they may reside. The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress.
Page 671 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 369 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 159 - Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.
Page 118 - Spanish subjects, natives of the Peninsula, residing in the territory over which Spain by the present treaty relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty, may remain in such territory or may remove therefrom, retaining in either event all their rights of property, including the right to sell or dispose of such property or of its proceeds; and they shall also have the right to carry on their industry, commerce and professions, being subject in respect thereof to such laws as are applicable to other foreigners.
Page 76 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 95 - They are legislative courts, created in virtue of the general right of sovereignty which exists in the Government, or in virtue of that clause which enables Congress to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory belonging to the United States.
Page 369 - Whereas the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States...