Reports, 1908 ...

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1909

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Page 175 - An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes...
Page 130 - ... the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fitness of each candidate in respect to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability for the branch of service into which he seeks to enter ; and for this purpose he may employ suitable persons to conduct such inquiries, and may prescribe their duties, and establish regulations for the conduct of persons who may receive appointments in the civil service.
Page 161 - The legislature may be called in special session at any time by the civil governor for general legislation, or for action on such specific subjects as he may designate. No special session shall continue longer than thirty days, exclusive of Sundays.
Page 303 - SIR : I have the honor to submit for your consideration the following report of the subprovince of Abra for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908 : AGRICULTURE.
Page 88 - Islands by purchase under the provisions of sections sixty-three and sixty-four of the Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two...
Page 3 - That no goods, wares, or merchandise shall be imported, under penalty of forfeiture thereof, from one port of the United States to another port of the United States...
Page 22 - ... be applied first to the payment of said debts and claims as adjusted and second out of the balance remaining to the retirement and extinction of certain concessions and harbor monopolies which are a burden and hindrance to the commerce of the country and third the entire balance still remaining to the construction of certain railroads and bridges and other public improvements necessary to the Industrial development of the country; And...
Page 102 - Under our law a corporation of that sort submits its charter to the division of archives, patents, copyrights, and trade-marks of the executive bureau and...
Page 3 - July first, nineteen hundred and four, the provisions of law restricting to vessels of the United States the transportation of passengers and merchandise directly or indirectly from one port of the United States...
Page 33 - Persons appointed by the Governor-General with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, unless otherwise specifically provided by law.

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